The UK culturally approriating USA culture

kwerk

kwerk

kwerk

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OK I was triggered by the thread about power supplies being designed by "jerks". This is getting worse every year. Seems to be a mostly working class thing though, I imagine from watching so much TV.

  • Watching TV shows instead of programmes.
  • Black Friday?? The day after Thanksgiving, which the UK doesn't celebrate (yet).
  • Trick or treating instead of guising. And the commercial over-hyping of holidays in general.
  • Going for a vacation. It's a holiday.
  • Chemists becoming pharmacies.
  • Mom instead of mum??
  • "Dating" and "dates". I'm not even sure what it used to be called. Going out with someone? Having dinner?
  • I see you have Taco Bell there now. And Five Guys. And Chipotle. And Best Buy. And who knows what else.
  • The wearing of those stupid flat-brimmed baseball caps.
  • Stores instead of shops.
  • Convenience stores. It's a newsagent or corner shop.
  • Watching a movie. Nope you're watching a film. At the cinema.
  • School proms.

Any others?

I wouldn't mind at all as long as you adopted EVERYTHING. Like concealed handgun permits and AR15s. I'm glad you still drink freeze dried coffee at least.
 
Sorry, you think it's the people who are responsible and not globalised capitalism lead by multinational corporations?

Also nobody says mom.

Also stop with the "you" business, what sets you apart far enough to be so divisive?
 
school proms seem really stupid to me, why did someone decided to adopt that rubbish.

We always had an end of year school dance! but it was never really considered something important or big like they turned it in to these days.
people pretty much used to just turn up how they would normally dress and not care how they got there.

now parents are renting limos, buying over priced dresses, coating their daughters in layers of makeup etc.

Switzerland has a lot of American influence as well which I find it really cringe (especially foods in supermarkets they act like America is known for quality food lol....)

, recently stores over their have tried to impose some German rubbish on kids as well. I can't remember what it's called but basically in Germany when a child goes back to school after the holidays they are given some huge cardboard tube thing that looks a lot like a witch hat filled with sweets.
My partner finds it really annoying that they are trying to bring other peoples cultural things over just to try and make money, she said this German thing was just in the last few years that shops started trying to sell them and that no one does it in Switzerland.
It seems they don't actually manage to sell them so hopefully they stop trying soon.
 
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Kids are being brought up with their brains connected to the internet on tablets/smartphones so it's not surprising they're adopting US culture.
 
Most the words the OP used are British english. Just like Trunk, hood, fender etc.. are old British English. The (old) colonies are usually slow to adopt modern language. Same happens in Spanish
 
It works both ways though, they adapt some of our TV programs and sayings. We're pretty closely linked as wealthy English speaking countries with similar (but different) cultures.
 
kwerk said:
OK I was triggered by the thread about power supplies being designed by "jerks". This is getting worse every year. Seems to be a mostly working class thing though, I imagine from watching so much TV.

  • Watching TV shows instead of programmes.
  • Black Friday?? The day after Thanksgiving, which the UK doesn't celebrate (yet).
  • Trick or treating instead of guising. And the commercial over-hyping of holidays in general.
  • Going for a vacation. It's a holiday.
  • Chemists becoming pharmacies.
  • Mom instead of mum??
  • "Dating" and "dates". I'm not even sure what it used to be called. Going out with someone? Having dinner?
  • I see you have Taco Bell there now. And Five Guys. And Chipotle. And Best Buy. And who knows what else.
  • The wearing of those stupid flat-brimmed baseball caps.
  • Stores instead of shops.
  • Convenience stores. It's a newsagent or corner shop.
  • Watching a movie. Nope you're watching a film. At the cinema.
  • School proms.

Any others?

I wouldn't mind at all as long as you adopted EVERYTHING. Like concealed handgun permits and AR15s. I'm glad you still drink freeze dried coffee at least.
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Elevator instead of lift
"Can I get" instead of "Can I have"
 
My friend was discussing 'brown bagging' with me once. I thought it was some pervy sex thing, but apparently, it's the bag you take your lunch to work in.
 
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