Some other British words that differ from American ones are curb/kerb and jail/gaol. There are certainly others, but I'm going by a faulty memory here. Any other suggestions? [Update on 29-Apr]: I forgot about the -er vs. -re endings: center/centre, liter/liter, etc. These are often lifesavers in SpellTower.
Finally, a very clever poem by G.K. Chesterton that deflated the notion that Americans are terser than their UK counterparts: A Ballad Of Abbreviations.
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