Americanisms

[Differentforgirls]

Is “pay check (not cheque for some reason) to pay check” a thing in the UK now. I keep seeing this on here. Surely it’s “payslip to payslip” or “wage to wage”.

Context is being skint. So you live wage to wage.

AIBU to think we’re losing our language to Americanisms?

Wait lists - waiting lists
Reaching out - asking

I wouldn’t mind so much usually but I really can’t bear anything to do with America at the moment

Fart - trump

Living hand to mouth

I remember years ago people complaining about the use of the word ‘maybe’ over ‘perhaps’. It really doesnt bother me.

I dont get the sick/ill thing. Sick means ill.

You’re not in Yorkshire then? That’s a standard sentence here

It doesn't. If you tell me you're sick I assume you've got your head in a bucket. If you're ill I think you might have a bad head cold and perhaps a fever.

In the U.S. it means ill, but in Britain it’s often a noun. “There was sick on the floor.”

Þæt sprǣc āwixt þǣre tīde.

Bit of fun with an old english translator online. 😁

I find it annoying because I think it’s an indicator of people consuming huge amounts of American media. It’s true that language evolves but also true that people are sad when they lose their language. We see this in efforts to preserve dialects and endangered languages like Cornish.

Ah well, you still eat your tea!

Why does it matter? The only constant about language is that it constantly changes.

I think the UK has bigger problems than linguistic variety appropriated from fellow Westerners.

Language becoming increasingly homogeneous is actually a relatively new phenomenon.

I think regional dialect in the UK is slowly dying out, as a result of communication becoming increasingly globalised. I don't think 'Americanisms' are the cause; at most they are a small piece of a much bigger jigsaw. It would be a shame if colloquialisms particular to UK regions were to be lost, but I do think it's likely that at some point in the farther future, we'll have a single homogenised version of 'English' worldwide, and if the planet lasts long enough, eventually a single, worldwide language.

One month to the next?

It matters to me. Surely we’re all allowed things that matter to us?

For me it would be “ hand to mouth”.

Normanisms 😂 La vache! La vache!

The question is why doesn’t matter to you?

For obvious reasons.

I have a thing about pigs. But I think we should say “pig” rather than “pork”, “ham” or “bacon”’ because it might make people stop eating them. Christmas is a challenge for me due to the amount of pigs we eat 😬

Cheques

Pay check!!!

Yeah Canadian here - never said I’ll go get. My British kids have said ‘I’m going park’ which is the new thing and get corrected very quickly - let’s not mistake slang speak to Americanisms.

Sometimes actually. Plus we all have different regional/ country words in the UK. If I called you “glaikit” eg, would you know what I meant?

But pay check!