THE TWO VOCABULARIES (article from Bartleby)
By way of preliminary to an examination of the American of today, here is a list of terms in everyday use that differ in American and English: American | English
| ash-can | dust-bin | ash-cart | dust-cart | ashman | dustman | backyard | garden | baggage | luggage | baggage-car | luggage-van | ballast (railroad) | metal | barbershop | barber’s-shop | bath-robe | dressing-gown | bath-tub | bath | beet | beet-root | bid (noun) | tender | bill-board | hoarding | boarder | paying-guest | boardwalk (seaside) | promenade | boot | high-boot | brakeman | brakesman | bumper (car) | buffer | bureau | chest of drawers | calendar (court) | cause-list | campaign (political) | canvass | can (noun) | tin | candy | sweets | cane | stick | canned-goods | tinned-goods | car (railroad) | carriage, van or waggon | checkers (game) | draughts | chicken-yard | fowl-run | chief-clerk | head-clerk | chief-of-police | chief-constable | city-editor | chief-reporter | city-ordinance | by-law | clipping (newspaper) | cutting | closed-season | close-season | coal | coals | coal-oil | paraffin | collar-button | stud | commission-merchant | factor, or commission-agent | commutation-ticket | season-ticket | conductor (of a train) | guard | corn | maize, or Indian corn | corner (of a street) | crossing | corn-meal | Indian meal | counterfeiter | coiner | cow-catcher | plough | cracker | biscuit | crazy-bone | funny-bone | cross-tie | sleeper | crystal (watch) | watch-glass | department-store | stores | derby (hat) | bowler | dime-novel | penny-dreadful | district (political) | division | druggist | chemist | drug-store | chemist’s shop | drummer | bagman | dry-goods-store | draper’s-shop | editorial (noun) | leader, or leading-article | elevator | lift | elevator-boy | lift-man | enlisted-man | private-soldier | excursionist | tripper | ferns | bracken | filing-cabinet | nest-of-drawers | fire-department | fire-brigade | fish-dealer | fishmonger | floor-walker | shop-walker | fraternal-order | friendly-society | freight | goods | freight-agent | goods-manager | freight-car | goods-waggon | freight-elevator | hoist | frog (railway) | crossing-plate | garters (men’s) | sock-suspenders | gasoline | petrol | grade (railroad) | gradient | grain | corn | grain-broker | corn-factor | groceries | stores | hardware-dealer | ironmonger | headliner | topliner | hod-carrier | hodman | hog-pen | piggery | hood (automobile) | bonnet | hospital (private) | nursing-home | huckster | coster (monger) | hunting | shooting | Indian | Red Indian | Indian Summer | St. Martin’s Summer | instalment-business | credit-trade | instalment-plan | hire-purchase plan | internal-revenue | inland-revenue | janitor | caretaker, or porter | laborer | navvy | legal-holiday | bank-holiday | letter-box | pillar-box | letter-carrier | postman | locomotive engineer | engine-driver | long-distance-call | trunk-call | lumber | deals | lumber-yard | timber-yard | mad | angry | mantelpiece | chimney-piece | Methodist | Wesleyan | molasses | treacle | monkey-wrench | spanner | moving-picture-theatre | cinema, or picture-palace | necktie | tie | news-dealer | news-agent | newspaper-man | pressman, or journalist | notions | small-wares | oatmeal | porridge | officeholder | public-servant | orchestra (seats in a theatre) | stalls | outbuildings (farm) | offices | overcoat | great-coat | package | parcel | parlor | drawing-room | parlor-car | saloon-carriage | patrolman (police) | constable | pay-day | wage-day | peanut | monkey-nut | pen-point | nib | period (punctuation) | full-stop | pitcher | jug | plant (industrial) | works | poorhouse | workhouse | post-paid | post-free | potpie | pie | prepaid | carriage-paid | press (printing) | machine | program (of a meeting) | agenda | public-school | board-school | quotation-marks | inverted-commas | railroad | railway 1 | railroad-man | railway-servant | rails | line | rare (of meat) | underdone | receipts (in business) | takings | Rhine-wine | Hock | road-bed (railroad) | permanent-way | road-repairer | road-mender | roast | joint | roll (of films) | spool | roll-call | division | rooster | cock | round-trip-ticket | return-ticket | saleswoman | shop-assistant | saloon | public-house | scarf-pin | tie-pin | scow | lighter | sewerage | drains | shirtwaist | blouse | shoe | boot | shoemaker | bootmaker | shoe-shine | boot-polish | shoestring | bootlace | shoe-tree | boot-tree | sick | ill | sidewalk | footpath, or pavement | silver (collectively) | plate | sled | sledge | sleigh | sledge | soft-drinks | minerals | smoking-room | smoke-room | spigot (or faucet) | tap | sponge (surgical) | tap | stem-winder | keyless-watch | stockholder | shareholder | stocks | shares | store-fixtures | shop-fittings | street-cleaner | crossing-sweeper | street-railway | tramway | subway | tube, or underground | suspenders (men’s) | braces | sweater | jersey | switch (noun, railway) | points | switch (verb, railway) | shunt | taxes (municipal) | rates | taxpayer (local) | ratepayer | tenderloin (of beef) | under-cut, or fillet | ten-pins | nine-pins | terminal (railroad) | terminus | thumb-tack | drawing-office | ticket-office | booking-office | tinner | tinker | tin-roof | leads | track (railroad) | line | trained-nurse | hospital-nurse | transom (of door) | fanlight | trolley-car | tramcar | truck (vehicle) | lorry | truck (of a railroad car) | bogie | typewriter (operator) | typist | typhoid-fever | enteric | undershirt | vest | vaudeville-theatre | music-hall | vest | waistcoat | warden (of a prison) | governor | warehouse | stores | wash-rag | face-cloth | wash-stand | wash-hand-stand | waste-basket | waste-paper-basket | whippletree | splinter-bar | witness-stand | witness-box |
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