Both 'doughnut' and 'donut' have the same meaning, but 'doughnut' is the ONLY correct spelling in Britain.
Upmarket versions of doughnuts are now everywhere in the UK.
FRIED NUT
It's an old-fashioned term for a doughnut. The "nut" of fried nut (and of doughnut, for that matter) comes from the idea that earlier doughnuts—which didn't have holes—looked like nuts.
Well, both are actually fine to use in Australian English. While the spelling 'donut' has typically been regarded as an American spelling, it was made popular in Australia through advertising. This has given it a boost in frequency to the point where it is now simply an alternative spelling in Australian English.
Contributor's comments: [Melbourne informant] The other day I friend said to me 'your giving me doughnuts' meaning that I was not giving him anything. The logic behind this slang is that doughnuts are round and often have a hole in them. Thus they look like a zero and that is what I was giving him, zero or nothing.
Scone (UK) / Biscuit (US)
These are the crumbly cakes that British people call scones, which you eat with butter, jam, sometimes clotted cream and always a cup of tea.
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. Chocolate bars are their own category, but sweets can be any other confection, from fruity gummies to hard toffees.
A lolly is the same as a lollipop.
What is ice cream called in England? Ice cream in England, and the rest of the UK is called ice cream.
In the UK the fat content of cream cheese can theoretically be as high as 55% which may be why the UK tends to opt for the term "soft white cheese", but most people still think of this as cream cheese and the higher fat content cream cheese tends to be flavoured with garlic and herbs.
Rubber. This is an informal way of saying condom on the US – so a rubber is a contraceptive. We just call them condoms in the UK. And we use rubbers to remove pencil marks from paper.
Bog roll. Taken from the 16th-century Scottish/Irish word meaning 'soft and moist,' bog means restroom or lavatory. Bog roll, naturally, is an idiom for toilet paper.
A Flumps is a British sweet made of marshmallow.
If you want a bag of what Americans call 'chips' in the UK, just ask for crisps.
In Britain, paper towels for kitchen use are also known as kitchen rolls, kitchen paper, or kitchen towels. For home use, paper towels are usually sold in a roll of perforated sheets, but some are sold in stacks of pre-cut and pre-folded layers for use in paper-towel dispensers.
French fries (US) are called "chips" in the UK, and "frites" in French-speaking countries. In the UK and Ireland, what people in America call French fries are called "chips" and are famously served alongside fried fish.
Flushing a Toilet with a Lever
In this aspect, they are usually similar to other Western style toilets. Push down on the lever with your hand. Be sure that you push the lever as far down as it will go, but don't hold it there for more than a second. Release it quickly after you feel it stop.
term used for a condom ,also called a rubber circa 1970's: I'm going to the chemist to get some frangers for Sat night. Contributor's comments: He carried a franger in his wallet for years.
The verb snog is British slang for kiss, cuddle, or make out. It's a word that is more and more common in American English as well, as a casual way to talk about kissing. It can be painful for kids to watch their parents snog, and many of them don't want to see people snog in movies either.
A waist bag, or fanny pack (American English), belt bag, moon bag, belly bag (American English), or bumbag (British English) is a small fabric pouch worn like a belt around the waist by use of a strap above the hips that is secured usually with some sort of buckle.
A cupcake (also British English: fairy cake; Hiberno-English: bun) is a small cake designed to serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminum cup.