British vs. American English Dictionary Online - Letter P

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British English vs. American English Dictionary Online contains differences between these two types of languages. The words have been arranged alphabetically so that it is very easy to find the proper words in the opposite language.

British vs. American English
British	American
pack of cards	deck of cards
packet of cigarettes	package of cigarettes
pants	shorts
paper knife	letter opener
paraffin	kerosene/kerosine
parliament	congress
pavement	sidewalk
pay rise	pay raise
pedestrian crossing	crosswalk
pepper	bell pepper
personnel department	human resources department
petrol	gas
phone box	phone booth
pickled cucumber	dill pickle
platform	track
plug hole	drain
polo neck	turtle neck
porridge	oatmeal
post	mail
post code	zip code
postman	mailman
primary school	elementary school, grade school
prison	jail
programme	program
pub	bar
pupil	student
to put sb. through	to connect sb.