Word differences!!

General words---- American words

Cinema ---- Movie
Z ( Alphabet)--- Zee ( pronounced)
Drawing room--- Living room

Policeman--- Cop
Canteen--- Cafeteria
Sleeping-- Nap
Shopping Complex--- Mall
Bye--- Later
Toilet--- Restroom
Waste--- Trash

Some facts

Unlike Bangladesh, in US the T.V. channels can't be tuned according to your wish. For e.g. ESPN will come on channel 39 for everybody, you can't change it. This is applied according to your area and the cable company.

The date is written as, MM/ DD/ YY i.e. Month/ Date/ Year.

Don't call a black person a "Negro" or "Black", it is always polite to call them "African Americans". Also never call an "American Indian" as a "Red Indian", they get very offended.

US is divided into 4 time zones. Depending on the zone, your time will differ from any other zone state.

Disneyland

Disneyland is an American theme park located in Anaheim, California, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company. Disneyland has the most cumulative attendance of any theme park in the world, with close to 600 million guests since July 18th 1955. In 2009, 15.9 million people visited the park making it the second most visited park in the World during that calendar year.

Times Square

Times Square is a major intersection in Manhattan, a borough of New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47 Streets. The Times Square area consists of the blocks between Sixth and Eighth Avenues from east to west and West 40th and West 53rd Streets from south to north, making up the western part of the commercial area of Midtown Manhattan.

The Empire State

The Empire State Building is a 102 story landmark Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York, The Empire State. It stood as the world’s tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center. But after the destruction of the world Trade Center in 2001, once again it became the tallest building in New York City.

The Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is a steep sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park, o ne of the first national parks in the United States.

The Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Martin County. It is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco, California, and United States.