BIZARRE: American vs british english words part 2 - What They Never Told You

Massively inaccurate. Q3 we use both flat and apartment in British English: a flat is normally a larger building which has been later subdivided, and an apartment is purpose built. The terms often used interchangeably. Q4 Woolly is also a correct term hence the joke about crossing a sheep with a kangaroo to get a woolly jumper! Q16 Bangers are not usually served for breakfast - we just call them sausages. Q20 we use the terms loo, lav, toilet, bathroom, john, WC, little boy's room, etc interchangeably. If you are being polite, you would say bathroom.

The only time we call sausages 'bangers' these days is when they're paired with mash. The 'banger' comes from WWII rationing, when sausages contained little meat and were bulked up with a lot of fat, cereal and water. They had thick skin - usually pigs' intestines - and when cooked the heat would build up inside until the steam would quite literally explode through the skin with an audible bang. That is why we always prícked sausages all over with a fork before cooking.