Irritating American names for things

Hamsterchops · 14-05-2021 1:33pm

E L E V A T O R

Elevator my bum, it's a lift.

NSAman · 14-05-2021 3:51pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

its a horrible word anywhere , i dont mind cursing but hate that word

Unfortunately, its use here in the States causes shock and the intended outcome. No one uses it unless it is absolutely last resort.

With the current mindset of many females in the US, when used it absolutely has the desired effect.

Not that I would EVER use such fowl language... ohhh no no no no!!! (ahem)

ohnonotgmail · 14-05-2021 4:03pm

NSAman wrote: »

Unfortunately, its use here in the States causes shock and the intended outcome. No one uses it unless it is absolutely last resort.

With the current mindset of many females in the US, when used it absolutely has the desired effect.

Not that I would EVER use such fowl language... ohhh no no no no!!! (ahem)

Chicken.

Electric Sheep · 14-05-2021 4:12pm

NSAman wrote: »

Unfortunately, its use here in the States causes shock and the intended outcome. No one uses it unless it is absolutely last resort.

With the current mindset of many females in the US, when used it absolutely has the desired effect.

Not that I would EVER use such fowl language... ohhh no no no no!!! (ahem)

What is the desired effect, and how is it impacted by women's mindset?

Capt'n Midnight · 14-05-2021 7:25pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

My question related to your use of z in realize.

Mr Webster made up his dictionaries phonetically as he thought fit. And even changed spellings in later ones.

Capt'n Midnight · 14-05-2021 7:28pm

Hamsterchops wrote: »

E L E V A T O R

Elevator my bum, it's a lift.

Escalator vs moving staircase.

NSAman · 14-05-2021 9:35pm

Electric Sheep wrote: »

What is the desired effect, and how is it impacted by women's mindset?

Too many Karens in the US at the current time.

trashcan · 14-05-2021 10:36pm

MeepMeep2021 wrote: »

Surprised no one has brought up the updated Oscar Wilde quote from the 2021 Edition of 'Quotes Gone Wilde' by Poolbeg Press: "Y'all bi*chez is weird. I mean, we s'pose to speak the same language like brothers, but y'all talk funny."

Was it just me, or did anyone else imagine that in the voice of Bodie from The Wire ?

Electric Sheep · 14-05-2021 10:38pm

NSAman wrote: »

Too many Karens in the US at the current time.

That answered neither of my questions.

Eduard Khil · 14-05-2021 10:42pm

Yo Mama

It's Yore Ma

YORE MAAAAA

14-05-2021 10:52pm

trashcan wrote: »

Was it just me, or did anyone else imagine that in the voice of Bodie from The Wire ?

Never seen it.

OT, I think the publishing house has gone too far with this 'updated' Americanized rewriting of classic literary quotes. I would have thought an Irish audience would be well able to understand "England and America are two countries separated by the same language." But maybe not. Perhaps it's all gone too far at this stage. :pac:

Lewis_Benson · 15-05-2021 11:27am

Cilantro

Bobblehats · 15-05-2021 12:00pm

Eduard Khil wrote: »

Yo Mama

It's Yore Ma

YORE MAAAAA

For sure

Eduard Khil · 15-05-2021 12:20pm

Bobblehats wrote: »

For sure

DjanoooowhatImeeeeeennnnn

Bobblehats · 15-05-2021 12:28pm

Eduard Khil wrote: »

DjanoooowhatImeeeeeennnnn

Yih

mr.anonymous · 15-05-2021 2:22pm

Polling place

No, it's a Polling Station!

dxhound2005 · 15-05-2021 2:34pm

mr.anonymous wrote: »

Polling place

No, it's a Polling Station!

Polling place is the building and polling station is the specific room (or part of a room) where voters cast their votes. A polling place can contain one or more polling stations.

Doublebusy · 15-05-2021 2:37pm

Bae
That word annoys me for some reason

Wibbs · 15-05-2021 2:48pm

branie2 wrote: »

Car boot - trunk

That makes sense mind you. Boot doesn't. Or at least it hasn't in a very long while. IIRC boot was a place on a horse drawn coach where the driver would keep his kit. Trunk comes from, well a trunk, that in the early days of cars was a separate entity fitted externally on a rack at the back. Of course these days with leccy cars we have "frunks", though some have tried to push for "froot" for this side of the water.

Bonnet is a bit fey. Hood has a bit more blood to it. Transmission is more technically descriptive than gearbox. I prefer bulkhead to firewall though and wings to fenders. Americans calling an engine a motor is a little grating if my OCD comes to the fore. Now a Tesla has a motor, but if it's something that's sucking in petroleum distillate it's an engine. And don't get me started on Gaaaas for petrol.

Cilldara_2000 · 15-05-2021 8:20pm

mr.anonymous wrote: »

Polling place

No, it's a Polling Station!

O rly?

Hamsterchops · 16-05-2021 8:30am

Faucet.

Irritating & rediculous name for a tap.

ShatterAlan · 16-05-2021 8:45am

American girls refer to the hair that grows down the front of their forehead as "bangs"

"I need to trim my bangs"

What the fcuk are you on?

branie2 · 16-05-2021 11:44am

Jam - Jelly

16-05-2021 11:46am

Da Bomb - really good

NSAman · 16-05-2021 2:24pm

Electric Sheep wrote: »

That answered neither of my questions.

That must be irritating?

Bobblehats · 16-05-2021 2:39pm

MeepMeep2021 wrote: »

Da Bomb - really good

Dope is another one. Explains all the mongos that culture is spawning

cj maxx · 16-05-2021 4:27pm

The way they call your bum , your fanny.
Very easily can lead to ' mistakes '

messrs · 16-05-2021 4:33pm

ShatterAlan wrote: »

American girls refer to the hair that grows down the front of their forehead as "bangs"

"I need to trim my bangs"

What the fcuk are you on?

Unfortunately that has made its way over here. Saw a pic of my 19 year old niece on Instagram earlier who was after getting her hair done so I sent her a text and asked here when she got a fringe she text back and asked "Do you mean my bangs" :eek:

tipptom · 16-05-2021 5:31pm

"Back in de day",seems to have taken over here by people without embarrasment.

branie2 · 16-05-2021 5:33pm

My bad, indicating a mistake

Ubbquittious · 16-05-2021 5:38pm

Soddering instead of soldering. Every Statesian youtuber calls it soddering

Wibbs · 16-05-2021 7:23pm

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Soddering instead of soldering. Every Statesian youtuber calls it soddering

Yet they will type it as soldering. Seems to be an accent thing. Maybe the L after the O and before the D is difficult to pronounce for some north American accents? Canadians do the same thing. The L will probably disappear in time. Than and Then mixed up another one, though that's observable everywhere.

In much the same way that some English accents can't seem to navigate two vowel type sounds together. EG instead of "Drawing" a few English accents will pronounce it as "DrawRing". "Drawer" is another that come be contracted to "Draw"(some will even spell it that way). I've heard some East Coast US accents that do similar. I seem to remember it's something to do with the vowel shift in English. It happened in England and the US, but didn't happen here with hiberno English to nearly the same degree, so we sound more like pre vowel shift in our pronunciations. Well we did before the Dort accent took hold and latterly the fully Americanised accent affectation. A fair number of our older words have become rare to hear. Though "press" instead of "cupboard" and "I'm after going to.." is still in play, things like "shores" instead of "drains", or "bowler" for a dog are all but gone. Nature of language I suppose and new words come in, but I think it's a bit of a pity. I've only heard an example of vocal fry the once, a conversation, if it bore the weight of that description, between two young wans in a shop, but jaysus that's hard on the ears and makes the speaker sound like a complete dribbling moron.

ShatterAlan · 17-05-2021 1:06am

My fury doesn't come so much for their names but rather their pronunciations.

I first went to the US at the age of 17 and I was in my cousins's house and we played Trivial Pursuit in the basement and ate pizza.

Her mate plucked a card and announced "Sport and 'LEE-ZHURE'"

Who the FCUK came up with that pronunciation?

Leisure rhymes with pleasure.

"LEE-ZHURE" FFS.

Then I had the "pleasure" of later hearing ROUTE pronounced as "ROWT"

Take a different ROWT. Yet they will still sing "Get your kicks on ROOT 66"

Nonsense.

Peregrinus · 17-05-2021 5:21am

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Faucet.

Irritating & rediculous name for a tap.

There is actually a technical distinction between a tap and faucet. And, embarrassingly, the US usage of "faucet" is technically more correct.

The whole, um, apparatus has three parts:

1. At one end, there's a connection to a hole in a vessel or water main, through which water can come out. That connection is the "tap". You "tap into" a water main by making such a hole and connecting a pipe to it.

2. The water comes out into a pipe - the "spigot".

3. At the other end of the spigot is a device which opens and closes, to allow or arrest the escape of water from the end of the spigot. That device is the "faucet". The faucet is the bit that you handle and, mostly, the bit that's visible.

"Synecdoche' is the phenomenon by which a complex thing is named after one of its parts - "motor" for a motor vehicle; "hand" for a workman. Calling the entire assembly a tap, as we do, or a faucet, as the Americans do, are both examples of synecdoche. But in most circumstances, the US usage is closer to accurate. You don't turn the tap; you turn the faucet. And there's only a leak in the tap if the leak is at the join between the spigot and the main. If water is dripping out the end of the spigot the problem is likely to be with the faucet, not the tap.

Gaoth Laidir · 17-05-2021 7:48am

Peregrinus wrote: »

There is actually a technical distinction between a tap and faucet. And, embarrassingly, the US usage of "faucet" is technically more correct.

The whole, um, apparatus has three parts:

1. At one end, there's a connection to a hole in a vessel or water main, through which water can come out. That connection is the "tap". You "tap into" a water main by making such a hole and connecting a pipe to it.

2. The water comes out into a pipe - the "spigot".

3. At the other end of the spigot is a device which opens and closes, to allow or arrest the escape of water from the end of the spigot. That device is the "faucet". The faucet is the bit that you handle and, mostly, the bit that's visible.

"Synecdoche' is the phenomenon by which a complex thing is named after one of its parts - "motor" for a motor vehicle; "hand" for a workman. Calling the entire assembly a tap, as we do, or a faucet, as the Americans do, are both examples of synecdoche. But in most circumstances, the US usage is closer to accurate. You don't turn the tap; you turn the faucet. And there's only a leak in the tap if the leak is at the join between the spigot and the main. If water is dripping out the end of the spigot the problem is likely to be with the faucet, not the tap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEOjo0imqKE

The J Stands for Jay · 17-05-2021 8:01am

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Soddering instead of soldering. Every Statesian youtuber calls it soddering

They all pronounce niche as "nitch"

Hamsterchops · 17-05-2021 8:10am

Peregrinus wrote: »

There is actually a technical distinction between a tap and faucet. And, embarrassingly, the US usage of "faucet" is technically more correct.

The whole, um, apparatus has three parts:

1. At one end, there's a connection to a hole in a vessel or water main, through which water can come out. That connection is the "tap". You "tap into" a water main by making such a hole and connecting a pipe to it.

2. The water comes out into a pipe - the "spigot".

3. At the other end of the spigot is a device which opens and closes, to allow or arrest the escape of water from the end of the spigot. That device is the "faucet". The faucet is the bit that you handle and, mostly, the bit that's visible.

"Synecdoche' is the phenomenon by which a complex thing is named after one of its parts - "motor" for a motor vehicle; "hand" for a workman. Calling the entire assembly a tap, as we do, or a faucet, as the Americans do, are both examples of synecdoche. But in most circumstances, the US usage is closer to accurate. You don't turn the tap; you turn the faucet. And there's only a leak in the tap if the leak is at the join between the spigot and the main. If water is dripping out the end of the spigot the problem is likely to be with the faucet, not the tap.

Ah come now, you're getting more than a bit carried away with the old technicalities there

Sure if that's the case we could apply the same logic to Automobile Vs Car, Elevator Vs Lift, Fanny Vs Bottom, Windshield Vs windscreen, Closet Vs Wardrobe, etc etc etc....

I like our words, I like using our definitions instead of the US equivalents, I like turning on the tap (and not the faucet).

Peregrinus · 17-05-2021 8:36am

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Ah come now, you're getting more than a bit carried away with the old technicalities there

Sure if that's the case we could apply the same logic to Automobile Vs Car, Elevator Vs Lift, Fanny Vs Bottom, Windshield Vs windscreen, Closet Vs Wardrobe, etc etc etc....

I like our words, I like using our definitions instead of the US equivalents, I like turning on the tap (and not the faucet).

So do I. But that doesn't mean the US preference for "faucet" is irritating and ridiculous. It's just as good as ours. It's only your insecurity that makes you so dismissive of it.

Hamsterchops · 17-05-2021 8:38am

Peregrinus wrote: »

But that doesn't mean the US preference for "faucet" is irritating and ridiculous. It's just as good as ours. It's only your insecurity that makes you so dismissive of it.

Excellent.

Stovepipe · 17-05-2021 8:57am

Gasoline is probably more technically correct than petrol. Ze Germans called it benzene and it is marketed in some countries as autogas and small aircraft operators call it Mogas to differentiate it from Avgas, which is a different type of petrol for aero engines.

granturismo · 17-05-2021 9:54am

'Super'

'Entree' and on the subject of food, we ordered fillets for our main course in Chicago and the waitress insisted on correcting us three times by repeating it as 'fillee' - the french pronunciation. I replied each 'yes I'll have the fillet'

Following up the location of a town/city with its country or US state. I know there is a Paris in Texas and France but from the context of the conversation most societies around the world dont need to refer to San Francisco as San Francisco, CA. Fair enough if they're referring to a US location that has has been used in more than one state.

RebelButtMunch · 17-05-2021 9:55am

granturismo wrote: »

'Super'

Ah yes, every single meeting I'm at now with the heads of the company, everyone is always super excited.

Igotadose · 17-05-2021 9:59am

branie2 wrote: »

Jam - Jelly

Jelly typically has added pectin or some other thickener. Jam can, but doesn't "in general" especially "pure" jams (like, homemade)

They're two different products in the US.

The J Stands for Jay · 17-05-2021 10:00am

granturismo wrote: »

'Super'

'Entree' and on the subject of food, we ordered fillets for our main course in Chicago and the waitress insisted on correcting us three times by repeating it as 'fillee' - the french pronunciation. I replied each 'yes I'll have the fillet'

Following up the location of a town/city with its country or US state. I know there is a Paris in Texas and France but from the context of the conversation most societies around the world dont need to refer to San Francisco as San Francisco, CA. Fair enough if they're referring to a US location that has has been used in more than one state.

Entree for a main course is terrible.

Wibbs · 17-05-2021 12:00pm

Stovepipe wrote: »

Gasoline is probably more technically correct than petrol.

Not really. Gasoline was a brand name for a petroleum spirit. Petrol although a contraction is the more accurate.

New Home · 17-05-2021 12:38pm

Tap, faucet, spigot... can we put it down to locali(s/z)ation?

764dak · 17-05-2021 12:42pm

NSAman wrote: »

MY BAD! = I am a thick yank

Trunk = boot of a car

Starbucks = Coffee

Yeah No = Chicago for No

Where did you get "Starbucks = Coffee"?

New Home · 17-05-2021 12:43pm

New Home wrote: »

Tap, faucet, spigot... can we put it down to locali(s/z)ation?

And can we switch to benzine, instead of gas(oline)/petro(eum spirit)?

jester77 · 17-05-2021 12:44pm

Y'all is the aural equivalent of eye bleach

Beanstalk · 17-05-2021 12:54pm

Alooooominummmmm

Irritating American names for things

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