Americanisms creeping in

The 'can I get' is widely used here in Scotland, it's not American.

I dislike line (queue), birthed (gave birth to), literally (when it's not actually literal), reached out (that one literally sets my teeth on edge) and excited to.

DC3 who is 12 has started calling courgette 'zucchini'. I suspect he's doing it to wind me up (at least, I hope that's all it is) so I'm trying hard to ignore it.

People that start sentences with 'So, ...'

People (especially sports men & women during interviews, and some of the commentators) that put 'like' & 'you know' into every sentence - sometimes several times in each sentence...makes me want to slap them with a dictionary. For some reason it infuriates me even more when the person is well-spoken and presumably well-educated. I'm thankful for the mute button!

The misuse and overuse of 'basically' & 'obviously' randomly littering sentences

'High five' / 'give me five'

Any of the new, lazy, abbreviated or mish-mashed words - the first ones that spring to mind are 'delish', & 'merch'

I'm sure there are loads more but I have to get ready to go out.

I still say "the Pictures".
It brings back memories of the back row of the 1/9s and a mis spent ( I wish ) youth.

All of the above plus '' it is what it is".

"Can I have etc." I hear my father's stock response; "I imagine you are physically capable of it, but if you are soliciting my permission, you mean, May I?"

To ‘podium’ used as a verb.

‘Heads up’, like we are meercats!

maddyone, I once read a novel that had evidently not been carefully edited/translated from 'American' for the UK edition.

One gem was, 'He patted her fanny as he went past.' ?

Can’t see what the fuss is about with any Americanisms frankly- what’s with all the anti?

GrandtanteJE65 Exactly! My father used the same response! I use it too but the DGC look at me as if I’ve lost the plot!

Lots but the most hated for me is 'from the get go'

'Do you know what I mean?' tacked on to the end of a really obvious statement as if you are too stupid to understand.

I feel like saying, 'A two year old would know what you meant.'

I realise it is a verbal tic like many another but this one irritates me as it implies the hearer is stupid when it is often the speaker who is uttering banalities.

I dislike 'bored of' instead of 'bored with' and 'different to' instead of 'different from'.

Pantglas1 You’ll get used to it on GN. This subject occurs with tiresome rapidity!

Another vote for "can I get" and my other pet hate "bear me a minute"

Like painting the Forth Bridge - this topic is endless. One thread on the subject is rapidly succeeded by another and all the same people end up saying the same things as well as some new people saying the same things too!
Like Brexit really ???

How are you? Oh thanks, I'm good!

Drives me mad as I spend so much time teaching the difference between 'well' and 'good' grrr.

In store instead of in the shop. Train station instead of railway station. Gotten.

The misuse of the word 'around' as in 'he isn't comfortable around dentists' - no, he isn't comfortable with dentists.

'She is meeting with Mr Smith' - - no, she has a meeting with' or 'is meeting Mr ... etc'.

Sick to my stomach - wouldn't be sick to your toes, would you.

I just saw her yesterday? Do you mean I saw her yesterday?

I don't like the Americanisms either, especially "Guys" when speaking about females. I once said in the States I am female not male. The American spelling in books drives me mad. Color for Colour, Curb for Kerb, etc and I could carry on. Please this is the English language not the American language.

“What you see is what you get”.

The next thread actually starts the title with the word "So"! I hate that.

My friend of 82 calls a vase a vause (pronounced Vorse.). not sure of the nationality of that.

It's more individual words I can't cope with that phrases. I hate: hubby, hollibobs, hun, and (dear lord) referring to pets as "fur babies". So infantile.

I dont live in the UK, and have noticed lots of people here using English words completely out of context, the other day a friend of my Grandson kept saying "nice" to everything, looking at something that was passing, and sayin "nice" I was so glad when he went home,he is not a child but twenty years old. Why doesnt he speak his own language.
Another annoying thing when the predictive text on my computer puts in american spelling, it drives me mad.