English and American

[legyspauk]

Hey guys!
I am doing a school project about British and American English that's why I need you help.it's not so hard you should only choose one word from each pair.
I hope it will be interesting for you too.

"PS
And could you write the country that you are from, please?
Thanks in advance.

Choose please a word from each pair that you use more often

apartment - flat
Baggage - luggage
biscuit - cookie
couch - sofa
elevator - lift
autumn - fall
mail - post
pants -trousers
reserve - book
lorry - track
hoover - vacuum cleaner
shop - store
shedule - timetable
shorts - briefs
line - queue
moovie - film
chips - crisps
railway - railroad
undergroun - subway

[Mehrgan]

Hey guys!
I am doing a school project about British and American English that's why I need you help.it's not so hard you should only choose one word from each pair.
I hope it will be interesting for you too.

"PS
And could you write the country that you are from, please?
Thanks in advance.

Choose please a word from each pair that you use more often

apartment - flat
Baggage - luggage
biscuit - cookie
couch - sofa
elevator - lift
autumn - fall
mail - post
pants -trousers
reserve - book
lorry - track
hoover - vacuum cleaner
shop - store
shedule - timetable
shorts - briefs
line - queue
moovie - film
chips - crisps
railway - railroad
undergroun - subway

In the case of last pair, both are used In BrE, with different meanings.

***not a teacher*** Iran

[thatone]

You wrote some of them wrong, I fixed them.
American red, British blue, both green.

apartment - flat
Baggage - luggage
biscuit - cookie (but different meanings)
couch - sofa (but different meanings)
elevator - lift
autumn - fall
mail - post
pants -trousers (but different meaninsg)
reserve - book
lorry - truck
hoover - vacuum cleaner (hoover is usually a brand, verb is British)
shop - store (American more often store)
schedule - timetable
shorts - briefs (can be used differently)
line - queue (can be used in AmE when referring to a virtual queue)
movie - film (movie is American, film is colloquial in BrE and formal in American)
chips (different meaning)- crisps
railway - railroad
underground - subway(different meaning)

The differences are not that clear cut.

[billmcd]

Hey guys!
I am doing a school project about British and American English that's why I need you help.it's not so hard you should only choose one word from each pair.
I hope it will be interesting for you too.

"PS
And could you write the country that you are from, please?
Thanks in advance.

Choose please a word from each pair that you use more often

apartment - flat (apartment 100%)
Baggage - luggage (luggage 75%)
biscuit - cookie (cookie 100%)
couch - sofa (sofa 60%)
elevator - lift ( elevator 100%)
autumn - fall (50% each)
mail - post (mail 100%)
pants -trousers (pants 100 %)
reserve - book (reserve 90%)
lorry - track (Did you mean "truck"? If so, truck 100%)
hoover - vacuum cleaner (vacuum cleaner 100% unless I am referring to the brand)
shop - store (store 99%)
schedule - timetable (schedule 99%)
shorts - briefs (underwear; I consder "shorts" outerwear unless referred to facetiously or context might influence my choice. Briefs are a type of underwear.)
line - queue (line 99%)
moovie - film (movie 100%)
chips - crisps (chips 100%)
railway - railroad (depends on context)
underground - subway (subway 100%)

AmE/USA

[5jj]

I am a speaker of BrE, in his mid sixties,

apartment - flat
Baggage - luggage (though I think 'baggage' is creeping in for me)
biscuit - cookie
couch - sofa : I think I use 'couch' more.
elevator - lift
autumn - fall
mail - post
pants -trousers : I wear pants under my trousers.
reserve - book : I reserve a table in a restaurant, book a flight.
lorry - truck
hoover - vacuum cleaner : both
shop - store : except when I go to a department store.
schedule - timetable : I use both, with slightly different meanings.
shorts - briefs : I use both, with slightly different meanings.
line - queue
movie - film
chips = fried potatoes - crisps = crunchy things in a bag.
railway - railroad
underground = train - subway = pedestrian underpass.

[Vidor]

apartment
luggage
biscuit - cookie: mean two different things
couch - sofa: synonyms
elevator
fall
mail
pants
reserve - book: synonyms
truck
vacuum cleaner
shop - store: subtly different meanings, "store" being a place where you buy goods and "shop" implying somewhere where they make goods
schedule - timetable: synonyms
shorts - briefs: different meanings, "shorts" are outerwear and "briefs" are a type of underwear
line
movie - film: synonyms, with the latter being a fancier word
chips
railroad
subway

[euncu]

Also note that ˈʃɛdjuːl in BE andˈskɛdʒʊəl in AmE.

[Tdol]

I am a speaker of BrE, in his mid sixties,

apartment - flat
Baggage - luggage (though I think 'baggage' is creeping in for me)
biscuit - cookie
couch - sofa : I think I use 'couch' more.
elevator - lift
autumn - fall
mail - post
pants -trousers : I wear pants under my trousers.
reserve - book : I reserve a table in a restaurant, book a flight.
lorry - truck
hoover - vacuum cleaner : both
shop - store : except when I go to a department store.
schedule - timetable : I use both, with slightly different meanings.
shorts - briefs : I use both, with slightly different meanings.
line - queue
movie - film
chips = fried potatoes - crisps = crunchy things in a bag.
railway - railroad
underground = train - subway = pedestrian underpass.

I use both movie and film, apartment and flat, and the rest that same as Fivejedjon. I also use settee rather than couch/sofa, but do use sofa sometimes.(BrE speaker)

[suikerbossie]

Hey guys!

"PS
And could you write the country that you are from, please?
Thanks in advance.

Choose please a word from each pair that you use more often

apartment - flat
Baggage - luggage
biscuit - cookie
couch - sofa
elevator - lift
autumn - fall
mail - post
pants -trousers
reserve - book
lorry - truck
hoover - vacuum cleaner
shop - store
shedule - timetable
shorts - briefs
line - queue
moovie - film
chips - crisps
railway - railroad
underground - subway

From South Africa originally but have lived over 25 years in Italy.

[5jj]

I use both movie and film, apartment and flat,[...] I also use settee rather than couch/sofa, but do use sofa sometimes.(BrE speaker)

After thinking about it, I have realised that I probably do use movie and apartment occasionally, too. I also use settee, but less often than the other two.