Different words, different meaning in different countries...

Words and phrases that have different meanings in British and Malaysian English.Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_English

Word / Phrase	Malaysian meaning	American / British meaning
last time	previously	on the previous occurrence
a parking lot	a parking space, e.g. "That new shopping mall has five hundred parking lots."	a parking garage (from US English)
an alphabet	a letter of the alphabet, e.g. "The word 'table' has five alphabets."	a set of letters used in a language
bungalow	A mansion for the rich and/or famous; or a fully detached house, regardless of the number of floors it has. Lately, some housing developers have changed the usage of this word further and we now see terms like "a semi-detached bungalow".	A small freestanding house or cottage having a single storey and sometimes an additional attic storey.
photostat	a photocopier; also used as a verb meaning "to photocopy"	a historical copying machine using a camera and photographic paper, which was superseded by the photocopier. See Photostat machine.
slang	accent, e.g. "I cannot understand your slang", when the real meaning is "I cannot understand your accent"	informal spoken language, often unique to a particular country or social group
to follow	to accompany, e.g. "Can I follow you?" meaning "Can I come with you?"	to go after or behind, e.g. "The police car was following me"
to keep	to put away or store, e.g. a parent tells a child "Keep your toys!"	to retain as one's own, e.g. "I must decide which to throw away and which to keep."
to revert	to get back to someone, e.g. in an email: "I will investigate this and revert to you by tomorrow."	to return to a previous edit or state (although this meaning exists in BrE as well.)
to send	to take someone somewhere, e.g. "Can you send me to the airport?"	to cause something to go somewhere without accompanying it, e.g. "I sent this letter to my grandma."

ENGLISH WORD or PHRASES only used in MALAYSIA

Malaysian English has developed its own vocabulary which source from different kinds of influences such as the races or a combination of Malay slang with British English (Malaysia was once conquered by British in World War 2). Below are some of the examples of the Malaysian English which are widely used by all Malaysian without knowing that it does not exist in British or American English.

Malaysian	British / American
Handphone (often abbreviated to HP)	Mobile phone or Cell phone
Malaysian Chinese / Malaysian Indian	Malaysian Chinese or Chinese Malaysian / Indian Malaysian
KIV (keep in view)	Kept on file, held for further consideration
Slippers	Flip-flop (not to be confused with slip-on night-time footwear)
Outstation	Means both 'at work out of town' or less frequently 'at work overseas/abroad'.
MC (medical certificate). Often used in this context, e.g. 'He is on MC today'	Sick note
Mee (from Malay word mi)	Noodles
Remisier	Broker
Gostan (colloq.)(From "go astern")	Reverse

source taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_English