Americanisms

[SecretsInSpitalfield]

I have family in the US. I love going there. Since lockdown my DS’s (9 and 11) have said ‘OMG’ and ‘like’ about a thousand times a day!

Do our lovely cousins across the pond have this with their DC? Is it normal?

I’ll rephrase .. is it ‘normal’ in the States to say ‘OMG’ and ‘like’ in every other word ?

Furlough. It used to be 'gardening leave'.

Oh and super this. and super that.

@SecretsinSpitalfields yes! Other Americanisms are 'jeez', 'you've gotta be kidding me', 'right now' and 'cookies' instead of biscuits! My DS was playing on Xbox with his cousin in the US when he said he'd be back in a minute as he was going to the kitchen to get a biscuit, his cousin then said 'I didn't know you got a dog'! It turns out that Americans only call dog biscuits 'biscuits' as humans only eat 'cookies' of course!!

Not in the US, but I think it's pretty normal. Mine are obsessed with the word 'fair' atm, and when I was a teen, everything was 'random'. I didn't realise how irritating it was until mine started.

On a related note, I love the US, but frequently I have to stop listening to some US podcasts as I often find the voices and vocabulary grating. I know it’s bad to admit it

Yes OP, completely normal in the US too.

Furlough. It used to be 'gardening leave'

Isn't gardening leave different? That's being paid to work your notice without actually working so you don't get a chance to steal business for your new employer.

I first came across furlough in the first Chalet School book which is definitely very English!

I will continue to object to poop, ass and pissed (unless meaning drunk) though.

Can't wait for this to descend into the usual anti- American snobbery.

Furlough is a military term, not specifically American.

About half of my SM friends list is American, so I'm used to their phrases. I'm always correcting my DD's when they say the American version of a word though.

DS's not DD's

We see a lot of "I'm pissed" on MN instead of "I'm pissed off", very different meanings in the UK. Not sure if its American posters or strange British people thinking it's cool??

I'm American, DH is British, and my DCs have dual citizenship but have only ever lived in the UK. Every story from them starts with "so basically..." and the story is peppered with "OK" or "right". I think all teen language has those idiosyncrasies no matter where you are, it's only the specific word that changes!

I thought 'biscuits' in America were some form of scone type thing?

I call my dog's treats "cookie"and a biscuit is a soft and fluffy item baked with buttermilk and flour. A British biscuit is called a cookie and a pudding is a dessert here in the southern states

When I first moved to the south I was very puzzled (and disgusted) by the popular southern breakfast of biscuits and gravy.) And I now have a brother in law called Randy, which I have forced myself not to find at all funny.

@BowermansNose

Is it my imagination too or do the women quite often speak in a higher voice then British women?

“Gotten” really makes my teeth itch.

It's your imagination

Shakespeare used gotten so it was yours first 🤣😂

"Makes my teeth itch" is far worse than gotten will ever, ever be.

Has anyone complained about "Santa" yet?

Gardening leave is full paid and to stop you taking intellectual property from one company to the next.
Furlough is not the same - it’s effectively unpaid leave except the government have stepped in in this circumstance.

My kids watch so much american tv/YouTube that they’ve spoken like that for years
Trash, closet, diaper etc