Some vocabulary to use in the right place

In this article, I want to give some differences between the British vocabulary and the American vocabulary that could be useful if you were to travel there.

In England we say mum, in the US we say mom (mother). In the UK we do not say bathroom but we say toilets. In the US we say that the line is busy  when nobody can answer the phone but in the UK  the line is engaged.

 In the following table I give some examples that I have gathered here and there and that I found useful in the daily life.
 

The UK	The US	France
Mum	Mom	Maman
Diary	Calendar	Agenda
Mate	Pal	Pote
Off-license	Liquor store	Magasin ou on peut acheter de l'alcool
Pub	Bar	Bar
Honking	Barfing	Vomir
Bum	Butt	Fesses
Autumn	Fall	Automne
Ring	Call	Appeler
Holiday	Vacation	Vacances
Sweet	Candy	Bonbons
Biscuit	Cookie	Gateau
Chips	French Fries	Frites
DPhil	PhD	Thèse
Postgraduate	Graduate	Après le master
Toilets	Bathroom	Toilettes

I also advise you to watch this funny video where Hugh Laurie (british) and Ellen DeGeneres make a funny quizz about British VS American slang... They just don't understand each other !  Thus even if those two countries share a common language, some words or expressions have evolved differently and its fun to see that an American can be in a situation  where he just does not understand a British guy because of the accent or the words he uses and vice versa ! Ask James I am sure he has plenty of examples to confirm that !