O/T:- Creeping Americanisation of British English usage.

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Originally Posted by ArabianNotts

One year anniversary.

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3 month anniversary is even worse.

The problem with any kind of analysis of English and its usage is that the language has so many different variations, far beyond simply British and American. Within England alone there are numerous different dialects, and if you throw in accents as well, it presents a huge amount of variation. The language started out as a hybrid anyway, and by Shakespeare's day it had already got a blend of old Germanic, Norman French, Latin, Celtic and Old Norse. In the years since, it's only had more thrown in the blender. Also, there is no standard form of English, so you can't even give a definite definition of what actually IS British English, because people from different areas will all have different ideas of the correct structure and words to use in a sentence.

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Originally Posted by Pie_Scribe

The problem with any kind of analysis of English and its usage is that the language has so many different variations, far beyond simply British and American. Within England alone there are numerous different dialects, and if you throw in accents as well, it presents a huge amount of variation. The language started out as a hybrid anyway, and by Shakespeare's day it had already got a blend of old Germanic, Norman French, Latin, Celtic and Old Norse. In the years since, it's only had more thrown in the blender. Also, there is no standard form of English, so you can't even give a definite definition of what actually IS British English, because people from different areas will all have different ideas of the correct structure and words to use in a sentence.

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Yes but wiktionary defines anniversary as

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anniv...of%20the%20war.

yet people still refer to 3 month anniversaries! That's just stupid use of language.

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Originally Posted by Jeekay56

From the get go.

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Or as some now say: From the Gecko (what ever that means).:P

"I'm gonna go ahead and do this...", "...go ahead and do that", "...go ahead and do the other". Never just do this, do that, or do the other, always " I'm gonna go ahead and.."

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Originally Posted by sidders

So I take it you're not a go-getter GK?

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What does that even mean.

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Originally Posted by LaxtonLad

"I'm gonna go ahead and do this...", "...go ahead and do that", "...go ahead and do the other". Never just do this, do that, or do the other, always " I'm gonna go ahead and.."

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American = never use one word when you can use two.

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Originally Posted by queenslandpie

Yes but wiktionary defines anniversary as

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anniv...of%20the%20war.

yet people still refer to 3 month anniversaries! That's just stupid use of language.

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Hi Queenie, what's the weather like over there I am in Brisbane for a week starting tonight and off to the races at Doomben tommorrow?

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Originally Posted by i961pie

Hi Queenie, what's the weather like over there I am in Brisbane for a week starting tonight and off to the races at Doomben tommorrow?

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Its been a cooler summer this year so far. Pretty good weather was a bit of a stinker yesterday but we are in the thick of it now. Have fun at the races me duck. Have to say I never ever been there not a gambling man.

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Originally Posted by queenslandpie

Its been a cooler summer this year so far. Pretty good weather was a bit of a stinker yesterday but we are in the thick of it now. Have fun at the races me duck. Have to say I never ever been there not a gambling man.

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Cheers