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'm Irish and in my 30's and grew up watching American TV shows almost exclusively, as did my friends and I definitely have plenty of these Americanisms. I call my mother mom, I say 'gotten' and 'like' and have a particular regional accent that has a slight American sound to it. I was in the UK over Christmas with my partner and met lots of new people, I was asked a good few times if I was American, I would say the same number of people that asked me if I was Irish, asked me if I was American. It's an accent that gets a fair bit of stick in the media but it is what it is, it's the way I speak and I can't really change it now!

I can't bear 'hey' instead of 'hi.' Hey is an exclamation and hi is a greeting.

"I'm good"

Oh, great, another thread to remind us how much the British dislike us.

*It turns out that Americans only call dog biscuits 'biscuits'

Not in the South

Plus dog biscuits are often called Kibble in the US*

No, kibble is dog food, not treats.

And I now have a brother in law called Randy, which I have forced myself not to find at all funny

Does Randy know what randy means in the UK?

“ I know , right ? “

Has anyone complained about "Santa" yet?

I'm just waiting for someone to complain about 'mom'.

I do find myself saying “hey guys” a lot when I’m trying to round up the kids and then cringing slightly at myself but to be fair it is my favourite bit in one of my favourite films (the goonies when sloth shouts “hey, you guuuuys!” and slides down the sail

LakieLady Honestly, I am very fond of him and haven't dared ask!

American Southerner here. Biscuits are baked goods, similar to scones. If Americans are referring to dog biscuits, they will likely say 'dog biscuit' not simply biscuit. Cookie is a word of Dutch origin as is furlough.

If your children use American words instead of British ones (and you live in Britain) because they watch so much American youtube/TV then they are probably spending too much time on screens!

I've noticed that a lot of people don't watch films anymore, it's "movies". And tv programmes are "shows".

Lots of Spongebob watching going on in our house, DS keeps calling the post 'mail'
I love the differences between British English and American English though, my favourite is how Americans say they'll 'fix' something to eat/drink rather than 'make' (I remember Ross on Friends telling that dog to 'make!', assuming poo in that context), oh, and MATH! I always wonder if the reverse happens, where children in the US who watch British television start using British versions of words.

'Wait, what?' Sounds really impolite to me! To the previous poster, I certainly don't dislike Americans at all! Just a few annoying words.

I say Geez a lot - this is due to a childhood of Beano and Dandy comics!

I think some of these threads are just a form of racism. Let's pick on the Americans. Americans are so stupid/loud/arrogant. They can't speak 'proper'.

Globalisation impacts on every company so words are becoming more homogeneous. Young people will tune in to whatever the prevailing media is. Different isn't evil.

Let's start a thread on how Scandinavians know the difference between Should of and Should have whereas many UK educated people don't....

Country not company!

Badgerona someone was fixing a snack on a thread on here recently. I don't know if they were American though!

I often wonder if American teens use British slang when they've been watching U.K. telly programmes?

I've seen Facebook threads complaining about how annoying it is when your dc have watched too much peppa pig and are putting on British accents.

Makes my teeth itch is Canadian.

It's interesting to me that we have the US Post Office in the States, but we call it "mail', and the UK has the Royal Mail but calls it "post".

My US colleagues always amuse me with “momentarily”. For them it means “in a moment” and for us in the UK it means “for a moment”. When someone says “I will be with you momentarily” they mean they are on their way but I always have a mental picture of them popping up and then disappearing!

Married to an American for many years so I've pretty much zoned out on the US terms he and the kids use. The only thing that gets me is when he says "Creg" instead of Craig and "Gram" instead of Graham. Or when I hear it on a TV programme or film (looking at you Cameron Diaz in The Holiday)

I still feel my heckles rise at it after all these years!

I have never heard of the word momentarily to mean FOR a moment :S

Our schools have posted about spring break

And have talked about the parking lot

I have nothing but scorn