L'anglais s'est divisé

Voyez quelques-unes des différences entre le vocabulaire et l'orthographe des Anglais, des Américains et des Australiens... Sans parler de l'anglais parlé en en Inde, au Zimbabwe, etc.

Angleterre États-Unis Australie
abandon   dice out
aboriginal   jacky
admire lasciviously   perve
advice   drum

afters

 dessert

 
altert   wake up

analyse

 analyze

 
angry   dirty

anti-clockwise

 counter-clockwise

 

apologising

 apologizing  

 
argument   blue
arrive   lob

aubergine

 egg-plants

 

autumn

 fall

 
axe   kelly 
beg   bite

behaviour

 behavior

 
beyond   back of

bill

 check

 

bin

 trashcan

 

bird

 chick

sheila

biscuit

 cookie

 

bloke

 guy

 
boast   skite
boisterous   larrikin
bookmaker   bookie

boot

 trunk

 
bore   ear-bash

braces

 suspenders

 
break   smoko
bribe   sling

brush

 broom

 

bum

 butt

 

bums

 tramps

 
butt   bumper

camp

 gay

 
can   tinny

car park

 parking lot

 

caravan

 trailer

 

channelled

 chanelled

 

chap

 guy

bloke
chat   mag
cheap wine   grog, plonk
cheer   barrack

chemist

 drugstore

 

chips

 fries

 

chum

 buddie

 
colour color  
confidentially   just quietly

courage

 spunk

 

courgette

 zucchini

 

crisps

 chips

 
criticise   knock

curtains

 drapes

 

CV

 résumé

 

defence

 defense

 
dentist   fang carpenter

dressing gown

 robe

 
drunk   full

dual carriageway

 divided highway

 

dummy

 comforter

 
dupe   alec
eccentric   ratbag
egg   goog

engaged

 busy

 
English   pom

estate car

 station wagon

 
excellent   beaut, dazzler, grouse
face   front

fag

 cigarette

 

fanny (vagin)

 fanny (arrière-train)

 
farm   station
farmer   cocky, squatter
faulty   bodgy
fawner   crawler
fellow   dag, dill

finalised

 finalized  

 

first floor

 second floor

 
flashy   lair

flat

 appartment

 

flatmate

 roommates

 

football

 soccer

 

fortnight

 two weeks

 

French bean

 snow peas

 

fulfil

 fulfill

 

fulfiller

 fulfiler

 

fulfilling

 fulfiling

 

full stop

 period

 

generalisation

 generalization

 

gherkin

 pickles

 

gobsmacked

 extremely surprised, speechless

 

ground floor

 first floor

 
hide   bush
hit   dong

holiday

 vacation

 

homely

 ugly

 

homosexual

 fag

punce

hypoglycaemia

 hypoglycemia

 
indulgence   nudge
inept   drongo
injure   do over
irresponsible   galah
job   pozzie

jumper

 sweater

 

kip

 nap

 

knickers

 women's underpants

 

knock up (réveiller)

 knock up (mettre enceinte)

 

labelling

 labeling

 
leave   blow
left-handed   molly dook

left luggage

 lost property

 

lift (verb, noun)

 elevator (noun)

hump (verb)
likeable   bonza
liquor   turps
loath   bludge

loo

 restroom

 

lorry

 truck

 
loser   no-hoper
lost   bushed 
manual work   yakka

mobile phone

 cell phone, cellie

 

momentarily (tout de suite)

 momentarily (pendant peu de temps)

 

motor

 automobile

 

motorway

 freeway

 

mum

 mom

 

nappy

 diaper

 

nought

 zero

 

off-licence

 liquor store

 

omnibus

 tram

 
organise   drum up
outlaw   bushranger
pal   cobber

pants

 underpants

 

pants (sous-vêtements)

 pants (pantalon)

 

paralyse

 paralyze

 
party   bash

pavement

 sidewalk

 
pavilion   gunyah

pensioner

 seniors

 

petrol

 gas

 

pint (20 onces)

 pint (16 onces)

 

pissed (saoûl)

 pissed (fâché)

 

plaster

 bandage or Band-Aid

 
policeman cop jack

post

mail

 

pram

 baby carriage, baby buggy, stroller

 

practise

 practice

 

programme

 program

 
prospect   fossick

pub

 bar

 

pudding

 dessert

 
pursuit   lurk
puzzled   up a gum-tree

queue

 line

 
rabbit meat   underground mutton
rage   perform

randy

 hornygeil

 
real   dinkum

recognise

 recognize  

 

recognising

 recognizing  

 
red (headed)   bluey

return ticket

 round-trip ticket

 

reverse charges

 call collect

 

revitalise

 revitalize  

 

ring

 call

 
river (in full flood)   banker

roundabout

 traffic circles, rotaries

 

rubber

 condom

 

rubbish

 trash, garbage

 
rumour   furphy

sack

 dismiss, fire

 

scotch

 whiskey

 

second floor

 third floor

 

Sellotape

 Scotch tape

 
shark   noah's ark
sheep   jumbuck

shop

 store

 
sick   crook

skip

 dumpster, trash bin

 
silly   wet, yarra
simpleton   nit

slash

 urinate

 

sleeping policeman

 speed-bump

 
small stone   yonnie

solicitor

 lawyer

 

spunk

 semen

 

stalagmite, stalagtites

 flowstones

 

starter

 appetizer

 

steady on

 "hold your horses!"

 

stilettos

 pumps, high heels

 
strike punch job, skull

stroke

 slash

 
suit   bag of fruit
supporter   artist
surrender   toss-in
suspicious   sus

sweets

 candy

 

tap

 faucet

 

tarmac

 asphalt

 
task   game
temper   block

tights

 panty-hose

 

Tippex

 white out

 

torch

 flashlight

 

trainers (training shoes)

 sneakers

 

tram

 streetcar

 

travelling

 traveling

 

treacle

 molasses

 
trier   battler

trolley

 shopping cart

 

trousers

 pants

 
true   fair
unreasonable   hot
vagrant   swagman

vest

 undershirt

 

waistcoat

 vest

 

Wellingtons

 rubber boots, galoshes

 

wheat

 corn

 
whinger   nark

willie

 penis

 
wild horse   brumby

windscreen

 windshield

 
woman   bag
worthless   uperty

zed

 zee