When America gets it right.

[popcornwizard]

Most of their spelling and grammar differences are just wrong, but occasionally something it works, and works even better than our version! Dear reader I give you the 'cell' or 'cellphone'. It is much easier and more pleasant than the 'mobile phone' that we linguistically haul around. Is it the only one?

@Bodicea hate to disappoint but I'm English and use 'cell'.

I also use 'gas' instead of petrol....

Americans do pronounce lieutenant correctly as its a French word.

I'm a Brit living in Texas, love using the word "y'all" to refer to a couple of people and "all y'all" for a bigger group. Love "ma'am" and "sir" to catch the attention of strangers - so much better than "excuse me", which we use instead of "pardon" if you mis-hear something. "Fixing to do something" is easier to use than "to be about to do something" ie "I was fixing to go out".... and "fixings" means "side dishes" ie "roast chicken and all the fixings".

Going outside to smoke a fag means something completely different.

The word ‘math’ instead of ‘maths’ grates on me, but apart from that I 💗 America! (Except trump)

If someone said they'd call me on my cell I'd probably look blankly at them. Not a word I hear. I always find 'math' strange. I always want to add the 's', and say it's maths!

zolaa - cross post 😁 bizarre, we posted at same time!

Washroom is better than toilet

But Loo is better than both.

When people say 'erb instead of herb it makes me want to tear their eyeballs out.

Pocketbook irritates the shit out of me.

I much prefer saying bathroom to toilet though. Although it makes less practical sense it is nicer.

Ds and I (5) had a row about pants yesterday. He was insistent pants are trousers and I got quite cross. He won though. "Well you live in America now Mummy." At least he says Mummy and not Mommy (which he does when he wants to wind me up )

I refuse to say math.

I do prefer gas and gas station and cell.

Basically picking and choosing like a brat.

Pantyhose was used here when they were first introduced (in the 60s I think) .I am from Yorkshire and I say I got off of the bus. I used to smile at the way American children in films used to call their dad sir.DP thinks we should adopt this !

❤️USA and all its extra gorgeousness but 'British English' as a phrase makes my teeth itch, much like 'cis'.

I am always tickled how they call a handbag a 'purse'. In some crime books I read (though not just crime) a woman puts something big in her 'purse' and it does make me laugh. Also 'seeing eye dog'. Oh and for some reason 'lawn chairs' though why I should prefer deck chairs I don't know!

OrdinaryGirl according to Wikipedia, people in England speak "English English", which is even more annoying, though, to be honest, I could care less.

'British English' is the technical term as used by linguists though Ordinary. You also have Scottish English, English English, Indian English etc. etc.

It’s used in university English Language departments all over the U.K. it isn’t an American term.

A bunch of is cute instead of lots of

Are Americans really so ignorant they couldn’t understand an English person saying mobile phone?

Puzzles me why the film (movie) industry needs to re-record films twice, in american english and british. Harry potter i think was re-dubbed using americanisms. Much like the book, i always thought it was insulting to americans, oh poor loves don’t know what a philospher is, we’ll call it a sorcerers stone.

I find Y'all pretty good, but in in New York area it'd be You's which my Dh uses to annoy me.
I still use cell phone, carry my Purse with my wallet in, walk on the sidewalk and put gas in my car.
At work I ask patient if they'd like to use the bathroom, instead of the loo. They look at me like

It’s always interesting to see people comment on things I’ve never heard of in the US. For example I’ve never heard “a scissor,” it’s always been “scissors.” It could be a regional thing but that just shows how vast the US is and how weird the generalizations can be.

I find Y'all pretty good, but in in New York area it'd be You's which my Dh uses to annoy me.

Plenty of Scots say “youse”.

And I concur with Kescilly it’s “scissors” where I live.

This makes me laugh. It’s not Americans who write or say “I’m fed up of” instead of “I’m fed up with”, nor do they replace “sitting” with “sat” as in “I’m sat in my car”. No love, you are sitting in your flipping car!

I'm not a fan of Legos as the plural form of Lego. Technically more correct I guess, but I prefer just Lego.

Scissors where I am too.

If DH says Lie-Chester for Leicester one more time I'll throat punch him though.

Hah, “Leicestershire” is the first thing I thought of when someone mentioned a “waste of letters.” It makes no sense! It might as well be written “Lestersure.”

I always used to snigger when my (now ex) Boss mentioned going to the bathroom. I told him I had visions of him with a bath brush and plastic duck! I also had to ask him not to use the word fanny as in UK it means front bottom. He was shocked!

Going to Wales with him is fucking excruciating.