yep. they have their style go to a restaurant and ask for water without ice - they will not understand. you've to say water-no ice ask them in a restaurant to pack food they will not understand-have to tell them 'to go' and a toilet becomes a 'rest room'
well each place has it .... was quite astonished to hear "EK CHAI PARCEL" in my early days in Dubai ...... all it means is asking for tea in a disposable cup.
then the world famous "dada pichon dike egon" in the Cal mini's.
And toilets are also called powder room in places, i think, with british influence.