Heavily influenced by the US, especially TV, we had SO many US sitcoms and dramas in the 90s that the UK never had.
We did get Monty Python and Blackadder though, pretty much the best UK comedies of the time
The UK culturally approriating USA culture
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Heavily influenced by the US, especially TV, we had SO many US sitcoms and dramas in the 90s that the UK never had.
We did get Monty Python and Blackadder though, pretty much the best UK comedies of the time
Sir, I'm afraid my linguistic abilities do not reach the lofty heights of your lingo. A barista is someone who serves non-alcoholic beverages of the hot and cold varieties don't you know.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barista
I'm sure Alex Jones says the same thing to himself.
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I've never had bad service in America though.... the waitresses are always genuinely nice. Not over the top, just pleasant.
I have read that it’s use in British English discontinued around 300 years ago, but after the American colonists saw the light and made their very wise break from Britain, they continued to use it, hence its use in American speech now.
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It's a wordplay joke... Like how a gang member, or 'gangster' calls themselves a 'Gangstah', so too I jest that the barrister representing them in court might thus be referred to as a 'Barista'.....
It's never funny if you have to explain it...!
I have no idea why people tip for food. I mean I go along with it when out with others, but I really don't understand why it's done.
Do you tip your mechanic?
Do you tip your dentist?
Do you tip the guy who empties your trash/garbage/dustbins?
Surely all tipping does is allow the establishment to underpay their staff?
Do you tip your mechanic?
Do you tip your dentist?
Do you tip the guy who empties your trash/garbage/dustbins?
Surely all tipping does is allow the establishment to underpay their staff?
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Things have gotten really bad in terms of grammar, lately. Less possessive, more copulative.
So a bit more akin to 'have become', in my understanding of it, perhaps also partially derivative of begotten?
its a big scam.
in murica the employer can pay less than minimum wage if the employee makes up the difference in tips, if not the employer pays the minimum wage.
they don't rely on tips because they earn less than minimum wage.
baffles me why we have it in the UK, you get the exact same service regardless of if you tip or not.
only person worth tipping is your barbers/hair dresser if you are a regular since they *may* spend a bit more time on your hair.
I always my barber I think his price is 8 but I give 10, seen the guy cut others hair and spend a lot less time finishing it off at the end
Personally I don’t, but an American might say, “I think that Debra’s gotten quite good at it, or, despite the broiling sun, which he’d never quite gotten used to, Hank went to Punta Gorda FL every July.
Their country, their right to deviate with the language, which isn’t OURS, it belongs to whoever speaks it
I occasionally write the words très drôle, I don’t think a French person would get antsy if I wrote tres drole.
I've never actually heard anyone say drugstore. I think it's an older thing. People say pharmacy or call things by name. Every super-market has a pharmacy where you can get prescriptions filled, so dedicated drug stores don't exist much except in small towns. "I'm going to THE Wal-mart to pick up my MEDS".
They don't even say that in the US anymore they just go "Mmhmm" instead. Should leak to the UK soon enough.
I don't agree, middle class people are very snobby and condescending about America (and the UK). They copy European culture instead. Hence all the Brexit whining and Trump hate. Can't have a bacon sarny you have to have a fig and prosciutto sandwich or something like that. It's like the UK is ashamed of it's own culture.
As much as I like figs, and prosciutto occasionally, plus I eat olives like Smarties, and can knock back a dozen escargots in garlic butter anytime, and after having my curiosity piqued by quinoa, and how to pronounce it, I tried it and I like it, I am definitely not averse to a bacon sandwich, on white, with brown sauce.
Yes I know a lot of people opt for red, but if I’m eating it, I’ll have what I prefer, thanks.
As for the U.K. and its culture, if by some terrible misfortune, or lack of forward planning and/or research, you find yourself in Benidorm, Albufeira, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, or Orlando FL, you could be forgiven for thinking that there is no such thing as U.K. culture, but there are still thousands of Brits who can conduct themselves with decorum all over the world.
e.g., I’ve been blue collar all my working life, but I’ve never been totally smashed in the street anywhere on the Continent, or anywhere in public, anywhere in the world, (well, I’ve been well oiled in Bermondsey, but quiet with it), granted I’ve probably been paralytic in rented holiday homes, all over the world, but my wife has been the only one who suffered that, and tutted.
This as always puzzled me is how did so many Germans end up in the US? I've never seen any documentaries about their migration.