Americanisation (the) of our language

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

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".

Closet for 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 ?

Gay people would sound silly coming out of the wardrobe.

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.

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

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.

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".

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

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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"

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

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 ?

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

Drug instead of dragged

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

Typo a long

Oh yes.
I often hear drug, too.
Crime fan here.
But then, in Scotland, I heard jamp instead of jumped.
I like to hear different accents and expressions.

Surely the right word is 'lavatory'. But seriously, English is a permanently changing language - the word 'television' didn't exist in the 19th century. The French waste a lot of time and effort trying to ossify their language and rid it of English borrowed words but they are fighting a losing battle.

My neighbour told me they were all around the table for sunday dinner, and her dad asked "where is so-and-so"?
Her sister said "He's on the bog"..
Then all hell let loose!

Toilet is French ‘toilette’,which was deemed to be posh. Lavatory please.
Loo is cockney (poo),
Serviette instead of napkin.

Honestly, some of this is so outdated, it's ridiculous.
What makes it moreso is that people can't even agree on what is the "right" term to use.

I often look up the entomology of words and phrases. So I dont see it as complaining about one country or another.
When the Roman's were the ruling elite, all things Roman were adopted. So with the French and English. Now its the Americans turn.
Most people want to align themselves with the most powerful of the day. It shows in the use of language.

Anyway, slightly off topic, I've never met an American who hasnt been helpful or kind and pleasant to deal with.

Normalcy instead if normality.

Can I get, math,my truth and many more!

As a child in Scotland I went to the bathroom long before it became the toilet.
I do notice gotten has crept in as well