..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

BTW, many people who say "y'all" don't say "ain't."

It's a shame for all languages I think, as the whole world will speak American English eventually I'm certain.
Except that there's really not one single version of "American English". It's a bit like "British English" in that there can be vast regional differences. Even to the same phrase or word meaning different things depending on your location or specific subculture.

No, I said it poorly, I mean not everyone in the US goes around saying "y'all."

I've never heard anyone actually say "ain't" unless they were being self-consciously folksy.

It's a shame for all languages I think, as the whole world will speak American English eventually I'm certain.

I'm not a big fan of monolithic US entertainment for sure, but what's funny about this phrase is that the US shows export a certain kind of "American English" which is very different from the way actual people in the US actually speak. It also leads a lot of people to believe they know about US culture when, no.

It is a bit surprising how often I've had people all over the world explain American culture to me. Oh really, kids swear at their parents? No one walks anywhere? Everyone has a gun?

Some Americans also are unhappy that the influence of TV and other media has eroded regional differences in language. For example, Southern accents are different (less Southern) than when I was a child. In other ways, though, our language has become richer and more diverse, through the influence of Spanish, for example.

Different US accents are sort of beefed up for movies too. Take for instance that ridiculous fake Southern Belle accent Julia Roberts affected for that moviewhat was it? Steel Magnolias. She is actually from Georgia and her natural accent is nothing like that but in order to have the accent "read" they have her saying, "Muh cuhluhs ah blush and bayushfool."

Interesting cross-post Scone!

Good point Mathilda. Believe me, even in the South, not everyone has a gun. And kids definitely do not swear at their parents.

You'd know better about the Southern accents since I'm from New England.

There are a lot of New England accents dying out as well. That nice JFK Boston accent--you never hear that anymore.

So true about Steel Magnolias, Mathilda. The most accurate accent in that movie was Sally Field's. And she grew up in California. Shirley MacLaine's was good, too. She is from Virgina.

It's really noticeable now on MN how many people say gotten and pissed rather than pissed off. I think both will be standard British English before too long.

I wonder if the internet has to do with the cross-pollination of language too.

I haven't been back to the UK in nearly eight years but I do notice more Britishisms in use. Calling someone with red hair "a ginger," for instance. I never, ever heard that until I moved to the UK. But now I see the phrase has come into use in America. "Gingers have souls" wouldn't have made sense to anyone there ten years ago. What has souls?

*Back to the US I mean! Derp.

i hate the term 'British"

I am English

Im scottish and say can I get although I do see a film rather than a movie

The trouble with 'pissed' instead of 'pissed off' is that the meaning has completely changed. Was the person drunk or are they just fed up?

Same with 'protest' something. it used to mean to support something as in 'protest the faith', and if you didn't agree you had to say 'protest against' something.

Or 'appeal' - we used to appeal against decisions. Now we just 'appeal'. Sigh.

I don't mind British - I have a British passport, and it's quite convenient for me because although I am English I grew up in Wales. 'Anglo-Welsh, sort of', sounds a bit clumsy.

staycation?

Can't understand this - why not call it a 'holistay'?

Oh good god stay cation wtaf is that some man on telly was talking about them last week urgh shush

It's not "CAN I have," either. It should be "MAY I have?"

What about overuse of the word "guys?"

Hear a fair few teaching colleagues calling the children that. Am wondering whether to become annoyed about it.

In a school, then? I wouldn't like that either.

I had a teacher who called us "scholars." "Good morning, scholars. Quiet down now, scholars." We rolled our eyes a little but secretly I liked it. I'm sure I wasn't the only one. I wish children were respected more in school.

I think both will be standard British English before too long.

You'll just be going back to your linguistic roots with "gotten." It was standard British usage in American colonial times; we kept it, you abandoned it. But are you ok with forgotten?

I do notice more Britishisms in use.

So true. The powers that be where I live recently had a traffic circle built to help with the flow. And they are calling it a roundabout. They even conducted Roundabout School for people to come learn how to use it.