To be annoyed by the American English on MN

[mrsruffallo]

You know, I was so pissed at him
Mom instead of mum
Mad instead of angry
Sure there are more but I find it really annoying!
AIBU?

i love that midlanders call their mums Mom, we're losing all these regional differences these days. of course yabu mrsr, the people using americanisms could be american for all you know.

mad can mean insane or angry, but I would say that's just english, nothing especially american about the word

my 'mom' is almost 60. We called her mum. Perhaps it's only older people who used Mom but it's begining to die out?

What about them? Do you mean are you still being unreasonable to be annoyed by them?

The answer is still yes.

LOL colditz, Did you not know that anywhere north of the M25 was "the north"? (Us Londoners are shockers and no mistake)

mad - i found this citation on Dictionary.com

don't think its american english if its been used for that long

?Usage note Mad meaning ?enraged, angry? has been used since 1300, and this sense is a very common one. Because some teachers and usage critics insist that the only correct meaning of mad is ?mentally disturbed, insane,? mad is often replaced by angry in formal contexts: The President is angry at Congress for overriding his veto.

I never say 'I was so pissed at him' but I actually like the way it sounds more than I like 'so pissed off', I would say it's an American phrase, for sure.

so the word 'mad' was being used to mean 'angry' even before the 'discovery' of the United States?

Kaishay - have you looked at an american dictionary

president?!

mom is midlandsish

stilllcraptho

I think I was so oissed with him is probably politer than the
he really pisses me off

I cal my mum mom to but I also hail from the midlands

That sounds like an American definition Kaishay.
I honestly have never heard anyone using mad for angry apart from Americans or on MN, so whatever the origin I feel it is quite a recent americanisation
[Cue West Midlanders getting mad at me]

I think it's an accent thing...but I know where you are coming from mrsruffallo..lol

M8 Be gr8ful snot txt speak.

I will own up to having been really annoyed by the 'moms' as well - not realising our Brummie cousins use it in good faith and not because they heard it on Beverley Hills 90210!

So MrsR - you go, girlfriend

how can it be american if its been used since 1300 though mrsruffalo?

someone needs to get the OED out!

exactly kaishay. I've always been aware that 'mad' means 'angry'

What I do find slightly annoying is people who use cross instead of angry..

I've never noticed the word 'mom' used on mumsnet. But I do remember my (english)mother calling her mum 'mom'

I think that the popular perception of the words that Mrs R cited is that they are Americanisms (well apart from somewhere called the west midlands) but that it is unreasonable to get annoyed by their use

what about 'gonna' and 'kinda'?

it annoys me a bit, but hate the way 'english' is becoming more 'american', and kids using amercian words eg movies, butt etc. in Ch lots of people speak (american) english, all with hideous american accent, and learn american english, ie vacation, real estate etc. Hate it. Apart from my lovely former dentist who had perfect english english with the most beautiful accent, nicer even than any rl english person i've ever met. My teeth were in great condition

ernest - lots of flemish and dutch people also speak english with an american accent!

There you go ernest, they are Dutch in ch