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"Can I get?"

29 replies

Minniemountain · 19/09/2018 19:53

No DH you can not get cup of coffee because you don't work in this cafe.
He won't change how he asks though Angry

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RiddleyW · 20/09/2018 06:55

If I'm behind someone in a queue who says this , I have to clamp my mouth shut to resist the urge to hiss in their ear , 'have , the word you're looking for is have'

Do you correct people who tell you what they got for their birthday?

BlitheringIdiot · 20/09/2018 07:03

I am Scottish, in Scotland. It's not rude, as long as you say please and thank you. But if you're English (or possibly from Morningside), then presumably it is a dreaded Americanism and therefore terribly rude.

'Give me' is way worse.

stargirl1701 · 20/09/2018 07:11

I'm not English and I'm not from Morningside either. I'm nowhere near the Central Belt.

SenecaFalls · 20/09/2018 10:14

Worst example of this I've encountered:

Can I get a toilet?

Meaning May I go to the toilet?

Well, you can't blame this on Americans. Americans avoid the word "toilet" whenever possible.

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