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          Teach Yourself American (For the British Beader)

          British to American                 American to British
          Sometimes we're separated by a common language! Here are a few jewellery-related terms that we've found may differ from one side of the Atlantic to the other. This list is mostly for fun. Rest assured, many jewellery and crafts terms are the same in both countries!
          British to American
          Aiko seed beads / Toho
          catches clasps / clutches
          bolt-ring spring ring
          bouillon bullion
          brooch/broach backs pin backs
          calottes clamshell / fold-over
          catalogue catalog
          centre center
          colour color
          cross-drilled corner-drilled
          despatch / dispatch shipment / shipping
          drop teardrop
          earnuts / scrolls earring backs / earring nuts / butterfly nuts
          earstuds posts / post earrings
          fan bib
          fish-hook ear wire French hook ear wire
          fob clasp toggle clasp
          galvanised galvanized
          gilt-lined gold-lined / gold-luster lined
          hair grip bobby pin
          hair slide barrette
          jewellery jewelry
          Kirby grip bobby pin
          lobsterclaw lobster
          lustre also luster
          matt matte
          Miyuki seed beads / Toho
          mobile phone cell phone
          moukaite mookaite
          parrot clasp lobster clasp
          polythene (sometimes) plastic
          ring bases disk rings
          rocailles also seed beads
          shepherds crook ear wire French hook ear wire
          spectacle ends eyeglass holders
          stations pendants
          string (of beads) strand
          thonging cord (single-strand)
          torque (torq/torc) neck ring
          trigger clasp lobster clasp / spring ring
          American to British
          barrette hair slide
          bib fan
          bobby pin hair grip, Kirby grip
          bullion bouillon
          butterfly nuts scrolls / earnuts
          catalog catalogue
          cell phone mobile phone
          center centre
          fold-over calottes
          clasps / clutches catches
          color colour
          cord (single-strand) thonging
          corner-drilled cross-drilled
          disk rings ring bases
          earring backs / earring nuts earnuts
          eyeglass holders spectacle ends
          fold-over calottes
          French hook ear wire fish-hook or shepherds crook ear wire
          galvanized galvanised
          gold-lined / gold-luster lined gilt-lined
          jewelry jewellery
          lobster lobsterclaw
          lobster clasps parrot clasp / trigger clasp
          luster also lustre
          matte matt
          mookaite moukaite
          neck ring torque (torq/torc)
          pendants stations
          pin backs brooch / broach backs
          plastic polythene (sometimes)
          posts / post earrings earstuds
          seed beads / Toho Aiko / Miyuki / rocailles
          shipment / shipping despatch / dispatch
          spring ring bolt-ring / parrot clasp
          strand string (of beads)
          teardrop drop
          toggle clasp fob clasp
          Toho see Aiko / Miyuki

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