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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Was in the queue at Costa Coffee at Gatwick this morning and, as the Barista came to each one, they all started off their 'requests' with......
"Can I get a......?"
Now, if I was a Barista, I would just answer 'Yes' and stand there until they said 'May I have a.....?'
Is it me...????? Am I just too flippin geriatric for my own good...???
Why do we feel we have to imitate everything we see and hear in 'entertainment' from across the pond??
Tuesday morning rant over - I feel better for that.. 
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Sad thing is, you even see this creeping in to posts on here. Just lately, the amount of OP posts which begin... "So, I was at...." etc.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!
Whatever happened to English grammar FFS??
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See, this is why we need a rant section on here.
I agree with the americanisms.
I blame the 'friends' culture myself, people trying to immitate them because they think its cool.
Another thought, if coffee shops are american, where are all the tea shops for us brits?  |
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"Was in the queue at Costa Coffee at Gatwick this morning and, as the Barista came to each one, they all started off their 'requests' with......
"Can I get a......?"
Now, if I was a Barista, I would just answer 'Yes' and stand there until they said 'May I have a.....?'I am in comlete disagreement some of my best friends are from across the atlantic!
Is it me...????? Am I just too flippin geriatric for my own good...???
Why do we feel we have to imitate everything we see and hear in 'entertainment' from across the pond??
Tuesday morning rant over - I feel better for that..
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"Another thought, if coffee shops are american, where are all the tea shops for us brits? "
Absolutely! Think we should stage a fight back!!! Give me a cup of Earl Grey (and it spelled 'Grey' and NOT 'Gray'!!) any day....
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"Another thought, if coffee shops are american, where are all the tea shops for us brits?
Absolutely! Think we should stage a fight back!!! Give me a cup of Earl Grey (and it spelled 'Grey' and NOT 'Gray'!!) any day....
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I have a Canadian friend who uses words like garbage instead of rubbish and sneakers instead of trainers and sidewalk instead of pavement. The only one she has adapted to is pants/trousers, because it's confusing for her son and school uniform! |
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Not an Americanism but something that drives me up the wall is using the word 'like' as every second word. No idea where it came from but really gets my goat!  |
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"I have a Canadian friend who uses words like garbage instead of rubbish and sneakers instead of trainers and sidewalk instead of pavement. The only one she has adapted to is pants/trousers, because it's confusing for her son and school uniform!"
How dare she not completely assimilate to the ways of the land and have the nerve to use words she was used all her life to describe certain objects.So if it is not the British way it is the wrong way? I hope for my children's sake that they never pick up any if my horrible north Americanisms for fear of being completely alienated later in life due to such crimes against the English language...Ffs...lol
Signed a Canadian ....oh yeah...have a nice day everyone |
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"Another thought, if coffee shops are american, where are all the tea shops for us brits?
Absolutely! Think we should stage a fight back!!! Give me a cup of Earl Grey (and it spelled 'Grey' and NOT 'Gray'!!) any day....
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Oh, I agree so much! Especially about my beloved Earl Grey!
My favourite hate word is "burglarised" in American police shows (not "cop" shows!) !!! Do they not understand "burgled"??? Is their bread "bakerised"? Is their food "cookerised"? Waaaaaa - need a rant!!!
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"I have a Canadian friend who uses words like garbage instead of rubbish and sneakers instead of trainers and sidewalk instead of pavement. The only one she has adapted to is pants/trousers, because it's confusing for her son and school uniform!
How dare she not completely assimilate to the ways of the land and have the nerve to use words she was used all her life to describe certain objects.So if it is not the British way it is the wrong way? I hope for my children's sake that they never pick up any if my horrible north Americanisms for fear of being completely alienated later in life due to such crimes against the English language...Ffs...lol
Signed a Canadian ....oh yeah...have a nice day everyone "
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"Having the audacity to hold "World Series" sporting events that don’t involve other nations.....
 
In this instance "World" were the original sponsors. I think it was "World Tobacco" "
The world was a new York newspaper |
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"Having the audacity to hold "World Series" sporting events that don’t involve other nations.....
In this instance "World" were the original sponsors. I think it was "World Tobacco"
The world was a new York newspaper"
Thanks for the explination.... |
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Words like 'trash' and 'fall' were words taken by English colonists to America, but have since fallen out of use here. Shakespeare used the word trash in Othello... of course many hundreds of thousands of immigrants arrived in America not speaking any English and would have bastardised the language....in saying that where they get erb instead of herb from..f..k knows!! |
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"See, this is why we need a rant section on here.
I agree with the americanisms.
I blame the 'friends' culture myself, people trying to immitate them because they think its cool.
Another thought, if coffee shops are american, where are all the tea shops for us brits? "
Brits, another annoying Americanism. |
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"in saying that where they get erb instead of herb from..f..k knows!!"
Cos some stupid teacher told them a 'H' at the beginning of a word is always silent, but not in hospital. Or in 'Hiya, have a nice fookin day!'
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Tea Houses are making a comeback in the UK. Where you can have finger sandwiches along with cakes and pastries delivered to your table on a little trolley.
I try very hard not to use Americanisms or American slang. I lived there for a few years, working as a preschool teacher, which meant I had to retrain myself how to speak so the young children (and adults if I am honest) could understand me. Although I have been back in England for over ten years now, my friend still catches me saying pants instead of trousers, and she berates me for it everytime.
I think the hardest thing is going to be keeping it out of schools. How a teacher is supposed to teach English, when text speak and the like are so prevalent, is beyond me.
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"Not something that had drifted to our shores yet, but hate the way they pronounce aluminium "
They pronounce it the way they spell it: Aluminum, which was it's original name before the actual element was officially discovered (that's paradoxical isn't it?)
The name 'aluminium' was adopted to conform with the -ium names of most other elements, but in 1925, the American Chemical Society decided to go back to the original aluminum, so the United States uses a different name from most other countries.
The Periodic Table lists element 13 as 'Aluminium' with a footnote stating that 'Aluminum' is also used in parts of the world, ie. America. |
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" 'Aluminium' with a footnote stating that 'Aluminum' is also used in parts of the world, ie. America."
This from a nation of pussy wigs...
"Howdy pardner... Arm a mirkin..." |
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This has been a very interesting thread to read as I'm American ( been here 12 years) and I'm afraid even my hubby has picked up some of my bad American phrases 
My use of American slang hasn't put any meets off yet but perhaps I best declare it on our profile just on case |
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Went to see my favourite band, who are from Texas, and they commented on how we pronounce electricity. Don't know if it's just a northern/common thing, but we miss the last T out. At least we don't change it to a D. A completely different letter!
Electricidee? Really? That's my most hated Americanism |
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"I have a Canadian friend who uses words like garbage instead of rubbish and sneakers instead of trainers and sidewalk instead of pavement. The only one she has adapted to is pants/trousers, because it's confusing for her son and school uniform!
How dare she not completely assimilate to the ways of the land and have the nerve to use words she was used all her life to describe certain objects.So if it is not the British way it is the wrong way? I hope for my children's sake that they never pick up any if my horrible north Americanisms for fear of being completely alienated later in life due to such crimes against the English language...Ffs...lol
Signed a Canadian ....oh yeah...have a nice day everyone "
Well said as a Scot ive had a few on the forums giving me stick for using scottish slang like the word auld instead of old and the word tae instead of to oh well different strokes en awe that lol |
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Another thought, if coffee shops are american, where are all the tea shops for us brits? "
There's a lovely one in Harrogate....
Oh and they serve a lovely afternoon English Tea near Port Sunlight on Wirral.
Always like to be helpful,
Now have a nice day and missing you already....
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"I have a Canadian friend who uses words like garbage instead of rubbish and sneakers instead of trainers and sidewalk instead of pavement. The only one she has adapted to is pants/trousers, because it's confusing for her son and school uniform!
How dare she not completely assimilate to the ways of the land and have the nerve to use words she was used all her life to describe certain objects.So if it is not the British way it is the wrong way? I hope for my children's sake that they never pick up any if my horrible north Americanisms for fear of being completely alienated later in life due to such crimes against the English language...Ffs...lol
Signed a Canadian ....oh yeah...have a nice day everyone
Well said as a Scot ive had a few on the forums giving me stick for using scottish slang like the word auld instead of old and the word tae instead of to oh well different strokes en awe that lol "
We can do outwith that scottish slang thanks |
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"I have a Canadian friend who uses words like garbage instead of rubbish and sneakers instead of trainers and sidewalk instead of pavement. The only one she has adapted to is pants/trousers, because it's confusing for her son and school uniform!
How dare she not completely assimilate to the ways of the land and have the nerve to use words she was used all her life to describe certain objects.So if it is not the British way it is the wrong way? I hope for my children's sake that they never pick up any if my horrible north Americanisms for fear of being completely alienated later in life due to such crimes against the English language...Ffs...lol
Signed a Canadian ....oh yeah...have a nice day everyone
Well said as a Scot ive had a few on the forums giving me stick for using scottish slang like the word auld instead of old and the word tae instead of to oh well different strokes en awe that lol
We can do outwith that scottish slang thanks"
Different Strokes, London eh loads of different slang alot worse than us Scots !! |
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I wonder if there is a forum in the states where people are posting....
"Have you ever heard the people in Norfolk talk, they can't even use the word 'does' it's all "he do though don't he" and "she do look a bit like her mum"."
"If you think that's bad go to a city, half the kids think they are from Jamaica."
"I went to Newcastle and asked how far it was to the hotel and the driver kept talking about his boots... "eye it's a boot...."
"Yes, if anyone can fuck up their own language it's the Brits." |
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Aah...the beauty of the differences in Language. OK I smile at some of the differences but lets not forget Americans don't speak 'English' English. They speak their version of English, as do the Canadians and Australians and New Zealanders etc. And if I may throw in a bit of French: Vive La Diference!
As Churchill said in a speech to the US Congress quoting Oscar Wilde (I think!):
" We are two great Nations divided by a common language..." |
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"I wonder if there is a forum in the states where people are posting....
"Have you ever heard the people in Norfolk talk, they can't even use the word 'does' it's all "he do though don't he" and "she do look a bit like her mum"."
"If you think that's bad go to a city, half the kids think they are from Jamaica."
"I went to Newcastle and asked how far it was to the hotel and the driver kept talking about his boots... "eye it's a boot...."
"Yes, if anyone can fuck up their own language it's the Brits.""
Spot on..lol....my family are Devon farmers.. occasionally incomprehensible! |
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"I have a Canadian friend who uses words like garbage instead of rubbish and sneakers instead of trainers and sidewalk instead of pavement. The only one she has adapted to is pants/trousers, because it's confusing for her son and school uniform!
How dare she not completely assimilate to the ways of the land and have the nerve to use words she was used all her life to describe certain objects.So if it is not the British way it is the wrong way? I hope for my children's sake that they never pick up any if my horrible north Americanisms for fear of being completely alienated later in life due to such crimes against the English language...Ffs...lol
Signed a Canadian ....oh yeah...have a nice day everyone
Well said as a Scot ive had a few on the forums giving me stick for using scottish slang like the word auld instead of old and the word tae instead of to oh well different strokes en awe that lol
We can do outwith that scottish slang thanks
Different Strokes, London eh loads of different slang alot worse than us Scots !!"
You missed the Scottish slang |
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"I have a Canadian friend who uses words like garbage instead of rubbish and sneakers instead of trainers and sidewalk instead of pavement. The only one she has adapted to is pants/trousers, because it's confusing for her son and school uniform!
How dare she not completely assimilate to the ways of the land and have the nerve to use words she was used all her life to describe certain objects.So if it is not the British way it is the wrong way? I hope for my children's sake that they never pick up any if my horrible north Americanisms for fear of being completely alienated later in life due to such crimes against the English language...Ffs...lol
Signed a Canadian ....oh yeah...have a nice day everyone "
I actually love it! Love her accent and she still catches me out with certain words and I think 'wtf does that mean?' I.E a fountain drink  |
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"Having the audacity to hold "World Series" sporting events that don’t involve other nations.....
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And they only called 'World Series' after the Daily World newspaper (in Chicago I think) sponsored a baseball league in the very early 1900's. It's got nothing to do with it being a true 'World Series'.... as Amercians know nothing about the rest of the World anyway......
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"Aah...the beauty of the differences in Language. OK I smile at some of the differences but lets not forget Americans don't speak 'English' English. They speak their version of English, as do the Canadians and Australians and New Zealanders etc. And if I may throw in a bit of French: Vive La Diference!
As Churchill said in a speech to the US Congress quoting Oscar Wilde (I think!):
" We are two great Nations divided by a common language...""
And, thankfully, a f**king great ocean!!!!
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"Aah...the beauty of the differences in Language. OK I smile at some of the differences but lets not forget Americans don't speak 'English' English. They speak their version of English, as do the Canadians and Australians and New Zealanders etc. And if I may throw in a bit of French: Vive La Diference!
As Churchill said in a speech to the US Congress quoting Oscar Wilde (I think!):
" We are two great Nations divided by a common language..." And, thankfully, a f**king great ocean!!!!
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And yet they still manage to get over here |
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"The one that really gets me is "movie", it is a film!!! "
Quite right too. What particularly annoys me is people who wave their flags about and claim to be patriots and then use lots of Americanisms.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Aah...the beauty of the differences in Language. OK I smile at some of the differences but lets not forget Americans don't speak 'English' English. They speak their version of English, as do the Canadians and Australians and New Zealanders etc. And if I may throw in a bit of French: Vive La Diference!
As Churchill said in a speech to the US Congress quoting Oscar Wilde (I think!):
" We are two great Nations divided by a common language..." And, thankfully, a f**king great ocean!!!!
And yet they still manage to get over here "
Yeah, those ground to air missiles they had on Blackheath for the Olympics were pointing the wrong bloody way.....!! 
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School Proms....whats up with the old school disco where wore your pedal pushers and lady di frilly blouse and you snogged Joe Bloggs behind the curtain in the hall...and they cost a feckin fortune!!! |
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So all you 'patriots' think we spoke this way in England ... in EVERY part of England ... a few hundred years ago?
Languages naturally evolve and incorporate colloquialisms from different regions and vocabulary from other countries. Coleslaw, yoghurt and zero are examples of foreign words (there are hundreds of others). So let's not get on our high horses about the 'English language' ... it's a beautiful, expressive hotch-potch of many languages throw together (oh - the word 'hotch-potch' isn't ours either) |
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"See, this is why we need a rant section on here.
I agree with the americanisms.
I blame the 'friends' culture myself, people trying to immitate them because they think its cool.
Another thought, if coffee shops are american, where are all the tea shops for us brits?
Brits, another annoying Americanism. "
They call us limey's, we call them septic's.
Most folks I know call.themselves brits when naming themselves to johnny foreigner |
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So explian me this..... why is there never any alien contestants in the Miss Universe contest….?. eh!
Have a go and let us know how you get on "
But Doddger with your background, I thought you'd know the answer.........
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So explian me this..... why is there never any alien contestants in the Miss Universe contest….?. eh!
Have a go and let us know how you get on
But Doddger with your background, I thought you'd know the answer.........
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The answer is easy.
You are alien to most, so naturally you would probably win Miss Universe (seeing as you have missed other universes and landed here)
Just remember to sellotape your knackers out the way |
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I'm not too bothered about Americanisms - I just see them as part of the evolution of a spoken language. One thing I don't understand though, is why americans can't pronounce anything with a double "R". Mirror becomes murrrr, squirrel becomes squirrrl and horror becomes "whore" so I'm not surprised they're now known as "hos". |
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No-one seems to have mentioned the one that really gets on my Jabber.
Aks instead of ask.
I fucking hate that and it's just because people can't be bothered pronouncing it properly. Not about evolving language, just lazyness. It's only 3 letters, ASK! How bloody difficult is that?
Well excuse me if I aks you to fkcu off and die. |
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So explian me this..... why is there never any alien contestants in the Miss Universe contest….?. eh!
Have a go and let us know how you get on
But Doddger with your background, I thought you'd know the answer.........
The answer is easy.
You are alien to most, so naturally you would probably win Miss Universe (seeing as you have missed other universes and landed here)
Just remember to sellotape your knackers out the way "
How can I possibly be Alien when I come from an uninhabited planet….!.
Sheezzzzz don’t you earthlings know anything…!!!!!
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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De-plane... It only made sense to me when that little chap would shout 'it's dee plane, dee plane'.
As has been said, English is a lovely hotch-potch of other languages. I notice on here that many use dam instead of damn. But that only works for 'don't give a dam'. The dam was an Indian coin. The other is, of course, damnation. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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".
Another thought, if coffee shops are american, where are all the tea shops for us brits?
There's a lovely one in Harrogate....
Oh and they serve a lovely afternoon English Tea near Port Sunlight on Wirral.
Always like to be helpful,
Now have a nice day and missing you already....
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We have a "Tea rooms" near to where i live and they serve their tea in china teapots, cups and saucers, I do feel that it does taste different to a metal pot that leaks everywhere when poured lol.....  |
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"The one that really gets me is "movie", it is a film!!! "
My 15yr old does that and i am always correcting her, even on spelling tests at school she tends to spell the American way. I wouldn't mind but they seen to get away with it in schools now. She even call's Pork "Dude" and is the only one that gets away with it.... |
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I think one of the few Americanisms that REALLY grits me is the use of the word 'loose' instead of 'lose'.
You don't loose weight - you lose it. Loose is the opposite of tight! But I've noticed more and more people are saying they want to 'loose weight' ... annoys the hell out of me
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"Having the audacity to hold "World Series" sporting events that don’t involve other nations.....
In this instance "World" were the original sponsors. I think it was "World Tobacco"
The world was a new York newspaper
Thanks for the explination.... "
I thunk it used to be "the Worlds series of blah blah" (insert name of ripped off British sport)
Macho Baseball = ripped off girls game of rounders
American football = rugby for pansies
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I have friends in New York that I speak to and visit when I'm there and I do find that I say certain things they do. I don't make a conscious decision to, its just happened.
If I'm talking to a group I will always say 'hey guys', though I haven't got to the stage of saying awesome and dude yet.
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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago
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"So all you 'patriots' think we spoke this way in England ... in EVERY part of England ... a few hundred years ago?
Languages naturally evolve and incorporate colloquialisms from different regions and vocabulary from other countries. Coleslaw, yoghurt and zero are examples of foreign words (there are hundreds of others). So let's not get on our high horses about the 'English language' ... it's a beautiful, expressive hotch-potch of many languages throw together (oh - the word 'hotch-potch' isn't ours either) "
And languages, not just English, continue to evolve through contact with other cultures. It is not a conscious and deliberate decision but more a natural evolution. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"When someone say's "Have a nice day" just reply "Sorry I have other plans"
then watch their face as they try to process your reply"
I get the same when people ask 'how are you?' with that false jollity and I proceed to tell them how I am! |
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Every language has its local dialects so you could easily pick on the north if you are from the south and say they can't speak English. That said some of the way things work put can be funny on the face of it.
Americans drive on parkways and park on driveways?
And how can Hawaii have an interstate road? 3 of them infact.
They ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Why is it a hamburger when it is made of beef?
Why do there 24/7 shops need locks on the doors?
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"Every language has its local dialects so you could easily pick on the north if you are from the south and say they can't speak English. That said some of the way things work put can be funny on the face of it.
Americans drive on parkways and park on driveways?
And how can Hawaii have an interstate road? 3 of them infact.
They ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Why is it a hamburger when it is made of beef?
Why do there 24/7 shops need locks on the doors?
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...and there's no friggin ham in hamburgers! |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"Why do they call it a 'sidewalk' when it's blatantly fucking obvious you can't drive a car on the pavement unless you've starred in The Italian Job! "
Because you walk beside the road. Except in those places where they stop you for walking. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"Yes because there is no food here that isn't what it says in the name...toad in the hole...spotted Dick..."
Brains Faggots - I was always a bit scared of these possibly being presented to me as a child. |
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over a year ago
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..and why do they call it a traffic island when there's no traffic actually allowed on it - you have to drive AROUND it, hence why we call it a ROUNDABOUT! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"..and why do they call it a traffic island when there's no traffic actually allowed on it - you have to drive AROUND it, hence why we call it a ROUNDABOUT! "
..and for those British drivers who don't seem able to grasp what a roundabout is... remember this: It's not called a frigging Straightonabout is it! (little pet hate of mine) |
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By *arcafunCouple
over a year ago
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"..and why do they call it a traffic island when there's no traffic actually allowed on it - you have to drive AROUND it, hence why we call it a ROUNDABOUT!
..and for those British drivers who don't seem able to grasp what a roundabout is... remember this: It's not called a frigging Straightonabout is it! (little pet hate of mine) "
It seems like most brits as well as most europeans drive correctly on roundabouts unlike the catalans who drive all the way aromd the outside!!! Ahh My pet hate. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"..and why do they call it a traffic island when there's no traffic actually allowed on it - you have to drive AROUND it, hence why we call it a ROUNDABOUT!
..and for those British drivers who don't seem able to grasp what a roundabout is... remember this: It's not called a frigging Straightonabout is it! (little pet hate of mine) "
Wishy, pour yourself a GnT and calm down..... Getting worried about you....
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The one that really gets me is "movie", it is a film!!!
My 15yr old does that and i am always correcting her, even on spelling tests at school she tends to spell the American way. I wouldn't mind but they seen to get away with it in schools now. She even call's Pork "Dude" and is the only one that gets away with it.... "
Wait till she's 16 and I can legally beat her like a rented mule!!! She won't be callin ME 'Dude' then!!!! LMAO!!
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"No-one seems to have mentioned the one that really gets on my Jabber.
Aks instead of ask.
I fucking hate that and it's just because people can't be bothered pronouncing it properly. Not about evolving language, just lazyness. It's only 3 letters, ASK! How bloody difficult is that?
Well excuse me if I aks you to fkcu off and die."
I am glad you brought this one up Jodie - 'Aks' is top of my list for words which are guaranteed to make my teeth feel like they are having the outer varnish peeled off without anesthetic !!!! It's bloody well ASK ffs!!!!! (iinit!)
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes oh yes time to rant.
Why do so many profiles fail to use any grammar or punctuation?
It is starting to really grip my shit.
yeah its reely reely gettin in me nerfes two!"
aye 2 totally agree m8 |
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By *ourbonKissMan
over a year ago
a land up north..... of leicester |
"Tell him about bumjazzle jewels.... That will calm him down. Lol.
daren't too scared!"
He's a pussy cat (ofcourse it easy for me to say that seeing as I'm typing this into my phone) but trust me.... He is. X |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ha. I am lovely really.
I just find arrogance coming from those intellectually challenged distressing.
Before ranting about single men this, that or the other discover the beauty that is a paragraph.
Arouse the brain before anything else. |
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Movies?..no they are films.
'hi guys' when talking to a group that includes women..what the fuck is that all about????
'Can I get' is for posers who think they are being cool..even more annoying when they stick 'yeh' on the front of it.
'kinda like'
'Arks him' (ask in case you dont know)
'Basically'...we have a woman in work who starts every sentence off with it..to the point where people now snigger during meeting.
Two more before 'the close of play' ..
'Criminality' and 'physicality'..oh do fuck off please!!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Is 'pussy' an Americanism?
I HATE the use of 'pussy' and will happily blame it on the Americans (even erroneously).
Off to start a new thread now that I have got that off my chest."
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"Movies?..no they are films.
'hi guys' when talking to a group that includes women..what the fuck is that all about????
'Can I get' is for posers who think they are being cool..even more annoying when they stick 'yeh' on the front of it.
'kinda like'
'Arks him' (ask in case you dont know)
'Basically'...we have a woman in work who starts every sentence off with it..to the point where people now snigger during meeting.
Two more before 'the close of play' ..
'Criminality' and 'physicality'..oh do fuck off please!!!!"
Hilarious.... Brits giving Americans shit for language. What an entirely ignorant post. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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" 'Aluminium' with a footnote stating that 'Aluminum' is also used in parts of the world, ie. America.
This from a nation of pussy wigs...
"Howdy pardner... Arm a mirkin..." "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes oh yes time to rant.
Why do so many profiles fail to use any grammar or punctuation?
It is starting to really grip my shit.
"grip my shit?" American term?
Be off with you, damn scoundrel!"
"Grip my shit" is not American.
You sir are a cad. It is a northern english phrase. American phrases lack the imagination to capture such disgust of a situation.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Was in the queue at Costa Coffee at Gatwick this morning and, as the Barista came to each one, they all started off their 'requests' with......
"Can I get a......?"
Now, if I was a Barista, I would just answer 'Yes' and stand there until they said 'May I have a.....?'
Is it me...????? Am I just too flippin geriatric for my own good...???
Why do we feel we have to imitate everything we see and hear in 'entertainment' from across the pond??
Tuesday morning rant over - I feel better for that..
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I have never noticed any, see y'all later!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Movies?..no they are films.
'hi guys' when talking to a group that includes women..what the fuck is that all about????
'Can I get' is for posers who think they are being cool..even more annoying when they stick 'yeh' on the front of it.
'kinda like'
'Arks him' (ask in case you dont know)
'Basically'...we have a woman in work who starts every sentence off with it..to the point where people now snigger during meeting.
Two more before 'the close of play' ..
'Criminality' and 'physicality'..oh do fuck off please!!!!"
The term "guys" is commonly believed to have come from the shortening of the word "goyim" used by Jewish Americans and shortened originally to "goys". It can mean male, female or both. |
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"Yes oh yes time to rant.
Why do so many profiles fail to use any grammar or punctuation?
It is starting to really grip my shit.
"grip my shit?" American term?
Be off with you, damn scoundrel!
"Grip my shit" is not American.
You sir are a cad. It is a northern english phrase. American phrases lack the imagination to capture such disgust of a situation.
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Northern English (microsoft) or northern English (English)?
Ye gads sir, you are a bounder and make no mistake |
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The term "guys" is commonly believed to have come from the shortening of the word "goyim" used by Jewish Americans and shortened originally to "goys". It can mean male, female or both."
But for generations in this country it meant a male or males..its only been the last few years that its been used to refer to both... |
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By *heWolfMan
over a year ago
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"Train Station". No, you mean "railway station", fuckwit.
I love Americans though, always had a great time over there, and met genuinely friendly people. When they say "come and stay at our place", they mean it, it's not just a turn of phrase that they use with people they fully expect never to see again, like we do over here!
I particularly enjoy speaking in colloquial English to them, and watching their brain melt as they try to figure out what "load o' bollocks I'm rabbitting on about". Sooner or later they will ask you to repeat it in English |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Why is it a hamburger when it is made of beef?
...and there's no friggin ham in hamburgers! "
In defence of our cousins across the pond ( a bit of a first for me) Hamburgers arrived in the US from the German port of Hamburg.
Bill Bryson's book 'Mother Tongue' has so much great stuff on this subject. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"And before anyone jumps on spelling mistakes on my phone and sometimes hit wrong button.....or is it key...do not know what is acceptable to say without angering the masses "
I assume that "on my phone" you mean that you're using the "innernet on your cell" ??! |
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"And before anyone jumps on spelling mistakes on my phone and sometimes hit wrong button.....or is it key...do not know what is acceptable to say without angering the masses
I assume that "on my phone" you mean that you're using the "innernet on your cell" ??!"
No,sorry I was taught to speak correctly,pronouncing letters that are there.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"See, this is why we need a rant section on here.
I agree with the americanisms.
I blame the 'friends' culture myself, people trying to immitate them because they think its cool.
Another thought, if coffee shops are american, where are all the tea shops for us brits? "
Actualy, that last parts not true, there was a huge market for coffee houses in mid to late 17th century London and there were lots of Italian cafes in many sea side resorts throughout the 50's and 60's.......
The one which gets me is the rising intonation at the end of a sentance, though i think thats as much an Ausie thing.....
Also, though its more a mindset than a linguistic thing, there seem to be a hell of a lot more fundamentalist christians these days and "creationism" and theories of "intelegent design" seem to be gaining credence all over the shop......that REALY annoys me...... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Movies?..no they are films.
'hi guys' when talking to a group that includes women..what the fuck is that all about????
'Can I get' is for posers who think they are being cool..even more annoying when they stick 'yeh' on the front of it.
'kinda like'
'Arks him' (ask in case you dont know)
'Basically'...we have a woman in work who starts every sentence off with it..to the point where people now snigger during meeting.
Two more before 'the close of play' ..
'Criminality' and 'physicality'..oh do fuck off please!!!!"
"Close of play" isnt an Americanism its a cricketing term denoting the end of the days play in the first 4 days of a test match (an umpire may allow additional overs at the end of the final session of the day if there have been stoppages for rain or bad light).
Since cricket seems to confuse the buggery out of every nation which was not part of the British Empire it follows that Close of Play is.a quintisentialy English term....Also, I dont think Ive ever heard a yank use the phrase.....
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Movies?..no they are films.
'hi guys' when talking to a group that includes women..what the fuck is that all about????
'Can I get' is for posers who think they are being cool..even more annoying when they stick 'yeh' on the front of it.
'kinda like'
'Arks him' (ask in case you dont know)
'Basically'...we have a woman in work who starts every sentence off with it..to the point where people now snigger during meeting.
Two more before 'the close of play' ..
'Criminality' and 'physicality'..oh do fuck off please!!!!
"Close of play" isnt an Americanism its a cricketing term denoting the end of the days play in the first 4 days of a test match (an umpire may allow additional overs at the end of the final session of the day if there have been stoppages for rain or bad light).
Since cricket seems to confuse the buggery out of every nation which was not part of the British Empire it follows that Close of Play is.a quintisentialy English term....Also, I dont think Ive ever heard a yank use the phrase....."
So is the other option ('Early Doors') British or American...?
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Movies?..no they are films.
'hi guys' when talking to a group that includes women..what the fuck is that all about????
'Can I get' is for posers who think they are being cool..even more annoying when they stick 'yeh' on the front of it.
'kinda like'
'Arks him' (ask in case you dont know)
'Basically'...we have a woman in work who starts every sentence off with it..to the point where people now snigger during meeting.
Two more before 'the close of play' ..
'Criminality' and 'physicality'..oh do fuck off please!!!!
"Close of play" isnt an Americanism its a cricketing term denoting the end of the days play in the first 4 days of a test match (an umpire may allow additional overs at the end of the final session of the day if there have been stoppages for rain or bad light).
Since cricket seems to confuse the buggery out of every nation which was not part of the British Empire it follows that Close of Play is.a quintisentialy English term....Also, I dont think Ive ever heard a yank use the phrase.....
So is the other option ('Early Doors') British or American...?
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I havent a scooby to be honest.... Id have thought it sounded quite cockney but thats just an impresion.... |
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By *heWolfMan
over a year ago
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"Wow...have learned that because I speak a bit differently use different term to the native people of this land I am a wanker,a moron and a fuckwit...thank you so much for this informative thread..."
Ah, no, you are excused because you are non-native. The thing that really annoys most people is British people adopting Americanisms.
Like using "airplane" instead of "aeroplane", that's heard regularly on the BBC. What the hell are they playing at?
As for schoolkids having "prom nights"...sheeeeesh |
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