Today's Xrefer Friday brain-teaser, with our favorite quote:


George Bernard Shaw supposedly said that "Britain and America
are two countries divided by a common language". So do you know
your boardwalks from your pavements? It's time to find out...

Good luck and have fun!


1. The Americans call it a thumbtack. What do the British
call it?

2. The British call it paraffin. What do the Americans
call it?

3. The Americans call it a billfold. What do the British
call it?

4. The Americans call him a mortician. What do the British
call him?

5. The Americans call it cotton candy. What do the British
call it?

6. The British call it a bowler hat. What do the Americans
call it?

7. The Americans call it a skillet. What do the British
call it?

8. The British call it a fanlight. What do the Americans
call it?

9. The Americans call it a vest. What do the British
call it?

10. The Americans call it tick-tack-toe. What do the
British call it?


The answers are at http://www.xrefer.com/brainteaser/2002/01/01252002.jsp


I personally think #3 is a bunch of bull. I know approximately no one who uses the term billfold.