It's ARSE! 🇬🇧

[BlowDryRat]

Unless you're American, in which case it's "ass".

I mean language travels. I watched an interview with Jon Bongiovi where he repeatedly said "shite" not shit, shite. That's not an Americanism but he's so welcome to it. Made me love him even more

Apparently the correct language is the programme as a whole is a series and each individual run is a season.

(from the The Rest is Entertainment podcast)

Oh 100% this!

Absolutely not. It’s the fault of the British for not trying hard enough to retain British expressions.

“Thanks for that Olivia Rodrigo” was a joke on exactly that point, deflecting blame onto the Americans when it is our own fault. Bit subtle for some people it would seem.

And?! As if countless American songs aren't popular here. Durr indeed.

Both are correct in British English but the “z” is much less commonly used here. It’s also important to be consistent, so I would point it out at work if someone whose work I was reviewing wrote “I recognise that it is important to organize”. I would not correct a consistent use of the “z” variation, even though it would not be my own stylistic choice.

Don't be so patronising.

Big Olivia fan are you? Please see subsequent post for explanation of why it was an attempt at humour.

Don’t be so touchy.

I always use the “s” version, no inconsistency here - he always changes it to “z”, which I then change back! House style supports my spelling so he’s just being stupid.

That would boil my piss. Is he American?

Why is someone who is clearly worse at English than you checking your spelling anyway?

Release a new album - not drop

This is pedants' corner, it's actually allowed here

I'm simply finding you irritating pontificating at length on this thread. You made a sweeping statement earlier that 'gotten' is not in British usage any more. More than one poster has pointed out that, actually, it is, but that seems to have gone <whoosh> over your head.

There's being a pedant and there's being a pain in the arse.

If you were going to fire off a pithy reply then don't bother, because I can't be arsed reading any more of this.

I’m a lawyer and find junior people use it in drafting all the time. Red pen time!

You're in the UK and using 'lawyer' rather than solicitor?

Pedants' corner certainly isn't what it was.

People do use gotten all the time, but they didn’t used to.

Have moving pictures made it to Norfolk? 😉

I would add to your list @BlowDryRat by saying that, unless a person is a member of the Four Tops, we don't 'reach out' to you, we call you!!

The kids at school have started saying ‘I can’t be asked’. It’s driving me crazy but I suppose it’s better than the correct version!!

I think you are getting mixed up with “attorney”. Lawyer is the umbrella term for solicitors and barristers/advocates. It’s absolutely standard use in every law firm in the UK.

"That would boil my piss. Is he American?"

Boil my piss is worse

Yes but they don't have sound yet.

You may not like it, but it’s not an Americanism and this thread is specifically about Americanisms.

In this part of the world arse would be erse!

Always used in Hiberno-English

I didn't say she was right 😉