Americanisms

[gettin2dizzy]

A somewhat ironic title I know.
No apologies to any Yanks whatsoever.

"Nipping in the butt"

No! Wrong! Totally wrong!

Next...

[Alpinestarhero]

What about bushisms?

Pick whatever word you like, and stick "ification" at the end

Wonderfulification!

Matt

[gettin2dizzy]

We've both said 'ism'. We're as bad as them!

[northwind]

Is that an Americanism? I thought it was just a universal semi-literateism? Like "changing tact". It's CHANGING TACK! TACK! TACT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL IN THIS CONTEXT!

I suppose it's possible I get disproportionately worked up about that one though.

[ASM-Forever]

We've both said 'ism'. We're as bad as them!

Jism.

[tricky]

Saying "can I get" instead of "can I have" really winds me up.

[gettin2dizzy]

Is that an Americanism? I thought it was just a universal semi-literateism? Like "changing tact". It's CHANGING TACK! TACK! TACT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL IN THIS CONTEXT!

I suppose it's possible I get disproportionately worked up about that one though.
Are you a sailor then?

I'll take a rain check on the others...*groan*...

[Razor]

Saying "can I get" instead of "can I have" really winds me up.

Saying "can I have", instead of "may I have" winds me up.
Anyway, when I order something I say "I'll have the..." I mean I'm ordering here, just do as you're told and we'll get through this.

[sinbad]

What about saying: "I could care less about that" when actually they mean "I COULD NOT care less about that!". ARGH!

On some crappy show the other day I actually heard some fool using it in the past-tense. "I used to could care less about global warming, but now I see it's important". As if could-care-less is a word in itself :)

[Amanda M]

People putting 'like' in every sentence:smt076 It's, like, sooo annoying :smt076

:p

[Alpinestarhero]

Jism.

Big industry in america.

Matt

[Filipe M.]

*cue Walter* Oh I don't give a damn...

[rigor]

My personal hate at the moment is more a mispronunciation rather than a mistaken word. it's clique, when people pronounce (or spell) it click.

Click is something my knee does in cold weather.
Clique (pronounced kleek) is a small, exclusive group of people.

:smt076

[hovis]

my bad

:confused:

[gettin2dizzy]

My personal hate at the moment is more a mispronunciation rather than a mistaken word. it's clique, when people pronounce (or spell) it click.

Click is something my knee does in cold weather.
Clique (pronounced kleek) is a small, exclusive group of people.

:smt076
I find it annoying when people mistake the difference between perplex and confuse.

To confuse is to make something incomprehensible; to cause an inability to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding. To confuse may cause embarrassment on a persons front by making something seemingly simple unclear or unnecessarily complex or baffling.

And by stark constrast in pronunciation 'perplex' is a type of plastic used in place of glass.

[Filipe M.]

I find it annoying when people mistake the difference between perplex and confuse.

To confuse is to make something incomprehensible; to cause an inability to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding. To confuse may cause embarrassment on a persons front by making something seemingly simple unclear or unnecessarily complex or baffling.

And by stark constrast in pronunciation 'perplex' is a type of plastic used in place of glass.

Are you sure you didn't mean Perspex?...

Clicky (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/perplex) and clicky (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/perspex).

[Swiss]

I find it annoying when people mistake the difference between perplex and confuse.

To confuse is to make something incomprehensible; to cause an inability to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding. To confuse may cause embarrassment on a persons front by making something seemingly simple unclear or unnecessarily complex or baffling.

And by stark constrast in pronunciation 'perplex' is a type of plastic used in place of glass.

I often find it's a good idea to at least know what you are ranting about before you have your rant on a public forum. It spares ones blushes (not used for painting ;))

[gettin2dizzy]

I often find it's a good idea to at least know what you are ranting about before you have your rant on a public forum. It spares ones blushes (not used for painting ;))
I am aware of what perspex is. The homophone is ringing, I think it's for you.

[Mogs]

Brilliant G2D, keep your head below your perplex screen, No one will be befuddled anymore.

[SV Muppet]

"Take a leak"

Take it where?

[gettin2dizzy]

Brilliant G2D, keep your head below your perplex screen, No one will be befuddled anymore.

:thumleft:
Sometimes the answer is right in front of them ;)

[Pedrosa]

Toe-may doh












To the rest of the English speaking world of course that is a tomato.

And how about...Alright already.

A normal person might instead say...Yes I heard you.

[Swiss]

I find it annoying when people mistake the difference between perplex and confuse.

To confuse is to make something incomprehensible; to cause an inability to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding. To confuse may cause embarrassment on a persons front by making something seemingly simple unclear or unnecessarily complex or baffling.

And by stark constrast in pronunciation 'perplex' is a type of plastic used in place of glass.

I am aware of what perspex is. The homophone is ringing, I think it's for you.

. . . . . . . . . Perplex isn't a type of plastic.

I just answered that phone, you sound really nice, would you like to meet up for some spelling lessons, nudge nudge ;);)

[Pedrosa]

Americanism??


Fanny= bottom.

Those people have serious issues I tell yer!:p

[slark01]

Americanism : - anything to do with " BIG ":smt040

[gettin2dizzy]

I find it annoying when people mistake the difference between perplex and confuse.

To confuse is to make something incomprehensible; to cause an inability to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding. To confuse may cause embarrassment on a persons front by making something seemingly simple unclear or unnecessarily complex or baffling.

And by stark constrast in pronunciation 'perplex' is a type of plastic used in place of glass.

It was a play on words

I am aware of what perspex is. The homophone is ringing, I think it's for you.

A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another yet has a different meaning; like perspex and perplex. Another play on words there.


....I think I'll retire to forums.nerdcentral.org ..... ;)

[DanDare]

Hood : Bonnet
Sidewalk : Pavement
Freeway : Motorway
Soccer : Football
Chips : Crisps
Candy : Sweets
Iraqi Tank : British APC

[mac99]

It was a play on words



A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another yet has a different meaning; like perspex and perplex. Another play on words there.


....I think I'll retire to forums.nerdcentral.org ..... ;)

Awww, you're alright mate, I thought it was funny.

[gettin2dizzy]

Awww, you're alright mate, I thought it was funny.
Thanks :smt012

[licoricepizza]

I often find it's a good idea to at least know what you are ranting about before you have your rant on a public forum. It spares ones blushes (not used for painting ;))

Swiss, while you're helping gettin2dizzy with his spelling, I'll help you with your grammar.

[Swiss]

Swiss, while you're helping gettin2dizzy with his spelling, I'll help you with your grammar.

Excellent, a threesome.

Welcome to the org BTW. Perhaps not the most gracious of virginal post but it's all banter ;-)

[redbouy]

Trying to work out homophone means, the other one. ;)

One i don't like is the yes/no yea/nah answer. common in Nz and Aussie but working it's way up here. make up your mind.
P

[Bluepete]

People who want to ax a question.

The inflection rise at the end of every sentence? As if everything was a question? Really winds me up?

Anything Bush says.

[Pedrosa]

Starting every statement or entence by using the word "like".

e.g. Like, Im going to work tomorrow.

To any normal English speaker To start or To begin would suffice. But our cousins over the water prefer.....From the get go.

Super Americanism as spokemn by one of the Miami Dolphins players before their game in the UK at the weekend....

They speak English in London?" Absolutely fooking true he asked that. A fine product of the U.S.college system if ever I saw one.:p

[Bluepete]

Speaking of American Football (tenuous link alert) I remember seeing a clip of a tout around the factory that makes the helmets used in the NFL. The bloke giving the tour arrived at the section where the holes were made in the shell for the straps and other attachments to fit.

"This is where we drill the holes. They are all drilled simultaneously, at the same time. Erm, that's all at once"

No **** Sherlock!

[Spiderman]

We'll bomb the crap out of you till you agree to our vision of the world.

Americanism enough?

[philipMac]

I was at a conference in Harvard all last week, and one of the abstracts for
one of the papers from a big shot post doc in a big shot lab was talking about
something "he presently has", and had sent it for publication.

This guy was a native speaker too.
Presently does not mean in the present. Presently means soon, in the near
future. Currently means at the moment.

The funny thing was the guy pulled rank on me because I didn't know who he
was when he came over to talk to me in a bar, and then blanked me because
I didn't know his lab was a Harvard lab. When he told me, he was horrified.

Oh... you're the guy with the errors in the abstract he published for the
conference. How funny :)

I might not know who you are and what you do, but I can speak English.
Douchebag.

[gettin2dizzy]

I was at a conference in Harvard all last week, and one of the abstracts for
one of the papers from a big shot post doc in a big shot lab was talking about
something "he presently has", and had sent it for publication.

This guy was a native speaker too.
Presently does not mean in the present. Presently means soon, in the near
future. Currently means at the moment.

The funny thing was the guy pulled rank on me because I didn't know who he
was when he came over to talk to me in a bar, and then blanked me because
I didn't know his lab was a Harvard lab. When he told me, he was horrified.

Oh... you're the guy with the errors in the abstract he published for the
conference. How funny :)

I might not know who you are and what you do, but I can speak English.
Douchebag.
I'm not convinced by this. The present time in 7.59; at present I am sitting at a computer, I think you're right however that currently would have been more suitable. It's an odd one!

[rigor]

pres·ent·ly http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/premium.gif http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pnghttp://cache.lexico.com/g/d/speaker.gif (https://secure.reference.com/premium/login.html?rd=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fbrowse%2 Fpresently) /ˈprɛzhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pngənthttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pngli/
Pronunciation Key - [prez-uhhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pngnt-lee] –adverb

1.in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
2.at the present time; now: He is presently out of the country.
3.Archaic. immediately. (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=immediately)

Looks OK to me :-$

[Pedrosa]

I was at a conference in Harvard all last week, and one of the abstracts for
one of the papers from a big shot post doc in a big shot lab was talking about
something "he presently has", and had sent it for publication.

This guy was a native speaker too.
Presently does not mean in the present. Presently means soon, in the near
future. Currently means at the moment.

The funny thing was the guy pulled rank on me because I didn't know who he
was when he came over to talk to me in a bar, and then blanked me because
I didn't know his lab was a Harvard lab. When he told me, he was horrified.

Oh... you're the guy with the errors in the abstract he published for the
conference. How funny :)

I might not know who you are and what you do, but I can speak English.
Douchebag.

I keep hearing that one and wondered what the hell it was. Often used as an insult,(not too sure on a scale of 1 to 10 how it would rate in the insult charts?) Me being curious I looked it up yesterday. In truth I am sorry I did.:rolleyes:

[Filipe M.]

I keep hearing that one and wondered what the hell it was. Often used as an insult,(not too sure on a scale of 1 to 10 how it would rate in the insult charts?) Me being curious I looked it up yesterday. In truth I am sorry I did.:rolleyes:

Sheltered life and all that? ;)

[Ed]

This is not an Americanism, it's a Britishism.

Use of 'could of' instead of 'could have'. Similarly, 'would of', 'should of', 'might of'. It's 'have', not 'of'.

[gettin2dizzy]

"is it; blood!?"

[Spiderman]

This is not an Americanism, it's a Britishism.

Use of 'could of' instead of 'could have'. Similarly, 'would of', 'should of', 'might of'. It's 'have', not 'of'.

oooh, dont get me started on that one too. Really, really winds me up.
I'm a bloody foreigner who learnt english and i get that right...how lazy are the natives if they go by what they hear and not waht they read or were taught to write???
Grrrr :smt096

[Filipe M.]

oooh, dont get me started on that one too. Really, really winds me up.
I'm a bloody foreigner who learnt english and i get that right...how lazy are the natives if they go by what they hear and not waht they read or were taught to write???
Grrrr :smt096

+1 :-$

[Ping]

Toe-may doh


To the rest of the English speaking world of course that is a tomato.

:smt012

[gettin2dizzy]

oooh, dont get me started on that one too. Really, really winds me up.
I'm a bloody foreigner who learnt english and i get that right...how lazy are the natives if they go by what they hear and not waht they read or were taught to write???
Grrrr :smt096
where have you strayed from?........like?!

[Pedrosa]

where have you strayed from?........like?!

I believe that he chose another route in life after spending his formative years in a Budhist temple in the Himalayas. He outraged the temple elders when they discovered a Jehovah's Witness leaflet secreted under his canvas flip flops one night.

[Flamin_Squirrel]

oooh, dont get me started on that one too. Really, really winds me up.
I'm a bloody foreigner who learnt english and i get that right...how lazy are the natives if they go by what they hear and not waht they read or were taught to write???
Grrrr :smt096

Kids are taught to read and write? :shock:

[Pedrosa]

Grits....that's porridge for heavens sake!:confused:

[Ed]

One I heard from a Texan Sunday evening in a bar:

'Maddenating'

I rather like it. It conveys feeling well. A bit like 'burglarised' or 'arsonated'.

[Flamin_Squirrel]

One I heard from a Texan Sunday evening in a bar:

'Maddenating'

What the hell is that supposed to mean though? Becoming enranged as a result of being drenched in BBQ sauce?

[ASM-Forever]

I keep hearing that one and wondered what the hell it was. Often used as an insult,(not too sure on a scale of 1 to 10 how it would rate in the insult charts?) Me being curious I looked it up yesterday. In truth I am sorry I did.:rolleyes:

Damn you to hell PH...guess what i just googled:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douche

:smt088

[gettin2dizzy]

Damn you to hell PH...guess what i just googled:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douche

:smt088
lol!

[Pedrosa]

Damn you to hell PH...guess what i just googled:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douche

:smt088

:p:p:p Well fella I see you were as impressed as I was!:p:p:p

[gettin2dizzy]

*must use that phrase more*

[Kinvig]

Swiss, while you're helping gettin2dizzy with his spelling, I'll help you with your grammar.

Leave his relatives out of this.;o)

[Vickster]

oh I like this one.

I heard somewhere, can't remeber, must have been on something crappy like the American version of the Apprentice.

Someone said "It was a cake walk"......

I think they got confused between a walk in the park and a piece of cake !

Also it really irritates me when they say 'gotten' - silly.....

[northwind]

Someone said "It was a cake walk"......

I think they got confused between a walk in the park and a piece of cake !



That's a real americanism though... It's derived from the name for a form of dance that originated amongst african slaves in america. That's also where "piece of cake" and "takes the cake" comes from- and "takes the biscuit" is the britishism (hey, if we're allowed americanism we can have britishism) of "takes the cake".

If I could vacuum out my head and get rid of all this useless crap I've learned, perhaps I could remember useful stuff :smt088

[pencil shavings]

"is it; blood!?"

not an Americanism, but a british corruption of Jamican or Caribiean Patois (pronounced pa-twah)

It really gets my coat (;)) when people thihk that this is a 'chavy' thing (I also really hate that word lol)

blood as im sure you can figure out is relitive or very close friend. nothing tacky/stupid/common or anything else like that. its a compliment and shows the bond you have.

Bumbaclot.............

looks like you can swear on here :cool:

[gettin2dizzy]

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[philipMac]

:p:p:p Well fella I see you were as impressed as I was!:p:p:p

Its a good insult cause, you can sort of breath or cough it out.
Or you can use the abbreviated form, ie Douche.
Or, if you are feeling like a funny bastid, if someone gives you what they think is a funny comeback and really its just a weak line, you can say "ahh Douché" (as in not touché), and at that moment you have just owned them.

I also like to expand the word to define douche bag's exploits as "Douchebaggery" .

Its all jolly good fun.


Edit... also... now that I think of it, Pumpkins. They are called PUMpkins. Not Punkins.
Jesus mother of god. Its not a hard language. Some times I feel like they are ballsing it up to prove some point.

[Pedrosa]

I agree

Well said

Good point

But no we now get +1.

A trend I have noted taking on a certain amount of popularity in this neck of the woods also.=;

[Filipe M.]

I agree

Well said

Good point

But no we now get +1.

A trend I have noted taking on a certain amount of popularity in this neck of the woods also.=;

+1.

8-[

Desculpe, sim? 8-[

[Pedrosa]

+1.

8-[

Desculpe, sim? 8-[

Que no puedo perdonarte![-(

[Filipe M.]

Que no puedo perdonarte![-(

:p

[gettin2dizzy]

I like how the american dictionary has more words than ours. However many of them are 'words' like 'Jeez', 'Schmuck'.

[Razor]

I just used "ballpark figure"...

[Pedrosa]

I just used "ballpark figure"...

Yer such a rebel int yer Razor?:p

And when I was a lad the word Fag meant something entirely different! Those Yanks hey? Tut. I mean can you imagine standing in a bar and anouncing..."I'm just going outside as I am dying for a fag?:rolleyes:

[Stu]

Hood : Bonnet
Sidewalk : Pavement
Freeway : Motorway
Soccer : Football
Chips : Crisps
Candy : Sweets
Iraqi Tank : British APC
Comic timing is everything, very well done, cheered me up no end :D

[weazelz]

aloooominum grrr