To hate this Americanism that has crept in to our language

[Mooos]

"Go figure"

Does it wind anyone else up too - or is it just me?

Well come up with a few EveWasFramed72... How about 'blood' for a friend? Or the ubiquitous 'innit'? There's no monopoly on irritating phrases ... just that the thread is about annoying Americanisms - a deep and very productive well.

Oriented instead of Orientated makes me want to fuck shit up.

Go anything annoys me. There should be an 'and', surely?

Yeah, come on Eve, what annoys Americans? I only hate (some) Americanisms when used by non-Americans.

OMG TethHearseEnd

Yes, I hate that.

Is it so hard to say with an extra syllable?

"mom"

I would like to add "I could care less": a ridiculous statement that appears to have arisen from the inability to understand the saying "I couldN'T care less" - meaning I already care so little it is impossible to care any less - it drives me NUTS when I see it in American novels or anywhere else!!

I am, like, so going to tear my hair out at all of these

I am so not loving it!

Hah! I have no doubt that British-isms are irritaiing or something when uttered in America, by Americans - that's fine!

The creeping Americanisation into British English that I bridle at include on the weekend, airplane, 'we're loving...I'm loving...', all the ones already mentioned, mall (for shopping centre)...

oriented

although, I use oriented in a scientific way, as in grain strucures and crystals, because my Crystollgraphy lecturer at uni was Canadian, so that's what he used.

I always assumed it was just a scientific term, but looking at Webster's american dictionary, it does seem it's just the Amercian version of Orientated.

go figure

[hwink]

One I've seen a lot on facebook - "Who knew?"

I have no objection to Americanisms from Americans. That would be culturalist, surely?

Pedants' corner is full of those who find certain Britishisms annoying, or inaccurate use of their own language by the natives unbearable. So yes, EveWasFramed72, there are a lot of them.

Skeletonflowers - that's as may be but it makes no sense in the "shortened form".

Oh that's so funny, because I find orientated intensely annoying. To my ears it sounds like someone who hasn't learned to speak properly and is adding syllables willy nilly to sound smarter.

Eve, I've seen a lot of these threads and what it comes down to is that they hate Americanisms being used by non-Americans. It's seen as proof of our all-encompassing and violent cultural takeover of the world. As long as you're an American, you can say "go figure", and call it a prom. "Disco" has been dead for decades over here ;)

ha, I use it all the time.
They nicked our language, time for a little payback??
Seriously, I would say that there is a huge crossover between US and UK English, and it's a very good thing for both dialects.

ha, I use it all the time.
They nicked our language, time for a little payback??
Seriously, I would say that there is a huge crossover between US and UK English, and it's a very good thing for both dialects.

The one I hate THE MOST is "eatery". Eatery????? It's a cafe/restaurant/pub.

I like "go figure". Slightly ironically, same way I use "innit". And I am a pedant (notwithstanding the starting of this sentence with "and", for which I make no apology).

It's far too much hard work for DD1 to answer a question with 'Yes, I will' when 'Sure' will save precious seconds

And everyone at school is just 'soooo meeeeean'.

"Café" and "restaurant" are both nicked from French, though. Why is it ok to nick French words but not American ones?

The English language is so rich precisely because we shamelessly poach words and phrases from everyone else's. In some cases, of course, it might be better if we hadn't...

but Americans do say Orientation, as in the day that you get used to a place.

surely that shows that the root of the word is Orientate, not orient?