Joke:

The Lift

An American visiting in England entered the hotel and asked where the elevator was. The doorman looked a bit confused but smiled when he realized what the man wanted. "You must mean the lift," he said.

"No," the American responded. "If I ask for the elevator I mean the elevator."

"Well," the doorman answered, "over here we call them lifts."

"Now you listen", the American said rather irritated," someone in America invented the elevator."

"Oh, right you are, sir," the man said in a polite tone, "but someone here in England invented the language."