Americanisms, which one makes you cringe when you hear it?

Purple Gorilla

Hard to describe but the only way is through example.. when they pronounce things "YouTube"..They say it as Youtoob but we say it as Youchube.

herbieflowers

Kudos to Manic Moran for clarifiying the origins of certain words, (s)he's like the referee of this thread!

the use of "movie". (Is that an Americanism?) You're Irish, it's a fillum.

Manic Moran

herbieflowers wrote: »

(s)he's like

Excellent usage!

NTM

yank_in_eire

eightyfish wrote: »

I hate when they make words longer for no reason. The most annoying one I heard was in a documentary featuring some Christians, one said

That's not necessarily American - just plain stupid. My boss is from Wexford and comes up with gems like "literalistically" and "importancy" quite frequently.

Overheal

Purple Gorilla wrote: »

Hard to describe but the only way is through example.. when they pronounce things "YouTube"..They say it as Youtoob but we say it as Youchube.

Learn how to say Tree as well, while youre at that,

WeeBushy

The way they pronounce oregano, or-eh-gano... does my nut in. I have a friend who inexplicably pronounces it like this... what a wierdo.

almostnever

Overheal wrote: »

Thats a really silly thing to get upset about. I can understand where people come from when they want to make a rant against Shotguns and Nascar, but S's and Z's?

The reason I hate it so much is because it shows where people are learning how to spell. Not in schools,that's for sure.

Edit: just to clarify,I understand that those are the American spelling of those words,and I have no problem with that. It just irritates me that Irish people who are taught with s's and u's are more influenced by the American spellings.

builttospill

"Hold the mayo"

I can see why you fat hallion.

Deacon Blues

rubadub wrote: »

I hate the sight of a bunch of "jocks" (another term I hate!) going "USA USA USA" at sporting events, or anything!

Much better to see a bunch of Irish beerbellies going "Olé, Olé Olé Olééééé"

laoisforliam

Cellphone!! Have heard it been used here its a frickin mobile!!!!

cyberwolf77

laoisforliam wrote: »

Cellphone!! Have heard it been used here its a frickin mobile!!!!

Cell(ular)(tele)phone. The term comes from cellular communication towers.

discostick12

Novella wrote: »

I actually just came back from New York the other day and that's where I heard it!

Another one is : "OH MY GOD! You guys are Irish?! I have always wanted to visit there, it looks so beautiful! My family are actually Irish!".

Thats A Classic! Nearly Every American I Have Talking Too Have 'Irish Roots'

cyberwolf77

discostick12 wrote: »

Thats A Classic! Nearly Every American I Have Talking Too Have 'Irish Roots'

Mein roots are German.

bop1977

I hate the way they write the date backwards (ie 02/28/09 instead of 28/02/09) and also while on dates are Americans so fooking lazy that they cant prononuce the "and" when talking about years (ie two thousand eight instead of two thousand AND eight).

Hangsangwich

tallus wrote: »

Idiots who say Axe instead of Ask.

Now that really grinds my gears!

you'll find that it is usually African-Americans who will say "axe" instead of "ask". I think it is something to do with their African genes. I discovered this when I heard a Nigerian guy who had never been to the US say "axe"

Hangsangwich

the way Americans pronounce Iraq, like "eye-raq", or even worse , The Eye-Raq

Wertz

Anywho or anyhoo

My bad.

Anything said in high rising terminal/moronic interogative/home and away speak?

cyberwolf77

bop1977 wrote: »

I hate the way they write the date backwards (ie 02/28/09 instead of 28/02/09) and also while on dates are Americans so fooking lazy that they cant prononuce the "and" when talking about years (ie two thousand eight instead of two thousand AND eight).

WE WRITE THE DATES BACKWARDS! You're the ones who write dates backwards. Month/Day/Year makes the most sense. We're not lazy about pronouncing years either, we just don't like wasting syllables.

mehfesto2

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

Month/Day/Year makes the most sense.

How does that make more sense?
Days make months, months make years. It's a continual thing.

ParkRunner

I hear the Book of Kelly's is awesome!

cyberwolf77

mehfesto2 wrote: »

How does that make more sense?
Days make months, months make years. It's a continual thing.

The actual day matters little without knowing the month first.

Mahou

Burglarized.
My house was burglarized last night.

Well I'm glad you gimp.

El Weirdo

Not actually anything that people say, but there's horse racing on on the telly in the living room and as I walked past, I thought I caught a glimpse of cheerleaders. I actually had to go in and rewind just to make sure I wasn't imagining it.

Fucking cheerleaders at the fucking races... FFS...

cyberwolf77

el_weirdo wrote: »

Not actually anything that people say, but there's horse racing on on the telly in the living room and as I walked past, I thought I caught a glimpse of cheerleaders. I actually had to go in and rewind just to make sure I wasn't imagining it.

Fucking cheerleaders at the fucking races... FFS...

Fine, but we still don't have cheerleaders at our hockey games

Whiskey Devil

All of them. Dude has to be the worst.

cyberwolf77

Whiskey Devil wrote: »

All of them. Dude has to be the worst.

I has a firm rule:
Unless you are a surfer from California, I will hurt you for saying dude or dudette.

RonMexico

I has...

badgerbadger

hate when americans say bamf especially when talking about themselves

rubadub

Mahou wrote: »

Well I'm glad you gimp.

Theres another, due to Tarantino, "ohhh, you said I have a bad leg, what a slagging."

Ste.phen

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

The actual day matters little without knowing the month first.

And the month doesn't matter without knowing the year!

DD-MM-YYYY
or
YYYY-MM-DD

None of this MM DD YYYY crap, thank you very much!

Overheal

MDY hurts my brain. ill gladly accept July 31, 2009 but when youre going off for integers please: 31-7-2009

thats something to actually be annoyed with. Like today, is it 8/8/09 or 8/8/09? Then tomorrow its either going to be September 8th or August 9th

oh and the mispelling of cheque. I gladly accept theres too much confusion between Check and Check.

enner43

Purple Gorilla wrote: »

Hard to describe but the only way is through example.. when they pronounce things "YouTube"..They say it as Youtoob but we say it as Youchube.

I came in to post the exact same thing! Hate this.. Its like theyre speaking with an American accent now!! :mad:

cyberwolf77

enner43 wrote: »

I came in to post the exact same thing! Hate this.. Its like theyre speaking with an American accent now!! :mad:

So I can be annoyed when you speak with an Irish accent.

Westdogg

Agreeance...It's not a word..The word is agreement.

An Bradán Feasa

When people say "and then some". Is that an Americanism?

rubadub

Ste.phen wrote: »

DD-MM-YYYY
or
YYYY-MM-DD

None of this MM DD YYYY crap, thank you very much!

Yes, they way they do it makes no sense. It would be like saying I ran a marathon and it took me 25minutes 3 hours and 12 seconds.

I remember my boss thought 9/11 took place in november!

All the ones on the likes of ricky lake drive me mad.
"you GO GURLLL!"
"talk to the hand", or sticking up the hand and making that noise, "umm UMMM"

bop1977

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

WE WRITE THE DATES BACKWARDS! You're the ones who write dates backwards. Month/Day/Year makes the most sense. We're not lazy about pronouncing years either, we just don't like wasting syllables.

since when did the word "and" become a syllable??

the correct meaning from a dictionary you stupid yank.:D

–noun 1. an uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a center of relatively great sonority with or without one or more accompanying sounds of relatively less sonority: “Man,” “eye,” “strength,” and “sixths” are English words of one syllable.
2. one or more written letters or characters representing more or less exactly such an element of speech.
3. the slightest portion or amount of speech or writing; the least mention: Do not breathe a syllable of all this.

–verb (used with object) 4. to utter in syllables; articulate.
5. to represent by syllables.

–verb (used without object) 6. to utter syllables; speak.

Manic Moran

Unless I'm missing something, all three definitions for the noun seem to indicate that "and" is, in fact, a syllable in addition to its being a word.

NTM

yank_in_eire

discostick12 wrote: »

Thats A Classic! Nearly Every American I Have Talking Too Have 'Irish Roots'

There are so many thing s wrong with this I don't even know where to start!:eek:

That_Guy

Since when did Jelly turn into Jell-o? And since when did jam turn into jelly?

Makes no frickin' sense like..... Oh fook..... I showed a bit too much American there.

What I meant to say was.... Feckin' hoorin' shower of bastards!!!!

ozzirt

I think that it's time the Americans adopted a language of their own, instead of insisting to the world that they speak English, and then abiding by none of the rules or spelling.

I hate "the use of the word "showcased" when they mean "shown". I mean to say, I can at least understand when someone shortens a word, but to make it longer,...???. Where's the sense in that. It peaked when Ronny Reagan stated that he would "Desk top" some document or another., but then again poor old Ronny did have an excuse.

I dunno about Ireland, but here in Australia, even radio and TV announcers are saying "for free" when they just mean "free". "You can get it for free" ??? Weird....

Let them bugger up their own language and we'll bugger up our own.

cyberwolf77

ozzirt wrote: »

I think that it's time the Americans adopted a language of their own, instead of insisting that they speak English, and then abiding by none of the rules or spelling.

I hate "the use of the word "showcased" when they mean "shown". I mean to say, I can at least understand when someone shortens a word, but to make it longer,...???. Where's the sense in that.

I dunno about Ireland, but here in Australia, even radio and TV announcers say "for free" when they just mean "free". "You can get it for free" ???

We have our own language. We call it American English

ozzirt

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

We have our own language. We call it American English

from The US Constitution online:

Many people are surprised to learn that the United States has no official language. As one of the major centers of commerce and trade, and a major English-speaking country, many assume that English is the country's official language. But despite efforts over the years, the United States has no official language. http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_lang.html

Like I said th first time, "It's time you got a language of your own instead of buggering up someone else's".

cyberwolf77

Just what hind of word is buggering anyway I know what the meaning is but that seema a little bit ghey

ozzirt

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

Just what hind of word is buggering anyway I know what the meaning is but that seema a little bit ghey

I'm glad you asked that,.... as it further demonstrates why you should get your own language. It's an English word, a language that you don't seem to understand.

Another word I dislike is "gay" when they actually mean "homosexual".

Westdogg

It is gay cyberwolf - hence the reference to sodomy. However, it can also mean a contemptible or pitiable person or a person with few redeeming characteristics. Personally, I prefer the sodomy definition. Give me an S, give me an O, give me a D...etc..

cyberwolf77

ozzirt wrote: »

I'm glad you asked that,.... as it further demonstrates why you should get your own language. It's an English word, a language that you don't seem to understand.

Another word I dislike is "gay" when they actually mean "homosexual".

See, I understand English perfectly well. Just in my country we don't throw around the use of sodomy as an insult. We prefer to refer to the offensive party as a portion of the anatomy instead. Get it you microcephalic rectum.

me_right_one

I hate "Go figure"

Aswell,when some American people who happen to be older than you, call you "Kid". eg 42 tear old man saying to 38 year old married couple, "Are you kids having fun?"

And sticking the word "Also" at the start or end of a sentence, instead of the middle.

eg. Car A is black, car B is also black - correct
Car A is black. Also, car B is black - WRONG
Car A is black, car B is black also - WRONG


And why isn't the official language of America not one of the native american languages?

waraf

Acacia wrote: »

I hate ''frickin'", "awesome" and ''it really bugs me''. And they way they pronounce ''schedule'' as ''shedule''.

Schedule is correctly pronouced as "shed-ule" Americans pronounce is "sked-ule"

GKidd

"Get Some"
"Then some"
"Frikin A"

All grind my gears but I really hate when they address me as "Hey Irish".

Usually respond with something like "Yes, trailer park"