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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snapdragyn" data-source="post: 2465516" data-attributes="member: 12432">Cracker = a thing you open at Christmas that makes a loud noise and has a prize inside.??? = cracker: thin, usually salted, crispy baked good served with soup or h'or d'oevres.(btw, we simply don't have the Brit kind here)Father Chrismas = Santa Claus (ok nothing new in that one I'm sure)Some fun with nature (could do a ton on birds, but they're too esoteric for a non-birding crowd):moose = elk (the Red Deer of Eurasia & the Wapiti of North America; Cervus elaphus; a deer that looks like a regular deer)elk = moose (the big deer with the huge schnoz & flattened antlers; Alces alces)This one may be an Australianism more than a Britism, but:rubber = the thing on the end of a pencil used to erase a mistakerubbers = galoshes, rubberized footwear worn to keep the feet dry during raincondom = rubber (slang, we use 'condom' as well)condoms = rubbers (see above)In the U.S. we also have a tendency to adopt the most common brand of a product as the name used for all of the product, such as:gelatin = jellotissue = kleenexcopy = xerox (in the 70's & maybe 80's, at least; this usage has all but vanished)We can also be less specific, as in referring to raisins & sultanas both as raisins (& hence 'Raisin Bran' rather than 'Sultana Bran'), or more specific, as when distinguishing between fruitless jams (jellies) or jams with fruit (jams).There are also a few Brit words which derived from words imported from other parts of the Empire, such as :karzi = toiletUnfortunately, I can't think of any others atm.</blockquote>

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