This is quite true - I live in Illinois and they do use the term 'visiting' with someone irrespective of who came to see whom. Also you get told stuff like 'take your coat off and visit for a while'.

Not really annoying that one though. Not when there's people running around saying "I can't be beat", as if they're immune to fatigue in some way

One I don't like is "Shut UUUP!" meaning "Gosh, you don't say?"

Hmm I don't know, I'm liking it more than anything that starts with gosh or golly

Do I not like that

Gaaaahhhh!!!!

Any sentence containing the words 'gosh', 'dang', 'gee', 'heck' and the like piss me off no end. Just ****ing swear and be done with it, you won't melt. The prudish 1950s mentality that seems to persist here makes me want to projectile vomit.

(No offense )

Hey I'm not offended I agree with you, it was Sally who said gosh

I added the no offense because there are Americans that I quite like who read this thread

Geesum Crow, you don't say.

That's a new one, I have to admit

This example cracked me up when I was looking for the origin of the word jillpoke, an expression I use. I can just hear one of the guys that worked in the woods for my Dad saying this-


"They was goan down the trail when that Christless driveshaft jillpoked, and Donnie hit his head on the jeezly windshield."

That sounds quite wrong on many levels. Dirty bastards

Seems like this thread might be slowing down a little.

Here ya go:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...ight=americans

It is one thing for us U.S. based expats (and Americans) to diss all things American, but I take great offense when that lot of expats with sand in their knickers start doing it!

Another one my kids say (maybe it's just my kids that can't talk properly) is, ie "I need go bathroom" they always miss out the 'to the' part, that is bloody annoying.

Usually it's 'go potty'. I don't like that expression very much.

Admittedly, I usually get a few funny looks when I say "I'm off to the gents'". I would try "I'm away for a Geoff Hurst" but I'd end up wetting myself by the time I'd be able to explain it.