Candy. A little packaged good for your candy craving would be called “sweets” or “sweeties” in Britain. Just don't call that Cadbury's bar a sweet: it's chocolate.
It is made and sold globally, as candy floss in the UK, Ireland, Egypt, India (also known as grandma's hair), New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and South Africa; as "girls hair" in United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia; and as fairy floss in Australia.
Another term we use to describes snacks is “munch” although that can also mean bigger meals such as lunch or dinner. Nibbles is another. Elevenses as British biscuits and tea were normally served nation wide at 11.00 am in all work outlets and home.
What do the British call doughnuts? There are two common spellings of the dessert; doughnut and donut. The former is considered the UK spelling and the latter the Americanised version.
Biscuit (UK) / Cookie (US)
In the US, cookies are flat, round snacks made of sweet dough. In the UK, these are generally called biscuits, although people do call the bigger, softer kind cookies, too.
In England, a sandwich is called a butty! Add some British food slang to your vocabulary that will impress English folk and confuse your American friends.
In Australia, "biscuits" are what Americans call "cookies," and these traditional treats date back to World War I. It's said that wives and mothers of soldiers in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps—abbreviated to "Anzac"—baked these treats to send to their men overseas.
What is ice cream called in England? Ice cream in England, and the rest of the UK is called ice cream.
Tire. For British motorists, the rubber wheel-covering is called a tyre – for the Americans it's a tire.
A Flumps is a British sweet made of marshmallow.
Think you know how to order French fries in Britain? You're wrong! In the UK we have a worryingly high number of words for different types of potato foods. We call French fries just fries, and thicker-cut fries that come from a chip shop are called chips.
In most of the United Kingdom (namely, the North of England, North and South Wales, the English Midlands, Scotland, and some rural and working class areas of Northern Ireland), people traditionally call their midday meal dinner and their evening meal tea (served around 6 pm), whereas the upper social classes would call ...
2. cotton candy has different names around the world in England it's called candy floss. In Australia and Finland it's called fairy floss.
A lolly is the same as a lollipop. [mainly British]
In British English, these are sugar strands or hundreds-and-thousands (the latter term alludes to their supposed uncountability). In the Northeastern United States, sprinkles are often referred to as jimmies.
Now indicators (known to the Americans as turning lights or blinkers) can be found all over the car, including at the front and rear and sometimes places like wing mirrors or on the car body.
A driveway (also called drive in UK English) is a type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures, and is owned and maintained by an individual or group.
This vegetable is called a courgette in the UK. Both words mean “the little squash”, but the US word comes from Italian and the British from French.
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.
American puddings are closer to what the Brits would call "custard."
An Australian pub or hotel is a public house or pub for short, in Australia, and is an establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. They may also provide other services, such as entertainment, meals and basic accommodation.
"Unlike American pancakes, the Australian pikelets can be purchased ready-made in grocery stores. You can eat the cold or hot and they are typically topped with cream, jam, fruit or butter and sugar! They are handle for snacks and lunches.
Ask an Aussie to name a truly Australian word, and they might yell "Bonzer!" Bonzer, sometimes also spelled bonza, means "first-rate" or "excellent," and it is the Australian equivalent of the American "awesome": "It's a good clean game ... and the standard is red hot," Thies said.