IABU to hate "Can I get...."?

[tbtc20]

A colleague (English as first language) likes to adopt Americanisms into his speech.

His latest is to say e.g. "Can I get you to test this program" or "Can I get an account for our new starter".

I think he thinks it makes him sound cool.

Makes me wince.

[januarybrown1998]

Sir

It should carry a prison sentence for anyone over the age of five.

I know a grown woman who says it and I have a really unkind suspicion she thinks it makes her sound adorable.

[SirChenjin]

"I'm excited to..."

Now that's a phrase that winds me right up

[SenecaFalls]

He does need to stop doing that "on accident" thing; what if it caught on? I have a first cousin in Nashville. I'll see if I can get the word to him.

[PitilessYank]

By tomorrow morning, that gent will be utterly cured of that abominable phrase, GreatF-ability, I assure you.

[PitilessYank]

I will fly there tonight and deliver your message very forcefully.

[SenecaFalls]

I listened again. I think you're right, Pitiless. I think he's from Pennsylvania.

[GreatFuckability]

This is the man I need to find and stop him saying on accident, please. His name is Jeremy Scott and he lives in Nashville, I believe.

[PitilessYank]

Seneca- he did pronounce out as "aut", which is very Pennsylvanian.

[SenecaFalls]

I watched again. His accent is more Maryland. It's the word "folks."

[GreatFuckability]

His beard is EPIC!

[SenecaFalls]

Yes, Downton would qualify, but DH has really gotten* interested in it. He loves the vintage car racing and has also become very concerned about Mr. Barrow in particular. No spoilers, by the way, we have two more episodes to go here in the US.

*next thread on MN will be about "gotten" and how much people hate that.

[SenecaFalls]

That fish sandwich guy has a classic Pennsylvania accent as well.

[gooseberryroolz]

Does English shit mean Downton Abbey?

[gooseberryroolz]

Orange-bearded mobile traffic reporters in Pennsylvania say it;

[SenecaFalls]

This thread did make me realize that I don't watch much TV that is set in NY anymore. My current favorites are The Good Wife (Chicago) and Madam Secretary (DC). And then all the British TV I watch, which DH refers to (affectionately, I assure y'all) as "English shit."

[gooseberryroolz]

FIGURE IT OUT WITHIN 30 MINUTES OR THIS BUNNY GETS IT...

Oops was making up the bed and nearly missed tyhe deadline

Yes, on reflection I think Jennifer Aniston is partly culpable.

[GreatFuckability]

My Irish friend says 'will I...' For 'shall/should I...' I love it! 'will I have a shower now?' I dunno, lovely, will you?'

I'm welsh. I've no place to talk about butchering the English language...

[LucyBabs]

Seneca

Yes it's very common here in Ireland to say "Can i get" Rather than the correct "Can I have"
As a PP said lots of us speak English. Britain don't have a monopoly on the language
Us Irish should actually be speaking as gaeilge, not the Queen's English

[januarybrown1998]

New starter?

That's brilliant, haven't heard that since I was at school a thousand years ago.

Do people honestly say it at work?

[GreatFuckability]

The man who narrates cinema sins on youtube does!! And I love him, except for when he says on accident and then I feel the need to kill him. Which makes me sad. Find him and make him stop!

[SenecaFalls]

Americans, and I speak for all 319 million of us, don't say "on accident."

[GreatFuckability]

'on accident' grates with me, just because it reminds me of when my children were little and I was forever saying 'BY accident' and 'ON purpose'. It sounds childlike to my British ears. Same as 'on christmas'

[SenecaFalls]

Secret Me, too. I also settle in with my laptop for an hour or so and get a bit of work done while also performing a bit of linguistic research for MN.

[SenecaFalls]

That list is more than just a bit xenophobic.

gooseberry I guess I don't watch much TV about New Yorkers so really can't say. I live in the South. It's usually "I'd like, etc." with some "how's your momma?" and "cute haircut, who's doing it now?" thrown in for good measure.

[PitilessYank]

And by "gets it", I mean gets a lovely carrot. I would never hurt a bunny.