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Americanisms, which one makes you cringe when you hear it?

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  • #32
    Dublin_Gunner
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    sidneykidney wrote: »
    When Americans say math its maths ffs,(isnt it??) and also if there in uni or college they insist on saying school makes them sound like teenagers

    Actually, I'm pretty sure they say maths is math.


  • #33
    cyberwolf77
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    sidneykidney wrote: »
    When Americans say math its maths ffs,(isnt it??) and also if there in uni or college they insist on saying school makes them sound like teenagers
    Math, it's short for mathematics. We say school because here college and university are interchangeable terms for some reason. Don't ask me why.


  • #34
    emeraldstar
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    cyberwolf77 wrote: »
    Math, it's short for mathematics. We say school because here college and university are interchangeable terms for some reason. Don't ask me why.
    Yeah and "kids" applies to teenagers. Quite silly really.


  • #35
    latenia
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    Normalcy


  • #36
    A Neurotic
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    People who say "mom".

    She's your mammy, you plank.


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  • #37
    cyberwolf77
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    emeraldstar wrote: »
    Yeah and "kids" applies to teenagers. Quite silly really.
    Next person who says tweenager to me is getting punched. You are right though, I'm not sure why we call teenagers kids. Although I'm 32 and my mother still calls me and my siblings her kids.


  • #38
    cyberwolf77
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    A Neurotic wrote: »
    People who say "mom".

    She's your mammy, you plank.
    She's my mother, you poster.


  • #39
    Bandit12
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    "Bro".....i just want to hurt someone when i hear it. :mad:


  • #40
    Magenta
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    I'm not sure if it's American or not but saying "I heart" something really annoys me. "I heart my new handbag"- it makes no sense.

    Oh yeah, and ''awesome".


  • #41
    Salvelinus
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    Girls calling each other lads. Agree with whoever said Bro, also knocked it out of the park.


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  • #42
    joulter
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    winningest


  • #43
    Quint
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    Dublin_Gunner wrote: »
    Oh, and the use of the word 'like' to finish off or start nearly every sentence, like.

    That really grinds my gears, like. Like, oh my gawd.
    Don't go to cork! They even type it on cork messageboards.
    A Neurotic wrote: »
    People who say "mom".

    She's your mammy, you plank.

    Mammy?:D Sorry, but it's mam or ma.


  • #44
    Pighead
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    Salvelinus wrote: »
    Girls calling each other lads.
    That's not American! That got Galway written all over it. It's usually good looking fat ginger Galway girls who use it.


  • #45
    Ruu_Old
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    Quint wrote: »
    Don't go to cork! They even type it on cork messageboards.



    Mammy?:D Sorry, but it's mam or ma.

    Mumsie, you ruffian! :mad:


  • #46
    Acacia
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    star.chaser wrote: »
    Anyone else notice the increasing amount of Americanisms and also Australian isms creeping into Irish peoples conversations? One that i find particularly irritating is "Frigging" :mad: If i met the person that coined that...

    Do you mean ''frickin'" as in ''frickin' sweet!" Because ''frigging'' is an old word from this side of the Atlantic, been used for ages.

    I hate ''frickin'", "awesome" and ''it really bugs me''. And they way they pronounce ''schedule'' as ''shedule''.


  • #47
    lala stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 369 ✭✭lala stone


    "It is what it is"

    "sweet deal"
    Also pronouncing route like "row-tet"
    grrrr


  • #48
    eightyfish
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    I hate when they make words longer for no reason. The most annoying one I heard was in a documentary featuring some Christians, one said
    "I hope you don't think I'm taking the Bible literalistically".


  • #49
    Dublin_Gunner
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    I hate ''frickin'", "awesome" and ''it really bugs me''. And they way they pronounce ''schedule'' as ''shedule''.


    Yeah, it really bugs me when someone messes up my frickin' awesome shedule. Like.


  • #50
    eightyfish
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    Oh, yeah, and I really hate "My bad!"

    Especially when my younger brother started using it.


  • #51
    Acacia
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    Dublin_Gunner wrote: »
    Yeah, it really bugs me when someone messes up my frickin' awesome shedule. Like.
    :mad:


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  • #52
    BraziliaNZ
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    I think everyone hates "going forward"


  • #53
    Four-Percent
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    "sucks" is the worst, it's almost invariably a snotty nosed teenager with long hair, dimples, and a skateboard who listens to sum 41, blink 182 and/or iron maiden (not that Iron Maiden are bad at all).Or someone who was once a snotty nosed teenager.


  • #54
    cyberwolf77
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    Magenta wrote: »
    I'm not sure if it's American or not but saying "I heart" something really annoys me. "I heart my new handbag"- it makes no sense.

    Oh yeah, and ''awesome".
    Both of these can be traced to California, which the rest of America disavows all knowledge of.
    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    I think everyone hates "going forward"
    That's just business-speak not an Americanism


  • #55
    cyberwolf77
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    Four-Percent wrote: »
    "sucks" is the worst, it's almost invariably a snotty nosed teenager with long hair, dimples, and a skateboard who listens to sum 41, blink 182 and/or iron maiden (not that Iron Maiden are bad at all).Or someone who was once a snotty nosed teenager.
    That would be why I say, "Sucks like a Hoover."


  • #56
    Dr Rod Doom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73 ✭✭Dr Rod Doom


    The practice of attaching "...gate" to the end of anything "scandalous" - shows a complete lack of bloody imagination.


  • #57
    cyberwolf77
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    Dr Rod Doom wrote: »
    The practice of attaching "...gate" to the end of anything "scandalous" - shows a complete lack of bloody imagination.
    Actually that's more a case of wishful thinking on the part of the reporters involved in covering the case. Still dumber than hell though.


  • #58
    beardo81
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    F*ckers that have shortened the already painful "Oh My God" (said every 5 poxy seconds) to "OMG" should get a swift kick in the genitals.


    Oh yeh and "'Fo Sho" (For Sure)

    COP THE F*CK ON!!! :mad:


  • #59
    Acacia
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    It kind of irks me sometimes when describing something nerdy or uncool they'll say ''that's so white!".


  • #60
    Milky Moo
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    The word guesstimate I am not even sure I am spelling it right,because I am pretty sure it is not a word.

    Candy is another one,my niece used it the other day,oh the shame!


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  • #61
    rubadub
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    Acacia wrote: »
    Do you mean ''frickin'" as in ''frickin' sweet!" Because ''frigging'' is an old word from this side of the Atlantic, been used for ages.
    Yes, I would have associated frigging more as an english term, for female masturbation or a man fingering a girl. I remember a term in the 90's in dublin "spanish frig", which I hope was an urban myth...


    I hate the sight of a bunch of "jocks" (another term I hate!) going "USA USA USA" at sporting events, or anything!

    I also hate "pissed", meaning pissed off, e.g. "he was really pissed", I always think they are talking about drunks and usually bitterly disappointed, a good story ruined.


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