Am I being unreasonable to find it irritating that people keep posting....I am pissed at....

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It should be either 'it pisses me off' or 'I am pissed off at'.

'Pissed at' is American. And yes, it pisses me off, too!

Yes. Very annoying. As are all americanisms from non-americans.

(Whispers) do you always assume when people use 'mom' they are American? I often wonder...

Now usually I appreciate a bit of knee-jerk anti-Americanism, but on the grammar/colloquialism front it doesn't bother me. There are so many brilliantly pungent/descriptive bits of US slang. I'm all for it. Anyway, complaining about the Americanization of British English is a real finger-in-the-dyke position, I reckon.

Round here (Black Country) 'mom' is what most people call their mothers.

Don't like it, presumably 'cos I'm a snob.

"finger-in-the-dyke position".

So to speak.

'Anyway, complaining about the Americanization of British English is a real finger-in-the-dyke position, I reckon'

Explain please? (I know the original story but don't understand what you mean).

Makes me totally mad

I think Polciy means that a huge flood of Americanisms is an inevitability, Pedants Corner in this metaphor taking the digital postion.

And tho I am in general a great admirer of her vivacity in matters of the language I fear if she consults her phrase and Fable under Stable Doors, she might find something to interest her.

Do they really say 'Mom' in the Black Country, stripeymama? I thought it was 'Mam' round there.

Oooh I'm after a Brewers, it's on my Christmas list. Could you explain please OBM? (How did you get on BTW?)

In Birmingham they use "mom" - dp and I had a heated discussion before dd1 was born about the fact that I had no intention of being known as "mom" - in Derbyshire it's "mum" and that does the job fine for me! And yes, "pissed at" is really irritating but I read an even worse one yesterday (not on here) - "He is trying to guilt me into doing it" - ugh!

yes it has been annoying me too

I'm also reeling presently at 'remove pen off' .. wanting to screech you 'remove pen from'

Thread juxtaposition:

Am I being unreasonable? : : to be pissed at ASDA advertising that i can buy STOCKING FILLERS from them????

Education : Primary : Getting more and more pissed about school uniform at DD's primary school

Pedants' corner : Am I being unreasonable to find it irritating that people keep posting....I am pissed at....

I pershps wrongly assume you see flood as inevitable, whereas thumb in dyke pertains to small act of bravery which is successful.

Suggest horses bolting as slightly closer but still not entirely satisfactory.

I got 50 out of 50! they all stood up and gave me a standing ovation, back slaps and 'Whoo's'. last bit fantasy, first bit true!!!
Driving Theory today btw. Hijack Zone Ends.

it is unreasonable to be irrated but tbh it pisses me off too.

BTW not having my Brewers to hand I googled 'thumb dyke story' and got some vairy interesting results.

WHY would you Google that WHY

Jolly well done. I only got 49

Yes you are quite right about the dyke thing. This crops up in the Grauniad's Corrections column a lot, doesn't it?

I love the Guardian corrections column.

how can one be pedantic about slang/expletives - swearing and general rudeness is supposed to be creative and fun imo.

Didn't the finger in the dyke actually work?

I don't mind Americans using "pissed" to mean "pissed off" but in British English "pissed" has a long and glorious history of its own that is worth preserving. If only because it enables me to chuckle at threads on US boards that read "my 2yo was so pissed" or even, on one notable occasion, a rant about other women drinking during pregnancy that ended with "I was so pissed".

Because unusually I was only 99.9% sure I was right pol and that .1% was killing me.

I thought it was just me!
I tried not to get irratated and tried to tell myself they might all be American but feel I can allow myself to be annoyed now.

Usually I'm so pissed I don't notice.

• yeah, that kind of pissed!

Yes, a finger in the dyke works - but only for a limited time & it prevents you doing anything else....