Ya think?, or You say cocky and we say cacky

Sometimes it seems that the U.K. and the U.S. don't speak the same language. I have identified several categories of differences for your consideration::

A. Some words that we spell alike we pronounce differently, such as neither (nye-ther/nee-ther), either (eye-ther/ee-ther), tomato (to-mah-to/to-may-to), potato (po-tah-to/po-tay-to), laughter (lahf-ter/laff-ter) and many others. This was famously demonstrated in 1937 when Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers performed, on roller skates yet, George and Ira Gershwin's song "Let's Call thee Whole Thing Off" (5:12).

B. Some words that we pronounce alike we spell differently, such as tire/tyre, curb/kerb, theater/theatre, maneuver/manoeuvre, euthanize/euthanise, favorite/favourite, and many others.

C. We call some objects by entirely different words, such as truck/lorry, trunk/boot, hood/bonnet, cookie/biscuit, potato chips/crisps, French fries/chips, zucchini/courgette, eggplant/aubergine, cilantro/coriander, elevator/lift, apartment/flat, diaper/napkin, and many others

D. On some words that we spell alike we choose to stress the syllables differently, such as laboratory (LAB-ruh-tory/luh-BOR-uh-tree), debris (duh-BREE/DEB-ree), and many others.

There may be other categories and sub-categories, but I can't think of any just now. If you think of other exanples and want to cite them in a comment, please include whether they fall into category A, B, C, D, or a new one that you define, and I will agree or disagree.

It occurs to me, for example, that perhaps pajamas/pyjamas needs another category, E, words that are neither spelled alike nor pronounced alike but mean the same thing, because that particular pair do not fall into category A (spelled alike but pronounced differently) or category B (pronounced alike but spelled differently). That particlar pair of words is spelled differently (pajamas/pyjamas) and pronounced differently (puh-JAM-uhs/puh-JAHM-uhs).

It further occurs to me that zucchini is Italian and courgette is French, so neither side is speaking English on that pair.

Finally, I want to share a "Six Degrees of Separation" fact that you may find interesting. When Ginger Rogers was young she and her mother lived in Fort Worth, Texas. Ginger's vaudeville career was launched in 1926 after she was named Charleston Champion of Texas upon winning a statewide dancing competition. Her pianist was a young woman named Alyne Eagan, and from 1948 to 1956 Alyne Eagan was my piano teacher.