Quiz – How British is your English?

Americans borrowed zucchini from Italy, where this particular type of squash was developed for cooking. The British went with the French word for it, courgette.

Though suet is an animal fat, there's a vegetarian concoction made of plant fats and flour that can be used for making suet dumplings and suet puddings (two British delicacies). It’s sold as vegetable suet, usually in shredded form.

In British English, Lego is a mass noun. You’d have a box (or tray) of Lego, not Legos.

A drawing pin is what Americans would call a thumb tack.

A flannel is what Americans would call a washcloth.

Toasties generally involve cheese (and often other ingredients like ham or tomato), so they’re much the same as American 'toasted cheese' or 'grilled cheese' sandwiches.

If you watch or read British mysteries, you should get this one right!

An allotment is a small plot of land away from your home, used growing for plants. Allotments are usually rented from the local government council.

Words have been not buttering British parsnips for almost 400 years. The phrase feels a bit antique these days, but it means ‘words alone are not enough—give us some action’.

Though the stone measure was originally used for trading purposes (you could buy a stone of wool, for example), nowadays it’s almost exclusively used for human body weight. If you’re 10 stone, you’re 140 pounds.