to absolutely hate the how people are speaking English!

Super was around a lot in England in the sixties, along with fab and others of that era of Beatles and Carnaby Street fashion and the vital pop industry. It seems to have had a resurgence just recently and I suspect but do not know, that it may have come back via America from being used in a commercial context, e.g. super size (-sized) goods. Or perhaps even people!

‘Prepping’ makes me seethe, but “you guys” (directed to me as a woman) makes me want to hit someone, so YANBU (or I am too).

Elevators have crept in now, so it likely won’t be long before we have side walks.
Americanisations.

I’m in Cumbria and only posh folk say trousers……..

For years growing up I would read/hear the word bangs and imagine it was some incredibly sophisticated/strange American hairstyle. I was so disappointed when I found out it was literally just a fringe. But fringe makes the most sense.

Hair Instagram/tik tok seems to have replaced a good old fashioned fringe with 'bangs'. Drives me mad.

Where I live in Ireland, there's a plural for pants... pantses, (not 100% sure what the spelling would be).😁

Yes. We are suddenly ‘envisioning’ instead of envisaging, we find things ‘comfy’ where before they were comfortable, we are ‘grabbing’ instead of merely having.

I work globally, and vacation is far more widely understood than holiday. When many people are speaking English as a second language, international usage matters more than local norms.

That’s the reality of English as a global language now.

P & D kecks where I’m from! 💖😹

Bizarre isn’t it? I prefer my tea with just a splash of milk 😅

Pants here in West Lancs!

hilarious

I held a grudge towards my English teacher for five years after she scrawled in red pen to correct every one of my various descriptions of the sounds a cat made with 'mew'.

She had clearly never met a cat, but dared to suggest that all sounds made by one would be identical to those made by a newborn-4 week old kitten or one at Death's door in the aftermath of a hurricane.

Then she marked me down because I hadn't used sufficient onomatopoeic words (although she termed it '++ expression. Describe!!').

I'd happily see the end of extraneous commas and exclamation marks in business writing, however. If I wanted to feel like I was being spoken to by a 13 year old girl, I'd go and speak to one.

Similar topic and I'll get flamed for this but.. I hate it when Southern-accented professional presenters (even on the BBC) say

Mon-dee
Tues-dee
Wednes-dee

Yes was going to say my friends from Liverpool area have always called trousers pants.

I wish people would stop spamming the thread with those awful gifs. It's so jarring and intrusive in a text based discussion. I used to be able to block and delete them but the software changed and now I can't.

but I do "eat my tea" Tonight for tea I have got sausages and chips. On sunday its dinner or lunch and on any day, if I eat it later its supper.

Yes, there are protected characteristics. They mostly make it harder to fire someone for, eg being pregnant. It's harder to prove why someone didn't employ you so it's harder to prove discrimination. But also fire at will isn't a thing here for anyone. The UK has more employment rights overall than the US.

Usually, if you have a particular imbalance in a company eg more males than female, you can discriminate between two equal candidates on the basis of their sex. But you can't hire a less qualified man/woman over a better qualified woman/man just because. That would actually be a breach of the laws around protected characteristics (although again, in theory someone could discriminate and lie).

I know someone who worked in the UK for an American company and they at times had to explain that they couldn't do X or Y because its not allowed in the UK. I think some Americans think US employment law is the law everywhere. Which is more excusable than British people getting angry at laws on "affirmative action" when that isn't a law here and would in fact be illegal under UK law.

Oh, I think companies can also say they "encourage applications" from less represented groups. That's good to know because it suggest that if you are neck and neck with another candidate you might get preference as described above. It doesn't mean that you will get appointed to the job because of skin colour/sex other than that.

Passed away instead of died…when I see it written as “past away” I want to pull my hair out !

oh I quite like "frosts my underwear"

It’s the awful accents I hate. Even some of my family speak line they’ve got a bunch of marbles in their mouths (lazy, urban, patois).

Also hate the increasing use of profanities, publicly and privately.

Some Americanisms are awful but some I like, can be creative “I’m here for it” 😂 Or the 1970’s “I hear ya!”. Currently my fave is “thirst trap” - a woman who dresses sexually provocatively for attention.

Yes and 'law enforcement' when in most cases what is meant is the police. And testimony. We give evidence in court, not testimony.

Yes but it wasn't in common use on Crime Watch in the 90s so it is disingenuous to suggest it is not an Americanism.

I hate "recommend me a.." frequently seen on Style and Beauty forum

It really grates. It should be "recommend a.... to me" or "recommend a.... for me" or just "recommend a..."

I love mad Trinny but she does this.