50 americanisms in the uk

people in north american who use ukisms make me fucking mad. people saying arse or mate or any of that shit can die.

Accent is everything.

even "Cheers"?

I say cheers a lot, but never "Cheers, mate" or something like that. It seems ever so silly.

  On 7/27/2011 at 4:44 AM, rumbo said:

Accent is everything.

this.. People in the states being oh so funny and mimicing my accent got old quickly :) People saying mate or whatever with a US accent does sound plain wrong. Dunno what the reverse would be, as in US words that Brits use, but I'm sure it sounds just as laughable.

Most Americans English impressions sound like bad Austin Powers attempts.

also, Bristol boys attempting Jamaican Patois makes me both giggle and cringe.

Kinda on subject, I remember seeing this a while ago, some people speculating as to what the further evolutions of language might become, and if there ever became a world wide language what it might be. I think they figured it would be some form of hybrid with bits of English, Mandarin, Hong Kong Cantonese, Russian, and regional variations from original native dialects. I thought it was pretty cool idea, reminded me a bit of the street speak in Gibson Books and Blade Runner.

just me me a chuckle though, if something like this did happen, the people who get so worked up about calling a railway station a train station would explode!

  On 7/21/2011 at 6:05 PM, sirch said:

"i could care less" - that's always bugged me, man. can i get a witness? lol

Yes it's a frustrating expression since whenever it's used, the person using it means the literal exact opposite.

my friends and i call each other niggas, but we have to watch ourselves when we're in public 'cause we have white skin. i just want a word to express brotherly affection that isn't "bro" :(

  On 7/27/2011 at 4:17 AM, essines said:

people in north american who use ukisms make me fucking mad. people saying arse or mate or any of that shit can die.

but what if me mum taught them to me.

honestly my first words after mommy and poopy was bollux. but it was more like bosss

  On 7/27/2011 at 4:17 AM, essines said:

people in north american who use ukisms make me fucking mad. people saying arse or mate or any of that shit can die.

Arse sounds stupid no matter who says it.

agreed.

shite sounds funny.

  On 12/4/2011 at 6:47 PM, Sprigg said:

  On 7/27/2011 at 4:17 AM, essines said:

people in north american who use ukisms make me fucking mad. people saying arse or mate or any of that shit can die.

 

Arse sounds stupid no matter who says it.

As an American I am glad arse hasn't caught on here, I imagine I would get my ass kicked for saying that in public. When people call each other "mate" It seems like more of an Australian thing and it's way better than "bro" though I prefer "chum".

nahhh....unfortunately the Brits lose on this one

the correct way of acknowledging a friend is "my man"

its got funk, its smooth, and clearly indicates the bequeath of heterosexual life-partner status onto another.

i use bud or bubs instead of mate. or dude.

i know what you guys mean.

i speak spanish a lot, but whenever i do i use a very heavy redneck accent. i'm all "YO KARRO OON TACO CAWN MUCHO KAYSO, BIYATCH"

i use a lot of ukisms and wonky spelling but in my defen(cs)e i was taught to read and speak by a crazy australian woman and some of that shit stuck.

no 'mate' or 'arse,' though. those DO sound stupid.

yalls dont know shit about nothin

  On 12/4/2011 at 10:06 PM, Luke Fucking Hazard said:

i speak spanish a lot, but whenever i do i use a very heavy redneck accent. i'm all "YO KARRO OON TACO CAWN MUCHO KAYSO, BIYATCH"

thats wut am talkin about yalls;

I FUCKIN LUV CHEEZ

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44. My brother now uses the term "season" for a TV series. Hideous. D Henderson, Edinburgh

For a second there I though that lad had a class name.

what? no one, and I mean NO ONE in america calls a TV series a "season".

thats the stupidest shit Ive ever seen.

  On 12/4/2011 at 10:49 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

what? no one, and I mean NO ONE in america calls a TV series a "season".

 

 

thats the stupidest shit Ive ever seen.

what we americans call a season of a show they call a series.

ah. well if thats the case the plaintiff is a dolt.

DIFFERENT THINGS ARE DIFFERENT

SKYRIM

RIMSKY!

KORSAKOV!

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