Americanisms gone too far, are you guilty?

Hamsterchops · 24-05-2019 12:52PM #1

Went with a friend to Dundrum shopping mall centre last week, and as we were leaving the car park she mentioned that she was taking the elevator to the stores on the top floor of the mall :cool:

"Elevator to the stores on the top floor of the mall" really? and I thought to myself, whatever happened with taking the lift to the shops on the top floor of the shopping centre?

I was just waiting for her to suggest we went to the 'movie theatre' after we collected the car from the parking lot, thankfully she hasn't got that bad (yet)!

Curious to know how widespread the terms like :elevator', movie theatre, shopping mall, and parking lot (instead of car park) have become in Ireland.

Maybe I'm showing my age by not adapting to the new American lingo? or are many young people selling out by adopting such Americanisms?

Hands up if I'm an old fuddy duddy

ILoveYourVibes · 24-05-2019 12:55PM

Yes I am. I don't think i could stop if i wanted to.

vicwatson · 24-05-2019 12:56PM

So

Brock Turnpike · 24-05-2019 12:57PM

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Went with a friend to Dundrum shopping mall centre last week, and as we were leaving the car park she mentioned that she was taking the elevator to the stores on the top floor of the mall :cool:

"Elevator to the stores on the top floor of the mall" really? and I thought to myself, whatever happened with taking the lift to the shops on the top floor of the shopping centre?

I was just waiting for her to suggest we went to the 'movie theatre' after we collected the car from the parking lot, thankfully she hasn't got that bad (yet)!

Curious to know how widespread the terms like :elevator', movie theatre, shopping mall, and parking lot (instead of car park) have become in Ireland.

Maybe I'm showing my age by not adapting to the new American lingo? or are many young people selling out by adopting such Americanisms?

Hands up if I'm an old fuddy duddy

You're in love with her, aren't you?

JohnnyFlash · 24-05-2019 12:58PM

What a douchebag.

Infernal Racket · 24-05-2019 12:58PM

My young daughter, a few years back told me that the mail man had delivered the mail. Shocker. It's from kids and adults watching all that aul ****e American telly

Infernal Racket · 24-05-2019 12:59PM

Gerry G wrote: »

My young daughter, a few years back told me that the mail man had delivered the mail. Shocker. It's from kids and adults watching all that aul ****e American telly

Although I will admit, I have found myself using "guys" more than once

Deebles McBeebles · 24-05-2019 12:59PM

"Elevator to the stores on the top floor of the mall"

That would annoy me too tbf. I've mentioned it here before but anyone who says "'slaw" should be shot with a ball of their own sh*te.

ILoveYourVibes · 24-05-2019 01:02PM

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

You're in love with her, aren't you?

Well spotted. Op just tell her.

I was going to post J'Taime by serge gainsbourg but its too french and not American enough... you will have to do with this.

ILoveYourVibes · 24-05-2019 01:03PM

I must annoy SO many people.

Ten of Swords · 24-05-2019 01:03PM

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

You're in love with her, aren't you?

Qft

irishguitarlad · 24-05-2019 01:04PM

We're all living in Amerika,
Amerika ist wunderbar
We're all living in Amerika,
Amerika, Amerika…

the beer revolu · 24-05-2019 01:05PM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

"Elevator to the stores on the top floor of the mall"

That would annoy me too tbf. I've mentioned it here before but anyone who says "'slaw" should be shot with a ball of their own sh*te.

Slaw as short for coleslaw is annoying, as is mayo for mayonnaise.
But slaw is a description of a type of salad when used correctly.
Asian slaw, for example, gives a very good idea of what to expect - shredded or sliced vegetables with Asian flavours ni the dressing. It is descriptive.

Coleslaw is shredded/sliced white cabbage and carrots bound with mayonnaise - it's a very specific thing.

Don't get angry with people just because you don't understand food terminology.

Church on Tuesday · 24-05-2019 01:06PM

No Irish person should use the term 'Mom'.

super_furry · 24-05-2019 01:07PM

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

No Irish person should use the term 'Mom'.

Yer ma would.

Birneybau · 24-05-2019 01:08PM

Saw this in response to that vacuous Tweet from Maria Walsh:

https://twitter.com/oliveblogs/status/1131274366363328514

Hamsterchops · 24-05-2019 01:09PM

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

No Irish person should use the term 'Mom'.

Agreed, same goes for elevator (instead of lift).

Deebles McBeebles · 24-05-2019 01:10PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

Slaw as short for coleslaw is annoying, as is mayo for mayonnaise.
But slaw is a description of a type of salad when used correctly.
Asian slaw, for example, gives a very good idea of what to expect - shredded or sliced vegetables with Asian flavours ni the dressing. It is descriptive.

Coleslaw is shredded/sliced white cabbage and carrots bound with mayonnaise - it's a very specific thing.

Don't get angry with people just because you don't understand food terminology.

Thanks for the unnecessary and uninvited lesson but I was referring to people using it as short for coleslaw. No one has ever used it in the other way in Ireland.

cdgalwegian · 24-05-2019 01:10PM

So, everyone begins sentences with 'so', right?
Not only that, every sentence is really a question? With the high-rise termination/uptalk?
Far worse though, is what I call the 'croaky voice syndrome'. You know what I mean- when the sentence starts off normal, then deteriorates into that whiny croaky talk.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 24-05-2019 01:11PM

The Irish are terrible for it.

Obsessed with American culture.

Birneybau · 24-05-2019 01:11PM

cdgalwegian wrote: »

So, everyone begins sentences with 'so', right?
Not only that, every sentence is really a question? With the high-rise termination/uptalk?
Far worse though, is what I call the 'croaky voice syndrome'. You know what I mean- when the sentence starts off normal, then deteriorates into that whiny croaky talk.

Vocal Fry. Epidemic since the ****ing Kardashians became flavour of the cunth

http://time.com/5006345/what-is-vocal-fry/

Deebles McBeebles · 24-05-2019 01:15PM

Birneybau wrote: »

flavour of the cunth

Might need to use that one.

the beer revolu · 24-05-2019 01:17PM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

. No one has ever used it in the other way in Ireland.

What a ridiculous statement.
It's used on menus all the time, I use it this was, I've heard lots of people use it this way. You seem to think that because you don't use a term, nobody does. What a staggeringly insular way to be.

cdgalwegian · 24-05-2019 01:26PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Vocal Fry. Epidemic since the ****ing Kardashians became flavour of the cunth

http://time.com/5006345/what-is-vocal-fry/

"If it turns out young people really are using vocal fry more than their predecessors, that speech characteristic may soon be the rule, not the exception."

Zaph · 24-05-2019 01:32PM

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

No Irish person should use the term 'Mom'.

I would have also been of that opinion until I met my wife, who's from Cork. Apparently it's pretty much the Cork/Kerry equivalent of "ma" in Dublin and its use is widespread down there. However the reason for it has nothing to do with American TV, it's from the Irish "mam", which is pronounced "mom". So the yanks probably stole or from us rather than the other way round.

vicwatson · 24-05-2019 01:35PM

Store store store

It's SHOP you imbecile

Rubberlegs · 24-05-2019 01:35PM

Guilty as sin.
I call my best friend dude and tell the child she has to be super good. However, I draw the line at I could care less.

24-05-2019 01:36PM

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

dxhound2005 · 24-05-2019 01:41PM

cdgalwegian wrote: »

So, everyone begins sentences with 'so', right?
Not only that, every sentence is really a question? With the high-rise termination/uptalk?
Far worse though, is what I call the 'croaky voice syndrome'. You know what I mean- when the sentence starts off normal, then deteriorates into that whiny croaky talk.

I think this guy is suffering from that one. Listen after 55 seconds.

Zaph · 24-05-2019 01:42PM

vicwatson wrote: »

Store store store

It's SHOP you imbecile

Homeshop and More just doesn't have the same ring to it. :pac:

cdgalwegian · 24-05-2019 01:42PM

To answer the thread question- not guilty, except when being ironic. Which, when I think about, is a lot. Like, I mean, a lot?

Americanisms gone too far, are you guilty?

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