English with Lucy. Today I want to talk to you

about ten vocabulary differences between

American English and British English.

So, Let's get started.

The first one and a lot of you might know.

This one is what the British call "football"

and what the Americans call "soccer".

Now of course we will understand each other,

but it can get confusing because Americans have

"American football", which is a completely different game.

Number two, "chips" and "crisps"

For us, crisps are these, crunchy fried

potatoes, which usually served cold.

But the Americans call them "chips". It's even

more confusing when we get on to number three

because what Americans call "french fries" we then call "chips".

So french fries for Americans and chips for the British

are "Hot fried soft potatoes".

These.

Number four, what we call "trousers"

Americans call "pants". However it gets even

more confusing because when we gets to

number five, what Americans call "ｕnderwear"

we call "pants". So pants for Americans

are trousers, something you wear over your underwear.

Number six, "gas" versus "petrol"

For us, petrol is the liquid petroleum that you put

into your car, and Americans call this "gas".

Yes, it's confusing because gas for us only refers to

something that is in its gaseous form.

Something neither a solid nor liquid—a gas.

The next one, "biscuit" and "cookie".

For the British, we refer to one of these

as a biscuit and Americans call it a cookie.

Number eight, "trunk" versus "boot"

For us, the compartment in the back the car is

called a boot, which is also a word that can

refer to a specific type of shoe, but

for Americans it's just trunk.

Number nine, what we call a "jumper" Americans

will call a "sweater". So make sure you remember

both of these ones. So this for me is a jumper

but for Americans, it would be a sweater.

Number ten, "high school" versus "secondary school"

In Britain we call the final school that you attend "secondary school".

But in America they call it "high school".

Alright guys, that's it for today. I hope you learned something new.

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