Candy, elevator, windshield, hood, cookies, cell phone, movie theatre!

LordSutch · 17-10-2015 10:28AM #1

Too many Americanisms creeping in for my liking . . . . . .

What do you say?

kneemos · 17-10-2015 10:42AM

Windshield ain't one of them.

Martial9 · 17-10-2015 10:48AM

First people start speaking that bastardised American "English" with an east coast American twang and now it's October 17th and cooonts are uploading pictures of themselves enjoying "fall" and spiced pumpkin mocha living la vida loca or whatever the f*ck. F*cking disaster altogether. When you tell them to cop on to themselves and it was a long way from "fall" they were reared they will fire back with a "whatever" or "I could care less."

Did the men of '98 die for this? I think not!

corner of hells · 17-10-2015 10:49AM

Martial9 wrote: »

First people start speaking that bastardised American "English" with an east coast American twang and now it's October 17th and cooonts are uploading pictures of themselves enjoying "fall" and spiced pumpkin mocha living la vida loca or whatever the f*ck. F*cking disaster altogether. When you tell them to cop on to themselves and it was a long way from "fall" they were reared they will fire back with a "whatever" or "I could care less."

Did the men of '98 die for this? I think not!

Wha ?

kneemos · 17-10-2015 10:50AM

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Did the men of '98 die for this? I think not![/quote]

They died so we could dance at crossroads for ever and ever and ever.

Conor Bourke · 17-10-2015 10:55AM

Sidewalk, mom, butt, and my absolute least favourite... Poop. YOU WERE BORN AND RAISED IN ROSCOMMON FFS, IT'S POO!

Harry Palmr · 17-10-2015 10:57AM

Facking Americanisms do my head in. There is new film sorry movie called The Programme, sorry the Program and its just going to add to the common misspelling.

SEPT 23 1989 · 17-10-2015 11:00AM

Goal tender instead of keeper

wil · 17-10-2015 11:01AM

Martial9 wrote: »

Did the men of '98 die for this? I think not!

Frank Sinatra? Sonny Bono? Carl Perkins?

Martial9 · 17-10-2015 11:10AM

Alaskimo-cake wrote: »

Sidewalk, mom, butt, and my absolute least favourite... Poop. YOU WERE BORN AND RAISED IN ROSCOMMON FFS, IT'S POO!

It's shyte!

Mickey H · 17-10-2015 11:11AM

Alaskimo-cake wrote: »

Sidewalk, mom, butt, and my absolute least favourite... Poop. YOU WERE BORN AND RAISED IN ROSCOMMON FFS, IT'S POOSHYTE!

The Backwards Man · 17-10-2015 11:18AM

Movie theater

LordSutch · 17-10-2015 11:20AM

kneemos wrote: »

Windshield ain't one of them.

In a car context it was always Windscreen on this side of the pond, and windshield in the States (as seen on many us cop shows), now I notice more and more people here on this side of the pond dropping windscreen in favour of windshield.

Same with bonnet for hood, and boot for trunk.

Is this not a case of more americanisms creeping in?

The Backwards Man · 17-10-2015 11:22AM

LordSutch wrote: »

In a car context it was always Windscreen on this side of the pond, and windshield in the States (as seen on many us cop shows), now I notice more and more people here on his side of the pond dropping windscreen in favour of windshield.

Same with bonnet for hood, and boot for trunk.

Is this not a case of another americanism creeping in?

I wouldn't fancy putting my shopping in any trunks in Ireland tbh.

Chijj · 17-10-2015 11:25AM

Homer: Hmm. I wonder why he's so eager to go to the garage?

Moe Szyslak: The "garage"? Hey fellas, the "garage"! Well, ooh la di da, Mr. French Man.

Homer: Well what do you call it?

Moe Szyslak: A car hole!

wil · 17-10-2015 11:31AM

Alaskimo-cake wrote: »

Sidewalk, mom, butt, and my absolute least favourite... Poop. YOU WERE BORN AND RAISED IN ROSCOMMON FFS, IT'S POO!

Too right. Its feckin everywhere, all over the sidewalk. If you had a sidewalk.

namloc1980 · 17-10-2015 11:33AM

Asked my daughter to get her shoes out of the wardrobe. She said "don't you mean the closet?"

Pherekydes · 17-10-2015 11:37AM

It's 3rd and long and the bases are loaded and your opponent has a full court press.

What's your call?

Robsweezie · 17-10-2015 11:40AM

You're a jerk

LordSutch · 17-10-2015 11:42AM

X Y Zee . . .

Its Zed for goodness sake, not bloody Zee!

Harry Palmr · 17-10-2015 11:44AM

Zed Zed Top yeah! :pac: Okay that does sound odd.

Your Face · 17-10-2015 11:48AM

Makes me madder than a hornets nest.

kneemos · 17-10-2015 11:50AM

LordSutch wrote: »

In a car context it was always Windscreen on this side of the pond, and windshield in the States (as seen on many us cop shows), now I notice more and more people here on this side of the pond dropping windscreen in favour of windshield.

Same with bonnet for hood, and boot for trunk.

Is this not a case of more americanisms creeping in?

You may be right there true enough,it's a subtle one.

Heard a few politicians use the term "stepping up to the plate" recently.

FallSilently · 17-10-2015 11:53AM

I do try to keep the auld tongue pure but I am kind of giving in to "candy." We don't have a direct equivalent over here and it's handy.

Though personally I think the greatest threat our society faces right now is "bae"

wil · 17-10-2015 12:00PM

FallSilently wrote: »

I do try to keep the auld tongue pure but I am kind of giving in to "candy." We don't have a direct equivalent over here and it's handy.

Though personally I think the greatest threat our society faces right now is "bae"

Sweets FFS