User blog comment:SmudgyHollz/American and British - Two Very Different Languages.../@comment-1956227-20110822224402/@comment-1266530-20110823172502

Well - bearing in mind that my family is a little stuck in the past - we certainly use the word frock. But we also use the word dress. And no, we wouldn't call it a `prom frock` as we don't have `proms` over here. They're usually called dances, parties or - if you're incredibly wealthy and posh - balls!

As for sticking plasters; well... We don't usually call them sticking plasters. Just plasters. Bandages are white - or usually white - strips of material. They're kind of hard to explain!