Annoying Americanisms

AustinBlue said:
Ancient Citizen said:
AustinBlue said:
On the plus side, they don't have grown men sounding like 5 year olds by shortening every word and adding a "y" sound to it. Sarny, granny, telly, brolly, biccy (or bicky - not sure, never seen that written... I dunked a biccy in my tea), bobby, lolly, uni...
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Well, we may indeed dunk 'Biccies' in our tea but at least when we ask someone to ''Pass the bisquits please,'' we don't get handed a fucking great pile of loaves.
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I dunk my digestives in my tea each morning for elevenses. But, I have to say that I love American biscuits.. ate at Loveless Cafe just outside Nashville yesterday. Melt in your mouth biscuits with country ham and eggs for breakfast.. then spread a little home made jam on for the last biscuit.. heaven.
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I have to say that, having been in Houston some years ago, that the breakfasts at some of your 'Truck stop' cafes are great. My mate ordered the 'large' breakfast on a trip to San Antonio, the day after we arrived and neither I or he had never seen anything like it. There must have been about half a gallon of scrambled eggs, three enormous sausages, hash browns, a pile of bacon that looked like the Rockies and a steak that two steel erectors who hadn't eaten for a week would have had trouble shifting.
Add to this around a dozen pancakes, which he was encouraged to smother in Maple syrup that came in a jug the size of a small bungalow, it was no wonder he got a bit overfaced.
Dirt cheap, with the added bonus of a waitress that looked like Farah Fawcett.
 
A classic from our friends at 4chan:

[bigimg]http://i.imgur.com/nB6bs.png[/bigimg]

For the uninitiated, 'my face when' or 'mfw' is a phrase often used in conjunction with an expressive picture on imageboards.
 
johnny on the spot said:
A classic from our friends at 4chan:

[bigimg]http://i.imgur.com/nB6bs.png[/bigimg]

For the uninitiated, 'my face when' or 'mfw' is a phrase often used in conjunction with an expressive picture on imageboards.
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I'm starting to think Internet speak is 10x more annoying than any Yank
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
offense instead of defence.

also, when I'm in a couple of shops (sorry, stores), I get given my change and then told ''you're good to go'' or ''have a good one''.

Have a good one what?
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A good day is usually what is implied. Canadian, not American here. :)<br /><br />-- Wed May 15, 2013 9:40 am --<br /><br />
pinkwheeltrim said:
Ass instead of arse!

Also, the middle finger gesture rather than the two fingered Great British V sign as used at the Battle of Agincourt!
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My grandmother was a War bride who came over to Canada. My family grew up on the East Coast (Nova Scotia) where there is still a strong mixed British and French cultural influence. We used the word arse all the time and didn't even consider it a curse word. When I moved to a bigger city and started to visit the States, I was kind of shocked that people found me using the word arse as cursing.
 
Most don't annoy me anymore, they're just buzz words or colloquialisms. What truly does annoy me is when they just get a word wrong. i.e Aluminum, Iraq, Iran.
 
When people say 'can I get' instead of 'can I have' when ordering something.

also when someone says I'm watching 'season 6' of a certain programme, no your not dickhead your watching series 6
 
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