They are taking over the world
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bobmac
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I could add
retail outlets/stores......shops
Ace............................hole in one
Heads up.................let me know
back yard........
movie.......................film
thru..........:angry:
mall........
rental
ahead of.................before
Four par :angry:
Tee ball
Get it to the house
and my latest favourite.....
"I'm playing Thursday"
No you're not, you're playing ON Thursday
The sad thing is, the more you look for Americanisms, the more you find.
I guess it's my punishment for getting sooooooo old
Right, time for some toast and valium
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PhilTheFragger
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"America!!!!!!
Large Wide Open Spaces..........
Surrounded By Teeth"
Charles Luckman
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Large Wide Open Spaces..........
Surrounded By Teeth"
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MashieNiblick
Tour Winner
Spell checker on here is telling me that "favourite" should be "favorite" and "colour" should be "color".
However as the "English" spellings are French in any case maybe I shouldn't get too worked up.
However as the "English" spellings are French in any case maybe I shouldn't get too worked up.
cookelad
Tour Winner
I could add
retail outlets/stores......shops
Ace............................hole in one
Heads up.................let me know
back yard........
movie.......................film
thru..........:angry:
mall........
rental
ahead of.................before
Four par :angry:
Tee ball
Get it to the house
and my latest favourite.....
"I'm playing Thursday"
No you're not, you're playing ON Thursday
The sad thing is, the more you look for Americanisms, the more you find.
I guess it's my punishment for getting sooooooo old
Right, time for some toast and valium
Think you missed my biggest hate
"I hit it good!"
No you didn't at very least "you hit it well" and that's borderline!
bobmac
Major Champion
I also left out
the butt of the club
it is a good read
its a good eat
I did it easy
Its a must see/have/read
For free
bespoke kitchens.
But seriously, how much American rubbish is on TV these days.
our language is also FULL of French- any moans about that as well or would that be Deja vu:ears:
Fader
Tour Winner
Have to say I can't stand it, to much americanism in every walk of life at the moment.
I have my 2 kiddies on school holidays, and at 7 & 6 respectively the things they come out with from what they watch at their mums on Cartoon Network, Nickleoedon and Disney Channel (all american) really gets on my wick.
It's evolving in all walks of like now to, the media, sport, schools, advertising (thats the one that really annoys me as I work in marketing)....
Arrrghhhhh :sbox:
I have my 2 kiddies on school holidays, and at 7 & 6 respectively the things they come out with from what they watch at their mums on Cartoon Network, Nickleoedon and Disney Channel (all american) really gets on my wick.
It's evolving in all walks of like now to, the media, sport, schools, advertising (thats the one that really annoys me as I work in marketing)....
Arrrghhhhh :sbox:
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
America and Americans are brilliant - but best appreciated in America!!
cookelad
Tour Winner
Is it ok if I read that "best staying in America!!"
Khamelion
Tour Winner
The English language is basterdized from many different and diverse cultures from the dawn of time to present day.
Words which we use in the ENglish language which have their origins else where.
Garage = French
Taxi = Greek
cul-de-sac = French
Ambience = French
Safari = Indian
Assassin = Arabian
Sherbet = Arabian
Ketchup = Chinese
There are many many others.
And while we're on the subject of Americanisms and mixed up words, I used to work for a company in Leeds, one of my colleagues, who was a smoker, had to go and setup some kit in New York, while there, he asked one of the guys he was working with, if he, "Could bum a fag?", he said the look on the US guys face was pricless and took quite bit of explaining.
Also, for the words Schedule and School, we say SHEDJOOL and SKOOL, where the SCH is soft and hard, it bugs me that the yanks say SKEDJOOL, but following the same logic, shouldn't us brits prounouce SKOOL, SHOOL?
And as I work in IT networking, for the record once and for all, its a fricking ROOTER, a ROUTER is used in carpentry.
Words which we use in the ENglish language which have their origins else where.
Garage = French
Taxi = Greek
cul-de-sac = French
Ambience = French
Safari = Indian
Assassin = Arabian
Sherbet = Arabian
Ketchup = Chinese
There are many many others.
And while we're on the subject of Americanisms and mixed up words, I used to work for a company in Leeds, one of my colleagues, who was a smoker, had to go and setup some kit in New York, while there, he asked one of the guys he was working with, if he, "Could bum a fag?", he said the look on the US guys face was pricless and took quite bit of explaining.
Also, for the words Schedule and School, we say SHEDJOOL and SKOOL, where the SCH is soft and hard, it bugs me that the yanks say SKEDJOOL, but following the same logic, shouldn't us brits prounouce SKOOL, SHOOL?
And as I work in IT networking, for the record once and for all, its a fricking ROOTER, a ROUTER is used in carpentry.
Paul_Stewart
Tour Rookie
At least they play a great game of football
Khamelion
Tour Winner
Who's going to be the first to bite?
I used to play their version, great game for getting rid of all that pent up aggression
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Snelly
Guest
Oh the irony! Fricking? Fricking? Have a word with yourself, there's a good chap.
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Snelly
Guest
I work in America quite a lot in am not a fan of the place. The insularity, insincerity, over-bearing fake niceness and *******isation of our language vex me greatly. And in business, the Americans, with the obvious exception of the Italians naturally, are the most duplicitous, non-commital flag wavers that I have ever come across.
They are a breed apart. Alright, but only in very, very small doses.
They are a breed apart. Alright, but only in very, very small doses.
Khamelion
Tour Winner
I know I know, but seeing that expletives are verboten and using a string of ******* to represent expletives would get my arse or should that be fanny kicked, I suppose I could've gone with.
By jove the way those Americna chaps use the word ROUTER when referring to a Networking device when it is clearly a ROOTER, is just simply wrong and it makes me livid with frustration in their ineptitude in their descriptive vocabulary.
Khamelion
Tour Winner
THis maybe slightly out of context with the original thread, but I have to add anyway. Many years ago while on vacation 
in the USA, me and a mate were in New Orleans, when an American chap heard our English accents and started making small talk, it all started very friendly, but then it shifted to where the Americans were the all conquering saviours of the world.
It turns out that if it wasn't for the US, world war 2 would have been lost, he did have a reasonably fair point, but the fact that soldiers from all over the common wealth as it was at the time helped, made his point kind of redundant.
We made such reply to try and shut him up, but he continued with his crowning glory.
"Yes, yes, but we kicked your ass in the civil war", absolute genius:thup:
We tried hard to stiffle our laughter and asked him if he meant the war of independance? Then he came out with but at least we're not bosom buddies with the French, until we pointed out that during the war of independance, the US were quite close to the French, he didn't like that either, total idiot.We left him comtemplating the world by telling him what a good job the US did in Vietnam.
in the USA, me and a mate were in New Orleans, when an American chap heard our English accents and started making small talk, it all started very friendly, but then it shifted to where the Americans were the all conquering saviours of the world.It turns out that if it wasn't for the US, world war 2 would have been lost, he did have a reasonably fair point, but the fact that soldiers from all over the common wealth as it was at the time helped, made his point kind of redundant.
We made such reply to try and shut him up, but he continued with his crowning glory.
"Yes, yes, but we kicked your ass in the civil war", absolute genius:thup:
We tried hard to stiffle our laughter and asked him if he meant the war of independance? Then he came out with but at least we're not bosom buddies with the French, until we pointed out that during the war of independance, the US were quite close to the French, he didn't like that either, total idiot.We left him comtemplating the world by telling him what a good job the US did in Vietnam.
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Snelly
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Not bad.
bobmac
Major Champion
As I said, I dont mind what the Americans do, eat or say, I just find it sad that in one or two generations, we will end up eating, looking, dressing and sounding just like them.
Khamelion
Tour Winner
Not a snowballs chance in hell will I ever sound like someone from the USA, my accent (Geordie) is strong and it will stay that way.
Eating like them, no way, though there is an influx of US based eating chains arriving in the UK, bar the existing fast food places, Kripsy Kreme doughnuts has just open a shop at the Metro center and the queue to buy doughnuts was massive. Then watching programmes like man v food, it's no wonder that the Americans have an obesity problem, and with said influx of more US eateries into the UK the UK obesity problem is only going to get worse.
Looking like them, I guess as golfers the uniform is very similar, to quote Robin Williams "Golf is a game where a white man can dress up as black pimps and get a way with it"
