Why do some Americanisms irritate people?

[Blue In Green 86]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/14130942

Personally, I try to spring British expressions on some of my unsuspecting fellow Yankees from time to time. It's difficult to explain Marmite to them as they are still struggling to understand the concept of Nutella.

[zolayes 14,489]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/14130942

Personally, I try to spring British expressions on some of my unsuspecting fellow Yankees from time to time. It's difficult to explain Marmite to them as they are still struggling to understand the concept of Nutella.

I have no problem with importing words or phrases from America .. English is a living language with large numbers of words taken from Greek and

Latin .. Our language would be poorer without the chic of the French . We even have imported from Swahili. It is natural we should import from

the Americans who in general are more articulate than most English people. Of course there will be some we dislike but evolve or die.

Multiculturalism has its richest rewards in Art ,Music and Literature. I would recommend the crime novels of Kinky Friedman for some

unique Americanisms

[Guest justin_3d]

Apparently the writer has not heard of Spanglish????

[termninja 5,290]

You should all stop speaking English and learn Serbian, or at least some curses. It's so satisfying to swear on Serbian :eyebrows:

[Blue In Green 86]

Let's see...I was mad because my take-out smelled like a used diaper. My friend told me to chill, but I was flipping out from the bathroom aromas. He then told me to get my s*** together because I was making a scene. I eventually decided to take a load off at the bar. While there, I noticed a very hot woman. My friend noticed her and said, "Good luck with that." I decided to buy her a drink, but the line was ten feet long and I had no cash on me. You do the math.

[Fulham Broadway 16,848]

Let's see...I was mad because my take-out smelled like a used diaper. My friend told me to chill, but I was flipping out from the bathroom aromas. He then told me to get my s*** together because I was making a scene. I eventually decided to take a load off at the bar. While there, I noticed a very hot woman. My friend noticed her and said, "Good luck with that." I decided to buy her a drink, but the line was ten feet long and I had no cash on me. You do the math.

Awesome. That was one that used to and still fucks me off, but you get used to them.

Worse than the actual words is the ''Friends'' speak adopted by mainly teenage girls over here.''I mean like, hello? and it was like totally like awesome''

Also the gangsta speak adopted by teenage boys. Absolutely ridiculous hearing them talk like they're ''straight outta Compton'' but theyre actually from Croydon...and dressed with baseball caps and jeans round their arses like they ''just got outta the joint''. Fucking embarassment to themselves and everyone else

[Kojo 4,676]

You should all stop speaking English and learn Serbian, or at least some curses. It's so satisfying to swear on Serbian :eyebrows:

I don't know any Serbian, but i do have my own name in Serbian and that is Bić.

[Guest justin_3d]

Seriously if he dislike American language, he should listen to Spanglish.....

[warnie_666 1,081]

I don't have no shit.....

This is the shit.....

[Blue In Green 86]

I don't have no shit.....

This is the shit.....

Shit happens.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Ya'll My "Homies"

[chrismada9 1,948]

I can't say the word "American" without sounding slightly American!

[warnie_666 1,081]

I can be your "Wing Man" tonight...

[Fulham Broadway 16,848]

The overeating thing we can do without.....

'An American mother-of-two, already the world's fattest woman to give birth, is aiming to become the world's heaviest woman. Donna Simpson (44) makes money from online fans who pay to watch her eat on her website, earning up to $90,000 a year. She eats three times the amount of a normal person daily, clocking up about 12,000 calories and currently weights 602lb (43 stone). "In a typical day I'll eat four burgers and fries, a loaf of bread with peanut butter and jam, four servings of meatloaf and mashed potato, a large pizza, a chocolate cake with ice cream and cream, 12 cupcakes, two cheesecakes and fizzy drinks," she said.

'Sushi is her favorite food she can eat 70 pieces at one meal. Ms Simpson, from Ohio is now trying to reach a bodyweight of 1,000lb (71 stone) and has cut down on her movement in a bid to reach her goal. Last Christmas she ate a 30,000 calorie Christmas dinner consisting of two 11kg (25lb) turkeys, two maple-glazed hams, 6.8kg (15lbs) of potatoes - 4.5kg (10lbs) roast, 2.3kg (5lbs) mashed, five loaves of bread, 2.3kg of herb stuffing, three litres of gravy, three litres of cranberry dressing and 9kg (20lbs) of vegetables and the dessert consisted of a 'salad' made of marshmallow, cream cheese, whipped cream and cookies' - The Irish Independent

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I can be your "Wing Man" tonight...

Good, we need replacements for Malouda and Jerkoff.

[Blue In Green 86]

None of this even gets into regional sayings. THAT would confuse everyone.