ABSTRACT
The many vocabulary differences between UK and US English can be categorised under three main headings:
1 Words which are known only in one country:
Oxbridge (pertaining to Oxford and Cambridge Universities) (UK) panda car (police patrol car) (UK) odometer (milometer) (US) Phi Beta Kappa (academic fraternity) (US)
2 Words that have different meanings in the two countries:
chaps (UK men, US leggings) vest (UK undergarment, US sleeveless garment)
3 Words that are widely recognised as being equivalent:
Autumn and Fall candidature and candidacy centenary and centennial entitled and titled firework and firecracker
The major semantic fields in which differences occur are: Business and Finance, Clothes, Education, Food and Drink, Household and Accommodation and Travel. Each of these has a separate entry.
