{"id":73117,"date":"2022-11-29T09:42:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T08:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/?p=73117"},"modified":"2024-01-03T16:22:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T15:22:46","slug":"american-words-british-dont-understand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/","title":{"rendered":"8 American words British people don\u2019t understand"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":73118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9442],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>8 American words British people don\u2019t understand - Lingoda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about eight common American words that British people don\u2019t understand\u2014you might be surprised!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"8 American words British people don\u2019t understand\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn about eight common American words that British people don\u2019t understand\u2014you might be surprised!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lingoda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lingoda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-29T08:42:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-03T15:22:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8-american-words-british-people-dont-understand-e1669711071504.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1077\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andrea Byaruhanga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@lingoda\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lingoda\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andrea Byaruhanga\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Andrea Byaruhanga\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b87bc5407d89043737e8ad88491ce99c\"},\"headline\":\"8 American words British people don\u2019t understand\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-29T08:42:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-03T15:22:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/\"},\"wordCount\":863,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8-american-words-british-people-dont-understand-e1669711071504.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Learning materials for English learners\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/\",\"name\":\"8 American words British people don\u2019t understand - Lingoda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8-american-words-british-people-dont-understand-e1669711071504.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-29T08:42:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-03T15:22:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"Learn about eight common American words that British people don\u2019t understand\u2014you might be surprised!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8-american-words-british-people-dont-understand-e1669711071504.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8-american-words-british-people-dont-understand-e1669711071504.jpg\",\"width\":1077,\"height\":560,\"caption\":\"Friends talking about American words british people don't understand\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Learning materials for English learners\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/category\/learning-materials-en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"8 American words British people don\u2019t understand\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Lingoda\",\"description\":\"The Online Language School\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Lingoda\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lingoda-logo_horizontal_standard_coloured.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lingoda-logo_horizontal_standard_coloured.svg\",\"width\":588,\"height\":193,\"caption\":\"Lingoda\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lingoda\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/lingoda\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/lingoda_official\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/lingoda-gmbh\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6AYbs_IpIj5uwwL_8PlVyw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b87bc5407d89043737e8ad88491ce99c\",\"name\":\"Andrea Byaruhanga\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f71a6c91d6299c8734872f83148f187?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f71a6c91d6299c8734872f83148f187?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andrea Byaruhanga\"},\"description\":\"Andrea is a Canadian freelance writer and editor specializing in English, e-learning, EdTech, and SaaS. She has a background as an ESL teacher in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. In her free time, Andrea loves hanging out with her husband and children, creating recipes in the kitchen, and reading fiction. She also loves camping and jumping into lakes whenever possible. Learn more about Andrea on LinkedIn or check out her website.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/wordsbyandrea.com\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/author\/andrea-byaruhanga\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"8 American words British people don\u2019t understand - Lingoda","description":"Learn about eight common American words that British people don\u2019t understand\u2014you might be surprised!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"8 American words British people don\u2019t understand","og_description":"Learn about eight common American words that British people don\u2019t understand\u2014you might be surprised!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/","og_site_name":"Lingoda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lingoda","article_published_time":"2022-11-29T08:42:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-03T15:22:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1077,"height":560,"url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8-american-words-british-people-dont-understand-e1669711071504.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Andrea Byaruhanga","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@lingoda","twitter_site":"@lingoda","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andrea Byaruhanga","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/"},"author":{"name":"Andrea Byaruhanga","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b87bc5407d89043737e8ad88491ce99c"},"headline":"8 American words British people don\u2019t understand","datePublished":"2022-11-29T08:42:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-03T15:22:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/"},"wordCount":863,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8-american-words-british-people-dont-understand-e1669711071504.jpg","articleSection":["Learning materials for English learners"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/","name":"8 American words British people don\u2019t understand - Lingoda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8-american-words-british-people-dont-understand-e1669711071504.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-29T08:42:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-03T15:22:46+00:00","description":"Learn about eight common American words that British people don\u2019t understand\u2014you might be surprised!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8-american-words-british-people-dont-understand-e1669711071504.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8-american-words-british-people-dont-understand-e1669711071504.jpg","width":1077,"height":560,"caption":"Friends talking about American words british people don't understand"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/american-words-british-dont-understand\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learning materials for English learners","item":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/category\/learning-materials-en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"8 American words British people don\u2019t understand"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/","name":"Lingoda","description":"The Online Language School","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Lingoda","url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lingoda-logo_horizontal_standard_coloured.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lingoda-logo_horizontal_standard_coloured.svg","width":588,"height":193,"caption":"Lingoda"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lingoda","https:\/\/x.com\/lingoda","https:\/\/instagram.com\/lingoda_official","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/lingoda-gmbh","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6AYbs_IpIj5uwwL_8PlVyw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b87bc5407d89043737e8ad88491ce99c","name":"Andrea Byaruhanga","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f71a6c91d6299c8734872f83148f187?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f71a6c91d6299c8734872f83148f187?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Andrea Byaruhanga"},"description":"Andrea is a Canadian freelance writer and editor specializing in English, e-learning, EdTech, and SaaS. She has a background as an ESL teacher in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. In her free time, Andrea loves hanging out with her husband and children, creating recipes in the kitchen, and reading fiction. She also loves camping and jumping into lakes whenever possible. Learn more about Andrea on LinkedIn or check out her website.","sameAs":["http:\/\/wordsbyandrea.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/author\/andrea-byaruhanga\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73117"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77749,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73117\/revisions\/77749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}