Just for fun, American words for thing you love and hate

[CherryCherries]

Mine are, I love "stroller" as opposed to our "pushchair" and "take out the trash" as opposed to our "take the rubbish out."

I don't like "pants" as "trousers" or "pantyhose" as opposed to "tights." Or "fanny" for "bottom".

What are yours?

Some Americans pronounce aunt as 'unt'

I pronounce Aunt like aren't (non rhotic speaker). I use Auntie more though.

It took me a while to get the hang of sophmore, junior, senior. But when you get to college the first year is freshman.

I do like 'great job' in a us accent.

19th OF June. Not June 19.
Also date of birth day/month/year not the American way. The rest I can deal with!

My American DIL questioned my use of the word "letterbox" ie where the postman posts the letters through the front door.
She's absolutely right there is no box, and it is referred to as the "mail slot" now.
Doo hickey is her version of my "the whotsit", "thingey" or thingammy bob"
DIL is a teacher and cannot cope with the DC's using "rubbers" instead of erasers and hates the way the DC's call out "Miss" to her, this would not be acceptable in the US,
When it was raining and I said that I wish I'd worn my Mac she looked very confused,

@PattyPan - My accent is RP and I pronounce aunt like ahnt with a long a, same vowel as bra (I say awe the same as or). My dad is northern and says ant as well. I think the American pronunciation has the long vowel but more nasal.

Interesting. I don't think I've ever heard it pronounced like that. Or maybe I have and we say bra differently. Awe and or sound nothing alike to me so my phonetic spelling of awe-nt obviously makes no sense to you.

@Gullible2021 - I pronounce Aunt like aren't (non rhotic speaker). I use Auntie more though.

That one is beyond me. Are you adding an r to aunt or removing an r from aren't?

Having worked for an American company for years I totally agree that the way they say Route is strange, it's grout without the G. I nearly lost my mind in a presentation with from 6 clients each presenting 3 different routes.

I've never heard bathrooms said , but they say Restrooms in the area the US my company is based. Off topic but the restroom doors are so tiny why?

I was also told no one can understand me when I say realise, So I need to say RealiZe with a heavy Z, in fact that reminds me they say Zee not Zed

Had Egglant been mentioned? 🍆

[quote OchonAgusOchonOh]**@Gullible2021* - I pronounce Aunt like aren't (non rhotic speaker). I use Auntie more though.*

That one is beyond me. Are you adding an r to aunt or removing an r from aren't?[/quote]
I don't have a rotic accent so the r is silent in aren't my accent. As a pp uses a better example, "bra" rhymes with how I say "are".
Same sound as what the dentist asks you to say ("ahhhhh").

[quote OchonAgusOchonOh]**@PattyPan* - My accent is RP and I pronounce aunt like ahnt with a long a, same vowel as bra (I say awe the same as or). My dad is northern and says ant as well. I think the American pronunciation has the long vowel but more nasal.*

Interesting. I don't think I've ever heard it pronounced like that. Or maybe I have and we say bra differently. Awe and or sound nothing alike to me so my phonetic spelling of awe-nt obviously makes no sense to you.[/quote]
Have you ever heard a Londoner say "shan't" "Father", "Arthur", "Dance", "Glass", "Bath" etc?

It's the same long ahhh sound.

Awe and or sound exactly the same in my accent too.

Quarter note rather than crotchet.

Quarter rest if far better than crotchet rest. I've been happy to switch over mostly to British English, but with musical terms I gotta stick to my US roots .

Y'all is great in every accent -- as long as it's used in the plural. I've had some Brits use it in the singular and that's what makes it sound really weird. All Y'all is also plural, though more for big groups or adults who are annoyed at their children making enough noise for a big group ("All y'all better hush it").

Semi-Detached in the US is called a duplex (there are also triplex and quadplex), though usually the whole building is owned by one person and is partially or entirely rented out.

I can't think of any I hate, though that may because many of the American words people hate tend to be regional ones that I didn't hear much when living there (like fanny and panties, I wasn't raised with those. It was butts, underwear, and waist bags and I'm fine with all of those still).

...and while I've heard many insults for being born in the States (and my kids have had a few for just sounding slightly twangy even though they've never been), I've not heard of seppo before (google says it's Aussie rhyming slang). It did remind me that it took me a bit to get used to Brits who use Yank to mean all people from the US in a neutral way rather than an insult. I still can't really see myself as a Yank.

@OchonAgusOchonOh

This explains it better than I can

That "ahhh"
is how I say both Aunt and aren't

I saw an American programme yesterday where they pronounced the name Craig as Creg. Is that a thing - I’m almost sure I’ve heard it said that way in an American programme before?

I like it when Americans say things like “I’ll fix you some dinner”. Actually, lots of everyday things sound better (to me) using American vocabulary and in an American accent - any American accent!

Yeah, Craigslist is pronounced Cregslist.

Thanks Classical, I didn’t know that.

Someone mentioned the prounciation of Graham up thread - how is that said? Grame?

Graham sounds like Gram. I remember that from My So Called Life. Graham/Gram was Angela's sad

@Ireallydontknowimtired

Don't like 'Candy' for 'Sweets'.

I was about to say this. My nephews always say 'candy' argh . American YouTubers that they watch.

Quarter note rather than crotchet

And even though they have coins called quarters they literally say something is ‘one fourth’ or whatever. What’s that all about?!

I will tolerate the word poop. Only because it sounds better to yell ‘I’m poopin!’ when a child tries to get into the loo

Any and all others grind my gears if I’m honest.

@Gullible2021 - that's how I would say awe so sounds like we're in agreement but just spelling different.

I say aunt like ant with a very short a. The Irish a is pronounced differently to the English a, so I guess that makes it more difficult to describe the sounds to one another.

I like dish soap rather than washing up liquid.
Diaper sounds better than nappy too. Gas pedal is also on my Luke list.

Not a fan of herb pronounced 'erb and pants over trousers. One fourth makes my teeth itch too

I meant Like List not Luke list

Also why is twat pronounced twot?

similar to twot, kebabs are 'kebobs'. always makes me laugh!

Cell phone instead of mobile. It sounds like something you’d use in prison.

@HazelBite

My American DIL questioned my use of the word "letterbox" ie where the postman posts the letters through the front door. She's absolutely right there is no box, and it is referred to as the "mail slot" now. Doo hickey is her version of my "the whotsit", "thingey" or thingammy bob" DIL is a teacher and cannot cope with the DC's using "rubbers" instead of erasers and hates the way the DC's call out "Miss" to her, this would not be acceptable in the US, When it was raining and I said that I wish I'd worn my Mac she looked very confused,

Why would it not be acceptable for the children to call her miss..?