I've enjoyed this post immensely.
Thought you might like to hear a few from Australia. These can change from state to state.
In our house we sit on the lounge. We drink soft drink. We eat lunch around noon and have tea at night.(my grandchildren correct me on this and say it's dinner. Dinner for me is a hot meal in the middle of the day.
We put our food in a fridge to keep it cold (but I can remember the iceman coming when I was very small. Thanks Ditter for the reminder of the big metal tongs. I'd forgotten them)
It is either pouring or bucketing down with rain or spitting if it's just light.
We go to the toilet or the loo. What we referred to as stepins was a girdle. The guys called them tin underpants. Haven't worn them in years, thank goodness. Men's undies are just that or jocks. (Jockey brand)
After this thread I'll understand a few more things when reading a book.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed. I've had so much fun reading these.