Chipper = Carpenter and/or guy who makes french fries.

I am never completely sure which is which over there. Everytime I think I know, someone or something throws me off again.

Basically this is jam and this is jelly. So, it's the same there as it is here, right?

But I have definitely witnessed Americans referring to jam as jelly and jelly as jam, and then I hear the word jello mentioned too and I just get confused.

Jam is seeded
Jelly is unseeded

Or at least it's supposed to be anyway.

I know that in Australia, jelly is jello, and jam is the fruit spread.

Dessert = Pudding

This would always **** me up as a waiter when UK guests would ask what puddings we had and I would tell them, "uh,...none". The incredulous looks I'd get were very entertaining.

Jam and jelly are not the same thing, as far as I'm aware. Jelly is made from fruit juice and is more spreadable, while jam is made from pureed fruit (hence it has seeds in it). And, as duga mentioned, preserves has full pieces of fruit in it...

These are the kind of terms they use that piss me off. If you wanna say "mate" instead of "friend" then be my guest but as you said pudding is a specific type of dessert and therefore an extremely frustrating misuse of the term...

What we refer to as being pudding, is usually considered a custard or mousse in Englese.

But it would be just as frustrating for us when the roles were reversed.

My lad says mom instead of mam.
He watches too much American TV.
I'm trying to get him out of the habit with a swift clip round the back of the head.