Americanizms

javaboy

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

It's gas.

Yes yes. We covered that earlier. I still prefer to call it petrol though.

Terry

javaboy wrote: »

Yes yes. We covered that earlier. I still prefer to call it petrol though.

But "Petrol" has two syllables. That's one too many.

Overheal

Terry wrote: »

But "Petrol" has two syllables. That's one too many.

Gasoline: Diesel, Unleaded (aka. Petrol), Premium

javaboy

Terry wrote: »

But "Petrol" has two syllables. That's one too many.

Good point but if we're changing one of our words, then they should be made to change one of their silly words too. From now on petrol and faucet will be replaced by the streamlined gas and tap respectively.

All hail our new monosyllabic overlords.

Terry

Overheal wrote: »

Gasoline: Diesel, Unleaded (aka. Petrol), Premium

Humour.

GirlInterrupted

togster wrote: »

Awesome thread tbh

Absolutely hate that word, as I'm sure you do...:)

kowloon

Just thinking, may have been mentioned, but is the thread title not an Americanism in its own right?

2Scoops

IvaBigWun wrote: »

As a nation I find 70% of them to be as thick as dogsh*te but America is also giving us some phrases that are slowly creeping into Irish vernacular more and more.

"Season" being one - in reference to a television "series"

"Mom" instead of the good old Irish "Ma"

"Shag" instead of our lovely "ride" phrase.

"Fired" instead of "sacked" (ok thats been around awhile)

"Dude" (ditto)


So what Americanism gets on your tits?

o.O

javaboy

kowloon wrote: »

Just thinking, may have been mentioned, but is the thread title not an Americanism in its own right?

I think it did say ism originally but a witty mod edited the title.

Overheal

Terry wrote: »

Humour.

Humor.

GuanYin

whoever changd the thread title

kowloon

javaboy wrote: »

I think it did say ism originally but a witty mod edited the title.

You're all too quick for a simple country boy .

Overheal

Ah to hell with you all :pac: Discrimination!

kowloon

Overheal wrote: »

Humor.

I'm confused now, it's so big it must be right. :pac:

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

*whistles innocently*

Overheal

kowloon wrote: »

I'm confused now, it's so big it must be right. :pac:

Thats how it seems to work on FOX.

AlmightyCushion

This is fun.

Overheal

sadly enough, yes it is.

hussey

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

This 'Dis is fun, homes

Fixed

javaboy

Overheal wrote: »

Ah to hell with you all :pac: Discrimination!

Well done. You said hell instead of heck. You're learning fast.

One of us.
One of us.
One of us.

AlmightyCushion

javaboy wrote: »

Well done. You said hell instead of heck. You're learning fast.

What was that now?

Sully

Overheal:-
Humor aka Humour. Same word, same meaning, just two different ways of spelling it.

The American way of course is Humor and everyone else (ya, we aint awkward) goes with Humour.

Funny eh?

BraziliaNZ

i don't mind most of the words, it's the accent that annoys me. I met a girl up in Byron bay last month and she was speaking like this? I'm from Cork? I'm just travelling around? In a seriously californian accent, I couldn't hear a trace of culchie in her. So she was talking to some aussies later on and they didn't believe she was Irish etc. This girl was in her 20s somewhere she can't have been that thick not to know what was going on.

Overheal

Sully wrote: »

Overheal:-
Humor aka Humour. Same word, same meaning, just two different ways of spelling it.

The American way of course is Humor and everyone else (ya, we aint awkward) goes with Humour.

Funny eh?

You missed the whole edit-war... just, nevermind :rolleyes:

You said Aint

javaboy

Overheal wrote: »

You missed the whole edit-war... just, nevermind :rolleyes:

You said Aint

Never. Mind. Two separate words. Damn Seattlisms.

Overheal

lol

nevermind ..... no, firefox approves :pac:

kowloon

Overheal wrote: »

Thats how it seems to work on FOX.

You have no idea how well timed that was, was mashing through the channels just after I read that. FOX, news graphics.

Overheal

kowloon wrote: »

You have no idea how well timed that was, was mashing through the channels just after I read that. FOX, news graphics.

Because we're FAIR AND BALANCED, and all the other networks are LEFT-WING KOOLAID DRINKING ZOMBIES

hogwash!

nice1franko

gotten is a word. bodaciously awesome is not a word. its a american.

longshanks

color
honor
y'all

jojobrad

You dont think "Mom" is an Americanism ? Its right up there with "Ya'll have a nice day now" !

javaboy

It's full stop not period you crazy yanks. Chips>french fries>freedom fries.

longshanks

where are you going on holiday yank?
to europe....

beerbaron

longshanks wrote: »

where are you vacationing ?
to europe....

Fixed that

Overheal

javaboy wrote: »

It's full stop not period you crazy yanks. Chips>french fries>freedom fries.

What about first period Math? I need somewhere to sleep before 3rd period History Class. I guess I could always ditch school by golly I like recess.

gabigeist

jojobrad wrote: »

You dont think "Mom" is an Americanism ? Its right up there with "Ya'll have a nice day now" !

Mom tells me that growing up in Mayo they called the oul ones along the road some variation of 'Mother' - Mamma Mong, Mum Biggins, Mam Hickey etc. No mention of 'mom' so I expect this is a recent introduction

WooPeeA

How about Black American? Sounds bit different..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEhrQ4AdCSQ

A_M101

gabigeist wrote: »

Mom tells me that growing up in Mayo they called the oul ones along the road some variation of 'Mother' - Mamma Mong, Mum Biggins, Mam Hickey etc. No mention of 'mom' so I expect this is a recent introduction

There was an old lady who ran an old shop close to where I grew up that everyone called Baby McGuire.

Back on topic, when I was in 'Merca I was teaching little kids, talking to them one day about plaits and plaiting hair. Got a lot of blank expressions. "Braids" if you don't mind!

javaboy

Overheal wrote: »

What about first period Math? I need somewhere to sleep before 3rd period History Class. I guess I could always ditch school by golly I like recess.

Troll.

longshanks

fringe. not bangs

Yakuza

XXX 101 is creeping into the vernacular too (were XXX is some subject) and 101 means a basic introduction to it.

Also, I've noticed some folks this side of the pond saying "Toosday" for the day after Monday...grrr.

What really annoys me is the usage of adjectives/nouns instead of adverbs:
"How are you ?" ..."I'm doing good". I think the answer is meant to mean that the person is doing well, as (if you treat "good" as a noun instead of an adjective) opposed to fighting the forces of evil.

And you don't "axe" someone a question, you ask them!

Stuff I let slide is when it has become a proper noun, like Media Center...but I will talk about media centre PC's in general (as opposed to ones using XP/Vista's Media Center).

gabigeist

A_M101 wrote: »

There was an old lady who ran an old shop close to where I grew up that everyone called Baby McGuire.

Back on topic, when I was in 'Merca I was teaching little kids, talking to them one day about plaits and plaiting hair. Got a lot of blank expressions. "Braids" if you don't mind!

Yeah, similar example is when I offered a 'slice of beef or ham' to seppo customers at a carvery I worked at. They's no idea til I offered them a 'piece of beef or ham.'

Tupins

Don't know if anyone has said this yet as thread is way too long to read through :-)

but over use of the word 'random' I find so irritating. My niece is 16 and she and her friends use it approximately 50 times a day.

e.g. "OMG that is sooo random" - used to describe literally anything!!!!!!

PS. Mom is definately not americanism - it's abundant in Cork and has been for decades - don't know about other parts of the country. My mother used to call her mother mom, plus we called our mother mom. Trust me, if you started using americanisms in Cork during the 70/80's you'd have had a quick slap accross the head!!!

javaboy

Tupins wrote: »

Don't know if anyone has said this yet as thread is way too long to read through :-)

but over use of the word 'random' I find so irritating. My niece is 16 and she and her friends use it approximately 50 times a day.

e.g. "OMG that is sooo random" - used to describe literally anything!!!!!!

This is the one exception to my "I don't hit girls"* rule. :mad:






*before all you PC crazies start having a go, I was only joking.**











**I don't have an "I don't hit girls" rule.

Malari

Tupins wrote: »

Don't know if anyone has said this yet as thread is way too long to read through :-)

but over use of the word 'random' I find so irritating. My niece is 16 and she and her friends use it approximately 50 times a day.

e.g. "OMG that is sooo random" - used to describe literally anything!!!!!!

I don't hear "random" much here. But my sister uses it interchangeably with strange or unusual and that really annoys me. I thought she picked it up in England, where she lived for years. AND she disputes the original meaning of "random" when I correct her!

pickarooney

Thread title is bogus, not just because teh suffix -izm doesn't exist anywhere but also because

Wikipedia, cause I couldn't be arsed typing it out wrote:

The -ize spelling is preferred by some authoritative British sources including the Oxford English Dictionary — which, until recently, did not list the -ise form of many words, even as an alternative — and Fowler's Modern English Usage. The OED firmly deprecates this usage, stating, "[T]he suffix…, whatever the element to which it is added, is in its origin the Gr[eek] -ιζειν, L[atin] -izāre; and, as the pronunciation is also with z, there is no reason why in English the special French spelling in -iser should be followed, in opposition to that which is at once etymological and phonetic."[40] Noah Webster rejected -ise for the same reasons.[41] Despite these denouncements, however, the -ize spelling is now rarely used in the UK in the mass media and newspapers, and is often incorrectly regarded as an Americanism

Malari

pickarooney wrote: »

Thread title is bogus, not just because teh suffix -izm doesn't exist anywhere but also because

I assume the OP was being ironical?

pickarooney

Harsh, dude. Way harsh.

nice1franko

The Americanos at concerts or a party: "woooooo! yeaah! wooooooo!! yeah!!. we love you!!. woooooo! yeah!"

but you're supposed to say "GO YE HOR YE!!!!" or at a rave "up to the up to the up gwan the fukc" or similar.

MarkR

Yakuza wrote: »

XXX 101 is creeping into the vernacular too (were XXX is some subject) and 101 means a basic introduction to it.

Also, I've noticed some folks this side of the pond saying "Toosday" for the day after Monday...grrr.

What's wrong with Toosday? How do you pronounce it here in paddy land? Chewsday? Yes, I can see how that makes sense.