Americanisms that will never, ever cross over into the UK

crabby

And the verb "to crab".

crabby is more feminine.

American Heritage sez "rostrum" is:
1. The curved, beaklike prow of an ancient Roman ship, especially a war galley.
2. The speaker's platform in an ancient Roman forum, which was decorated with the prows of captured enemy ships.
3. A beaklike or snoutlike projection.

crabby

The Scottish word is "crabbit"

ticked off

I don't think I've ever used "crab" as a verb, but I say "grumpy" a lot. "Cranky" seems more befitting of a baby crying over a full diaper.

NB: When I use "grumpy" it's almost always in a cute way, like "Awww, why are you so grumpy?"

"snippy"

I like that being "crabby" makes you "snippy" in your dialogue. It's a nice evocative progression.

Awww xp!

grumpypantsed

the use and difference of cranky as opposed to crank (as in joke) is interesting.

No one outside the US says "check" to mean "bill," right?

The speaker's platform in an ancient Roman forum, which was decorated with the prows of captured enemy ships.

I like this. What would Bush's podium be decorated with.

American tourists.

Only time i've ever heard "rostrum" was in The Who's "Sally Simpson"

xp

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has anyone mentioned "dude" yet? or do they say that in the UK?

No one outside the US says "check" to mean "bill," right?

Or even cheque!

i say dude a lot. i blame/credit certain american ilxors for this tho.

"Guess" for suppose - that prob'ly will cross over

surely it did long ago.

Did "tube" for television make it over?

Give me an example (xp)

Did "tube" for television make it over?

Years ago

saying "momentarily" instead of "in a short while" when it means "FOR a short while" already. OH WAIT.

"Tube" for television is vestigal in the US and shows only in expressions like "boobtube", as far as I can tell!

i guess that's why they all it the blues - elton john

inevitable xpost

It's a rock song! They don't count!

ok

i say it all the time and have done for at least a decade.

i see dentistry has been mentioned already...

regarding an interest in guns as a patriotic duty

i say 'guess' for suppose. i say 'douchebag'. i say 'psyched'. "write me" is the dative tense and entirely acceptable english. i have taken to saying 'season' where britishes say 'series'.

trunk or is it still called a boot?

i probably write quite a few (American) words on ILX i almost never say in REAL LIFE. because i feel like i'm writing to a fairly sophistimacated American audience on here a lot of the time and there's this urge to be accepted by them or at least thought of as not ignorant of/opposed to the differences in "their" language (i don't get annoyed by American spelling of certain words for example) esp. slang, daft as this may be. also when i say some words to people i'll say them in certain accents because it sounds lamer in my natural voice. i be weird.

i say 'guess' for suppose. i say 'douchebag'. i say 'psyched'. "write me" is the dative tense and entirely acceptable english. i have taken to saying 'season' where britishes say 'series'.

Traitor!

"Asian" to mean Chinese/Japanese

... or Korean, or whatever

ok, i never got this. in north america we call one year's worth of TV a "season" and the entire body of work a "series" (ie. lost season 1, season 2, but the SERIES is called Lost.)

What word do britishonians use for our word "series"?

if we're talking about US Tv shows i guess (ha) it makes sense for us to say season not series. makes a lot less sense for British shows as someone pointed out upthread.

i feel like most of the most common ILX-isms are distinctly American inc. things like 'OTM'. there's already another thread about getting ILX-isms out into the real world tho.

"Asian" to mean Chinese/Japanese

(or Korean/Vietnamese/Thai/perhaps Filipino/Malaysian)

regarding an interest in guns as a patriotic duty

...

US = "What do you usually do on the weekend?" or "What do you usually do on weekends"

the latter, yes, the former, no. i don't believe jaymc knows any non-anglophiles who use it.

nabisco oh-tee-em re NY-LI "herb" (but it lasted into the early 90s)

the non-use of 'douchebag' is one that can be chalked up for the britishes

Will we would use 'series' in both cases and specify by saying 'a new series' or 'the second series'.

What word do britishonians use for our word "series"?

Series! You lot will insist on dragging out programMMEs for years and years and years...

I don't think the Great Americanism of being a cheesy fuck will ever catch on in Britain, with large thanks going to the ever-strengthening Great Britishism of being a cynical fuck who can't express any sincere fondness for anything (see: E4).

Of course, everything I know about anything I get from watching TV.

Is "wanker" used by any Americans who aren't pretending to be British? A society that could have a place for both it and "douchebag" would be a great one indeed.

"Tube" for television is vestigal in the US and shows only in expressions like "boobtube", as far as I can tell!

Yeah, it sticks around in my lexicon because of the Beastie Boys:

"Sittin' 'round the house/get high, watch the tube/eatin' Colonel's chicken/drinkin' Heinekin brew"

Which admittedly, is 20 years old.

i feel like most of the most common ILX-isms are distinctly American inc. things like 'OTM'.

I figured "on the money" was a Britishism

americans saying "wanker" always bugs the hell out of me

same with "bloody"

"Ruddy"
"Bleedin'"

A society that could have a place for both it and "douchebag" would be a great one indeed.

THIS BAR IS CALLED ILX

xpost to GR - Me too! Even when I lived in England I could never bring myself to say either of those because it just sounded so fake and pretentious.

how about americans saying "well" instead of "really" like "she looks well angry"? i like it so much but have to stop myself from using it because people HATE it for sounding so affected. SO SAD :(

that was xposted way back to ghost rider re: americans + wanker and/or bloody

the latter, yes, the former, no. i don't believe jaymc knows any non-anglophiles who use it.

Oh, come on. Here's THREE American college newspapers:

Stanford Daily: As someone who has written an op-ed belonging to the latter category, I’ll own up and take the hit: I wrote about fun things to do on the weekend.

Daily Kent Stater:
So in the spirit of the weekend, I have compiled a list of 10 things to do on the weekend.

The State News (Michigan State Univ.):
If you’re looking for something to do on the weekend, you’ve got two new places to look.

Also, this book was published by a small press in North Carolina:

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