to hate the fact that people now say they are 'tan' not 'tanned'

[KarlWrenbury]

its like text and texted all over again

runs around screaming

I cannot bear anyone using:

Text rather than texted

I was sat rather than I was sitting

It sounds so ignorant!

An American expression I'm always puzzled by is "I could care less" which means, I think, "I could not care less". Does anyone know where the "not" has gone?

It's just careless speech LeBear. Many Americans do say "I couldn't care less."

I only pointed out the op's misuse of punctuation as she is criticising other people's use of English. I found it rather hypocritical!

Grammatically it is correct. I am blue. I am green. I am tan.

the one I hate is that people don't even stop at saying text instead of texted. it's now all TEX
"he tex me blah blah blah so I tex him blah blah blah"

It'll be te next

no because a colouration has happened to you.
you arent born tanned

A child I teach told me that he doesn't like "regular movies". For shame.

Tan is a colour. Black and Tan. American tan. You can also say I am very brown.

The one I hate most is when you meet a friend & ask them how they are & they reply: "Good".

I am not asking after your moral welfare, I am asking after your health.

The reply is: Well, thankyou".

"Can I get a latte" is nothing in comparison to "I'll do a latte". Heard in Costa this very week.

I agree with you Iseesheep on the "do" thing. I don't know if it is particularly American, but I have noticed it a lot lately: people ordering in a restaurant, "I'll do the stuffed pork chops." It sounds like they are going to have sex with them or something.

It's the masterchef contestants commanding people to "enjoy" that I can't cope with.

Referring to the tan/tanned debate, surely a tan (as in sun tan) is a result of the process of being tanned (like tanning an animal hide) not a colour? Making the comment "He is blonde and tan" incorrect, should be "He is blonde and tanned"....and I'll have his phone number thank you very much.....

Can't stand the whole "How are you....good" thing either. They also often fail to ask how you are as well which is just impolite!

Merrymouse I thought it annoyed me for about 2 minutes until I thought about it and realised that it makes sense to say it that way. Using your logic I mean. I know absolutely sweet FA about grammar n shit though.