Most annoying Americanism

[Deleted member 25172]

The pointing to their constitution every time someone argues that perhaps it’s not a good idea that civilians can carry weapons that are designed for war situations.

 

[stefanovic]

Bit it's only friendly fire.

 

[bobmac]

You'd go spare if you lived in Yorkshire then, it would he "Anyone know t'weather" 😂

I could cope with ''Does anyone know t'weather''

 

[Orikoru]

One of my most annoying Americanism is when people miss out words.
I'm playing golf Tuesday
Anyone know the weather
In cinemas Friday.
Obviously, all the rest like shopping mall, store, movie etc
Is it just me?

Since when are those Americanisms? That's just the evolution of colloquial language. I don't see anything wrong with those statements as I've grown up with most people speaking that way.

I think of Americanisms as them having their own word or pronunciations for things. e.g. hole location instead of pin position, or 'aloominum' instead of aluminium. Or when they say 'can I get a coffee' when they mean 'may I have a coffee'.

 

[Orikoru]

Some that I hate:
They can't pronounce some people's names. Instead of Craig they say 'Creg' and instead of Graham they say 'Gram'. Why??
They can't pronounce mirror either, they say 'meer'.
There's a trend within sports now than instead of saying wins and losses they call them Ws and Ls. As in 'Liverpool gave Arsenal the L on Saturday'. That's quite annoying.
Also hate double eagle, as has been mentioned. It's just mathematically wrong, if an eagle is -2 a double eagle would be -4.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I don't know if this is an Americanism but I have heard the phrase, singer x has just droppped an album. It took me a while to realise they mean released. When did people stop releasing albums and start dropping them?

 

[Blue in Munich]

Donald Trump.

Oh sorry, Americanism, not American.

 

[clubchamp98]

Bouncebackability that’s three words in one.
Usually a birdie following a bogey or worse.

Hi yall when there was only me there.

 

[JollyRedDevil]

SOCCER

 

[Orikoru]

Bouncebackability that’s three words in one.
Usually a birdie following a bogey or worse.

Hi yall when there was only me there.

Wasn't that invented by an English football manager? Not an Americanism at all?
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/bouncebackability.html - yeah, it was Iain Dowie. I don't think he's American.

 

[User62651]

It's mum not mom.

 

[clubchamp98]

Wasn't that invented by an English football manager? Not an Americanism at all?
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/bouncebackability.html - yeah, it was Iain Dowie. I don't think he's American.

Really ,I have only heard it in the American golf.
School day.

 

[Captainron]

Pacific instead of specific

Aksed instead of asked

Boils my piss

 

[Papas1982]

Wasn't that invented by an English football manager? Not an Americanism at all?
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/bouncebackability.html - yeah, it was Iain Dowie. I don't think he's American.

Nah, sky tried to big it up at the time but I was playing Tiger Woods on the ps2 long before he said that and it was used all the time.

It's just that American overage of golf wasn't mainstream at the time so probably hadn't been heard often.

 

[robinthehood]

SOCCER

That's not american, and there is a good reason for the pronunciation of aluminium

 

[Papas1982]

That's not american, and there is a good reason for the pronunciation of aluminium

Wasn’t it because the guy who discovered it gave it three names to begin with?

 

[lex!]

can i 'get' a coffee ?

 

[robinthehood]

Wasn’t it because the guy who discovered it gave it three names to begin with?

Something like that, the yanks basically stuck with aluminum.

 

[stefanovic]

Using their middle name as an initial.
Donald J Trump.
George W Bush.

Then they are simply hopeless at using the King's English.

"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test." (Double Ya).

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Pacific instead of specific

Aksed instead of asked

Boils my piss

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