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

[laddo]

How about the use of American sports terms as in a sweeper (as in football) being called a "quarterback" or an unusual opinion being "out of left field" or a pause in conversation being "time out"?

Strange innit, that we never hear cricketing terms used by American commentators? Can you hearing a batsman called a "batter" or a bowler called a "pitcher" on Radio 4?

Can't stand the needless overuse of "super" and a few others mentioned, but that's got to be the worse makes the person sound about 12. Like and literally in every other sentence is also annoying.

When quarterback is used in in football I believe they are referring to an anchor man not a sweeper.

However there are some great American phrases I like and use occasionally when appropriate. LLs "Out of left field" is one of them. "Not my first rodeo" is another beauty. One American sports phrase which applies on this message board and is very apt is "“Monday morning quarterback”.

Nowt wrong with those phrases