Annoying Americanisms

[Remmie]

1 hour ago, skaro said:

 

Let me buy you a soda.

 

A whiskey and soda.

 

 

Surely you mean a scotch and soda? 

[s(k)aturation]

8 minutes ago, Remmie said:

Surely you mean a scotch and soda? 

No, my wife's Irish.  So no.

[Remmie]

I can't tell if you are being Irish, American or what now? Go figure

[Champ]

4 minutes ago, Remmie said:

I can't tell if you are being Irish, American or what now? Go figure

Now that is a horrible passive aggressive expression in any language 

[Total Longo]

6 minutes ago, Remmie said:

I can't tell if you are being Irish, American or what now? Go figure

He should be able to do the math.

[easytoslip]

8 hours ago, torahboy said:

 

 

I must remember to give a gratuity to the mail man and the trash haulers before the holidays. I don't want them thinking me a tightwad. Then I should shoot myself.

I used to go with a girl from Virginia, she lived in Hesketh Bank with her sister, just them in a house, but when her Mom paid a surprise visit I was told to get out and heard her say don't bring that Hood here again. 

All OK Torahboy? 

[easytoslip]

13 minutes ago, Champ said:

Now that is a horrible passive aggressive expression in any language 

It is, its bad and I hope I don't hear anyone say it as I'll be tempted to, er, well go figure. 

[s(k)aturation]

22 minutes ago, Remmie said:

I can't tell if you are being Irish, American or what now? Go figure

 

Subjugated Australian husband of E European heritage, to be precise.

 

 

[Bjornebye]

4 hours ago, Total Longo said:

He should be able to do the math.

I know, right? 

[Bjornebye]

11 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

Here are a couple:

 

The Metric system.

 

Betamax.

 

 

Am I right lads, am I right?!

 

 

[Tony Moanero]

Referring to gherkins as “pickles”. What about pickled onions, pickled eggs, pickled walnuts, pickled beetroot?

[General Dryness]

20 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Candy is actually a type of sweet rather than the whole foodstuff. I think you are both right here.

No.

 

"Candy, also called sweets (British English) or lollies (Australian English, New Zealand English), is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, called sugar confectionery, encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candy."

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy?wprov=sfla1

[Dougie Do'ins]

16 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

Betamax.

Don't the Yanks pronounce it bate-a-max ?

10 hours ago, easytoslip said:

I used to go with a girl from Virginia, she lived in Hesketh Bank with her sister, just them in a house, but when her Mom paid a surprise visit I was told to get out and heard her say don't bring that Hood here again. 

All OK Torahboy? 

I thought we were in line for a bit of a limerick there.

[easytoslip]

3 minutes ago, Dougie Do'ins said:

Don't the Yanks pronounce it bate-a-max ?

I thought we were in line for a bit of a limerick there.

I see what you mean there, I could of started with a girl from the Blue Hills of Virginia. 

I soon as I saw the highlighted words that tune came straight into my head, can't get it out now. 

 

 

 

[Remmie]

54 minutes ago, General Dryness said:

No.

 

"Candy, also called sweets (British English) or lollies (Australian English, New Zealand English), is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, called sugar confectionery, encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candy."

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy?wprov=sfla1

Yeah Aussies are weird calling them lollies

[Tony Moanero]

Americans call chocolate “candy”, do they not?

 

@TheHowieLama

[VladimirIlyich]

53 minutes ago, General Dryness said:

No.

 

"Candy, also called sweets (British English) or lollies (Australian English, New Zealand English), is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, called sugar confectionery, encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candy."

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy?wprov=sfla1

I don't buy that. Chocolates aren't candy,they are chocolates. Candy is a certain hard type of sweet,the stuff that covers the chocolate in Smarties and M and Ms for example. I refuse to accept all these 'Americanisms' and such. 

[Remmie]

Watch any TV show and see Americans refer to chocolates as candy bars. 

[cloggypop]

11 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Americans call chocolate “candy”, do they not?

 

@TheHowieLama

Their "chocolate" doesn't deserve to be called chocolate. 

[General Dryness]

53 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

I don't buy that. Chocolates aren't candy,they are chocolates. Candy is a certain hard type of sweet,the stuff that covers the chocolate in Smarties and M and Ms for example. I refuse to accept all these 'Americanisms' and such. 

You don't have to buy it, I'm not selling it. Americans refer to loads of things as candy, including chocolate as Tony has pointed out.

[TheHowieLama]

1 hour ago, Tony Moanero said:

Americans call chocolate “candy”, do they not?

 

@TheHowieLama

Everything falls under the magical umbrella that is candy.

 

Please notice that the song does not go I want sweeets

 

 

 

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

52 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

Their "chocolate" doesn't deserve to be called chocolate. 

Ghirardelli is pretty good.

[cloggypop]

Just now, TheHowieLama said:

Ghirardelli is pretty good.

Never heard of the cunt

[Tony Moanero]

3 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Everything falls under the magical umbrella that is candy.

 

Please notice that the song does not go I want sweeets

 

 

 

 

 

What is candy corn like?

 

[VladimirIlyich]

6 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Ghirardelli is pretty good.

Can he play centre half?