[ssl232]

There is. In the UK it's typically called plasterboard. I think the original commenter was trying to make the point that bricks are almost exclusively used for the outside, whereas in the US it seems to depend on the location. I've seen lots of brick houses on the East Coast but in the Midwest it seems a lot of houses are wooden on the outside.

[krallja]

Even brick houses in the US are decorative brick veneer - the actual frame is almost always wood or metal.