To hate Americanisms...?

And the small roundish painful things on toes. I forgot those!

The annoyance is British people picking up and using Americanisms instead of using English words.
The French get annoyed with Franglais so why shouldn't we dislike Ameriglish?
Another cringe is 'myself' replacing me' or 'I'. I don't think that's an Americanism though.

‘I eat healthy.’ instead of ‘I eat healthily.’

‘I could care less.’ Doesn’t make sense.

Talking about people/things having ‘Heart.’ I don’t know why because I agree it’s basically a good thing, it’s just the expression itself.

Deedee248
I agree about ‘obligated’.

Thanks. I had seen it mentioned twice on this thread and couldn’t think what the UK alternative would be.

I’m Canadian, by the way, and have gotten used to most of the UK expressions here, “fell pregnant” being one that amuses me.

I have to use “gotten” as it feels wrong or pretentious to use “got”. But whenever I talk about a tv show from the UK, I use the word “series”. For any other country’s programming, whether it’s Canada, the US, Spain, etc, I use season.

Yes. Bit weird to be annoyed by bake sale when it is baked goods being sold, not just cakes more often than not.

Half the annoyances some people hate aren’t even used widely in the States and like most ways language is used, is dependent on regions, no different than it is here or in most countries.

Thought it was pretty obvious in my post.

The written word can certainly be the haven of irony, though only if it is handled masterfully and read with some degree of thoughtfulness... neither of which happens very often on mumsnet.

Oh yes! Legos. That grates.

Yes! I was talking an out this at work - cake sale has now become bake sale.

That's a good change imo as it's inclusive of baked goods other than cakes.

And another one ……
I hate it when they remove words like and.
for example, go get your bag. Rather than go and get your bag.
Similarly - the new film is out January 24th. It should be the new film is out ON January THE 24th.

I don’t like that New Year’s Eve is now just called new years.

Also putting already at the end of a sentence.
“go get your coat already’ or ‘I’m tired of waiting already ‘ instead of I’m already tired of waiting for you.

Where I come from in Yorkshire, 'put t'wood in t'ole' means close the door.

To the uninitated I dread to think what misinterpretations might abound from that one!

Or as in Ireland, north & south I'm sure, drop the 'arse' & hole has you covered.
'Aye, yer hole' translates as 'yeah right', 'sit your hole down there & I'll stick the kettle on' etc.

l made a lighthearted response up thread, but I think it’s getting too serious now. Yes there are terms l dislike, such as that awful word “panties”. Then, there are variations of words in different parts of the UK.

Language evolves. Look at Shakespeare, look at Chaucer. The important thing is that we can understand each other.

Yes! I was talking an out this at work - cake sale has now become bake sale. I blame bake off!

Movie for film
pillow for cushion
wait list
drivers licence
licence plate - this one really pisses me off!
pissed for pissed off.
I’ll think of more m sure.

All Americanisms annoy me. We have a perfectly good language but it's been eroded by YouTube and American tv. Most things they say don't make sense!

Lately on CNN discussing" See ree ya" instead of Syria .Drives me bonkers

(a) CNN is an American channel. Of course American English will be spoken there.

(b) In Arabic it's pronounced Sūriyyah, which I think is closer to the American pronunciation (an Arabic speaker might contradict me). It's not an English word, so there's no reason why a particular English-speaking people's pronunciation would take precedence.

That one has me grinding my teeth, it's more local than American.

no you fecking can't!

This bothers me much more than a few words and phrases from American films and culture, and I see it all the time on here along with could/should of and the like (pedalstall!) It shows that people don’t read, which is a pity.

I work with Americans and we regularly thoroughly enjoy the nuances of our shared language.

I would call it a cake stall or a coffee morning, or even a baking sale (ie sale of your baking). So many Americanisms drop the ‘ing’, eg wait(ing) list, row(ing) boat, jump(ing, or ideally skipping) rope etc.

I thought ass was a reference to the fleshy bum part, and arse was the actual hole?
Sorry to be so direct 🙏🏻

But I'll be damned if I ever say obligated!
Obliged is a word I'll take to my hill to die on.

But it still doesn't make sense that way!
And I've never heard it used as a sarcastic phrase, only ever as a straightforward statement.

@Whydoeseveryonewanttoargue , what is UK English for bake sale?

I'd say 'ill' or 'unwell'. 'Sick' is definitely used to mean unwell in some contexts in England though. 'She was off sick' or 'a sick note'.

I agree that being on meds, sounds more like you're on prescription drugs.

I'd never say (for instance) "I take drugs daily ", as for me, that conjures up an image of a coke head 😱