Irritating American names for things

Quantum Erasure · 02-11-2020 9:34am

Inflammable means flammable?! What a country!

GrumpyMe · 02-11-2020 9:37am

sodder for solder

Rodney Bathgate · 02-11-2020 9:40am

Patty as in beef patty.

whisky_galore · 02-11-2020 9:40am

speckle wrote: »

I would love to be a fly on the wall of the American equivalent of boards and hear what they are saying about us.

All thatched cottages, crocks of gold and The Quiet Man. Perhaps an appearance by those merrymaking rogues, the Provisional IRA.

looksee · 02-11-2020 10:14am

Using visit to mean a chat without the implication of going anywhere. As in a reference to someone talking with the person next to them on a plane 'we had a nice visit'.

Recipes that use almost entirely brand names for ingredients - and no, a packet of cake mix is not an ingredient.

Craft videos are as bad...Use your (brand name) to draw your design then wash with (brand name + obscure colour names) and highlight with (brand name), You can add (brand names) if you wish, then use your (brand name) and your (brand name) to trim to size and use (brand name) to attach it to a (brand name). These are not just for promotional purposes. I know we have hoovers and biros, but really!

is_that_so · 02-11-2020 10:17am

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Patty as in beef patty.

That one is not their fault, it come from French paté! It's been around since the 17th century, but we'd know it as a pasty.

Montage of Feck · 02-11-2020 10:43am

Using the word gravy for sauce.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

440Hertz · 02-11-2020 10:50am

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Using the word gravy for sauce.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Which is correct in certain culinary contexts.

440Hertz · 02-11-2020 10:57am

is_that_so wrote: »

That one is not their fault, it come from French paté! It's been around since the 17th century, but we'd know it as a pasty.

A "burger" refers to a hamburger, which is the entire assembled thing with the bread buns and everything else.

A patty is the correct term (including here) for the circular meat bit. Irish and British people tend to call that a burger which is a bit like calling a sausage a hot dog or rashers a fry up.

There's nothing particularly American about the term patty, they're just being more specific.

We may be getting the term "burger" from the original German hamburger steak, which involves no buns, but it seems a bit more likely we just started calling beef patties burgers, as I don't think hamburger steaks were ever too common in these islands until the concept came in from the US.

Seamai · 02-11-2020 11:00am

CVB wrote: »

Pawsta for PASTA !!!

The letter A being pronounced like an aw or o really grates on me, Vietnom, Bawli.....

Also herb being pronounced with a silent h.

AMKC · 02-11-2020 11:00am

Pantyhose instead of Tights. I much prefer the word tights myself. Pantyhose does not sound as nice.

440Hertz · 02-11-2020 11:04am

The one that gets me is why they insist calling the perfectly non- controversial planet Uranus, which we pronounce "Your in us", "your anus”.

There’s absolutely no need to make it sound that rude.

Hamsterchops · 02-11-2020 11:14am

.... although, your anus is definitely preferable to your fanny , which the Americans call their bum, I think.

lobbylad · 02-11-2020 11:20am

Order a "biscuit" in a restaurant and you'll get a scone

Pronounce "fillet" (steak) as fill-ay but a Coupe (2 door car) as Coop

Gwynplaine · 02-11-2020 11:22am

Axed for the word "asked"

Gwynplaine · 02-11-2020 11:24am

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Cab (taxi)

A cab and a taxi are two different things.

breezy1985 · 02-11-2020 11:35am

Gwynplaine wrote: »

Axed for the word "asked"

Also pretty normal pronunciation in Limerick when axing someone something

ohnonotgmail · 02-11-2020 11:41am

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

Inflammable means flammable?! What a country!

that is not an american thing.

Ash.J.Williams · 02-11-2020 11:43am

dooouchebaaaaaaag

I don't give a rrrrratttts assssss

Ash.J.Williams · 02-11-2020 11:43am

Gwynplaine wrote: »

Axed for the word "asked"

i think that's a mental thing, irish people do it too

Casey78 · 02-11-2020 11:45am

My kids were calling sweets "candy" over the Halloween weekend there. Had to give them a couple of clips around the ear to knock sense into them.

sbsquarepants · 02-11-2020 11:47am

440Hertz wrote: »

The one that gets me is why they insist calling the perfectly non- controversial planet Uranus, which we pronounce "Your in us", "your anus”.

There’s absolutely no need to make it sound that rude.

Not me pal. I go with your anus all day long, so to speak;)

sbsquarepants · 02-11-2020 11:48am

looksee wrote: »

Recipes that use almost entirely brand names for ingredients - and no, a packet of cake mix is not an ingredient.

A stick of butter - what the fúck is a stick of butter!

stoneill · 02-11-2020 11:55am

Using lawyer when you mean solicitor, autopsy when you mean post mortem.

breezy1985 · 02-11-2020 12:04pm

sbsquarepants wrote: »

A stick of butter - what the fúck is a stick of butter!

Better than a knob of butter.

Rodney Bathgate · 02-11-2020 12:09pm

Gwynplaine wrote: »

A cab and a taxi are two different things.

“A taxicab, also known as a taxi or a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver”

Sgt Hartman · 02-11-2020 12:56pm

A coffee "to go" instead of a takeaway coffee. It always irritates me.

breezy1985 · 02-11-2020 1:00pm

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

A coffee "to go" instead of a takeaway coffee. It always irritates me.

Asking to "go large" with food just doesn't seem right grammatically

Rodney Bathgate · 02-11-2020 1:03pm

breezy1985 wrote: »

Better than a knob of butter.

Was about to post that, word for word.

ShatterAlan · 02-11-2020 1:12pm

Feisar wrote: »

Fun instead of craic.

The fucking worst is actually using "fun" as an adjective.

"It was so fun"

FUN is a NOUN. You have fun.

Another one is when someone requests that you write them a letter:

"Write me"

What? Do you mean write "me" on a wall or on a piece of paper or do you mean Write TO me?

FCUK it! I could care less :eek:

For Forks Sake · 02-11-2020 1:21pm

breezy1985 · 02-11-2020 1:27pm

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Don't you also throw, chest and head the ball in so called "football" where as everyone wears socks in soccer

I agree with handegg though as I see very little foot involved

boardise · 02-11-2020 1:37pm

Gwynplaine wrote: »

Axed for the word "asked"

'Aks' was the original form in Old English! Switching consonants is a process that can crop up in all languages...people make mistakes, mishear etc. Many words we use are a product of the mistakes of the past.

boardise · 02-11-2020 1:46pm

Americans never took to the good old Anglo-Saxon 'arse' ...instead giving us the less rumbustious 'ass' not to mention 'hiney' - presumably derived from 'hind' (quarters).

Hamsterchops · 02-11-2020 1:48pm

Movie Theatre :mad:

Radio Nova started calling it the Movie Theatre a few years ago during their entertainment slot, don't know if they've dropped it or not?

02-11-2020 1:59pm

breezy1985 wrote: »

Its not as bad as using sweets for desert

A desert is something you see in eye-rack, not eye-ur-land

02-11-2020 2:01pm

breezy1985 wrote: »

Don't you also throw, chest and head the ball in so called "football" where as everyone wears socks in soccer

I agree with handegg though as I see very little foot involved

Presumable also rugby hand egg as well

BailMeOut · 02-11-2020 2:01pm

They do not pronounce the H in Herb for some reason.

Kaybaykwah · 02-11-2020 2:04pm

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

Inflammable means flammable?! What a country!

Lol. So it is in French. Inflammable, and the antonym is ininflammable.

scotchy · 02-11-2020 2:04pm

Using the word freaking instead of fu@king.

:rolleyes:

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larchielads · 02-11-2020 2:13pm

One that got me, not annoying but, the jacks and the John.

Now my interpretation of that is that Jack is another name for John, as my uncle used to refer to my dad as Jack but his name was John. My father's side of the family would be country folk. Now I don't know why jack is another name for John so to speak

Kaybaykwah · 02-11-2020 2:14pm

boardise wrote: »

Americans never took to the good old Anglo-Saxon 'arse' ...instead giving us the less rumbustious 'ass' not to mention 'hiney' - presumably derived from 'hind' (quarters).

Canadians used to say arse for a long time and now, I suppose more of us have erased the anglo influence over time.

My dad used to say arse, I still do.

Kaybaykwah · 02-11-2020 2:15pm

larchielads wrote: »

One that got me, not annoying but, the jacks and the John.

Now my interpretation of that is that Jack is another name for John, as my uncle used to refer to my dad as Jack but his name was John. My father's side of the family would be country folk. Now I don't know why jack is another name for John so to speak

They used to call John Kennedy "Jack" in fact

Hangdogroad · 02-11-2020 2:16pm

BailMeOut wrote: »

They do not pronounce the H in Herb for some reason.

I first discovered that watching an old episode of the Twilight Zone, storyline involved something about a herb antidote so "erb" was mentioned continuously.

larchielads · 02-11-2020 2:19pm

Kaybaykwah wrote: »

They used to call John Kennedy "Jack" in fact

But why? And is it why they called the jacks the John?

Kaybaykwah · 02-11-2020 2:19pm

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

A coffee "to go" instead of a takeaway coffee. It always irritates me.

...and drive-in restaurants or counters are take-outs in U.S. or Canada.

Hangdogroad · 02-11-2020 2:20pm

Kaybaykwah wrote: »

Canadians used to say arse for a long time and now, I suppose more of us have erased the anglo influence over time.

My dad used to say arse, I still do.

Do or did Canadians call cigarettes fags? I've a vague memory of it being called that in an episode of Kids From Degrassi St, think it was that show anyway or one of the spinoffs.

Kaybaykwah · 02-11-2020 2:24pm

larchielads wrote: »

But why? And is it why they called the jacks the John?

Lol. I have no idea.

Years ago, in Montreal, there used to be a company for chemical toilets that was called Johnny-on-the-spot.

There are a lot of now English words in the American vernacular that are of Dutch, German, French and Spanish origin.

Cookies comes from the Dutch colonists.

Ash.J.Williams · 02-11-2020 2:26pm

larchielads wrote: »

One that got me, not annoying but, the jacks and the John.

Now my interpretation of that is that Jack is another name for John, as my uncle used to refer to my dad as Jack but his name was John. My father's side of the family would be country folk. Now I don't know why jack is another name for John so to speak

Jack charlton gave us the name jack it was mainly John’s here before then

Badly Drunk Boy · 02-11-2020 2:27pm

The Great Gatsby wrote: »

Why would words used by Americans, living in America, presumably speaking to other Americans, annoy someone living in 3000 miles away in another country?

Because thereare so many American programmes on our telly. It's and invasion be...ahem...'culture'.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

American english is superior english anyway so i'm glad it's getting more common in Ireland

Is it time for a frog in a blender? :pac:

Kaybaykwah wrote: »

Canadians used to say arse for a long time and now, I suppose more of us have erased the anglo influence over time.

My dad used to say arse, I still do.

I always like that in Stargate, when the characters referred to a Zero Point
Module (technobabble), the Americans would call it a Zee Pee Emm while the Canadians called it a Zed Pee Emm.

The things that annoy me are their Pronunciations of Iraq (EYE-raq), Iran (EYE-ran), and Moscow (Mos-COW like a bovine animal).

Another thing is when somebody accidently does something, they say they did it "on accident" instead of "by accident". I haven't heard it very regularly, but enough to annoy me.

Irritating American names for things

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