text: the british say 'sweets,' americans say 'candy.'   what other lingo differences are there?   i have given up smoking now, but don't make the mistake of asking a taxi driver where you can buy some fags from....   don't ask a hotel receptionist to knock you up in the morning  don't even get into the tomato thing  don't walk on the pavement, but the sidewalk  car's, oh god, hood, fender, trunk, etc  there are too many to name  we are two nations divided by a common language