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

[Primadonnagirl]

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

V grumpy today

[SirChenjin]

It's actually true. It's taught in schools from an early age - children who can't deep fry by aged 5 are banished from their villages and sent in shame to live in Edinburgh.

[squoosh]

Mmmmmmm, King Rib is the best thing ever after a night out. Dread to think what's in it.

[scottishmummy]

Or Milngavie or beersden where they're at pains to stress it's no glasgow it's Dunbartonshire

[squoosh]

Every 5 year old sets off to their first day of school with a Tefal Actifry in their schoolbag.

[matildasquared]

What is it with this 'off of' that Americans use? I got it off of her...

Huh? I'm American and I never heard this expression until I moved to Lancashire.

People who freak out at hearing "movie" or "prom" are weird xenophobes. There, I said it.

[HappyGirlNow]

I HATE 'AWESOME' !!!!!

[squoosh]

I think 'off of' is an English-ism too. People always refer to 'him off of the telly'.

[scottishmummy]

That's right squoosh a ma wee fryer for home corner in P1

[CaptChaos]

I use all of them, plus other spare Americanisms. I tend to also use British slang in the US when I'm there.

I can't help it, I am a British/American mutant hybrid and spent formative years in both places.

Go figure

[OldVikingDudeHidMyTubeSocks]

I would have quite liked to have called it 'math' rather than 'maths' I struggle with the word and end up saying 'mass'

[matildasquared]

What I do find strange is the use of specifically American analogies in British speech.

Why would a British leader say, "step up to the plate"? No one plays baseball here. The metaphor doesn't mean anything.

Also the use of "silos". (As in, we need to integrate our office branches more and not operate like silos.) American silos are these ten-storey towers standing alone in the middle of grain fields, so the image makes a striking metaphor. But why would someone say it here?

[SconeRhymesWithGone]

can I get" means "can I get it myself?"

No, it does not. Look it up. The definition of "get" is "to come to have or hold (something); receive". So "can I get" is as correct as "can I have," although the pedant in me would insist on "may."

"Can I get" is Scots, perhaps the Americans got it from us

Possibly. We got Halloween and "high school" from y'all, so why not?

[SirChenjin]

O-M-G!! That prom was AWESOME!!!! You guys are frickin' AWESOME!!! I love you man!!!!! Whoop whoop whoop!!!!!!!


Yeah, what-evs.

[Canthisonebeused]

I've only ever said I'm done once. Apparently your meant to say it during sex .

[scottishmummy]

Aye,pop to shop fur messages,can get 6 morning rolls and fresh and lo

[Primadonnagirl]

matilda but a British person wouldn't say " fender" or " sidewalk ' would they even though we all know what it means , do why " movie" ?! That's what annoys me but it doesn't make me a weird xenophobe!!

[squoosh]

I think using British slang is a hipster thing in America.*

*based on one article I read in the NYT.

[squoosh]

I love 'messages'. It completely confuses people.

[matildasquared]

I don't know, maybe they're making a distinction between an American-style movie and a BBC-produced film?

Sometimes you're in the mood for a movie, other times you want a film.

What do you think?

[Canthisonebeused]

I love messages too

And

Piece and jam

It was relatively confusing when I moved down South as a small child. I would take a play time snack and call it mu play piece.

And when my dad asked for poke in the shop when he was getting his messages....the poor woman was mortified.

[ToomuchIsBackOnBootcamp]

"Please can I get..." is perfectly normal and considered quite polite where I am, in NE Scotland, if you use it to order a coffee etc. If I'm consciously thinking about manners in front of my son, I do sometimes say "please may I have" in restaurants etc but it's not essential. The " get" is definitely in the sense of " to receive" as mentioned by PP, not in the sense of fetching myself, not at all.

[scottishmummy]

Asked for apoke....priceless
Like time anneka rice was on on of her runabouts the man in chippy asked you want a poke anneka
She looked delighted

[SirChenjin]

'Up the street'

Everyone knows what you mean though!