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Do us Yanks use too many British terms? imlad Send a noteboard - 24/10/2012 03:28:53 AM
Just read the linked article.

I know I'm pretty bad at this myself, often annoying some of my friends when I use some British phrase or word. The ones I think I use the most are "flat," "posh," and the use of "bloody" as a curse word. And I can't forget "Oi!"

I know why I do this, it is all the British telly I watch (and when I watch a show it tends to be me sitting there for 7 or 8 episodes at a time). I'd say that probably more than half the TV I've watched the past 2 years has been British made. I can't help that some word creep into my head.

So, do you think Americans are "stealing" too many British terms and slang?

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Do us Yanks use too many British terms? - 24/10/2012 03:28:53 AM 909 Views
I use "bloody" because I've read WoT for years. - 24/10/2012 04:41:31 AM 674 Views
Gorram Ahm'Merkins *NM* - 26/10/2012 06:56:17 PM 286 Views
Soccer terms and lack of subject-verb agreement are the worst that I notice. - 24/10/2012 05:25:18 AM 776 Views
It' called football. You silly americans and your handegg! *NM* - 24/10/2012 07:32:47 AM 353 Views
There is no disputing that our use of the word football is total nonsense *NM* - 24/10/2012 07:48:46 AM 317 Views
I may be wrong, but I believe it's called a football because it's 12-inches long. - 25/10/2012 07:15:28 PM 740 Views
Using a non-Metric system of measurement is total nonsense. - 25/10/2012 07:51:27 PM 648 Views
How can you say that?! - 25/10/2012 08:40:20 PM 715 Views
I'm an evil European. - 26/10/2012 04:20:57 PM 721 Views
Re: Soccer terms and lack of subject-verb agreement are the worst that I notice. - 24/10/2012 08:22:37 AM 647 Views
Bad example. Sheep is both a singular and plural noun. *NM* - 24/10/2012 02:47:34 PM 271 Views
That may be the problem. - 27/10/2012 12:00:49 AM 648 Views
ever since I was a kid, it was a soccer pitch - 25/10/2012 06:17:38 PM 654 Views
You all need to include some Irish-isms into your daily speech. - 24/10/2012 08:26:30 AM 725 Views
One British term I agree is horrid when said by Americans - 25/10/2012 06:20:54 PM 710 Views
I think it's a minor issue for anyone to get rile3d about... - 26/10/2012 01:10:25 AM 692 Views
Affectation almost inherently reflects trying too hard, and imitation is unoriginal. - 27/10/2012 12:10:52 AM 658 Views
Re: Affectation almost inherently reflects trying too hard, and imitation is unoriginal. - 27/10/2012 04:24:26 AM 712 Views
Try "apt." - 27/10/2012 04:13:18 PM 648 Views
always hated the letters "pt" together in that order - 28/10/2012 04:44:29 AM 638 Views
Can't happen fast enough. - 29/10/2012 09:07:34 PM 661 Views
I picked up a lot of Britishisms from Ian Anderson - 05/11/2012 05:00:50 PM 781 Views

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