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Teach Yourself American (For the British Beader)
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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
