AMERICANIZATION
u don't open a telephone conversation with a HELLO but with a "Hi"
The telephone is never "engaged", it's always "busy".
U don't "disconnect" a phone, U simply "hang-up".
U never "mess-up" things, U only "screw them up".
U never have a "residence" tel. no., U have a "home" no.
U don't stop at the "signals", but halt at the "lights".
U don't "accelerate", U "step on the gas".
Your tire never "punctures", U may have a "flat".
The trains have "coaches" or "boggies' no more but "carriages" or "boxes".
There R no "petrol pumps", but "gas stations".
"I don't know nothing", 2 negatives don't make a positive here.
U no longer meet a "wonderful" person, U meet a "cool" guy
U don't pull the switch down to light a bulb,rather flick it up.
There's no "Business Area" only "business districts", and no "districts" but
"counties".
No one stays "a stone's throw away", might"a few blocks away".
There's no "Town Side", it's "Down Town".
In hotel U no longer ask for "bill" and pay by "cheque", rather ask for "check" and
pay with (Dollar) "bill"s.
There R no "soft drinks", only "sodas".
Life's no longer "miserable" it "stinks".
U don't have a "great" time, U have a "ball".
U don't "sweat it out", U "work U'r butt off".
Never "post" a letter, always "mail" it and "glue" the stamps, don't "stick" them.
U no longer live in "flats" or "blocks", find an "apartment".
U don't stand in a "queue", you are in a "line".
U no longer "like" something, U "appreciate" it.
"#" is not "hash", it's "pound".
U R not "deaf", U have "impaired hearing".
U R not "lunatic", U are just "mentally challenged".
U R not "disgusting" U R "sick".
U can't get "surprised" U get "zapped".
U don't "schedule" a meeting, U "skejule" it.
U never "joke", U just "kid".
U never "increase" the pressure, U always "crank" it up.
U never ask for a pencil "rubber" U ask for an eraser. a rubber is a condom
U don't try to find a lift U find an elevator.
U no more ask for a route but for a "RAUT"
U don't ask somebody "How r u ?", U say "What's up dude?"
U never go to see a game U go to watch a game.
If U see "World" champions(or Series),read "USA"champions(or Series).
There's no "zero" but "o", no "Z" but "zee".
There's no FULL STOP after a statement, there's a PERIOD.
If someone gets angry at U, U get "flamed".
You don't say "How do you do", you say "How you doin"
Well u dont' say life is boring u say LIFE SUCKS !!!!!
Dance Puppets...DANCE!
Hey Gypsy do you think they see through our scheme to annoy both of them? LOL j/k =p
Stay safe all.
P.S. Scarlett....I HONESTLY did not know Gringo was that offensive....I always thought it was mexico's slang for yanks.
Perfection does not exist. The question therefore, is: what level of imperfection are we willing to settle for?
I DO so apologize to most of the Brits for what I said earlier..I really don't think that way...except for the smart comment, and certainly the gringo one..not called for at all..and absolutely NOT nice...
Anyway...peace...and I like my eggs scrambled with salsa on top...
I like to think of myself as a "citizen of the world", but.
I hate to hear British folf using American versions of words.
Example;
Guys and the worst thing to ever invade our shores;
WHATEVER.
I have told my children that is a swear word and they won't use it in our house.
But I allow them to use sh1t, bugger and f@rt like it was normal.
Not "Like it was free".
But then I am old fashioned.
Call me Maninibat!
now i to be think to be call 999 or to be call 911
Its funny how defensive people get. Im terrible i must admit, yet im the UK'S biggest critic most of the time.
Ive got a Chevrolet 4x4 but i cant bring myself to call it a 'chevvy'. Thats way too American for me and doesnt sound right coming out of and English mouth, ( like Soccer, geeez, eggs over easy....) You can keep them...;o
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turning all red, white and blue...but..nothing wrong with being patriotic in my book...and I AM proud to be an American...even with all her history, good and bad..its what makes us who we are and are going to be...we're still a very young nation and make mistakes...
cranky mood all gone now...whew...Only thing more fun that that would be a full blown hot flash..lmao
sooo. if that was 1 to zeeeero...would my car be a Zed 4 instead of the real name of Zee 4? Dang it..now i'll have to rename her...
but only because it made me laugh. " tempest in a teapot", is not what i'd call it, but im going to take my own advice and shut up.
1 nil to you. ( 1 to Zeeeero in you world)
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You took it personally Nationalistic ideas took over u...Nothing against them personally....
is this what they call a tempest in a teapot???
but...WE won our independence from y'all!!!..hehehe..*ducking so I don't get slapped up side of the head*
have a great night hon...peace...
I get "suckered" into these things all the time.
I always get defensive and if im honest i was just going to ignore the topic all together. I should have.
I can apprecaite you defending your nationality, so you should.
Im not saying any more, ive got to learn to shut up....lol
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i'm just throughly tired of all this poopy stuff on here..and yes you are right gypsy..those are the phases...
and I for one, need to apologize for allowing someone to get under my skin with comments against Americans and their ways of life...we are who we are and I think we are pretty darn nice folks...
and I'll bring you some forks and knives next time I see you, hon..we can throw them out into the ocean...and use our hands from now on..
Americans are less stiff brits are stiffer.... Its not americanization its the threat of globalization.....Haaa!
What are knives and forks?? :P
"You don't have to like me for who I am but we'll see what you're made of by what you make of me." Ani Difranco
TCOM I have noticed actually that QL goes through stages. There are times when
A) nobody posts anything, this is followed by a stage where ...
B)everyone gets in a silly mood and hijacks threads and makes jokes non-stop, then ...
C)the jokes get dull and people get bored and complain there is nothing interesting happening, then ...
D) some troll appears (I will not mention her name) and attacks everyone and it turns into a big fight, then...
E) everyone gets bored of the fight BUT they are still cranky so the someone starts some controversial (or not so controversial topic) and it turns into culture/race/religion bashing, THEN...
A) nobody posts anything....and so on and so forth.
"You don't have to like me for who I am but we'll see what you're made of by what you make of me." Ani Difranco
its like all need to take a chillpill in QL... where is the doctor
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
You talk like the Americans (well you are a North American) and you spell like the Brits. As for knives and forks, are there any to be found in your trailer park?
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Mahatma Gandhi
i know..we need to chillax like corne said
now its brit against american ...... my my QL has changed for the worse
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
against americans, matty...actually i have no worries with you guys..just hate it when someone does that..and it caught me in a bad mood..
I actually like brits..had one for a roomie for a year..we got along great..but then again...we didn't slam each other's habits...
How did a joke about the English language turn into a war between Americans and British? Let's just face it, you all talk funny. Only Canadians have found the happy medium. :D ;)
"You don't have to like me for who I am but we'll see what you're made of by what you make of me." Ani Difranco
" Brits get snooty when speaking to anyone other than themselves."
It sounds 'snooty' because we havent destroyed the language to make it simple to understand. It was cultivated through hundreds of years of culture. Americans simplified so you could spell it as it sounds.
( It mite luk lyk this in the fewcha)
"Maybe one of these days Brits will learn there are actual other languages than their own"
From a Country where only 12% of the population have left the States and most couldnt find Iraq or Britain on a map. Insular at its finest!!
"Brits use the back of the fork because they haven't learned how to cut and use the correct side of a fork"
Why would Americans need a fork for KFC, MacDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, ( the list is endless.)
Im being defensive not offensive. However ( in my best American accent), "if your gonna bring it..bring it"
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first of all GRINGOS is a not so nice word for ALL white people, not just Americans..which I don't appreciate being called..
Brits use the back of the fork because they haven't learned how to cut and use the correct side of a fork, and I've seem MANY a Brit shovel faster than an American. Nothing like seeing amashed up food all shoved together so it sticks on the tines of a fork.
Brits get snooty when speaking to anyone other than themselves.
Maybe one of these days Brits will learn there are actual other languages than their own.
Smart...check out one of the ways its defined in Webster's..
smart /smɑrt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[smahrt]
8. having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability: a smart student.
So...that being said...howdy Y'all...(notice I didn't say you guys...actually that's because I prefer to use, you folks..)
Coming from the land of Shake Spearing Robert Burns actually) and having been brought up there, I do prefer to speak English when I can.
but for myself i use some american and some british and mix it.
:-D
LOL.Hope everyone understands me.
:-D
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Well in any case going back to the thread on "evoloution" here you have found it and such a typical example. Long gone are the days from Shake Spearing. lol.
Americans only need one utensil to eat their main course... which they use to drag (not cut because it is a fork)the food apart and then shovel it in.
I also resent being called a guy as in Hey you guys!
A kid is a baby goat and not a child.
i detest when someone says 'gee your accent is so cute!'
Also smart is well dressed not intelligent.
I hate the way they turn nouns into verbs.
network - networking dialogue - dialoguing
I hate they way they talk in bloody psycho babble regurgitated from talk shows and self help books.
ie. i have personal issues i am learning to acknowledge in a non-confrontational way thru supportive group therapy.
I do love Richard 123 who is the epitome of the erudite gentleman.