UK                     USA

• muffler               scarf
• boot                   trunk
• *** bag            fanny pack
• pants                men's underware
• vest                  undershirt
• waistcoat          vest
• posh frock        your best dress
• flannel              wash cloth
• rubbers            erasers
• plaster             band aid

Message was edited by: Rick'sFamily Sorry, the British version of fanny pack was censored!  Too funny ~ it began with b and ended with m.. you can figure it out.

Perhaps

Pavement in the US a sidewalk

On A car a Bonnet in the US a Hood.

Trainers were also known as Gym shoes,and Plymsoles

If a small comment on the Subway in the US equals the Underground in London the tube is very deep and some Londoners are quite  persistent about  the difference .

We could get into the completely un intelligle rhyming slang of London

For example would you go to a Tailors to by a new flute?

Yes as Flute is short for Whistle and flute which rhymes with Suite.

Your wanted on the bone. Dog and bone rhymes with Phone.

Traditionally the Ritz in Piccadilly has a name for afternoon tea in London.

Personally I would Choose Harrods and make decision on one of the 15 or so locations in the store as the fancy took me.

UK                                                                      US

f{oxtrot} a{lpha} g{olf} {slang for a cigarette}            something totally different

b{ravo} u {niform} m{ike} {backside}                        backside

tra  mp                                                                hobo/b{ravo} u{niform} m{ike}  a certain type of lady

skint{slang}                                                         broke??

motorway                                                            freeway

pharmacist                                                          chemist

old bill/copper/bobby                                            policeman

football                                                                soccer

petrol                                                                  gasoline

push chair or pram                                               stroller

On Ronald's note

apple and pairs {stairs}

monkey {£500}

pony {£25}

carpet {£30}

ton {£100}                  

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Indeed, it's a pain in the a*@$e ............I will save them from doing it

Seriously!  How do we understand each other?

Has this rhyming slang been used for a long period of time or is it fairly new?

If you ever have the pleasure of buying a used car in the UK, you'll need to know that:

1.  "Sills" are rocker panels (a favorite place to look for rust);

2.  "Wings" are fenders;

3.  "Nearside" is the left-hand side of the car (in countries where driving is on the left);

4.  "Offside" is the right-hand side of the car (ditto);

5.  The "boot" is the trunk; and

6.  The engine, for some perverse reason, is called the "motor."

I lived in a small village just north of Oxford ("Awksfud") for nine years.  Don't even get me started on British infrastructure oddities, or their electrical and plumbing conventions.  I liked living there, but it takes a certain measure of acceptance that things are indeed different.

Rick

They may be different but the English have had longer to practice it.

I am told every one drove or rode on left up till the time Napoleon when  conquered a lot of Europe when he decreed that they should then drive on the right. So it may appear that the newly formed USA was under their French allies influence at that time. Surprisingly it is thought that in the world more actually do drive on the left than the right

The old commonwealth etc mainly drive on the left as do Japan and one or two others. There are some "dont knows" as well.

How about "johnny foreigner"????