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Americanisms...is it just me that finds them irritating?
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one I find irritating is pronouncing - 'schedule' as scedule rather than shedule!I used to work for Tesco - now retired - speciality Clubcard0
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Mu DD's use 'dude', I quite like it. I quite like dudette too.
FIL had a Scottie dog many years ago. An American tourist saw the two of them waiting for MIL outside a shop. He said loudly 'Hey, what a great pooch! How old is it?'
FIL's response 'Don't be personal.'
Eccentric Englishman, confused American with his ideas of eccentric Brits firmly confirmed.I ave a dodgy H, so sometimes I will sound dead common, on occasion dead stupid and rarely, pig ignorant. Sometimes I may be these things, but I will always blame it on my dodgy H.
Sorry, I'm a bit of a grumble weed today, no offence intended ... well it might be, but I'll be sorry.0 -
Q: How are you?
A: I'm good, thanks.
Is "I'm good" an American form?0 -
An Americanism which irritates is when non American people use D in a word instead of T, so congradulations instead of congratulations. Makes me want to yell 'sdop id you sdupid dwid
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:A"Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid" - Albert Einstein0 -
Kids seem to take too much from the TV... I've heard them talking about calling 911 which is a bit worrying... In an emergency they need to know 999.:hello:0
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I don't know if this is American or not, but people pronouncing 'ask' as something like axe or arkz. Really annoying!Public appearances now involve clothing. Sorry, it's part of my bail conditions.0
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The most annoying word for me is "lighted". What happened to "lit" ?
I'd like to know the answer to this as even Brittish literature is using "lighted" and derivatives and I'm not sure when it appeared.
Hmm, seems Hemingway used it in 1933, but I was definitely taught "lit"at school. Just my teacher?
Both are correct, in both countries.
http://grammarist.com/usage/lighted-lit/0 -
Saturnalia wrote: »I don't know if this is American or not, but people pronouncing 'ask' as something like axe or arkz. Really annoying!
In the States, it's a regional accent that does this. Should hear some of them murder the word "water". Some parts of the NW manage to get a "d" sound in the middle of it.
But then, I'm the mother who circled all of the teachers spellings errors and sent the note back to school with "we are Canadian not American" written on it.0 -
Haven't read the whole thread, but just wanted to say that I reeeeeally dislike Americanisms.Life is a gift... and I intend to make the most of mine :A
Never regret something that once made you smile :A0 -
Carribean or Jamaican. "I aksed him"Saturnalia wrote: »I don't know if this is American or not, but people pronouncing 'ask' as something like axe or arkz. Really annoying!You might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'0
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