But do we also have to become vacuous, pop-culture and sports obsessed idiots who worship the military, glorify wealth and possessions and deify celebrities?

Slade
Football
The Falklands
The Royal Family (not the Caroline Ahern one)

Fender also make guitars and guitar amplifiers. Named after the founder of the company, Leo Fender.

Swap out

Meet with

Grrrr

Being pissed when you’re annoyed rather than drunk.

Admitting to living in a condom but finding it funny that we Brits erase things with a rubber.

The word douche as an insult.

I get really pissed at that.

“Could you please talk to that topic?”

Talk to it? It’s a topic, it’s not a person, not even an animal. I can talk ABOUT it, but not to it. Grrr.

Starting sentences with ‘so’ when explaining something.

Being pissed when you’re annoyed rather than drunk.

Australians will tell you “I’ve really got the sh*ts this morning!”… meaning that they are annoyed. Took me by surprise the first time I heard that.

using bring when they mean take.

just adopt the metric system already, you bunch of ****.

If things are stolen from your house, you’ve been burgled. The person who did is a burglar.
But in America, you been burglarized. Next thing, the person who did it will have become a burglarizer …

I think we can allow Americans to have Americanisms… In America.

What about Australianisms

crack a saddy
Arvo
Smoko
tray top
rack off
actually when I lived in Oz never once heard anyone say “rack off”

Pook – Member
‘Can I get a black coffee?’

NO. THE PERSON YOU’RE TALKING TO WILL GET IT. THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE PAID FOR YOU TOSSPOT.

This

This

This

Mountainbike anyone? Now that really naffs me off, everyone knows it’s a tracker (late 60’s).

They’ve started saying pissed to mean pissed off at work

It’s really annoying

If anyone says December one for the date I might strangle them

actually when I lived in Oz never once heard anyone say “rack off”

How about daggy broomhead?

Does this need another thread? Creeping Neighbours-isms?

Math (as in do the…)
De-planing (as it get off the plane or disembark)
Good job (well done)
Put the apple in the bucket (nice shot)….in the hole (ditto)
Is that to go?

“You did good…”

They’ve started saying pissed to mean pissed off at work

Oh yes. It’s pathetic.

See also:
Reach out
Heads up

they are the worst encroachments into my workplace. I don’t talk to anyone anymore for fear of calling them a rude name.

Using season instead of series.

If it’s an American TV series I can live with it but don’t ever use season 2 instead of series 2 or 2nd series of when describing a British TV series.
Bloody TV announcers.

Bring instead of take winds me up

Gotten

Smarts – as in “He’s got book smarts”.

Pook – Member
‘Can I get a black coffee?’

NO. THE PERSON YOU’RE TALKING TO WILL GET IT. THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE PAID FOR YOU TOSSPOT.

This. And the use of the verb ‘to like’ when describing the progress of a conversation;

“He was like, ‘can I get an Americano?’, and she was like ‘no, I’ll have to get it for you, you tosspot'”

What, they were both like that? They didn’t actually say it, instead they portrayed the meaning of the conversation in some other form? How did they do it, by the power of interpretive dance?

I blame Friends.

Starting sentences with ‘so’ when explaining something.

The first word of Beowulf is “Hwaet”. Literally “what” but usually translated as “so” or “listen”. So I think we are alright on that one 🙂

I’m not sure if americans are to blame for both of these, but I never want to “touch base” or do anything “by close of play”.

Unexplainably.

Actually one of the more reasonable and logical ones but nevetheless it fills with me fury.

somewhatslightlydazed – Member The first word of Beowulf is “Hwaet”. Literally “what” but usually translated as “so” or “listen”. So I think we are alright on that one

Damm ye creeping olde-english-ysms!

I don’t think ass and arse are interchangable really, they feel pretty different in use.

“Alternate” instead of “Alternative”.

Anyway, at least we haven’t adopted any French terms have we?

somewhatslightlydazed – Member The first word of Beowulf is “Hwaet”. Literally “what” but usually translated as “so” or “listen”. So I think we are alright on that one

You must be a riot at parties! 🙂

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I don’t think ass and arse are interchangable really, they feel pretty different in use.

Well as an insult they mean different things – arse being an unpleasant person, ass being a fool. However if you are talking about sitting down that’s definitely an arse unless you are Jesus’ mum.

Anyway, at least we haven’t adopted any French terms have we?

I particularly like Frenchisms that we use that the French don’t 🙂

Double entendre for example.

FWIW, ‘Americanisms’ are somewhat silly but we’ve had stupid English expressions for years too – the world’s more global you grumpy old gits, get over it 😉

molgrips – Member

Well as an insult they mean different things – arse being an unpleasant person, ass being a fool. However if you are talking about sitting down that’s definitely an arse unless you are Jesus’ mum.

Even when you’re keeping it biological, they handle differently- arsehole and asshole aren’t direct equivalents (you should hear my mum call people arsehole, nobody can put that much feel into asshole)

Using season instead of series.

If it’s an American TV series I can live with it but don’t ever use season 2 instead of series 2 or 2nd series of when describing a British TV series.
Bloody TV announcers.

Their way actually makes more sense, series for the whole show, season for each years run.

The when someone starts a thread saying they have just finished watching the wire/breaking bad ect and want to know what anyone else thinks is the best series/season, it defines the questions context.

This thread is AWESOME!

I particularly like Frenchisms that we use that the French don’t

Similarly, a lot of ‘American’ words for things are actually old British terms that they continued to use and we didn’t.

And by all accounts, English spellings of many words are actually ‘wrong’ or at least later developments meant to make things look more French (eg Colour rather than color)

(you should hear my mum call people arsehole, nobody can put that much feel into asshole)

Yes, arsehole is a proper English swearword, as, of course, is bollocks. They should rank among our great contributions to world culture.

Me either.

Wait until ‘socialize’ makes it over here…

Context
– You know that great project plan you showed me the other day? Have you socialized it yet?
– No, I’ve kept it to myself so far but I can socialize it to the wider team if you want.

😕

Yes, our greatest contribution to world culture is bollocks.