AIBU to find his Americanisms really annoying

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My DP is British. He's lived in England his whole life. His father is Irish and mother English. They both speak like respectable Brits.

He doesn't have any American friends. He's only visited America once - with me two years ago.

Despite this, he has a really annoying habit of using odd Americanisms in everyday conversations. For example, we were just talking and using letters in our conversation ("If you do A and B, you'll get X"), and he replied with "or you'll get 'Z'", as in 'Zee'.

I asked him what he'd just said, assuming he'd correct himself, but no he just 'Zee'!

It happened a couple of days ago too. We're having our first baby and were looking at nappies. Throughout the whole shopping trip he kept referring to them as 'diapers'.

I don't have any other active examples at he moment, but I know there has been their incidents. I'm sure it's getting worse the older he gets as I don't remember this when our relationship began 10 years ago. I think it's because he watches a LOT of American TV. Anime with American voiceovers, American dramas, American comedies, American Youtube videos, etc (also annoying but a separate issue).

I Just find the constant use of Americanisms really annoying but he thinks it's fine. I don't want him teaching our son this. AIBU?

@squoosh I thought so but we have tissues and vacuum cleaners, which is why I was confused.
I wonder why we have generic plasters and Americans don't... Adhesive wound dressing?

I also have a friend who says "video games" and candy"
I can't believe I let myself get friendly with him before I found out about this.

My exH went on an extended trip to America and returned using Americanisms - "where's the bathroom?" for example when we were out and he needed the loo and "let's catch a movie" instead of "let's go and see a film" and "can I get a coffee" instead of "I'd like a coffee please" .... grrrr .... There were others but I can't remember them all now.
We split up quite a few years ago and he moved to America. There's no end to them now; soccer, buddy, cookies, gotten, ..oh and even his spellings are American: colour has become color and anything ending in ise he spells as ize .. he seems to think it's a prestige way of using language but I never liked it and still don't.

I find it odd when Brits say pissed for pissed off. It seems to me that Americans are moving in the opposite direction.

Soloman, does your ds go to a local school where they learn English as a foreign language? IME the teachers don't learn, and therefore don't teach, different varieties of English with any degree of consistency. The very obvious/familiar ones and spelling differences will be taught but that's where it stops. It results in many people speaking a strange but fluent hybrid (and convinced the way they learned it was Right).

Hoovering is a common verb in the UK, more common than vacuuming I'd guess. Whereas hoovering doesn't exist as a verb over the pond as far as I'm aware.

My brother in law who is in his mid 30s does this all the time! He barely leaves his bedroom and watches so much American TV! When I was pregnant with DC1 he asked who my on-gyn was and would we ferberize the baby!

Don't fret, when my son's gf visits over here she baffles the residents of Compton with her talk of biscuits, films, arses and sweets. I see it as a little step righting the balance.

*ob-gyn

YANBU to be irritated. I still remember an episode of The Apprentice when one of the (Brit) blokes randomly said "or-E-gano and tom-AY-to". 😐

It irks me when Brit Mums refer to themselves as "Mom" or "Mommy" too.

My exH went on an extended trip to America and returned using Americanisms - "where's the bathroom?" for example when we were out and he needed the loo and "let's catch a movie" instead of "let's go and see a film" and "can I get a coffee" instead of "I'd like a coffee please"

Oh dear, my DP says all of these and it's become so frequent I've stopped noticing.

He doesn't say 'off of' does he OP?
If he does he's a dirty bastard and needs telling.

It's confusing when British people say pissed when they mean pissed off. But it's fun to confuse Americans with 'taking the piss' 😅

^'But why would you take someone's piss??'*

I'm delighted I'm not the only one who says "shhhh" schedule
@Greatball and @80sMum

Let's fight the good fight. After we've got a coffee .

Just today I heard my H tell his colleague on the phone that he ha "reached out" to someone.

However, I learned to read from Sesame Street before I started school, so I said 'Zee' for a long time, which drove my teacher nuts. I still have to think a bit before saying 'Zed' and I'm 50 now.

It irks me when Brit Mums refer to themselves as "Mom" or "Mommy" too.

Oooh that will earn you the wrath of the Brummie mummies.

My Irish DP says some words and phrases in a way I would've previously considered Americanisms, it could be his Irish influence?

I can't think of good examples but I caught myself saying tom-ay-to the other day in reply to him.

My 3 year old DS came out with "Let's go check it out" the other day. It was highly amusing, but did make me wonder if we've let him watch a few too many episodes of Blaze and the Monster machines

My DH does this! He says lots of food the way they would in America....tomato, risotto, apricot, jello. Then he makes some up because he knows I'll correct him, and I fall for it every time!

Maybe he does it to wind you up.

Purplemac Santa (or santie where I live in the northeast) is completely normal and as always has been. I'm almost 40, my dm and nana have always called him that as well so it's not from watching too much American tv.

People calling railway stations train stations is what bothers me, or train tracks instead of railway tracks.
Then there's couch.

Snorkmaiden I am also fighting the good fight for shhh schedule, and leftenant - that one is a losing battle, thanks to Star Trek etc, but I am sure a lefftenant is sexier than a lootenant.

Er, and better generally. Not just sexier. No.

Never ask a us pharmacist for paracetamol. I got looked at like i had 5 heads.
I may be guilty of living here and using there words. I love america though esp new york city :)