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

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  • #62
    star.chaser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭star.chaser


    The-Rigger wrote: »
    What would you do if you met the person that coined that?

    I'm guessing very little.

    was it you? if it was you'll need to PM me to find out what i'll do to you if i ever meet you. if i post it, my account will probably be suspended ;)


  • #63
    Wreck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭Wreck


    Douche.


  • #64
    Jimmy Iovine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,416 ✭✭✭Jimmy Iovine


    Cringe


  • #65
    star.chaser
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    Wreck wrote: »
    Douche.

    douche bag +1


  • #66
    star.chaser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭star.chaser


    fitz0 wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055349097&highlight=americanisms

    Anyone else notice the amount of repeated threads that crop up here?

    no, we don't all have that much time on our hands to go trawling the archives of boards :D

    on a message board with this many members, your gonna get a few repeat threads. :rolleyes:

    we apologize profusely


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  • #67
    brummytom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    A Neurotic wrote: »
    People who say "mom".

    She's your mammy, you plank.

    :(
    This isn't an Americanism.. it's a word from the West Midlands, England.. either Birmingham or the 'Black country'

    Annoys me when people think it's American; I hate Americanisms, as do my family, and have always used the word, as does everyone here.


    EDIT; found this article :P
    Monday, April 10, 2006
    Mum and Mom
    Do you think Mom is an American word for Mum and that the latter is the correct spelling in England? Think again. The word Mom is widely used in the Midlands.

    "Mom and Mommy are old-English words, words that are stilled used in Birmingham and most parts of the West Midlands, we all use the term Mom and Mommy never Mum or Mummy, as here the correct spelling is Mom and Mommy has been for hundreds and hundreds of years, when people from the West Midlands went to America all those years ago they took our correct spelling with them, hence they use Mom and Mommy and we still do in the West Midlands. Here in the West Midlands the words Mum and Mummy are frowned upon as they look and sound wrong, thankfully our local schools teach our correct spelling of Mom and Mommy and the kids still come home with handmade cards with out correct Mom and Mommy Spelling on.

    I believe parts of Scotland use the Mom and Mommy term too, as I have relatives there and whenever I visit them, they and the people I visit or see use the term Mom too, however I'm not sure how widespread its use is.

    We in Birmingham and the West Midlands get annoyed when people wrongly think we are using American words, when the word Mom and Mommy aren't American they were British to start with, it's just unlike the West Midlands other areas changed their spelling."

    C Parkes
    /whinging


  • #68
    BraziliaNZ
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    yes "mom" needs to stop. Fair enough in America but Irish people saying it is just ridiculous.


  • #69
    eightyfish
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    "I'll action that."


  • #70
    star.chaser
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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.

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

    aw, don't get me started, Alumin-um


  • #71
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,908 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Salvelinus wrote: »
    Girls calling each other lads.

    You're spelling it wrong.

    Lad(')s, applies to lads and ladies. Apostrophe for contraction, and brackets to indicate 'as applicable' in the same manner as (s)he.
    The word guesstimate I am not even sure I am spelling it right,because I am pretty sure it is not a word

    People got tired of explaining "SWAG," I think. But SWAG is still in use.

    NTM


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  • #72
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭Wossack


    'you have a nice day' at the end of a phonecall


    /wince


  • #73
    Wreck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭Wreck


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    yes "mom" needs to stop. Fair enough in America but Irish people saying it is just ridiculous.

    I've been calling my mother Mom for nearly 30 years, was America even discovered at that stage?


  • #74
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,908 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    star.chaser wrote: »
    aw, don't get me started, Alumin-um

    Apparently that one is actually justifiable. At the time the words were being collected for the Noah Webster dictionary of 1828, the inventor/discoverer of the stuff, Englishman Sir Humphrey Davy (Oh, if only his last name were Appleby) actually did spell it 'aluminum.' He subsequently changed it to 'aluminium', but by that point, it was too late, and the American dictionaries used the earlier spelling.

    NTM


  • #75
    Novella
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    "Hey, you guys! How you guys doin' today? Have a great day, you guys!"

    STOP CALLING ME A GUY!!! :mad:


  • #76
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    Wreck wrote: »
    I've been calling my mother Mom for nearly 30 years, was America even discovered at that stage?

    must have been watching too much Family Ties


  • #77
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    "Yo" or "Yo my man!"

    Feck off - I ain't your man. Get stuffed.
    ...and "Yo" the fcuk what?


  • #78
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    Whats the story with "happy out" and "sound out" is that the yanks fault or is just some new culchie thing? Either way anyone who uses either needs to catch face aids straight away


  • #79
    Prof.Badass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Prof.Badass


    When Americans started using the word "****" they ruined it.

    Now you hear Irish people say "**** off" instead of "having a ****" :mad:.


  • #80
    Long Onion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭Long Onion


    Rag Head
    Towel Head
    Wop
    Spic

    ^^ True Americanisms

    Other words that they use which for some unknown reason p*ss me right off are:

    Caucauses (as in the elections in Iowa)
    Filibuster (fcuk off)
    Valedictorian

    I HATE AMERICA:mad:


  • #81
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,908 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Filibuster

    I thought that was supposed to be an Irish invention?

    [ETA: I checked. Apparently the Romans came up with it, whilst the word itself is of Dutch roots. Go figure]

    NTM


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  • #82
    star.chaser
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    Manic Moran wrote: »
    Apparently that one is actually justifiable. At the time the words were being collected for the Noah Webster dictionary of 1828, the inventor/discoverer of the stuff, Englishman Sir Humphrey Davy (Oh, if only his last name were Appleby) actually did spell it 'aluminum.' He subsequently changed it to 'aluminium', but by that point, it was too late, and the American dictionaries used the earlier spelling.

    NTM


    ooouuuuwwwww, clever cloggs! we can see how you ended up being bestowed with the title Moderator :D


  • #83
    star.chaser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭star.chaser


    Novella wrote: »
    "Hey, you guys! How you guys doin' today? Have a great day, you guys!"

    STOP CALLING ME A GUY!!! :mad:

    that's actually very funny if you imagine some ponce with a thick new york accent saying it :)


  • #84
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    star.chaser wrote: »
    was it you? if it was you'll need to PM me to find out what i'll do to you if i ever meet you. if i post it, my account will probably be suspended ;)

    Would you do this?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7bYNAHXxw


  • #85
    star.chaser
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    The-Rigger wrote: »
    Would you do this?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7bYNAHXxw

    watched that but you obviously need sound to understand your point which i don't. sorry


  • #86
    Novella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,713 ✭✭✭✭Novella


    star.chaser wrote: »
    that's actually very funny if you imagine some ponce with a thick new york accent saying it :)

    I actually just came back from New York the other day and that's where I heard it! :)

    Another one is : "OH MY GOD! You guys are Irish?! I have always wanted to visit there, it looks so beautiful! My family are actually Irish!".


  • #87
    cashback
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,599 ✭✭✭cashback


    "not so much". I struggled to find an explanation before but this link should explain.

    http://www.azcentral.com/ent/pop/articles/1031catchphrases1031.html

    I've heard it on Friends and even seen people post it on boards. it just really annoys me!


  • #88
    TheGreenGiant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 300 ✭✭TheGreenGiant


    "hey John...take a picture"

    that one never grows old! lol


  • #89
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    star.chaser wrote: »
    watched that but you obviously need sound to understand your point which i don't. sorry

    I find most audio visual clips don't give the proper experience without audio.


  • #90
    thomond2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    "And I was like, oh my god, whatever!!"

    :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


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  • #91
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,787 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I despise the word awesome. Especially when it's said by an American, there's something about the combination of their high pitched whinny accent and saying that word that just makes me cringe. It's possibly even worse when Australians say it because of the way they end every sentence like their asking a question.


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