USA words/phrases that have become mainstream in Ireland

JuliusCaesar · 26-11-2014 11:13PM

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 · 27-11-2014 11:19PM

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 · 27-11-2014 11:20PM

Weapons of mass destruction

nilsonmickey · 27-11-2014 11:23PM

Bro

Dude

****** lover

Awesome

Thrash

Wibbs · 27-11-2014 11:31PM

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 · 28-11-2014 12:03AM

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

Tarzana2 · 28-11-2014 12:45AM

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 · 28-11-2014 12:59AM

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 · 28-11-2014 01:05AM

When did Black Friday start being used??

BunkMoreland · 28-11-2014 01:08AM

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 · 28-11-2014 01:21AM

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 · 28-11-2014 01:24AM

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 · 28-11-2014 01:24AM

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

The_Valeyard · 28-11-2014 01:40PM

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

Harry Palmr · 28-11-2014 01:44PM

sligojoek wrote: »

Monday through Friday.

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

I ****ing hate Americansims.

aunty kitty · 02-12-2014 11:38PM

mac and cheese

feargale · 03-12-2014 12:21AM

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 · 03-12-2014 12:57AM

aunty kitty wrote: »

mac and cheese

What does that mean?

tastyt · 03-12-2014 01:07AM

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 · 03-12-2014 01:07AM

newmug wrote: »

What does that mean?

Macaroni and Cheese, I think.

madmaggie · 03-12-2014 01:12AM

Touch base. Even used where I live here down in deepest darkest Bogland.

diomed · 03-12-2014 02:08AM

Good Job.

Joe prim · 03-12-2014 02:14AM

Americanisms? Don't go there, dude!

Straylight · 03-12-2014 02:15AM

When someone tells me that they're "reaching out" to another person I really, really want to smack them across the back of the head and tell them to cop the fcuk on.

feargale · 03-12-2014 02:42AM

Wibbs wrote: »

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

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.

Re gotten it's pretty much gone from British English, yes, except maybe from some northern dialects ( I'm trying to jog my memory on that, thinking Diarmuid O'Muirithe said something about it.) But I don't believe it survived in Ireland. I suspect that it's recent use by some is an import from America, most likely via returned "Yanks."

Some people here seem not to appreciate that American English is a standard in its own right, and that the borrowing of words and phrases from one language/dialect to another is as old as speech itself. Otherwise you wouldn't be using words like menu, skipper, kiosk, cello, whiskey, dachshund etc., nor would Irish speakers use eaglais ( church ) from Latin ecclesia, cnap ( button ) from Old Norse or hata from Middle English hatte.

feargale · 03-12-2014 02:46AM

Jawgap wrote: »

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........

And what of Americans who acquire an Irish accent in Ireland? This one goes on and on in Boards. Need we be so judgemental?

KungPao · 03-12-2014 03:20AM

"I guess", instead of the more traditional "I suppose" or "I'd say" or "I think" etc.

Diabhal Beag · 03-12-2014 08:23AM

douche

newmug · 07-12-2014 11:28PM

There's nothing wrong with "gotten". Used in my neck of the woods all the time! eg. I've kinda gotten used to it!

dxhound2005 · 08-12-2014 12:59AM

Eramen wrote: »

Omg, I'm *super* excited about the week-end.. (replacing really, very)

Yeah, that's *pretty* cool. (In place of fairly, really, quite)

Language is the first casualty of any cultural struggle. In the past few decades we've been losing our once famous cultural audacity along with its fighting vigor. We're no longer excited and proud of who we are, instead trying to act like we're from the San Fransisco bay area or something, like crowd of two-bit hucksters, unceasingly copying what appears to be 'hip'[ster].. I mean who cares about Kim Kardashian and how many cosmetic ops she got?! She acts as if she is a tremendously unhappy person and we don't need to copy these bumbling American celebrities/TV/film industry. Let's start having a little confidence in ourselves once again, and throw out this one size fits all American cultural idiocy. It will only end up in stagnation and dumb down our society as a whole, just like many areas of the states.

Language is the first beneficiary of cultural exchange. Long may it continue to evolve despite the efforts of backward elements in every generation to have it set in stone. I appreciate the irony of your usage of American spelling and colloquialism (vigor, two-bit).

USA words/phrases that have become mainstream in Ireland

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