I've never heard a car called anything except a car here in the States, although the industry that builds them is usually called the auto industry and the people who maintain and repair them are usually called auto mechanics. A road can be either paved, usually with blacktop, or it can be dirt, but it's still a road or a street, never a pavement. The term throttle isn't generally used in my region; it's 'the gas' unless I'm talking to a mechanic, then it's 'the accelerator'.
There's a term missing from the quoted list: boot (UK) = trunk (US)
Marianna
Come on guys. I thought I was the pedantic one!
I omitted the boot (UK) = trunk (US) one because that was on the original Pearl list.
Car (UK) = Automobile (US) - their use in such as car (UK) or auto (US) mechanic et al was precisely the context in which I included the difference. To us it is the car industry, not the auto-mobile (or auto) industry.
Pavement - yes the whole thing is a road (or whatever) but I was always given to understand that the bit between the two sidewalks on which traffic moves is the pavement. I always recall being amused by warning signs on I-80 stating something along the lines 'Beware, bridge freezes before pavement'.
Accelerator/Throttle - all I can say is I heard the term throttle used far more frequently in US than in UK. Someone mentioned 'gas' which leads me to another difference: Petrol (UK)/Gas (US).
Back to I-80, (for the uninitiated in UK, Interstate 80 which runs across the North of the US from around New York to San Francisco), UK has motorways whereas US has Interstates, Expressways, Turnpikes, or in the case of Long Island, New York, major highways from which heavy commercial vehicles are banned called Parkways.
Am I right in thinking that UK has dual carriageways where US has Divided Highways?
Turning to railways, is it still the case that UK has train or engine drivers where US has engineers?
And coming to a wee internal UK difference, I recall being puzzled when I first came to Scotland by the use of the term 'villa' for even the most humble dwelling.
A bit puzzled by references to:
Handbag - in UK that is appliance in which the distaff side carry all their accoutrements including their purse in which they put their money. There is no real male equivalent. There was a move to introduce male pouches but it came to nothing. About the nearest equivalent might be the sporran worn with highland dress.
Film - straight difference - UK Film = US Movie
Associated somewhat - UK Cinema = US Theatre but that might be dated.
Holiday - UK Holiday = US Vacation
Let's see what that stirs up.