AIBU to be pissed off by people saying they are pissed when they are pissed off?

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I have noticed on here that increasingly people are saying they are pissed instead of pissed off. This pisses me off no end. Pissed means drunk. Pissed off means annoyed. Just wanted to get that off my chest. Doesn't really matter.

American. This site isn't just for Brits you know...

Yes I know. But it is a British run site with a largely British user-base. The majority of whom will automatically assume that if you post 'I came into the house last night and I was completely pissed' they'll assume you were drunk rather than annoyed.

It is annoying. I think if British posters used obviously British expressions on an American site they would probably be teased... though that is just speculation. This one matters because it means something totally different, like the rubbers...

I do hate "Can I get" but most of all "I am excited for" an event or occasion, when what the speaker means is that they are excited about something, not on behalf of an occasion or concept or inanimate object... It sounds affected to me when non-Americans over the age of about 23 to use Americanisms (teens or near teens can sort of be forgiven because they are supposed to sound silly :o ) but I suspect it is just down to unconscious laziness and American sit coms...

People using "super" instead of "very" or "really" or "incredibly" any other intensifier really is intensely annoying :o Users of "super" as an intensifier seem to have extremely limited vocabularies and also be nauseatingly enthusiastic about absolutely everything.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest due to knowing not everyone is English on here. So what!

English, eh? Oh, dear.

I thought 'can I get...' was used in some Scottish and NI dialects, so even if people are from the UK it may be a local phrase.

I hate it, but it does make American films unintentionally hilarious.

Uh oh, we haven't had a linguistic xenophobia thread for at least two weeks so I suppose it's time.

As for "can I get," what's the problem? Do you actually know what "get" means? It's used in Scotland as well, btw.

Lol guilty

Eh I'm Irish and "can I get" is not exclusive to Americans. It's dublinese thank you very much

Yo, Madam. They'll all be going to bed soon and then we can talk about them.

Lucy That's likely where we got it.

'Can I get' sounds abrupt and not terribly polite this side of the pond. As children we were taught to say 'May I have.... , ' as it was considered rude to say 'Can I ....'
If you did say 'can I' the response from the teacher/parent etc would be yes you can (as in you are capable ) but you may not, as in you are not allowed to (have/do whatever it was you were asking).
To get usually means to have or obtain, does it mean anything else in the U.S.?
But there are almost always better words available and at the news organisation where I work it would be considered imprecise at best and sloppy at worst
And Scots English is not necessarily the same as English English.

Am I the only one mentally have a one man game of shop for the last few minutes in a bid to decide if they say "can I get" without even realising it

In my world I think I go like:

Can I have a pot of tea please?

Can I get a quickpick for tonights lotto too please? BUT if ordering a quick pick and nothing else its "Can I have"

I never use May unless its the month

I'm Irish too if makes a difference, may definitely isn't a thing here (in my area not necessarily the country as a whole)

But I am with you on pissed op

Git (n) is a slightly rude word here, a bit like arsehole or prat. EG 'a randy scouse git.'

But it's not the can/may part of "can I get" that most posters on MN object to. It's saying "get" rather than "have."

The can/may distinction is fast dying in English.

And it never sounds abrupt when I say it because I always say please.

I'd also like to add my irritation at people greeting each other with a "Hey"

"Hey" previously is a fairly abrupt way of getting someone's attention, perhaps we could start using the more traditional "oi!" instead, preferably in a Phil Daniels style cockney accent.

Not where I live in the US South, Sinister. Hey is a time-honored* greeting.

*Hope it's ok with y'all that I didn't put a "u" in that word.

But "hey" sounds ridiculous in a Surrey accent

Yes, it needs to have at least three syllables.

Also "get" sounds quite grabby, as if you are going to jump over the counter and yank that cappuccino from the baristas hands before the milk has finished frothing. "Have" sounds much more responsible, I intend to pay for this coffee, take it to the table and savour every sip, thank you for taking the time to make it for me.

"I'm good!" I place of "I'm fine" is nails down a blackboard for me, particularly when used in lieu of "No, thank you". I also hate "Can I get a..." which at a stretch could be appropriate in self service situations but makes no sense when being served as it is the server who gets, not the customer.
Furbabies and Mama Bears are the stuff of nightmares and I'm sick to death of big girl panties and the need to put them on.

But Sinister I think you are adding meaning to "get" that it doesn't have. The definition of "get" is "to come to have or hold (something); receive". So "can I get" is as correct as "can I have." "Get" does not have some sort of built-in reflexive as so many posters on MN seem to think.