Annoying American words..

LewisStuart · 24 Aug 2013 at 09:53

FBi7 said:
Oh, you're from Scaatland?

Cosimo · 24 Aug 2013 at 10:00

"****ed", makes me "****ed" as we all know that they're not drunk.

kokuten · 24 Aug 2013 at 10:01

they way they say nissan.... neesan

Biohazard · 24 Aug 2013 at 10:01

LewisStuart said:

I spy with my little eye a ******* WINDMILL in Scotchland!

:mad:

MikeTheNative · 24 Aug 2013 at 10:06

Cosimo said:
"****ed", makes me "****ed" as we all know that they're not drunk.

I forgot about that one, it really annoys me too.

Macro · 24 Aug 2013 at 10:19

Any word which has "tt" in it which for some reason seems to get changed to "dd" when spoken.

kinobestew123 · 24 Aug 2013 at 11:04

Jaguar = Jag-warghhhh

JBod · 24 Aug 2013 at 11:10

I find all the Americanisms posted in this thread less annoying than some of the Northern slang on our own shores. Such "our lass" "our lad".... no he is not "ours" he is "yours" I played no part in his conception. Or ending every sentence with "like", LIKE WHAT!?!. Or using "t'" instead of "the"...

Grandmaster Fap! · 24 Aug 2013 at 11:30

I dont mind so much the 'muricanisms', i lived there so you get used to it. What always grinded my gears was "African American", we dont say African British! You're American, cope with it

neodude · 24 Aug 2013 at 12:25

Second (As in the unit of time) - Secant

Really rips my knitting!

ZeroSight · 24 Aug 2013 at 12:29

dunker said:
1st Meer.
2nd Meer.
3rd Meer.

Mirror!!!!

Meer Rah.

Quoted for truth! Arrrggghhh.

spudbynight · 24 Aug 2013 at 12:31

Aod said:
To be fair to the Americans, I think their pronunciation is correct given that Titanium was so named after the Titans of greek mythology, and the pronunciation derives as a result.

You don't say "Tit-an" or "Tit-anic", so why would you say "Tit-anium"?

Hmmm...I use the "American" pronunciation and I am a well spoken southerner.

Aod · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:43

spudbynight said:
Hmmm...I use the "American" pronunciation and I am a well spoken southerner.

I've always pronounced it the American way, but I'm a well spoken Child of the colonies.
I have noticed that the way English was taught to me in Zimbabwe was a mixture of American and UK English.

rotters · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:48

I consider myself as a well spoken southerner too and pronounce it tie tae ni um isnt that right then?

Craig321 · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:48

Craig1981 said:
I hate the way they say my name. "Creg". Thats not how you say it!!!

This of course.

PapaLazaru · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:48

Fanny Pack.

4T5 · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:52

Alluminum

It's Aluminium you stupid Yank *****.

Pants :mad:

It's trousers you stupid Yank *****.

Color :mad:

It's colour you stupid Yank *****.

Pretty much anything that has been changed from English to American.

Pawnless Endgame · 24 Aug 2013 at 14:26

PapaLazaru said:
Fanny Pack.

Yeah they say that in World of Warcraft as well, even though I was using the European servers. Took me a while to figure out that they meant bum bug.

Another one for me is year numbers. Say 2008 - two thousand and eight, where in US English they'll say two thousand eight.

4T5 · 24 Aug 2013 at 14:31

Another thing that bothers me is how they have robbed the 911, A 911 is a Sports car & it was the 11th of the 9th. :mad:

Pawnless Endgame · 24 Aug 2013 at 14:45

I agree 4T5. If I read 12/8, I don't know if it was August or December. We should all adopt international date standard, which is YYYY-MM-DD. Then it's just like binary and denary numbers, where the largest unit comes first. Plus, time's like that already HH:MM:SS, so makes sense to have the date likewise.