General Tojo

Not 'sick'? How long have you lived over there?

SultanOfSwing

I was being poetic. That's the one chance you get to accuse me of 'going native'

Squirrel

Yeah Brits get ill and take a tablet for it.
Americans get sick and take a pill for it.

keaki80

Another puzzle for me is take and bring. Americans say they will bring something, when we say we will take it. I found this annoying at first, but I'm going off the topic now as it's not an American word I have adopted, just a weird difference of their use of words.

Steerpike

Mains as in, "mains electricity" - 'Plug it into the mains'

robin1234

Americans will say;
"There's an unpleasant odor in this room. It makes me feel a little nauseous."
A British person would likely state:
"The f#%king stink in this room is bloody awful. It makes me want to puke."

Bob

So what about your kids? Especially those who had school aged kids when you all came over?

Mine, obviously born here, but the little one has a good mix of English and American English in the way she pronounces things and words she uses such as "Ladybird" instead of "Ladybug". The littlest one on the other hand, well she's still just drooling and fighting her first potential tooth war

SultanOfSwing

My stepson is American, but he picked up a few phrases and pronounciations from me, like saying 'garage' the correct way, and he occasionally adopts the British usage of 'chips' and 'crisps' much, I'm sure, to his ma's annoyance

The baby though, when I'm changing her I do tend to say 'time for a new nappy' and I haven't been yelled at yet . I'd so love for her to have a Belfast accent when she starts talking, just out of badness. I might broaden mine a wee bit when she's at that impressionable age

Englishman43

Yup ! Missus said yesterday " I think you are losing you English accent" scared the living what not out of me 'till she told me she was joking.

SultanOfSwing

I still have mine, which is nice, but I still get the occasional 'just keep talking' requests from random birds which I'm sorry but I find rather unsettling

Mostly because I can then at that point, never think of anything to say whatsoever . . .

Xebedee

I say "Alumi-num-inum" as it usually gets a smile and is a happy medium.
Garaage (there really isn't any compromise here)
Tub (as in - "in the")
Yard (as in - not on a farm)
Trunk
Hood
Pants (as in worn over or under, depending - not depends)
Tennis shoes / trainers (daps is a complete lost cause)
Napkin
Vacation (it just isn't worth the battle anymore for this one )
Merry Christmas (which makes more sense from the viewpoint of alcohol)

.....and a myriad of others.

Steerpike

So when your car is in the 'shop', you would call them up and say, "there's a dent in the bonnet, a scratch on the boot and a mark on the wing that I'd like you to fix" ?

Bob

And most places would still understand you, so it wouldn't be a problem...asking about the estate or the saloon car on the lot might raise an eyebrow though

CAdreaming

husband today talked about a BEEAAGE sweater ---er a WHAT???
He said it again until i realised he meant beige --

He also said he needed to go to the hygENist

It takes me a while to tune into him!!


I cant bear aclimated by the way!!! Grrrrr
gets on my nerves!

Sally Redux

Beeaage Kakki pants