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..to hate it when a British person says..

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Primadonnagirl · 13/06/2014 20:04

..the word " movie"
...." Can I get?!"
... " dude"
... Y'all"
... "Back in the day"

V grumpy today

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ArcheryAnnie · 16/06/2014 12:11

"Please may I have" trumps "can I get" every time, on politeness grounds as well as linguistic drift grounds.

The hill I will die on is "math". It's not "math", it's "MATHS".

worldcuprefusenik · 16/06/2014 12:12

I got a very strange (dumbfounded) look on a teen summer camp once when I asked an American lad to pass me a rubber Grin. I had no idea at all what was going on!

SconeRhymesWithGone · 16/06/2014 12:19

"Meet with" is a useful expression because (in the US) it means a formal meeting, almost always in a business context. It's an example of the language evolving to be more precise.

SconeRhymesWithGone · 16/06/2014 12:21

There is no linguistic drift with the "I get" part of "can I get." "Get" does not have some sort of built in reflexive as so many posters on MN seem to think.

Footle · 16/06/2014 23:34

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NinjaLeprechaun · 17/06/2014 00:01

The hill I will die on is "math". It's not "math", it's "MATHS".
Even if maths is plural then you're generally only doing a singular 'math' at a time. If you mean arithmetic, it seems a bit unnecessary to include calculus as well. Wink

PrincessBabyCat · 17/06/2014 00:04

Well, if it makes you feel better the words wank, bloody, and cheerios has made its way over here in the US. Also, with the rise in popularity with British shows like Dr. Who and Sherlock, there's probably going to be more phrases.

wobblyweebles · 19/06/2014 01:35

Math is an older term than maths.

It does seem grammatically incorrect that people say 'My least favourite subject is maths' rather than 'My least favourite subjects are maths.'

RiverTam · 19/06/2014 09:27

but it's one subject, like classics, so it's grammatically correct. A singular group noun, I suppose.

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