Posted on 09/27/2012 5:23:43 AM PDT by the scotsman
'There is little that irks British defenders of the English language more than Americanisms, which they see creeping insidiously into newspaper columns and everyday conversation.
But bit by bit British English is invading America too.'
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Bloody Hell!
Such as:
Bloody Hell, Sod Off!
Do not paint the toilet that colour! It will clash with the colour of the lift outside!
I definitely use Britishisms. We get a lot of English tv as they get American tv and it’s only natural that the language expands. Most of my English friends don’t even notice when I use a “Britishism” so I’m not sure why this professor is getting all upset.
My great-grandfather was a soldier in the British army. He brought the word “bloody” and “ducks” (or “duckie”) to the family about a 100 years ago. We are still use them.
See? I don't even mind being called an 'old thing' as long as it's done with a British accent!
(Um...you did use a British accent, didn't you?)
LOL!
I’m gobsmacked and knackered.
I’ve owned several Limey bikes.
Does that count ?
What wanker wrote this?
One thing I’ve learned here in NYC, Gamecock: be very careful when you hear a “refined” British accent. English con men are all over this city using that accent to swindle provincial New Yorkers out of their lives. I know of about 4 personally. I hear that accent and I want their birth certificates and arrest record before I even talk to them!
And how many times has the English woman in the office been asked to record the company’s off-hours phone message?
Southerners probably don’t many such requests.
I love “pear-shaped.” I don’t use it myself but it really sums up a lousy situation perfectly.
“Bloody” is a lot worse in British, than it is in American...
This article is spot on!
Top Gear is a great source of British insults.
On the other hand, they use a fair number of American insults.
Remember that British cooking show “Two Fat Ladies” or something?
They were simmering some onions, but they called it “suffering.” I kind of dug that — I bet if I was sitting in a hot pan of butter, I’d be suffering too.
Regards,
Haley Barbour’s accent even makes Southerners cringe.
I never heard “suffering” although I was a fan of the 2 Fat Ladies. I have heard “sweating” onions but we use that here in the good ole USA.
Instead of saying something is expensive I hear people say it is “pricey”. Where did that come from?
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