Americanisms creeping in

Going forward. Ugh!

Hun

Cringe making

It is what it is. Grrrr...

I can hear my English teacher now,Lancslass1 ...

'There. Are. No. Degrees. Of. Uniquity!!!'

Oh, and I hate 'you guys'and'high five' too.

Revert back
Almost unique
Could of.
Between you and I
None are ......
Myself instead of me.
From him and I.

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.

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.

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.

“What you see is what you get”.

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.

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?

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'.

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

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.

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 ???

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

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

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

'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.

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

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!

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

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.' ?

‘Heads up’, like we are meercats!

To ‘podium’ used as a verb.