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  • 13-09-2014 2:21pm
    #1
    BunkMoreland
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 820 ✭✭✭


    Why is every "OK" action now labelled "Got it" on websites / mobile apps? Must everything be Americanized?


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  • #2
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Right on :rolleyes:


  • #3
    28064212
    Registered Users Posts: 10,455 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    BunkMoreland wrote: »
    Why is every "OK" action now labelled "Got it" on websites / mobile apps? Must everything be Americanized?
    You realise "OK" is itself of American origin?

    And that Americanized is an Americanisation of Americanised?

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  • #4
    cormee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭cormee


    I swear to god - if I hear someone saying "Reach out", once more, I'll cry.

    I actually got an email a few weeks back, an Irish person, "I'm just reaching out ... etc"

    Another one that's starting to annoy me is "beautiful"

    "Hi, welcome to my corner of the Internet, I'm Jake and I make beautiful websites"

    I could go on but I won't.


  • #5
    cormee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭cormee


    Or people who start sentences with either "so" or "umm"


  • #6
    maccored
    Registered Users Posts: 10,660 ✭✭✭✭maccored


    people who say 'guys ...' do my head in. I wouldnt say beautiful is an american phrase, or so or umm though. people say those things every day regardless


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  • #7
    KonFusion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 2,588 Mod ✭✭✭✭KonFusion


    This relates somewhat:

    https://news.layervault.com/stories/33754-the-boring-designer


  • #8
    cormee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭cormee


    maccored wrote: »
    people who say 'guys ...' do my head in. I wouldnt say beautiful is an american phrase, or so or umm though. people say those things every day regardless

    Well it's more when they begin their statement with "so" or "umm"

    "So I was getting coffee in Starbucks* today"

    or

    "Umm, you do realise *the* best place to get coffee is Starbucks, don't you?"

    *Starbucks mentioned because that's normally where you'll find these clowns. :D


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