Our grandkids use the word "sick" to mean funny, what is the English language coming to?
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What about ‘gotten’? A horrible Americanisation, dreadful. Another americanisation that grates is the word ‘guys’ when referring to people of both ***es; the last time I looked, a ‘guy’ was male! A shop assistant a while ago referred to my wife and I as ‘guys; when I said that my wife was not a guy, the shop assistant just looked blank, hadn’t got a clue!
How many folk have been to the island of "beefa" for their holidays ?
Google gives me the option of updating passwords with
Yes
or
Nope.
My youngest will answer my texts with yeah and he's a teacher!
My biggest American mind ache is when they say "He's learning to do math"
I just can't help saying "If its MathematicS, then the shortened version is MathS"
Argument always ensues.
The other one that gets up my nostrils is the phrase ‘get go’. Yet another Americanism we’ve allowed to pollute our language. Whatever is wrong with the ‘beginning’......perhaps it’s because the poor dears can’t spell or is the word too long? As I said in an earlier post I despair. Never mind I’ll be six foot under soon so well out of it!
My younger daughter says....”can I get” when ordering food which I hate.
I also can’t stand “to go” when people want takeaway food.
Yes that makes me cringe - to go! Box it up is worse! I spend a lot of time in the States and after going to any restaurant - you are always asked when food is left on your plate - " do you want it boxed up".
Why the ****, would I want to spend money in a restaurant in the first place, to come home with a box of leftovers, unless there's a hungry dog around! They say romance is dead, well that's true after taking your wife/bird out, and you leave with a plastic doggie box!
Those who can't, or more accurately, dont say their 'r's p1ss me off no end.