BRITISH AMERICAN ENG

E- F
earhole on the: down on his luck
Earth wire: ground
East ender: person from the east end, cockney
East anglia: England’s eastern counties
East End: London east of the city as far as the river Lea
EC: European Community, an economical institution
Eccles cakes: fancy currant cakes
Edgeways: edgewise
Egg custard: custard
Egg flip: eggnog
Eiderdown: comforter
Eidetic memory: photographic memory
Eisteddfod: competitive arts festival
Elastoplast: band-aid
Electric cooker: range
Electron card: ATM card
Elementary school: grade school
Elevenses: mid-morning tea break
Emerald isle: Ireland
Endive: chicory
engaged: busy (bz)
Englsh breafast: served in B &Bs, hotel…
enquire: inquire
entered: charged, put down
Esq: letters after name for formal address
estate agent: Realtor, real-estate
Europe: include britain but most Brtitish consider themselves
estate car: station wagon
evidently: obviously
ex-directory: unlisted
exercise bout: work-out
expiry date: expiration date
face flannel: washcloth
fag: cigarette
fag-end: cigarette butt, dog-end
fagged-out, fagged: tired out, beat
faggot and mushy pea batch: meat ball
faggots: meat balls
fair dinkum: honest, true, genuine, thorough, complete
fair: school fair, fun fair, carnival, amusement park
fancy: like, want
fanny: vagina
Fanny Adam: nothing at all
Fanshaw: spelling of featherstone- haugh
Farthing: coin of leaat value
Featherstonehaugh: person’s surname
Feck: fuck
Feckless: infectual, gormless
Fell off the back of a lorry: stolen
Fete: village fair
Fiberboard: masonite
Fig biscuit: fig newton
Fillet: fillit
Film: movie
Ffilofax: daytimer
fire brigade: fire department
first floor: second floor
first school: school for children (5-9)
fish fingers:fish sticks
fish slice: spatula
fit: ready
feally fit: good-looking
fitted: wall to wall
fiver: five pound note
fizzy drink: soda
flaked out: tired out
flannel: deceiving flattery, evasive talk
flannel: face cloth, wash clothe
flash: show rapidly
flash Harry: conspicuouly well dress person
flash the Vs: make a V sign, equivalent of flipping the bird
flat: apartment
flatware: knives and forks
flautist: flutist
flex: electric cord, twisted pair
flibbertigibbet: flightty gossiping woman
Flick-knife: switch blade, swish blade
Flid: spaz
Flim: five pound note
Flip, flipping: darned, fuck
Flob: spit, spitted, yocker, gob
Flog: sell, illicitly
Florin: 2 shilling bit
Fluid ounce: 20 to a pint
Flummox: confuse
Flyover: overpass
Football: soccer
Forehead: forhed
Forename: first name, Christianname
Form: grade
Forthcoming: upcoming
Fortnight: 2 weeks
Foul: scratch
Foyer: lobby
Fred bloggs: name,
Fred Karno’s: tarnation
Freepost: postage-paid
French bean: green bean
French letter: condom
French loaf of potato: hero sanwich
fried grated potato: hash browns
friesian: the black and white Holstein cows
frig: masterbate
fringe: bangs
flipperies: knickknacks, trivilities
frock: woman’s dress
frontier: national border
frowsty: frowsy
fruit machine: one-armed bandit
fucklesticks: humorous version
full stop: period, emphasis
fun fair: carnival
funeral director: undertaker