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

[SwalePie]

Does this annoy anyone else or am I the only dinosaur on here?

My latest pet peeve is the use of 'likely' as an adverb, even on the BBC. For example, the American-style 'Chesterfield will likely cheat at some point' rather than the English 'Chesterfield will probably cheat at some point'. (They could, of course, say 'Chesterfield are likely to cheat at some point' and that would be fine, but they don't.)

Of course there are dozens of other creeping Americanisations in this era of globalised entertainment and media but this one is all over the place at the moment. It grates every time I hear or read it. Does anyone else find it annoying?

[Elite_Pie]

Does this annoy anyone else or am I the only dinosaur on here?

My latest pet peeve is the use of 'likely' as an adverb, even on the BBC. For example, the American-style 'Chesterfield will likely cheat at some point' rather than the English 'Chesterfield will probably cheat at some point'. (They could, of course, say 'Chesterfield are likely to cheat at some point' and that would be fine, but they don't.)

Of course there are dozens of other creeping Americanisations in this era of globalised entertainment and media but this one is all over the place at the moment. It grates every time I hear or read it. Does anyone else find it annoying?

Easily solved by them saying 'Chesterfield will definitely cheat at some point'.

[SwalePie]

Easily solved by them saying 'Chesterfield will definitely cheat at some point'.

True!

[OP67]

Easily solved by them saying 'Chesterfield will definitely cheat at some point'.

That made me chuckle

Not the same but I absolutely hate people starting a sentence with "Yeah, No" That really grinds my gears!!!

[Jeekay56]

That made me chuckle

Not the same but I absolutely hate people starting a sentence with "Yeah, No" That really grinds my gears!!!

Kyle Wootton in practically every interview.

[upthemaggies]

Nothing can ever be as annoying as the "High rising terminal" (statements inflected to sound like a question). Fine if it's those from down under or Northern Ireland, that's their accent, but Americans and English people using it sound like total divs.

[queenslandpie]

Easily solved by them saying 'Chesterfield will definitely cheat at some point'.

Ha Ha Ha

[slack_pie]

I hear you, Swale.

The most annoying one for me is the use of super as an adverb, as in 'I'm super happy' or 'it's super exciting'.

It's grammatically wrong. Super is an adjective, not an adverb. You wouldn't say 'I'm good happy', so why is 'I'm super happy' OK? Yet people use it all the time, in both speech and writing (at least where I work).

[SwalePie]

I hear you, Swale.

The most annoying one for me is the use of super as an adverb, as in 'I'm super happy' or 'it's super exciting'.

It's grammatically wrong. Super is an adjective, not an adverb. You wouldn't say 'I'm good happy', so why is 'I'm super happy' OK? Yet people use it all the time, in both speech and writing (at least where I work).

Ah yes, that's another one that makes me very unhappy!

[Bushwacka]

See also 'gotten'.