Circus-of-Power

You sure ???

Manc

says the Wiganer.

Patrick

"Can you see how that benefits you?" - by smarmy salesmen, you have no come back apart from "shut up you twat"

"dag it"

"nu-hu"

"Winningest" - without a doubt the twatiest word in America

The Fox News show that is "one hour earlier" well that makes sense, not

"War on Terror", how can you be at war with Terror, terror is a weapon of war and not an enemy, you might as well be at with sarcasm.

Circus-of-Power

I'm sure I know what you mean but I may prefer to ignore it

Circus-of-Power

Slightly off topic ....

But I can still remeber the gasps of amazement when I pulled out my mobile ( not cell ) phone ... I looked around .. Its wasn't a flip phone and it was light years infront, technology wise, than anything they had .... I could phone another country never mind state ...

cindyabs

In all fairness I have to say that there are many expressions here in the US that are purely regional and can be just as irritating or frustrating to those of us who are Americans but not from that area.
Examples- I'm waiting ON so and so, instead of waiting FOR so and so.
Can I hold your pen (translated, May I borrow your pen)
and so on.....

dbark

Or as my husband says, "Let me see the remote!" translates as "Give me the remote!"

I also used to have a problem with him answering me "I don't care," when I asked him a question with choices (like what to have for dinner). I used to get upset about this until I realised that he actually meant, "I don't mind." Phew!

CaliforniaBride

"Out of town"

I hate that one. As in "I was out of town last week", or "oh, you've been out of town".

NO! I wasn't f***IN out of town I was out of the bloody country. I spent 11 hours on a plane and a total of 24 hours travelling time to get there. This was not a trip to Vegas!

Webbie

"Y'all"

example: "How y'all doin' ?"

Even when there is only you standing there.

BrandonBrit

you know 'like'.....

Drives me insane and all my kids friends say it ALL the time...'like' they can't say anything, any sentence without 'like' being in it once or twice...AGH!

Oh yes, here's another one... 'two times' instead of 'twice'....

And 'refrigerator' rather than 'fridge'

Suess

[QUOTE=Rockgurl]
Whenever you say thanks they have to say "You're welcome" in that Stepford Wives kind of way. Stop it!


Hi,

I've starting saying that as well, oh my god I'm becoming a Stepford wife!!!
I really hate it, but it seems to be a habit. I'll have to nip that in the bud.

I had somebody once ask me "Do you have ice". Arggggggggggggg....

When people ask me where I come from, I try to expain I'm from England but I've lived in Scotland for many years and then they say "What part of Ireland do you come from". Arggggggggggg again. This has happened to me several times. Do they not teach Geography in US schools.

Sue

fatbrit

Certainly do! Ask anybody here and they’ll tell you the pyramid is just down the Strip from the Eiffel Tower.

Rete

One phrase I hate is "I stood in bed" instead of "I stayed in bed"

Rete

I'll have to remember to like my "You're welcome" at home if I should ever meet you. In my day (another phrase I hate but is appropriate) we were taught manners. Thank you was always followed with the words You're welcome.

At least it isn't you're like welcome or just plain ~right~!

fatbrit

This is a weirdness on the British English side, not the American one. Many other European languages require a reply to thank you, but British English really does not.

Only if someone really stresses a thank you with a thank you very, very much does it generate a reply from a Brit, commonly something like Don’t mention it! To Brit ears, the You’re welcome! of McDonald’s fame equates about the same as Eff off! with attitude. When it’s done in a foreign language, it sounds like a game of ping pong with everybody waiting for someone to miss the ball so they can all go home.

Maybe this is why the Brits have a reputation for being cold, or possibly they don’t see the need to reply to thank you because they are so aloof. Chicken or egg?