you might have already been aware of this, but I thought he might like hotcakes, or just cakes, or God Forbid! Silver Dollars. Anyway, I came across this little American - British English dictionary that I thought you might be interested.
http://www.davidappleyard.com/english/americanglossary.htm Surly there are other (and maybe better) out there, but *shrug* just thought I'd share.
----
In other, unrelated news, I think I might have started my "real" story. All two paragraphs of it. It's a bit exciting.
EDIT: I had a bad link, but I fizzed it :)