Comprehensive list of Americanisms

[12fromcold]

Some I love, some I hate. Let's try and get them all here! Especially interested in the ones that are only a slight variation from the British counterpart.

Macaroni AND cheese
Hide and GO seek
GotTEN

I'll remember more and come back.

Do you see an “r” in khaki myimaginary

In my (Scottish) accent it’s cacky.

we have jelly in UK too.
Not as common now to put on bread, but blackcurrant jelly, redcurrant jelly, crabapple jelly, mint jelly etc.
They are jams which have been put through a muslin cloth while hot to strain them, remove the chunks of fruit, seeds and bits etc. The result is clear and set and jelly like, and is used like jam, or with meat.

So again, that came before jello style jelllies and it is a word that went TO the US and kept its meaning, whereas we then added jello style jelly and called it jelly, thus creating 2 things with the same name in UK!

Urgh, these threads are so cringey. They always fill up with provincial snobs going 'oh I just can't bear the way people speaking an entirely different language sound, you know, different'.

Well they would wouldn't they?!

I think the two types of Trump are pretty much interchangeable, hot air that makes you disgusted.

I can see it, Myrtle but I can’t for the life of me say it!

PS: it comes from cater-corner.

I love the Southern “fixin to do”
“I’m fixin to repaint the house” or “I’m fixin to go surfing” or “I’m fixin to go and watch the Rockets” (basketball team)

Film adverts.

"Coming to a theatre near you on March 16"

I always find myself going "...th"

Actually Crooked I think this thread has been nicer than most.

Yes I agree but I'm sure it will descend, they tend to.

Some more for your list of awful Americanisms:

Blizzard
Stiff upper lip
Commuter
Foolproof
Freeload
Get together
Gimmick
Hangover
Cocktail
Double decker

Deplane instead of disembark - that's amazing I am going to start using that!!!
Beverize - what does that mean?

When I did camp America the Americans used to piss themselves at me saying 'swimming costume' like it was fancy dress or something. They also used to make me ask people in neighboring cars on the 'freeway' - 'do you have any grey poupon?' Which I think is a type of mustard. I think it has an advert and the person has a very posh English accent - even though I've got a really strong northern accent - they couldn't tell the difference!

Xiao

That song was a real treat Myrtle, thank you!

I want to know what collard greens are.

Two-times, three times and so on instead of double, triple etc

As in we'd say Mo Farah was a double Olympic champion where they'd say he was a two-times Olympic champion.

The other one I really hate is their use of "season" for a TV series.

For once Xiaoxiong nobody has said they're awful, just different. So you can unclench

Putting the dates the different way round confuses me every single time. eg today's date in the UK would be 11/01/19 but in the USA it'd be 01/11/19

Literally every single time I have to stop and think really hard about it. Though that's probably just an indication of my dimness

Can someone clear up some pronunciations for me?
Coyote springs to mind.

BitOut OfPractice I’m the same with dates, it takes me ages to work it out and now with the added stress of remembering it’s 19 not 18 I’m virtually paralysed when faced with writing the date. Are you another Archers fan in the USA, by the way?

Legos, as in playing with a box of legos (US), rather than playing with a box of Lego or just Lego bricks (UK).

No I'm in the UK but have dealings with American companies at work

Hence my requent date panics!

*frequent

Jane Collard greens are a type of brassica. Same family as kale I believe. They’re nice.

Imaginary

Kai- oty

Thanks Wax. I used to wonder what cilantro was too but it seems to be rocket.