to absolutely hate the how people are speaking English!

[exse24Londoner]

I really hate how we have "suddenly" starting gifting presents rather than giving them as we did only a couple of years ago. Vacations - when did we start having vacations instead of holidays?????? The other day I saw an advert for pants - turned out to be trousers. Apparently when I speak to someone it is now liaising & if I call or text, I am reaching out..... the other day someone was talking about the front end, or as I prefer to call it - the beginning!!🙄

Dont get me wrong, I love the evolution of language & that generations make it their own but this isn't that this is not teenagers or cultures developing own language its...... weird management/pop psychology speak

is it just me??

where do you stand on “get yer kecks on”? Now that the proper phrase in Lancs if you ask me.

I'm afraid I have to agree with this. It's literally the most common thread topic on this site , more than parking, mother-in-law or marriage gripes. Oh and kids.

I am happy for language to evolve, just as long as English is not replaced by the version spoken in the United States. We are not the 51st state.

Those are English words thougn do you mean you hate non brittish words?

Yes, we need to be careful what we’re complaining about. ‘Gotten’ would have been very familiar to people in the British Isles in the 17th C.

My particular gripe is over ‘upcoming’. What happened to ‘forthcoming’?

I only realised it was regional when I went to University. How are underpants, under pants, unless you put pants on top?

Yes and the 'Feds'.

You do understand its entirely legal to shoot people who do this? Little known but accurate fact.

Language evolves , I am sure your Victorian grandparents would recoil at some of your use of language. Sometimes it is not a new thing. Gift as a verb has been around about 400 years and has been consistently used in legal documents. It has got more popular since the 1990s

Its not just you. The one that’s boiling my piss at the moment is ‘reset’ for good old fashioned tidying up.

Local gym now has a "Run Club" its a bloody Running club

I'm from Cumbria and would always say pants to mean trousers, although my teenagers laugh at me! Your underpants are kecks or grundies!

IT IS just the evolution of language though. You say it's not, but it really is. American culture affecting our language in the way Western culture has affected the language and behaviours of a great many countries. You will notice it is largely younger people adopting this language so it IS evolution and it is annoying because it makes you (us) feel left behind. It's ok that you find it annoying but YABU.

I entirely agree with this sentiment though not the actual violence bit as we don't live in America and that shooting stuff is too American for me.

I'll stick to inaudible shouts of wanker inside my head instead. Much more civilised.

Wait list is another, when did it change from waiting list 🤔

If my DC used Americanisms I would correct them as we are not American. They are older teens now and none of their friends use Americanisms, in fact it is something that would joke about and do an impression of.

Everythink

Nothink

I spend so much time screaming at the radio or TV.

In the NE of which country?

How do we feel about Canadian language/vocabulary. You know they use pants, cookies, diapers, vacation, soda. Basically all the same as the States.

My (least) favourite is ‘passed’. I don’t particularly like passed away, though I understand why some people prefer it, but ‘passed’. Passed what? Their driving test? The salt?

England, Newcastle specifically

I think its the singular use that the poster objects to. I must admit that I find the phrase "a red lip" odd as though someone has only used lipstick on one lip

It grates on me when someone in a café or similar asks 'Can I get a....'
I so want to butt in & correct them by saying 'yes, if you have the skills, I'm sure that it's possible for you to make a....but you would have to do that at home; the staff here are paid to make it for you'

The other Americanism is when someone refers to their dog 'using the bathroom' I was walking my dog recently when the wife said to her partner/husband 'darling do you have a poo bag, the dog has just used the bathroom'. DH had to restrain me from asking exactly how did you teach your dog to use a bathroom as mine poos on grass' If I could teach her to use the bathroom I could just flush it & save money on poo bags.

Don't get me started on young people using 'like' every other word eg: 'I was 'like' really tired' Me: 'so how were you feeling that was 'like' really tired?'

Hilarious that your title doesn’t even make sense 🙄🤣

Not so secret wanker calling...