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

kpbdublin

Increasingly Irish people are complaining about having a sore butt and going to the bathroom.
But what really grates is when reporters talk about protesting the health cuts, rather than protesting against the health cuts.

Manic Moran

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

Yet you fail to grasp the rich cultural tapestry that is America. We allow each individual to make their own decisions about how they will speak whatever language they happen to speak. Would you like to try speaking Spanglish sometime, or maybe Creole. They are both regional dialects that are spoken alongside American .

Dude, you're taking this thread far too seriously.

NTM

PrivateEye

Americanisms: Frickin' , OMG!, like whatever like , 'the trash' (Oh! You mean the bin! You're putting the bin out! Fair play), Turning everything into a question.

Britness: It's a Friday night. You're playing the scum in Tallaght Stadium, and your fellow supporters launch into 'WHO ARE YA!' 'YOU'RE GOING HOME IN A FU<KING AMBULANCE!' or a chant about being the toughest gang of little mulleted Lyle and Scott decked out pricks in Dublin.

Overheal

Manic Moran wrote: »

Dude, you're taking this thread far too seriously.

NTM

Let them moan :pac: just upset that we are dominating them culturally.

Even though we apparently have no culture :rolleyes:

me_right_one

Ass. Its ARSE. An ass is a cross between a donkey and a horse!

Oliverdog

The-Rigger wrote: »

What would you do if you met the person that coined that?

I'm guessing very little.

I'm guessing he'll "Tear him a new one !"

ozzirt

Overheal wrote: »

Let them moan :pac: just upset that we are dominating them culturally.

Even though we apparently have no culture :rolleyes:

Well, why are you on one of "their" sites, seeking a little culture perhaps?

I don't agree with tying my culture to a language that has it's basis in the vernacular of the followers of Gangsta (C)rap et al. I would have thought that the most powerful country on earth (at the moment) would have had somewhat higher ambitions for it's people.

Overheal

ozzirt wrote: »

Well, why are you on one of "their" sites, seeking a little culture perhaps?

Well, having lived in Ireland 8 years...

liah

me_right_one wrote: »

Ass. Its ARSE. An ass is a cross between a donkey and a horse!

No, a cross between a donkey and a horse is a mule.

An ass is just a donkey. Nothing special.

liah

constance tench wrote: »

hmm yes..people who say zee [because it rhymes with V, no-doubt :rolleyes:]

[ed] and the style of speaking when describing something, where the last word in a sentance rises a little, and always sounds like.. a question?

Ah now in fairness, zee > zed. Zed throws off the entire rhythm of the alphabet song.

Bee, Cee, Dee, Eee, Gee, Pee, Tee, Vee, Zed. ?!?!?!

Ay bee cee dee eee eff gee, aych (NOT haych) eye jay kay el em en oh pee, kyew arr ess, tee yew vee, double-yew ecks, why and zee!

There isn't another letter that even ends in "-ed." Where the hell did the "-ed" come from?!

End it with zed and it just sounds blunt and ruins the melody!

Also, Zed-Zed-Top just doesn't sound right.

/don't take this post too seriously, though even as a States-hating Canadian I prefer zee to zed by a longshot.

ozzirt

Overheal wrote: »

Well, having lived in Ireland 8 years...

That being the case, one would think that if you despise their culture so much, and believe that they are only bemoaning your own great culture why do you bother to come here. Are you "slumming it"?

Personally, I'd give my eye teeth to absorb bit of Irish culture,... and the occasional Guinness or two, or three or four..... .:D

cyberwolf77

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

Ayup, reckon I can find it, iffen i puts my mind to it.

Manic Moran wrote: »

Dude, you're taking this thread far too seriously.

NTM

Oh really

Overheal wrote: »

Let them moan :pac: just upset that we are dominating them culturally.

Even though we apparently have no culture :rolleyes:

We has plenty of culture. I has some growing in my refrigerator right now. I don't what is in that margarine tub and I'm not opening it either. Somtetimes late at night it starts talking.

komodosp

I've nothing against Americans using Americanisms... Who gives a frig, they use different words from us, they're in a different country...
It's Irish people using Americans who really get to me... "Do the math. It's awesome", etc. and using the word "So" in stupid places... This was SO a craze when "Friends" was popular. All it shows is that this person watches too much "Teavee". Same with Englishisms, I might add... "End Of" or "Simple As"... though it's not as prolific.

But there are some I can't stand even Americans using... "I could care less" - what? that doesn't even make sense! This arose because someone used it sarcastically, "Yeah right, like I could care less about yada yada yada", and people (other Americans) thought "I could care less" was the actual phrase!
"Pissed" instead of "Pissed off"
and for some reason "Aluminum" even though some poster explained this one...

BTW if you're going to argue over who's right about the date thing, Year/Month/Day is the only one that could be considered correct - like all numbers, the biggest one first.
And if you're going to argue about the color vs colour thing, I believe "Color" is the correct one! Apparently the u only entered it in the olden days in England when it became fashionable to be more like the French.

Long Onion

komodosp wrote: »

And if you're going to argue about the color vs colour thing, I believe "Color" is the correct one! Apparently the u only entered it in the olden days in England when it became fashionable to be more like the French.

Focking hell!

Overheal

ozzirt wrote: »

Well, why are you on one of "their" sites, seeking a little culture perhaps?

I don't agree with tying my culture to a language that has it's basis in the vernacular of the followers of Gangsta (C)rap et al. I would have thought that the most powerful country on earth (at the moment) would have had somewhat higher ambitions for it's people.

What the hell are you talking about exactly. You think all Americans are gangsters and want to blow up the world?

Theres the door -->

We has plenty of culture. I has some growing in my refrigerator right now. I don't what is in that margarine tub and I'm not opening it either. Somtetimes late at night it starts talking.

I opened up the Sour Cream last night and it tried to kill me.

Apparently the u only entered it in the olden days in England when it became fashionable to be more like the French.

Ohhhh classical burn :pac:

cyberwolf77

Overheal wrote: »

I opened up the Sour Cream last night and it tried to kill me.

Um, what Sour Cream? I hasn't bought any of that in years.

me_right_one

Do they actually sell cream thats sour now? Its a recession, save money by letting your own fresh cream go sour.

Zapho

I can tolerate most "americanisms", except "hit". It seems to come up everywhere. For example:

Would you like a taste of my drink:
"D'ya wanna hit this?"

I would consider having sex with that girl:
"I'd hit that!!!!"

Would you like some drugs?
"D'ya wanna hit this?"

I drank some juice:
"I took a hit of juice"

I also hate the constant need to high-five every "witty" comment.

soundbyte

almostnever wrote: »

When people spell "specialise" as "specialize" or "colour" as "color."

My cnuting Mickeysoft Word does that job for me. No matter how many times I switch back to Irish English and switch of the auto spellchecker, as soon as I open a document that someone saved where they were using US English, my fcuking Word reverts to US English.

Grrrr.

rhapsody!

Acacia wrote: »

Do you mean ''frickin'" as in ''frickin' sweet!" Because ''frigging'' is an old word from this side of the Atlantic, been used for ages.

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

It is pronounced "shedule".

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Americanisms?
Jonas Brothers..
Hannah Montana..
Highschool Musical

People who say "he/she is soooo hot", generally kids aged between 11 and whatever. My friend's sister says it all the time because of the influence of Disney's bollocks.

squod

For me it's people putting emphasis on the second syllable, in words with two or more syllables.
I find that irratating.

Irish Trinity

dont know if this has been said before but its not a word...its the fact nearly every American is completely positive they are irish...and chances are that they are a minute bit irish because of the irish that went over during the famine.....but its just like you meet one and they go ' OH MY GOD your irish? im irish too!'...bullsh!t your american get over it.

also see what George Carlin thinks of America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7LvUDCcNss

cyberwolf77

me_right_one wrote: »

Do they actually sell cream thats sour now? Its a recession, save money by letting your own fresh cream go sour.

I have no use for cream of any kind(lactose intolerant and proud of it.)

Zapho wrote: »

I can tolerate most "americanisms", except "hit". It seems to come up everywhere. For example:

Would you like a taste of my drink:
"D'ya wanna hit this?"

I would consider having sex with that girl:
"I'd hit that!!!!"

Would you like some drugs?
"D'ya wanna hit this?"

I drank some juice:
"I took a hit of juice"

I also hate the constant need to high-five every "witty" comment.

I just hit people who talk like that. The high fivers just get kicked in the family jewels

rhapsody! wrote: »

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Americanisms?
Jonas Brothers..
Hannah Montana..
Highschool Musical

People who say "he/she is soooo hot", generally kids aged between 11 and whatever. My friend's sister says it all the time because of the influence of Disney's bollocks.

Disney will eventually produce the AntiChrist

Irish Trinity wrote: »

dont know if this has been said before but its not a word...its the fact nearly every American is completely positive they are irish...and chances are that they are a minute bit irish because of the irish that went over during the famine.....but its just like you meet one and they go ' OH MY GOD your irish? im irish too!'...bullsh!t your american get over it.

I am an American of German/English/French descent. I know I'm not Irish.

rhapsody!

Irish Trinity wrote: »

dont know if this has been said before but its not a word...its the fact nearly every American is completely positive they are irish...and chances are that they are a minute bit irish because of the irish that went over during the famine.....but its just like you meet one and they go ' OH MY GOD your irish? im irish too!'...bullsh!t your american get over it.

also see what George Carlin thinks of America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7LvUDCcNss

Oh yeah I was on a message board before and all the americans were saying "Oh I'm 1/16th Irish!"
"Really?! Omg I'm 1/20th!"

:rolleyes:

star.chaser

Flunked. I wonder how many students will have flunked the leaving cert when they get their results today? AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!