Americanisms

[No Ney Never]

Aye up lass, tha's gettin a bee in tha bonnet o'er summat n nowt tha knows. Al point thee int direction o th'ecky thump thread n thal see we talk proper up ere. Un we don't live int UK, wi live in inglund.

[NRC]

You do the math - I'll do the maths and the English thank you - there is no "s" after math, and it's not plural...
Trash - British people who say that want punching in the face - "rubbish" has several connotations, whereas "trash" is more specific
ATM - Hole in t' wall you dummies, or cash machine if you live further south than Macclesfield - it's an acronym for what it actually is
You're welcome - politeness. False or not, politeness is always welcome
Elevator... no lift! - "lift" has several meanings, and is a verb. Elevator is a noun and is more specific
Lever... it's lee-ver! - there's only the one "e" there, not two making it leever
Sir, can I go to the bathroom"? - again, politeness. Americans find the specific of "toilet" too direct (we don't really want to know what you're doing)
"I could care less" - nothing wrong with this, it leaves more openness - not being boxed into to something as definitive
Full stop - what's wrong with period. In order to have a full stop, it suggests a half stop, which is called a semi-colon. Colon is a little rude,no?
describing aluminum, as aluminium - if aluminum had been invented in Roman times, it would have the correct spelling.... it wouldn't be aluminium
train station (rather than railway station) - it's the train that stops there, not the railway, which is continuous through it
cellphone - more descriptive of its functionality rather than its portability
Locker rooms - again more literal in the USa. It's a room full of lockers. Changing in them comes after the fact. Oh and people change, not the room
My bad - OK, I'll give you this one, but one wouldn't really say
"my mistake" and sorry doesn't fit exactly, so "my bad" is usable
"Guys" - for one I applaud how this is gender neutral
Reesearch, instead of research. - you say ree-define, not redefine, don't you? the syllables are even


just sayin, like!

[FCBurnley]

There's some anti-Americanism going on in this thread. If bfcjg had his way we'd all be in Guantanamo by now.

Well there`s plenty of space. Hussein made sure of that.

[Imploding Turtle]

Just incase anyone is curious as to why FCBurnley keeps referring to the first black president by his middle-eastern sounding middle name, and are too naive to realise it yourself, here's the Republicans denouncing its use as a racist dog-whistle tactic.

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[FCBurnley]

[quote="Imploding Turtle"]Just incase anyone is curious as to why FCBurnley keeps referring to the first black president by his middle-eastern sounding middle name, and are too naive to realise it yourself, here's the Republicans denouncing its use as a racist dog-whistle tactic.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02 ... ef=24hours" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;[/quote

Works every time.

[LoveCurryPies]

Soccer instead of Football.

[Culmclaret]

'Back in the day'. Like nails down a blackboard. 'So'. When used to start an answer to a straightforward question, as in 'how many will we beat Spurs by?' 'So, I think it will be 4-1'.
I also detest being called 'bud or buddy'

[ontario claret]

If you've ever seen the old made-in-Canada comedy sketch show SCTV, you would be familiar with the phrase "hoser". Apparently, Canadians use it all of the time. Problem is, I had never heard it until it showed up on the program. Actually, it was when I was working for Canada Life, and a guy from our Minnesota branch office called, and started calling me a hoser. I had no idea what he was talking about, but he had seen it the night before, and thought he was being cool. It comes from western Canada, and describes somebody who tries to steal gas at a self-service gas station (apparently).

[ontario claret]

I can speak on the phone with my cousin in Denmark, and she understands every word that I say. Then again, she speaks the Queen's English. Danes are a very fastidious people.

[tim_noone]

Unless ive missed it. one of the most common americanism words used these days by most chaps.....'having a beer' or 'going for a beer' as opposed to having a pint,going for a pint.

[Bin Ont Turf]

They say tomato, the Germans say dummkopf...............


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[NCClaret]

It's all going too far ... in Keswick in quintessential England the other week, a young chap served me in a well known newspaper and book shop outlet and on leaving he said: "You have a merry day" - Merry day ... what's that about??!!

[claretdom]

It's all going too far ... in Keswick in quintessential England the other week, a young chap served me in a well known newspaper and book shop outlet and on leaving he said: "You have a merry day" - Merry day ... what's that about??!!

That's a local term for - go get pi$$ed

[Falcon]

As I always say when this topic pops up, 'gotten' is actually the original term, not an Americanism, commonly used in this country 300 years ago.

It died out over here but stayed on in the US.

[thatdberight]

As I always say when this topic pops up, 'gotten' is actually the original term, not an Americanism, commonly used in this country 300 years ago.

It died out over here but stayed on in the US.

Quite right. Same with us affectedly taking on the French "-ise" and Autumn. But for some on here, it's more of a political than a linguistic stance to have a go at "America".

[ontario claret]

Oh, you're 'avin a go.

[uurrmac]

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[Siddo]

The guy thrown off the plane the other week was apparently deplaned.

[chekhov]

Want to give someone a quote, you're struggling to give an accurate figure, so the person you're talking to says, "Ball park?" Very annoying.

And "atop" when you mean on top of. Don't hear that much but its one of those that annoy me even when Americans say it.

[texasbrit]

its METHOD not METHODOLGY which incidentltly is the systematic, theoretical analysis of methods

[boiledclaret]

It cracks me up when I see a film and someone's being referred to as 'Mac'

I haven't heard it in ages. I got called Mac a few times in America by strangers, Not sure if it's outdated terminology nowadays but you used to hear it a lot.

[tim_noone]

Ive been called mac for years....but not so much nowadays.

[Rileybobs]

Why do Americans talk so loudly? Whenever I'm in another country their voices beam over anyone else's.

[tim_noone]

Why do Americans talk so loudly? Whenever I'm in another country their voices beam over anyone else's.

Have you been in a pub lateley?

[Rileybobs]

Have you been in a pub lateley?

Yes, why?

[tim_noone]

Yes, why?

Because were pretty darn loud ourselves......

[Rileybobs]

Because were pretty darn loud ourselves......

Pubs are notoriously loud and rowdy places. Whenever I travel to 'touristy' places I can hear American voices above all others.

[thatdberight]

its METHOD not METHODOLGY which incidentltly is the systematic, theoretical analysis of methods

Five orthographic mistakes in a short sentence ranting about the use of language. That's impressive.

[SalisburyClaret]

American language is not all bad, some good stuff was handed down by the Pilgrim Fathers - they say Castle and Bath in a flat northern way rather than the Southern English way of carsul and barth

They also use some original English words like Fall instead of the relatively modern Autumn

[Top Claret]

Guys

[winsomeyen]

Tim Sherwood is a salad mixer. (see post 60)

[KateR]

jeeeze you guys must lead some perfect lives to be on here complaining about what Americans say, I mean have you really heard people from Burnley and the North in general speak, it aint English and that's a fact, get over it, you will learn and your children/grandchildren will all be speaking in Americanisms soon

The revolution's been going on for quite a while now, and just to be sure you understand and have some perspective on the situation, most Americans like to shorten/abbreviate, hence ATM is the way to go. A little bit like you say "orieyt cock" real English t'be honest init

But at least most of you now know and understand the words and meanings, for which languages were designed for, now you just need to embrace them, espeshily you Bint!

[tim_noone]

You've been drinking ...heavily

[grapidianclaret]

Why do Americans talk so loudly? Whenever I'm in another country their voices beam over anyone else's.

Trying to keep up with the cockneys.
Nobody talks any louder, anywhere in the universe than cockneys.
effing embarrassment you guys.

[boiledclaret]

jeeeze you guys must lead some perfect lives to be on here complaining about what Americans say, I mean have you really heard people from Burnley and the North in general speak, it aint English and that's a fact, get over it, you will learn and your children/grandchildren will all be speaking in Americanisms soon

Pan-American English, I think it's called.
Some of us aren't complaining. In fact, some of us think that it's completely 'inevitable.' English is made up of latin, saxon, norman, some Scandanavian and even some slavic. Once upon a time we were paly with the French so the English language has a lot of french words prounounced differently, same with Spanish.

The reason why we have so many 'Americanisms' nowadays is because all our culture comes from America because we're too 'arrogant' (or stupified) to be part of Europe.

Hence, endless kids being plonked in front of TV/Monitor/video game screens platituding 'Americanisms' safe in the knowledge that due to their conditioned snobbery they can always just blame the USA rather than their parents or themselves.

Aye, we nay speak Queens English cos o Johnny Foreigner tha knews, be reyt.

[ClaretEngineer]

A new one that I have discovered. Legos / Legoes. American plural for Lego.