Americanisation (the) of our language

Drug instead of dragged

As in "he drug the body along way"
Can you tell I've watched far too many RL detective stories?

Everyone does it where I live.
It's how we speak.

Starting every reply with ‘So….’
Saying’ I was just sat there…’
Plus, and this is a growing trend, saying f instead of th- eg wif, frough, bof
Even news presenters do all of these ?

Sloth.

Sloth and the animal sloth are pronounced differently here.

But thanks to Ice Age it's now one and the same.

I won't lose sleep over it though. David Attenborough always gets it right

rockgran

I love to hear American English used by American people but I don't like to hear their words and phrases being used here as an affectation. Without the accent it can become unpleasantly mangled.
Also - I don't think Santa Claus is especially American as my Scottish parents always refereed to "Santa Claus" and it felt very strange to say "Father Christmas".

That's exactly it! what sounds perfectly normal terminology for an American, when British people adopt Americanisms such as "Do the Math" it just sounds like an affectation. However, having said that, all the twenty/thirty somethings I know say "can I get?" so that appears to be pretty mainstream now, still sounds inappropriate to my ears, and a tad rude because it's rarely accompanied by "please"

Buttonjugs

My main beef is my spelling being underlined in wavy red when I type words like realise. It’s supposed to be British English but clearly isn’t.

Um hmm.

The phrase “I have a beef with you” originated in the old west among sheep farmers who were competing for grazing land with cattle farmers. ... First appearing in the U.S. during the late 1800s, “beef” describes a situation or complaint that might well escalate into a “beefy” muscular conflict

Father christmas here, and definitely not posh.
I'm the person who drops my aitches, says "Alright?" instead of "Good afternoon", and sometimes says people "passed away".

My ex is American, I lived there for three years and I also worked on a USAF base here in England for 14 years. I have always been so careful not to use 'Americanisms'. I am English and speak English. I remember the first time I heard a toilet being called a bathroom... I had been rushed to the hospital on base a few months after I married. The nurse showed me my room and said this is the bathroom. I looked in it and said but there is no bath in it. She gave me a very strange look.

Yes we've always said just 'santa'- is it just the posh who say 'father christmas'???

My main beef is my spelling being underlined in wavy red when I type words like realise. It’s supposed to be British English but clearly isn’t.

Gay people would sound silly coming out of the wardrobe.

Yes most Americans say restroom.They did when we went to New York 4years ago.Some do say bathroom.Having said that- in our house we always say if somethings in our upstairs 'bathroom' even though technically we only have a shower, not a bath! And downstairs its just the toilet or the loo ?

Closet for wardrobe.

I love to hear American English used by American people but I don't like to hear their words and phrases being used here as an affectation. Without the accent it can become unpleasantly mangled.
Also - I don't think Santa Claus is especially American as my Scottish parents always refereed to "Santa Claus" and it felt very strange to say "Father Christmas".

I expect we'll be moving on to the glottal stop anytime soon, and how it makes people want to scream!

Aveline

I prefer to 'spend a penny' but modern types have no memory of pay as you enter loos. This old toilet poem may raise a laugh. I couldn't believe it when my very respectable great aunt told me it.

'Here I sit broken hearted,
Paid my penny,
Only farted!'

Passing wind. There's a topic for international language discussion.

Listening to an American author on the radio this morning who was speaking about the In*ernet. But they're not the only ones who miss out the T in the middle of words. Why do they do this? Will it become a silent letter like B in lamb?

Nannan2

Yes coco51- the 'holidays' thing grates on me too- its CHRISTMAS for goodness sake!

The Americans I know say Happy Holidays because not everybody celebrates Xmas. Some celebrate other things, some celebrate nothing at all. They're just having a holiday off work.

I blame Irving Berlin.

Underwears is a term I've heard.
Mind you, my friend called her knickers "a pair of fongs"

Good for you Hithere by the way !

I think you are right Grandma70s- cause my son asks if he's got any clean pants- & he means his jeans or jogging pants?- what do Americans call their knickers then? Is it just underwear??

Hithere

My turn!

Just to be petty, I truly hate "pressie" and "telly"

Why shorten them in such a juvenile and childish way?

Not to mention “hubby”…..so twee

It's interesting that so many think that bathroom is an Americanism, I thought they used restroom?

My mum used to correct me constantly every time I used an Americanism, and it annoyed me no end.

I made a conscious decision not to do the same with my kids, and don't even notice them doing it now (garbage for rubbish, sidewalk for pavement, and there was even a gotten instead of got the other day!) As long as I know what they mean it doesn't really matter to me.

Lawyer instead of solicitor irritates me a little but in general I just think who cares. So many American films around so of course people pick up these terms and some just use them to appear 'cool' ( or is that another Americanism?!).

leeds22

'Can I get.' Our 40/50 year old DSs all say it and it really grates.

Mine too.

I have read, though, that many American children have picked up ‘Englishisms’ from watching Peppa Pig.