to absolutely hate the how people are speaking English!

Tell her she’s nothin’ but a yeller coyote!

Ugh what annoys me most if the sating t's as d'd for exmaple, "wadder" in stead of water and "pardy" instea dof party. I think social media has excellerated the americanisation of english over here. Another that I find annoying is young mums are now "mama" instead od "mummy" 😖. And dont get me started on the peigeon fake jamaian accent that now domimates london and Surrey.

Yes, I agree, I grew up in London and it was "on the pill".

Mom it’s MUM, cell phone - it’s a mobile! Vacation - no it’s a holiday. Pants no trousers, pants are your underwear. Zucchini no it’s a courgette. Eggplant - ugh, it’s an aubergine

but the one that is currently winding me up is Mom!!!!

Yes, birth control as in contraception. I’m quite old and have been doing this job donkeys years, so know it’s a recent thing to be asked for birth control by young women (and with that I mean teens and early to mid twenties) as opposed to “I want to go on the pill” or “I’d like to talk about contraception” or “I want something to stop me getting pregnant” which is what I’ve been hearing for the last 25 years…

Even my own daughter does it, and when I asked her why she said that’s what all the TikTokers refer to it as.

At least we Americans don't say "I was sat" or "I am stood" and their ilk. This usage seems to be ubiquitous now in British English.

Not odd at all as it is a trendy affectation and sounds a bit ridiculous in the accents my DC and their friends have. Equally, the joke is between themselves, it's funny because they aren't American. If they were American it would obviously not be funny. Believe or not we aren't all comfortable with becoming the 51st state!

In the US, "homicide" generally means killing of someone by another person. Homicide does not equate with murder; in fact, depending on legal definitions that vary by state, there are lawful (often referred to as "justifiable") homicides, such as a killing in self-defense.

You don't understand the full meaning of the word "get." There is nothing wrong with "can I get" unless you want to quibble with the can/may distinction, which will probably be gone in a few years anyway. Get means "come to have or hold (something); receive."It does not have some sort of built in reflexive. To ask someone "can I get" can mean "can I receive".

Do you mean birth control as in contraception? That was the term used back in the 1980s. I definitely heard of birth control before I ever heard the phrase contraception. How old are you ?

I just hope we do not take on Legos 😧as regular use here

Gifted is annoying and the worse is pop being over used. Pop of colour, pop over blouse can't think of any others but that is enough to keep my blood boiling

How odd.

I'd much prefer my teens (and I) had friends who used Americanisms than ones who would - with the encouragement of their parents, I think? - make fun of them and do impressions behind their backs.

The one that is annoying me currently is 'shook' as in, I was watching the news and I was shook. Someone on Traitors said shooketh, as in I was watching the news and I was shooketh.

The over use of 'National Treasure' when referring to a celebrity. Not every celebrity is a National Treasure.

And cop/s instead of police.

Our daughter is 16 and I do correct her when she uses words like trash or parking lot.

Language can lead to interesting discussions, my daughter and I have just moved to Scotland. The doctor referred us to to have our 'jags' (vaccinations) and we discussed the origins of the word. We went to the vaccination centre to have our jags.

My husband writes/edits for a living (not a journalist) and he spends so much time correcting words/sentences, sometimes he thinks it is him that is wrong as the same errors keep appearing. The company insists that English is used, not American English and they do not want slang/shortened words to appear in any written documents/website.

I hate the way the verb to take has all but vanished. It seems to have been replaced by bring, for some reason

Has anyone mentioned ‘pacifically’ …?

My DD10 has a slight american accent from bloody youtube and loves to use american words. She insists on saying chips not crisps, perFUME instead of perfume, going to the bathroom instead of the toilet.

Drives me up the bloody wall!

I thought that

Ugh. Someone ( British) being interviewed on R4 talking about customers being put on a 'wait list'.

Incorrect. "Gotten" is archaic. This has been done to death.

@Helen1625DD is a fashion journalist. Apparently the fashion singular is a recognised “thing”.

a red lip
a smart trouser

Fortunately she only uses it satirically when speaking.

The equivalent of the estate agents' dinning room. And the posters online who are scrapping the barrel.

Which term do you mean in your first paragraph?

Irish nuns and priests teaching over there.

Haitch is probably older than aitch. The h was dropped due to the French influence on British English.

Didn’t know that about Australia. Interesting.

And Australia.