Americanisms

Originally Posted by Pedrosa

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.

Sheltered life and all that?

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'.

"is it; blood!?"

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by 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'.

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

Originally Posted by Spiderman

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

+1

Originally Posted by Pedrosa

Toe-may doh


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

Originally Posted by Spiderman

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

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

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

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.

Originally Posted by Spiderman

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

Kids are taught to read and write?

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