USA words/phrases that have become mainstream in Ireland

Hitchens

Ride

this word used to cause a lot of sniggering at the back in Ireland if for eg a horsey person said: ......"I really love an early morning ride"

or someone getting a lift into town saying:

"the girl next door gave me a ride in her new car"


but those phrases would not cause even a smirk in the USA, and now lot's of people in the 'ould sod use them without any embarrassment.

Is the reason because of all the American TV shows and Movies available in Ireland?

any other 'Yankee' words or phrases you've noticed entering the vernacular?

Uncle Ruckus

"I don't wanna' be that guy/girl" It annoys me. It's so thinly vague. "Yeah...like no..."

MadsL

Hitchens wrote: »

Ride
any other 'Yankee' words or phrases you've noticed entering the vernacular?

America is a lot bigger than the North East where the Yankees live, a good few of the phrases are from the west coast....em....dude.

Hitchens

MadsL wrote: »

America is a lot bigger than the North East where the Yankees live, a good few of the phrases are from the west coast....em....dude.

don't hear the dude word that often tbh :cool:

Jawgap

Fanny - there's a word that doesn't travel well.

The following words should also get you an immediate smack on the head when you use them....

"Getgo"

Any noun that's been turned into a verb - "I need to ACTION that" "Your tasking....." etc

Dude / Man etc when said in Irish accent of any description (just sounds ridiculous)

Frosty McSnowballs

Duuuuuuuuuuude, for real yo?

Killer Wench

Jawgap wrote: »

Any noun that's been turned into a verb - "I need to ACTION that" "Your tasking....." etc

I have never heard action used as a verb. Are you sure people aren't saying: "I need to act ON that"?

Jawgap

Also why it is not legal to beat the living sh!t out of people who go to the States on a J1 then come back with an American accent???

Muppets........

Ruu

Awwweeeeeeeeesome! Doesn't sound right with an Irish person saying it! I know lad from Belfast who lives in Tennessee and it's one of the words he has picked up, very wrong!

Jawgap

Killer Wench wrote: »

I have never heard action used as a verb. Are you sure people aren't saying: "I need to act ON that"?

No, you here idiots talking about "actioning" something.....

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/verbing-nouns/

Bipolar Joe

I hear people complain about this far more than I hear the thing they complain about. Just like the "American accent" thing. I have never heard the put-on accent, but I've heard people whinge about it triple digits.

If your ancestors could hear you speak, they would be appalled.

Mr. Incognito

I have no problem with Americanisms.

It's the long hours and live to work culture that we have copied without the commiserate high pay I have an issue with

nadey

YO

Fo real

Nigga

Homie

Oreo

MadsL

After three years (today is my emigration anniversary) I overuse awesome. I've also picked up the adjective super. That's super cool. That's super hot.

I'm trying really hard to use English rather than saying things like I'm trying real hard to use English.

Do you feel me?

Insect Overlord

Epic thread, bro.

Miose

'I'm excited FOR Christmas.'
No, no you are not. You are excited about Christmas.

Jawgap

Miose wrote: »

'I'm excited FOR Christmas.'
No, no you are not. You are excited about Christmas.

No....

You're excited about the Holidays!!

Happy Holidays, Dude!!

nadey

Thats so hot

Are you ****in kiddin me

Like, oh my god

All in kim kardashians voice

Hitchens

gas when you hear KK/Tipp/WD lads saying the word 'unreal'.........."dass unreal boi"

nadey

A lot of culchies say ' Alri boss'.

Not sure if thats american or not

MadsL

I get called "boss" quite a lot in New Mexico. Direct translation from "hefe".

Funny to hear it in a different accent.

KungPao

"Word to your mother" - all the cool kids are saying this these days.

Summer wind

I'm so loving that. Drives me mental.

NIMAN

F'nance instead of finance.
Similiarly, defence and offence started to creep into sports here.

Movies.

mikemac1

I could care less about your thread OP

dresden8

An File wrote: »

Epic thread, bro.

Bro is now brah, dude.

Do you not watch Dog?

Miose

Jawgap wrote: »

No....

You're excited about the Holidays!!

Happy Holidays, Dude!!

My bad! (Muahahaha!)

sligojoek

Monday through Friday.

nadey

nadey wrote: »

YO

Nigga

:eek:

I need to get out of this thread, I have to.......return some videotapes.....

(Good luck) :pac:

nadey

dresden8 wrote: »

Bro is now brah, dude.

Do you not watch Dog?

Do you even lift, brah?

Tarzana2

I consider 'unreal', used the way Irish use it, to be Hiberno-English, not an Americanism. People have been saving it for years! "That concert was fúcking unreal" AND so forth...

JuliusCaesar

Have you not yet GOTTEN over this?




Now seen in every bloody newspaper here, including the Paper of Record (my arse, I mean ASS)

Popoutman

The overuse of "like" - apart from the Corkonian usage, when you have ordinary Dubliners " blah blah blah like" I often ask them "like what then?" and get an odd look.

You'd think that we'd be able to English better...

The_Valeyard

Weapons of mass destruction

nilsonmickey

Bro

Dude

****** lover

Awesome

Thrash

Wibbs

Mom. That's really encroached on the local language. Oh and before anyone says their great grandparents used "mom" because of the Gaelige influence etc, tell that to the British, because it's encroaching there too, albeit to a lesser extent. The mid Atlantic accent more than the language changes are more personaly irksome to me. I dunno why, though I suspect it's down to the fact that when I was a kid a mid Atlantic accent was the preserve of twats and DJ's and to be laughed at.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Burp is an americanism that seems to being used more often these days.

Tarzana2

Americanisms don't annoy me really, lots of them are great! I think if phrases were borrowed from countries other than the US, people wouldn't care or would be interested. I think it irks people because American is a cultural hegemony and that bothers us all a little bit. 'Awesome' is probably the one that annoys me a bit if only because very few thing really, genuinely inspire awe in me.

con___manx1

I absolutely hate americanisms.I seen a post on boards the other day and a poster used the word felony.an irish person using that sort of word should be put straight on boat and shiped over the atlantic to that country of fat idiots

Julabo

When did Black Friday start being used??

BunkMoreland

con___manx1 wrote: »

I absolutely hate americanisms.I seen a post on boards the other day and a poster used the word felony.an irish person using that sort of word should be put straight on boat and shiped over the atlantic to that country of fat idiots

At least they don't say "I seen"...

newmug

What can we do to stop Americanisms? We HAVE TO put en end to this, before it gets out of hand.


I suggest something like what Ray Darcy did against people who park in wheelchair spaces. He asked the listeners for suggestions for a good phrase to say to a person who too took a wheelchair spot when they shouldn't have. They settled on "Do you really need that parking space?"


So, any ideas? I propose "Please don't use Americanisms". Its discreet, to the point, and respectful. On boards, we could just write PDUA beside any offending words. Yay? Nay?

Wibbs

BunkMoreland wrote: »

At least they don't say "I seen"...

Actually I've seen more than one of our American cousins more than once write "I seen".

JuliusCaesar wrote:

Have you not yet GOTTEN over this?

I dunno JC, I'm not so sure that's a recent thing nor a pure Americanism. Gotten is an olde English term and Hiberno English has many of those. Yes it's pretty much gone from British English, but American English held onto it from the past and I would contend Hiberno English did the same.

endacl

We've always used 'liberal'. Unfortunately, many here now use it a la Fox News.

The_Valeyard

Great....another round of imported stupidity.....

Harry Palmr

sligojoek wrote: »

Monday through Friday.

You spelt that wrong dude - its thru! :pac:

I ****ing hate Americansims.

aunty kitty

mac and cheese

feargale

con___manx1 wrote: »

I absolutely hate americanisms.I seen a post on boards the other day and a poster used the word felony. an irish person using that sort of word should be put straight on boat and shiped over the atlantic to that country of fat idiots

The word felony is common coinage in certain circles here.

newmug

aunty kitty wrote: »

mac and cheese

What does that mean?

tastyt

I ****in hate when you asked someone a question they aren't sure about and they go .....

" I'm not sure, I wanna say..........

byte

newmug wrote: »

What does that mean?

Macaroni and Cheese, I think.