What about other trades?
What about the medical field? (just joking)
By the way, the old Benfield conduit bending manual had a list of UK terms and the U.S. versions .
Pauluk, can you translate?

Electrical terms---

Electric torch
Extractor fan
Plug top
Double set
Bubble set
Service lorry
Consumer unit
Water barrel pipe
Fixits

Non-electrical---

Bed sit
Rone pipes
Pockey hat
Drum of bitter (my favorite)
Coshed
Market trolley
Shooting brake
Tower block flat

[This message has been edited by Redsy (edited 08-15-2001).]