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Pet Hate - Unfiltered Americanisms

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  • #152
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    rich.d.berry wrote: »
    In fairness to the OP, this thread has gone off the original, very well defined, topic of unfiltered Americanisms.

    A lot of people have ignored the unfiltered bit, and just ranted about Americanisms and Britishisms in general.

    I agree that language evolves and that other cultures will impact on ours. It is both a good and bad thing. Finding the proper balance is important and that is what the filter is needed for.

    Well, you get unfiltered everything-isms used inappropriately in normal speech!
    Also, a large % of people are just not very intelligent and just misuse cliched phrases (Irish, British, American etc) all the time.
    You even get pretentious types, like Del Boy from Only Fools and Horses, who pepper their speech with misused French and other borrowed phrases!


  • #153
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    Sindri wrote: »


    'True that' :mad:


    .

    To be fair, that's more a Baltimore/Maryland saying than an America at large one. I take it you're not a fan of The Wire then?


  • #154
    freddiek
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭freddiek


    to my horror i have used some of the terms referenced in this thread

    now that i ve seen them in print in front of my eyes it brings home how ridiculous irish people sound when using them

    i make an exception for restroom/bathroom over toilet though. The first two sound quite comforting, "toilet" just congures up an image of an auld fella sitting on a bowl, or a skanger going into McDonalds to shoot up


  • #155
    Hazys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    MickySticks wrote: »
    "Cops" It's the Guards ya fooking tool!

    I think you'll find it's PoliceCops ;)


  • #156
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    I always think "The Guards" sounds very scarily militaristic.
    It always just reminds me of some monarch shouting "Guards!"


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  • #157
    freddiek
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭freddiek


    i never use Guards or Gardai

    prefer Police, as that is what they are. And occasionally "cops"


  • #158
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,576 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    jack presley wrote: »
    To be fair, that's more a Baltimore/Maryland saying than an America at large one. I take it you're not a fan of The Wire then?

    Just because you are a fan of the Wire doesn't make that remotely true.


  • #159
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    freddiek wrote: »
    i never use Guards or Gardai

    prefer Police, as that is what they are. And occasionally "cops"

    Although, you could always shout "Guards! Seize him" next time you've a burglar at your house and the Gardai arrive :D


  • #160
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    pickarooney wrote: »
    jack presley wrote: »
    To be fair, that's more a Baltimore/Maryland saying than an America at large one. I take it you're not a fan of The Wire then?

    Just because you are a fan of the Wire doesn't make that remotely true.

    Maybe I just don't watch enough American telly and haven't been brainwashed enough as I've never heard that one anywhere else


  • #161
    cofy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,972 ✭✭✭cofy


    The term 24/7.


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  • #162
    Agus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 850 ✭✭✭Agus


    kraggy wrote: »
    That's not the point. You're implying that I'm saying that the term wanker shouldn't be used by us because it's from the English language. I'm not saying that at all.

    I'm saying that it should be afforded the same treatment as an Americanism as it is an "Englishism" i.e. it's origin is as a slang word/colloquialism in a different country. Not because it's from the English language in general.

    Maybe his point is that if you object to common words and phrases just because they are of foreign origin it's not entirely consistent to be using the English language in the first place. :D


  • #163
    Rothko
    Registered Users Posts: 12,931 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    When people say "ass" instead of "arse". I don't know why but that annoys me a lot.


  • #164
    whitewave
    Registered Users Posts: 397 ✭✭whitewave


    when people say "i'll give you a call/ i'll call you later"

    no, you'll ring me. sound.


  • #165
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    whitewave wrote: »
    when people say "i'll give you a call/ i'll call you later"

    no, you'll ring me. sound.

    "I'll give you a shout"


  • #166
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    whitewave wrote: »
    when people say "i'll give you a call/ i'll call you later"

    no, you'll ring me. sound.
    No, they'll phone you :P


  • #167
    Bad Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Bad Panda


    jack presley wrote: »
    To be fair, that's more a Baltimore/Maryland saying than an America at large one. I take it you're not a fan of The Wire then?

    Boll0cks.


  • #168
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    The King of Moo wrote: »
    Yeah, people who say "pet hate" really grind my gears already! :pac:

    Could people using Americanisms be any more annoying?

    An ironic one, given that most Americans can't actually drive manual cars and tend to grind the gears horribly while desperately trying to find "D" on an Opel Corsa (Manual) they hired at Shannon Airport.


  • #169
    DubCul
    Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭DubCul


    Irish are not only ones guilty of Americanisms, English cricket captain spoke of the players "stepping up to the plate":eek:

    Not only an Americanism but taken from a different sport:(


  • #170
    Rented Mule
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭Rented Mule


    DubCul wrote: »
    Irish are not only ones guilty of Americanisms, English cricket captain spoke of the players "stepping up to the plate":eek:

    Not only an Americanism but taken from a different sport:(


    Would you not also say that baseball was taken from a different sport i.e cricket ?


  • #171
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    We just need to market our own phrases a bit better :D

    I notice "craic" has now been adopted quite widely in England.
    I've heard a few English friends of mine who've never really been in Ireland describing thing as "good craic".

    I think we need to get a few more into the repertoire :

    Suggestion:

    1) "Get your arse in gear!"
    2) "I'm grand"
    3) "Eegit"

    Americans also OCCASIONALLY adopt non-American phrases.

    For example, "Cellphone" is gradually being replaced by "mobile".
    "Automobile" dropped out of common usage in favour of "car".


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  • #172
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    I'm good!!!

    I hate that expression!!!!


  • #173
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    efb wrote: »
    I'm good!!!

    I hate that expression!!!!

    Yeah, the correct expression is "I'm grand!"

    tut tut!


  • #174
    rich.d.berry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 517 ✭✭✭rich.d.berry


    Solair wrote: »
    I think we need to get a few more into the repertoire :

    Suggestion:

    1) "Get your arse in gear!"

    You may have to fight the Aussies for that one, even though you left off the obligatory "mate".


  • #175
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,314 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    AngryBollix wrote: »
    I'm like whatever
    From the United States of... Whatever?
    Immaculate Pasta wrote: »
    "Can I get a" - usually said in Coffee Shops. You don't say Can I get a when you ask for something anywhere else. You're also not on the cast of Friends.
    How do you ask for a pint? Do you just shout "CARLSBERG" at the bartender?


  • #176
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    rich.d.berry wrote: »
    You may have to fight the Aussies for that one, even though you left off the obligatory "mate".

    Yeah, that coming from a country that insists on playing Gaelic Football in a weird outfit with a rugby ball on a funny shaped field....


  • #177
    Scanlas The 2nd
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Scanlas The 2nd


    We need to assess "where we are at".

    The presenters on newsralk always say it. Hate it.


  • #178
    JoeGil
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭JoeGil


    I'm all done = I'm finished
    reach out to = talk to
    bagel = sandwich
    cookie = biscuit
    spot = advertisement
    movie = film
    downsize = to fire people


  • #179
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    "Can I get a bagel". Please stop saying "Can I get", as a poster said previously, this is not "Friends".

    "Could I have?". What's wrong with that?

    I like using the word 'horse' in this context.
    Horse us one of them, would ya?
    Horse us over a bagel please.


  • #180
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    Solair wrote: »
    We just need to market our own phrases a bit better :D

    I notice "craic" has now been adopted quite widely in England.
    I've heard a few English friends of mine who've never really been in Ireland describing thing as "good craic".

    I think we need to get a few more into the repertoire :

    Suggestion:

    1) "Get your arse in gear!"
    2) "I'm grand"
    3) "Eegit"

    Americans also OCCASIONALLY adopt non-American phrases.

    For example, "Cellphone" is gradually being replaced by "mobile".
    "Automobile" dropped out of common usage in favour of "car".

    I think craic, written 'crack' originally was english and we just sort of made it our own over time. The gaelicisation into 'craic' helped too.
    I like hearing all the different ways people speak the same language. Sure there are some of them that annoy me but overall i think it adds colour to the world.
    Sure we even have it hear, word like 'munya' and 'rulya' or 'feen' 'feek' outside of south Armagh or cork tend to baffle people


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  • #181
    full_irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭full_irish


    I absolutely despise when people (usually women) who watch that Gossip Girl tripe...
    use abbreviations while talking; e.g. "totes awks" instead of 'Hmm, we seem to be in a rather awkward predicament here'

    What is wrong with the world!??... and mini-rant over. Please continue.


  • #182
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    I like using the word 'horse' in this context.
    Horse us one of them, would ya?
    Horse us over a bagel please.

    If you're in parts of the Southeast it's "Give me a bagel there horse!"
    (Horse is a term of endearment.)


  • #183
    mrkite77
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭mrkite77


    syklops wrote: »
    I dont use fairy cake mix. I use:

    1lb of flour
    1lb of sugar
    1lb of butter
    4 eggs.

    And I said fairy cake papers because i dont know the name for them. At home we called them queen cake papers.

    That's poundcake.


  • #184
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    Measuring things in 'cups' when nobody on this side of the Atlantic uses those measures and is likely to use a tea-cup instead of a measuring cup!


  • #185
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Not an americanism per se but it annoys me when people generally think, 'well, if it happens in America then it's ok'.

    Case in point, England filming the grand slam winners video / printing the t-shirts etc. before losing to Ireland in their final game last season....

    Everyone was on the FB pages set-up (to slag England) generally commenting along the lines of "ha-ha SAPS". But there were a good few other comments along the lines of "so what, teams in America (super-bowl or whatever) do this all the time. It's a marketing thing".

    Well guess what sunshine, I don't give a damn what "they (marketing companies and Nike and the like) do" over in America - this is Ireland and perhaps marketeers should pay more respect to the history of a tournament like the six nations and it's competing teams.

    And when you see some of the leaked e-mails that went along with that video from Nike which had things like "when England win", you know they have little respect or knowledge for what it is they are involved in. :mad:

    So excuse me if you will, if I stop pandering to the nice marketing people and go and laugh at England :D


  • #186
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,165 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Drum o'gash.

    After all the Americanisms, I'm back in Kerry with a bump.


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  • #187
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    "Can I use the bathroom / washroom?"

    It's THE TOILET!

    Unless, you're having a bath/shower.

    We are not as hung up about toilets as the USA and Canada, so please let's stick to the word toilet. It's a good sensible word for the place you deposit your bodily waste products.


  • #188
    flanders1979
    Closed Accounts Posts: 638 ✭✭✭flanders1979


    Children are the worst as they have been reared by Walt Disney in a lot of cases.
    People my own age have no excuse except their own stupidity.
    Douchebag would be a good insult if Irish women used them . I prefer to use gowl or wankstain.


  • #189
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    Yeah, I remember a US friend of mine spending the first week in France laughing about the use of the word 'douche' meaning shower in French.

    He was unable to explain why it was so rude in the US. The French looked it up and now just think American women are very strange.


  • #190
    mrkite77
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭mrkite77


    Solair wrote: »
    "Can I use the bathroom / washroom?"

    It's THE TOILET!

    Except it's not. What if I just need to wash my hands? Or some chick who wants to fix her makeup? We're asking to use the room, not just the toilet... and you don't have a term for the room itself, so restroom/bathroom works.


  • #191
    df1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,432 ✭✭✭df1985


    "awesome"


    .....fcuk off.


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  • #192
    ihsb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 678 ✭✭✭ihsb


    df1985 wrote: »
    "awesome"


    .....fcuk off.

    +1 Awesome is the most irritating word in the world.


  • #193
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    Well, if you ask to go to the bathroom in some 1950s Irish houses there isn't a toilet in it. So, you could be rather confused.

    Toilet actually comes from toilette which is the act of dressing/grooming/doing one's make up/etc/cleaning one's self in French.
    In medicine toilet = cleaning something e.g. Aural toilet = washing out your ear.

    It actually comes from a word for a little linen facecloth cloth in French.

    Toile (toilette)


  • #194
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    ihsb wrote: »
    +1 Awesome is the most irritating word in the world.

    True, unless something genuinely invokes awe. The view from Mount Everest is awesome. A McFlurry is not awesome


  • #195
    Funglegunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭Funglegunk


    Bah, some Americanisms are feckin grand. My favourite one is 'hot mess'. Probably one of the greatest pieces of slang I've ever heard.


  • #196
    ProudDUB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,569 ✭✭✭✭ProudDUB


    Lived in the US for 18 years. Use Americanisms every day. Have been home for 10 months now, but I still say gas (petrol), hood (bonnet), pocket book (purse), awesome (fookin' deadly), sidewalk, (path), rode hard and put up wet (figure that one out for yourselves ye lazy ba$tards), check (bill) etc etc. Anyone who has a problem with how I speak can go and fcuk themselves.

    ( After I blashst them with piss. This is After Hours after all ! :D )


  • #197
    FTGFOP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭FTGFOP


    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    A McFlurry is not awesome

    Have you ever even had a McFlurry?


  • #198
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    FTGFOP wrote: »
    Have you ever even had a McFlurry?

    Yes. I was overwhelmingly underwhelmed. They're very sickly. Give me a Maxi-Twist any day


  • #199
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,576 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Rented Mule wrote: »
    Would you not also say that baseball was taken from a different sport i.e cricket ?

    Rounders, you feckin' West Brit! :D


  • #200
    FTGFOP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭FTGFOP


    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    Yes. I was overwhelmingly underwhelmed. They're very sickly. Give me a Maxi-Twist any day
    Ah, well we can agree on that! Maxi-twists are super-awesome! (imho)


  • #201
    Cedrus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Cedrus


    cofy wrote: »
    The term 24/7.

    24/7/365 :mad::mad::mad: It's not even a logical progression
    24/7/52 would be logical, but WHY when there's real words to use

    around-the-clock, ceaseless, continual, continuous, endless, eternal, everlasting, incessant, interminable, nonstop, ongoing, perpetual, persistent, relentless, round-the-clock, timeless, unceasing, unending, unfailing, uninterrupted, unremitting


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