Annoying Americanisms

[neko]

The way they proniunce words such as Tomato and garage piss me off big time.

 

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[RobbieOR]

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Ahh musicals, fuck you on bitch?

[RedBrian84]

You elitist English types talking about the "butchering of the English language" do realise that that kind of "butchering" has been going on since, oh I dunno, ever?

 

The Queen's English, or the BBC English is a relatively new type of English language anyway.

 

As far as the "Yank" term, I was unaware ALL people from the U.S.A. are from New York.

 

 

Yes, but it is our language to butcher in all fairness, the Americans are doing it to somebody elses....;)

 

Think it's all tongue in cheek though to be honest. I really do recommend that Bill Bryson book is quality, paints a really good picture of the direction in which America has taken the language that they (thankfully) chose over German in the 18th Century.

[Unrighteous]

Yes, but it is our language to butcher in all fairness, the Americans are doing it to somebody elses....;)

 

Think it's all tongue in cheek though to be honest. I really do recommend that Bill Bryson book is quality, paints a really good picture of the direction in which America has taken the language that they (thankfully) chose over German in the 18th Century.

 

I think the yanks speaking german would be hilarious.

[Section_31]

Butchering the language doesn't really bother me, scousers have butchered the language, as have the BBC-English brigade, it evolves all the time.

 

It's just the annoying shit that annoys me, the other stuff doesn't annoy me.

[DT]

Oh you guys, stop cursing.

 

FUCK. OFF. It's called swearing.

 

Also vacation. How can one word be so wrong.

[Section_31]

Oh you guys, stop cursing.

 

FUCK. OFF. It's called swearing.

 

Also vacation. How can one word be so wrong.

 

Happy Holidays

[Section_31]

"Sick to my stomach"

 

As opposed to what? Ankles?

[Remmie]

Maths, actually bothers me...

 

Mathematics is the word. Shortened it is Math which means "Mathematics" which is plural.

 

Maths is a pluralised version of a plural word.

 

INCOMPREHENSIBLE~!

You can't do a math can you? You do some maths. Not a math. Math. Shit word.

[Remmie]

I'm finding myself increasingly irritated and pedantic about the following creeping into the English language:

 

I'm done = I have had enough of.

Quit it = Stop annoying me.

I'm good = I do not require what you are offering.

 

I find myself getting facetious and taking it literally. If someone asks me to quit what I'm doing, I make some pant wetting reference to not having secured the role of chief pesterer. If someone says they are good, I ask them at what.

[Original202]

I'm finding myself increasingly irritated and pedantic about the following creeping into the English language:

 

I'm done = I have had enough of.

Quit it = Stop annoying me.

I'm good = I do not require what you are offering.

 

I find myself getting facetious and taking it literally. If someone asks me to quit what I'm doing, I make some pant wetting reference to not having secured the role of chief pesterer. If someone says they are good, I ask them at what.

 

Particularly irritating when accompanied with "already".

[Newport]

Oh you guys, stop cursing.

 

FUCK. OFF. It's called swearing.

 

Also vacation. How can one word be so wrong.

 

Some Americans think it's bad to say cursing as well, so they say cussing. :wallbutt:

[rargh]

"You want that to go?"

 

To go? TO GO? TO GO WHERE, YOU IMBECILIC SPUNKRASH!?

[Captain]

With you?

[OmarVizquel]

There's probably a mirror image of this thread somewhere across the Atlantic.

 

"'Take away'"? Take away where? Fuck you, it's 'to go.'" etc.

[Trumo]

If I haven't already mentioned:

 

A-loo-minum (aluminium)

Eye-rack (Iraq)

[Stu Monty]

If I haven't already mentioned:

 

A-loo-minum (aluminium)

Eye-rack (Iraq)

 

The extra vowel in Aluminium is actually something that we Brits added onto the already named element (because we wanted to carry on the ium thing that was all the rage).

 

Humphry Davy was the guy who discovered it and he initially named it alumium before changing his mind four years later and calling it Aluminum. So it's the Brits who decided to call it something different to what the guy who discovered it said it was called.

 

Take that one for free, fact fans.

[stevebaby]

You should see an Aussie face when you say you are going to root round in the loft.

*snickers lewdly*

[Alan Sex]

[neko]

The extra vowel in Aluminium is actually something that we Brits added onto the already named element (because we wanted to carry on the ium thing that was all the rage).

 

Humphry Davy was the guy who discovered it and he initially named it alumium before changing his mind four years later and calling it Aluminum. So it's the Brits who decided to call it something different to what the guy who discovered it said it was called.

 

Take that one for free, fact fans.

 

without using the internet to back me up, i've always understood it to be a different story.

 

i read somewhere years ago that it was the CEO of a large US aluminium company (alcoa) during the war years that had trouble pronouncing it, so they were the ones who marketed it as 'a loo-min-um'

 

 

 

edit: seems you're correct, senor monty - although there does seem to be an element of the story related to the man (hall) who held all the patents, prefering the original spelling/pronounciation as i suggested

[Mustangt125]

"Sick to my stomach"

 

As opposed to what? Ankles?

 

Sick in your head, as in a headache dumbass. Or any other of your multiple organs.

 

You "Brits" are pretty happy with yourselves. Calling a truck a lorry? Where on earth would you come up with shit like that?

[harryo63]

name me one who isnt an annoyng cunt. you cant . there you go

[odris]

Lorry pop lorry pop oh lorry lorry lorry lorry pop.

[RedKnight]

I like America, great country, but I'm not having Americans what we can and can't do with the English language.

[Remmie]

There's probably a mirror image of this thread somewhere across the Atlantic.

 

"'Take away'"? Take away where? Fuck you, it's 'to go.'" etc.

Well that would be really daft of them. You can take away anywhere you want, we're not playing monopoly when we're ordering food. Where is go exactly? If it was "to go with" it'd make more sense.

 

Reminds me of another one: 'I could really use a coffee'. What would you use it for? Seems pretty useless outside drinking it.

 

Whatever = I'm not articulate to argue any more and have therefore lost the argument.