American English to British English Dictionary
K - O
K12 or K-12
Kwanzaa
Los Angeles, California.
Louisiana (the state).
Labour Day (US spelling Labor)
See also Memorial Day
Landfill
Latam
Lay-Z
"Leave it open or close it down?"
Levee
Limited Access Highway
Locator
A number which identifies a flight booking within an airline's computer system. When booking through an intermediary, such as the fly/drive holiday company associated with an airline, you normally cannot make plane seat reservations until the holiday company releases the flight booking to the actual airline, and a locator is created. The length of time before the flight when this is done varies considerably between companies. Being able to supply the locator number is a great help when making plane seat reservations. The locator is usually printed on the air tickets, although it may not be obviously marked as such.
A major component of the automatic landing system for aircraft at airports.
Loonie
Loyalist
Luck Out
Maryland (the state).
Medical Doctor.
Median
Mellow Yellow
Memorial Day
See also Labour Day
Miles
Minutes.
Michigan.
Milkshake
Most Valuable Player
Mountain Dew
Mr Pibb
Muffler
Marketing Vice President (in a company). This usage is far less common.
Nachos
Nachos are hard flour "crisps" sold in bags as snacks like crisps, or served in Mexican restaurants with minced beef, sour cream, peppers, etc.
A nacho salad consists of nacho chips with lettuce, cheese, sour cream, etc. Sometimes nacho salads have the nacho formed into a large edible bowl which contains the other ingredients - and then you've got a large meal!
Most supermarkets sell nacho chips (i.e. crisps) as well as potato chips, often in numerous flavours.
NASCAR
Native American
"Nawlins"
Nickel
Nodding Donkey
Old Glory
On ramps and off ramps
Outage
Outlet
Mains wall socket. The design in the USA and Canada is different to that of the UK or Europe.
See Factory Outlet. ("Outlet Shop" and "Outlet Mall" have related meanings.)
Over Easy
[Many thanks to John Hayes (jnhayes@austin360.com) for contributing this entry.]
Places & useful connections
Before you set out
Confirm current access, opening arrangements, reservations and the suitability of your planned roads and walks. Photographs may show earlier conditions.