Crow
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Along the same lines, my gamers.
Most annoying Americanism
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Along the same lines, my gamers.
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The whole “can I get†was around in Scotland I believe for years - heard it loads when I working there and from other Scottish people.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Fanny pack.
Most American names. I know a Randy Fairy for instance, and it's hard not to laugh.
Most American names. I know a Randy Fairy for instance, and it's hard not to laugh.
Are we going slightly cultural now? The inability to give your children a name different to your own. Are they too dim to think of a new name or just narcissistic? Always seems to be men as well. Bob James IV, Carl Baker V, etc
Marshy77
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Touch base.
My bad.
My bad.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Ah - gotta be careful about that as in the Scottish Highland tradition (and maybe wider) Scots first born males are traditionally named after their grandfather, as are often the second grandsons. So I have a cousin; the son of that cousin; and a great uncle - all of us having the same name as our grandfather. We holidayed a lot with our cousins. I was older so was Jimmy - he was wee Jimmy. If we lived in the same areas we'd be differentiated by our father's middle name - so I'm 'Jimmy Hector' McFuddle, my cousin is 'Jimmy Colin' McFuddle (in Gaelic of course)
The bit of leeway we can give you there is at least the Scottish way does not number everyone. A little more imagination would be good but at least you are not Jimmy McFuddle V or VI or VII etcAh - gotta be careful about that as in the Scottish Highland tradition (and maybe wider) Scots first born males are traditionally named after their grandfather, as are often the second grandsons. So I have a cousin; the son of that cousin; and a great uncle - all of us having the same name as our grandfather. We holidayed a lot with our cousins. I was older so was Jimmy - he was wee Jimmy. If we lived in the same areas we'd be differentiated by our father's middle name - so I'm 'Jimmy Hector' McFuddle, my cousin is 'Jimmy Colin' McFuddle (in Gaelic of course)
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I could be wrong but I think in the Scottish tradition, while the first name maybe given the same, they will actually be referred to by their middle name to save confusion? Rather than just shoving a number at the end, haha.The bit of leeway we can give you there is at least the Scottish way does not number everyone. A little more imagination would be good but at least you are not Jimmy McFuddle V or VI or VII etc
HowlingGale
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This is factually incorrect. It's actually, 'Gonny geez a'.
Spoken by true fannies. 😀
HowlingGale
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Before I get an infraction, fannies is meant the Americanism way.
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When I work on sports radio in Florida, I have a cheat sheet in front of me - soccer when I'm talking about the Premier League. Speak slower - use some English terms because they like it. Over the years I've gotten used to doing it but it is hard sometimes. Then again, I was able to use the words "tsser" and "wnker" live on air out there without a problem once.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
What they do in Gaeldom is actually as suggested first plus father - not first plus middle.
And so my actual 'given' name as my father and other Gaelic speakers would know me when differentiating me from my cousin is - Eoghan Eachann and my cousin is Eoghan Cailean.
though my father used to say that there were three of them in his little island school with the same first and surname - the teachers knew them as Eachann Aon, Eachann Dha and Eachann Tri - you can guess what that's about
JollyRedDevil
Club Champion
If I remember correctly, the film "The Madness of King George" was originally "The Madness of King George III ". They had to drop the III as they, quite rightly, thought the american audience would think this was the 3rd in the series.
Tongo
Journeyman Pro
Go big or go home
That's do-able (when talking about a golf shot)
Own it
(I'm sure i'll think of some more)
That's do-able (when talking about a golf shot)
Own it
(I'm sure i'll think of some more)
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
He 'Dove' into the pool.
His diving has 'Gotten' better
His diving has 'Gotten' better
Getting your clubs “dialled inâ€
Foxholer
Blackballed
There's more than enough equivalent UK expressions! It's probably just the 'volume' of US ones - and the thought of being overpowered by them - that grates!
To me, it's really just 'language', the entire purpose of which is to communicate!
From one of my favourite JT songs...
'I'm going up the `pool from down the smoke below
to taste my mum's jam sarnies and see our Aunty Flo'
Just listen to (early) Coronation Street, East Enders or any other 'localised' soap, then tell me there aren't 'equivalent' - if not more - abberations of the English language in the UK!
Btw. I feel a touch of pride knowing that the 'Kiwi' diction/accent has been described (by Dame Ngaio Marsh) as 'Queens English spoken with the tongue sitting on the bottom of the mouth like a dead fish!'
To me, it's really just 'language', the entire purpose of which is to communicate!
From one of my favourite JT songs...
'I'm going up the `pool from down the smoke below
to taste my mum's jam sarnies and see our Aunty Flo'
Just listen to (early) Coronation Street, East Enders or any other 'localised' soap, then tell me there aren't 'equivalent' - if not more - abberations of the English language in the UK!
Btw. I feel a touch of pride knowing that the 'Kiwi' diction/accent has been described (by Dame Ngaio Marsh) as 'Queens English spoken with the tongue sitting on the bottom of the mouth like a dead fish!'
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
The spelling of words the American way in English publications.
All it takes is a quick change of settings in your computer to fix this.
All it takes is a quick change of settings in your computer to fix this.
larmen
Head Pro
We opened a US office about a couple of years ago and a lot of our new colleagues are often 'reaching out'or 'touching base' with us.
Like in the Depeche Mode song: reach out, touch base ;-)
Fromtherough
Assistant Pro
It's actually 'Mam'.
I had an old American colleague who referred to his motherland as " the old US of A" or " 'Merica". Dunno why but it used to make my teeth itch.
