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

[Glad2BeAPie]

Does anyone say Dinner and not Lunch, that peeves me and won't say it, growing up we had breakfast, dinner, tea, supper. Where did Lunch come from

[SwalePie]

Does anyone say Dinner and not Lunch, that peeves me and won't say it, growing up we had breakfast, dinner, tea, supper. Where did Lunch come from

Personally I have dinner at dinner time (in the evening) and lunch at lunchtime.

[Jeekay56]

Personally I have dinner at dinner time (in the evening) and lunch at lunchtime.

Did you have school dinners served by dinner ladies?

[upthemaggies]

Did you have school dinners served by dinner ladies?

Blast from the past playground song........

Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner
Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner
BATMAN!!!!

[lunaspie]

Blast from the past playground song........

Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner
Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner
BATMAN!!!!

Was he combatting Egghead ?
With a Penguin for afters.

[1955pie]

Does anyone say Dinner and not Lunch, that peeves me and won't say it, growing up we had breakfast, dinner, tea, supper. Where did Lunch come from

Lunch comes between breakfast and dinner and another one between dinner and tea.

[slack_pie]

Here's another: "I could care less" - a turn of phrase that literally means the opposite of what it's intended to mean. Why?

[SwalePie]

Here's another: "I could care less" - a turn of phrase that literally means the opposite of what it's intended to mean. Why?

Yes very bizarre that one!

[lunaspie]

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?

Nope.

[magpie_mania]

I don't like it when someone in a shop or cafe, when asked what they would like says, 'Can I get .....'

Sounds so wrong!