Americanisation (the) of our language

Americans have not only high jacked our language but also our British way of life!

Sago

Happy holidays instead of Happy Christmas?

Well there are more holidays than Christmas in December.

The uk does not own the English language.

Are people this angry about other countries where English has evolved?

We all know about the different words used either side of the Atlantic like pants-trousers and sidewalk -pavement, but a lot of words and expressions like get-go are really just 'in' words used by people trying to impress and which the British just blame the Americans for. Racism?

There are a few Americanisms that I find irritating. However I find the loud shrill accents of certain lady Americans far more grating to my ears.

Sarnia

I hate the American expression 'turning' when talking about a birthday. Next February I will be 74 I won't be turning anything!

Good heavens. You “hate” it ??

And we say “turning’ for birthdays . I just checked with my bloke.

They are.
Always smiling at people they meet.

Haha MissAdventure, so reassuring. Such friendly teeth.

I’m an American and have never heard anyone say “year on year.”

Regarding “Happy Christmas,” are you being serious that you think only Americans and those trying to be “woke” say “Happy Holidays?” Last I checked, 30-40% of both the UK and the US populations are not Christian. I don’t get worked up over it, but as a Jewish person, why would I walk around saying, “Merry Christmas?” Why does “Happy Holidays?” bother you? Do you think Jesus is offended?

I've said before, the dentist telling me about my teeth issues, and referring to them as "guys".
So, this guy needs to be removed, then we'll clean up these guys down here...."

I hate the American expression 'turning' when talking about a birthday. Next February I will be 74 I won't be turning anything!

I love “you guys”......

We do it here.

lightallan

I agree that the American language is somewhat abysmal when they miss out the T in words like inanershnal for international and gonna for going to, but to be fair the British, especially on TV, use such words as nothink, somethink, everythink, to name but a few annoyances to me. Also we have the missing T here for example a i for at it, go i for got it, etc. but this is because of the "Geordie" way of speaking.

There are many more cases to mention but time writing them is precious, so Auf Wiedersehen pe

Oy ! Excuse me but I don t think it’s geordies who miss the “t”
It’s pretty much all over the UK

You couldn't say bathroom when I was little and stayed in the country with my gran. The bath was tin and on a nail on the yard wall. The Lavatory was either up the garden past the pigeon hull /loft or the Gerry under the bed. Oh for the idyllic English country life.
My town gran had a lavatory, in a row of others across the street, it had an automatic flush from one end. woe betide the person who was using them when the flush went off.

A couple of friends, Briton and American, told us that half way across the Atlantic football became soccer

I believe it comes from what we now call football being association football to distinguish it from rugby football. It was called soccer in Britain too, but gradually just got called football.

Ooooooh can't stand 'my bad' makes me so uncomfortable!

My current hate is the journalese 'in class' for 'at school', 'missing class' for 'missing lessons' and so on.
I constantly read this in the papers, rarely hear it said. I assume it comes from America but may not.

Eh?

GSM is very much present in the US

On the weekend instead of at the weekend, co-worker instead of colleague- sounds like cow to me and is my least favourite, going forward, step up to the plate, starting over and a whole host of other words and phrases already mentioned. I am a fully-fledged grumpy old English pedant with a fervent dislike of Americanisms.

I once had a chat with an American woman who had been in a London restaurant when she asked the waiter Have you seen Lou?, Lou being her husband, she was very puzzled to be directed to the Ladies, took a while to sort it out, much to everyone's amusement.
Our daughter, about 7 at the time, followed OH into a shop and called from the door Ask if they sell rubbers, you wore mine out last night!
Vive la difference, it can be great fun. A couple of friends, Briton and American, told us that half way across the Atlantic football became soccer and pants became trousers.

Not sure why people are upset with “passing”. - I think for those of the Christian faith it makes perfect sense- you are passing from this life to the next.

It is a living language getting influences from all over. Having said that I have to say that we seem to import the worst of America.

I cant see the problem, Every country in the world has its own way of expression, life style etc, if you are watching American TV then that's how it will be. Try watching Australian TV that will be different to us also, watch New Zealand Brokenwood series, when they say DID instead of dead. We could criticise every country, lets not be so British and pompous, and think everyone has to be like us. We are not being made to use the Americanism, its a cosmopolitan country now. Go into London and any other city you will find all kinds of expressions that aren't British anymore. You will have to adjust to todays world.