Name These 20 Images In British And American English To Claim The ‘English Expert’ Title

Whether English is your mother tongue or your second language, get ready to put your language skills to the test with this British vs. American English trivia. We have got 20 questions lined up for you to test if you love football or soccer, cookies or biscuits. Let’s see if you can guess these 20 things that are named differently in British and American English. Get ready for a delightful journey across the Atlantic!

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Janissary35680 Premium 13 hours ago

#7 is not jelly. It's jam on both sides of the Pond. Jelly is clear.

22points

Michael MacKinnon 9 hours ago

There are clearly little seeds there, making it jam (pieces of fruit). If it were jelly, it would have no fruit pieces in it.

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Traveling Lady Railfan 6 hours ago

I just came on here to say the exact same thing. If it has seeds, it's jam not jelly. Jelly is clear like jello.

2points

BookFanatic 4 hours ago

That's the one that tripped me up, yeah.

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arthbach 11 hours ago

Jam and jelly have the same definitions on either side of the Pond. If it's made from whole fruit it's 'jam', if it's made from strained fruit or juice, it's jelly. - - - In the UK 'couch' and 'sofa' are both used. 'Couch' has been used in English since the mid 1500s. - - - 'Trainers/sneakers' - 'trainers' is the more common term in the UK, but the items shown were not trainers. They are more likely to be called 'converse' than 'trainers'. - - - 'Sweater' and 'jumper' are both used in English. 'Sweater' entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 1882.

7points

Ace 6 hours ago (edited)

Yeah, I noticed all of those as well. Not sure about "converse" though - I thought that ws just a brand name? That one though, and some of the others, is also a generational thing even within British English and there's some which are more common in some regions than the other, or different ideas about social class, like settee for sofa. And cookies, in the title, also exist in British English and are distinctly different from biscuits, whereas in the US a biscuit is something like a cross between a scone and a dumpling, if I've understood that one correctly.

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