Is this anti American

[NotNowPlzz]

I absolutely can't abide some americanisms creeping into everyday speech, particularly...

Takeout
Stay home.. supposed to be stay AT home
Go play... Supposed to be go AND play
And one I use movie, which is meant to be film

Am I being anti American?
YABU for yes
YANBU for no

Jeez. Can’t believe someone is giving headspace to this. Most areas of the U.K. have their own difference in dialogue. Teens have their own language and ‘isms’ going on. Sometimes it can be very slightly irritating, but certainly isn’t enough to stress me out.

To give you an example, I remember my son liking Handy Manny when he was preschool age as he liked the talking tools but a lot of the references and ideas were not really relatable when you live in a small house in the home counties! In The Night Garden on the other hand was even though it is not a real world Iggle Piggle lives in, the very fact that 'Garden' is in the title helped as opposed to 'yard'.

Don't go to Scotland then op, the use of carry out is quite common there.
Movies, films, who really cares. I'm very old so I'd say I'm going to the cinema or to the pictures.
I agree with the pp about pissed and pissed off. That can be funny sometimes.

Well I can't say I ever disliked Americans generally, although I did feel a little smug about how stupid they were to vote for Trump. Until we voted for Boris.

To give you an example, I remember my son liking Handy Manny when he was preschool age as he liked the talking tools but a lot of the references and ideas were not really relatable when you live in a small house in the home counties!

My ds loved him too! We live in the U.K. but found a Handy Manny talking figure when we were on holiday in Spain so ours spoke Spanish. Ds was fine with it and learned those phrases 😁

@Institutkarite I think you meant Kerry oot. 🤣

I’ve read many articles that Americans feel the same the other way round. They are fed up with Britishisms creeping into American English. I think it is natural for Languages to evolve especially between the Brits and Americans as we are so culturally closely tied.

My children used to play using American accents which used to make me smile and I mentioned it to an American friend who is in the US and she told me her children play with British accents and loads of American kids do. They blame Harry Potter

I must admit I was surprised when 50 Cent (I think) released 'Wanksta'.

I thought that Wank, Wanker etc was a very British thing.

Do they have Tossers and Pillocks in America?

@Laaalaaaa
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What's your feeling about Halloween and Santa?

Both Americanisms to some Mnetters but actually Scots / Irish

Add "high school" to that list. We Americans got that from the Scots, too.

The one Americanism I really really hate is when "can I get" is used instead of "can I have." All the other Americanisms I don't really mind, but I have to really bite my tongue hard when I hear people coming out with that shit.

I’ve read many articles that Americans feel the same the other way round. They are fed up with Britishisms creeping into American English.

This has not been my experience. For one thing, there are not a lot of British English expressions making their way across the pond. And the ones that do, most people find amusing. All of the articles I have read on the subject take an amused and affectionate tone.

"Wanker" has crossed the pond to the US as has "bespoke." "Bollocks" is making its way over, too. Happily, the construction "I was sat" has not.

My state also had a "stay-at-home" order.

The one Americanism I really really hate is when "can I get" is used instead of "can I have."

I'm not so bothered by that one. People seem to find it annoying based on the idea that 'get' always means getting it for yourself, but that's not true at all. 'Get' can mean 'receive' as well as 'fetch'. e.g. "Did you get a watch for your birthday?" I know it's not idiomatic in British English, but that explanation for why it doesn't make sense isn't logical.

'Get' can mean 'receive' as well as 'fetch'. e.g. "Did you get a watch for your birthday?"

True. I've had this discussion on MN quite a few times in the past. The simple dictionary definition of 'get' includes 'receive.'

Yes but you wouldn't say "Can I receive a scotch on the rocks please" would you?

"Can I get" is perfectly normal in my part of Scotland. Not an Americanism.

Yes but you wouldn't say "Can I receive a scotch on the rocks please" would you?

No, I wouldn't. But that's just a matter of what is common usage. It's not grammatically incorrect to use a synonym for 'receive', in this case 'get.' 'Get' does not have some sort of built-in reflexive. It may be irritating to British ears as a predominately American usage, but it's not wrong.

By the way, I would say, 'Can I get a single malt with a tiny splash of water?'

Really, the only one that grates for me is using invite as a noun. Invitation is the noun, invite is verb.
I find most of the others quite sweet- particularly "yards" that are twenty times the size of my home!
"Fall" is very evocative, particularly when one thinks of New England and the leaf colours, then drop.
Chips/fries, biscuits/cookies, crackers/biscuits etc I have no problem with- look at the variation for the name of a small bread roll in Britain.

"Lot" and "sidewalk" seem very American to me, along with "realtor" or "clerk".

I love hearing all the different accents too, something which people like about Britain as well

@YgritteSnow....We are getting inundated with british shows for preschoolers.Peppa Pig has been permanently banned from my house. I can't stand that brat. But we love Ben and Holly's.....My oldest and middle son still think fondly of The Tweenies and still have their lovies from the show

Fgs who cares. There is no academy of the English language and there are many versions of it.

Yard isn't just American. It is also Australian until I beat it out of them.

What's wrong with yard. ..? It's perfectly acceptable and common use of English. ..don't Jamaicans say yard'?

Honestly all these brits getting their panties in a bunch because some other native speakers use words a bit differently to how they do make me laugh.

In Jamaica yard means house

I know...does it upset you as much as 'Americanisms' do?

Yes but you wouldn't say "Can I receive a scotch on the rocks please" would you?

No of course not. I didn't say you would. I was pointing out the incorrectness of claiming that 'can I get' is wrong on the grounds that it means you get it yourself.