Language Barriers

[Chukchi Husky]

Interesting or unusual place names
British words not used in American
American words not used in British
Words with different meanings in British and American

 

[Bacon King]

Man, wikipedia has everything.

 

[Syterion]

"crumpet" = one or more attractive women

I'm going to use that word a lot now.

 

[RegentMan]

Whew, them Brits are a bunch of naffs!

 

[Chukchi Husky]

One thing that wasn't mentioned was the British regional differences. Where I am from, ponce is used as an insult, and a crumpet is a bread-like food. There are some of the words there I haven't heard of (in the British words liist).

 

[MaisseArsouye]

Maybe Silly is a strange city name for people who speak english, but they do a damn good beer : Saison de Silly