To hate Americanisms...?

[Groof]

I think maybe because it feels like all English-speaking cultures are becoming boring and homogenous.

New ones I've noticed that people in the UK didn't routinely say five years ago but are now EVERYWHERE:

• birth control (instead of 'contraception' or 'the pill')
• wait list (instead of waiting list)
• reach out

Which ones do you hate or AIBU?

Yes, soda is the collective noun. 'What kind of soda do you have?'

Then you ask for a specific one.

Birth control, also collective. People don't usually specify because it's TMI. Same here right?

"Can I get" drives me absolutely mad!

My friend works in a bakery and usually says, "Nah, I'll get it and you pay for it" 😁

But she's mostly met with a blank/confused look.

Perhaps those of you complaining about irritating ‘Americanisms’ your children have picked up from
YouTube should perhaps reflect on the amount of screen time you’re allowing them on said platform if it is influencing their language development to such a degree….

My bad
Math
Any spelling where the u is omitted - color, neighbor, etc

My bad is the absolute worst though.

Momentarily means for a moment, not in a moment. Was most upset about Maggie Smith using it wrongly in the first Harry Potter film but see it all over the place now.
I don't know if this is an Americanism and I am the only person I've ever met who gets irritated by this one, but "cum" is Latin for "with", nothing else. That's why it's part of the place name Stow-cum-Quy. It is not a verb or a noun. That is the hill I will die on, apparently.

Oh dear, how pompous you sound.

I'm completely fine with Americans using US English. It's when Brits use it that it's annoying.

SO MANY Americans agree with you about 'my bad'

An abomination

It's worse when a Brit says it but yes, it's an abomination whoever says it 🤣

I love the American term 'oftentimes' and hear it used a lot on the podcasts I listen to. I'm not sure if that's an old English term that emigrated with the people or not. Language is a fascinating subject!

I'm 55 and we used to play 'cops and robbers' in the playground during the 1970s, using Americanisms and American accents.

Nothing to do with Youtube, more the Hollywood influence on TV/in films I think.

Did I say 'films'? Should've said 'movies'

Can you explain why though?

Presumably you don't mind that a huge portion of the world speaks English. So why does it bother you if some phrasings filter back?

Yes, people complaining often just sound like parochial dinosaurs

Agreed! Like moaning that cursive isn't used by younger people.

The internet changed everything. People pick up slang words or expressions they like and adopt them. Nobody under age 30 gives a crap about any of this.

It is very funny to hear "ya'll" being used by anybody not in the American deep south! When I was growing up in New England it was viewed as very "country bumpkin" and never used by anyone not born and raised in the south.

'Blender' is an American term.

Grab a bite.

Have a sit

Can I get is not correct unless youre actually getting it. If you're not, it's could I have.

Never saying please or thank you.

Anything that butchers words, such as swapping e and r - centre, fibre, or removing the u - colour.

"Can I get..."

🤢🤢

No it isn't. It's Middle English.

What was a "playdate" called in good old standard British English, then?

I don't mind most Americanisms, with the exception of "can I get' which does annoy me.

What I really would like to see introduced is Australianisms, specifically swear words. The creative things they can do with the word "shit" alone...

I think Australian is more annoying tbh. Why do they use "chips" or "chippies" to refer to chips, fries and crisps?

Why does everything have to be shortened to -ie or ies? Even the Gold Coast is "Goldie"

And don't get me started on "how ya going" 😂

Yanbu, it’s one of my biggest bugbears and has been for decades. It’s got so much worse since YouTube/social media as well. My older teenage daughters say blush instead of blusher and ‘drug store’ makeup because all the flipping influencers do.

My two:

“I’m obsessed!” (about something they love eg a make up product)

and

“it’s been a hot minute” - meaning it’s been a while since they did something. Just dosn’t make sense!

hate them both

Agree. I detest it.

@devilspawn in fairness, we're the nation who say shit like "Platty Joobs" so we can't start throwing stones there!

Monday through Friday. It's Monday to Friday ffs

Same with 'June 5th.'
It's June the 5th or the 5th of June

yeah but we win because at least we don't think mullets are cool