Americanisms that will never, ever cross over into the UK

i use all three, but 'on' seems the wrong-est

I don't remember starting this thread or any of my posts on it (/early_onset_alzheimers)

We had "Commencement" at Trinity College Dublin. Also OED on this:

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 259 By a statute of the universite of Oxenford‥he schal not spende at his comencement passynge þre þowsand of grootes turonens.
1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. iii. i. 75 In Oxford this solemnitie is called an Act, but in Cambridge they vse the French word Commensement.
1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes 74 Shewe mee the Vniuersities hand and seale that thou art a Doctour sealed and deliuered in the presence of a whole Commensement.
1689 London Gaz. No. 2496/2 (Cambridge) An extraordinary Commencement being held on this signal Occasion, for conferring Degrees on persons of Worth in all Faculties.
1714 J. Ayliffe Antient & Present State Univ. Oxf. II. iii. i. 131 There is a general Commencement once every Year in all the Faculties of Learning, which is called the Act at Oxford, and the Commencement at Cambridge.
1858 D. Masson Life Milton I. 163 Three days before the close of the academic year‥there was held at Cambridge the great public ceremony of the ‘Commencement’.
1890 Academy 5 July 12/2 Dublin University‥The recipients of honorary degrees at the commencement are, etc.

"all that good stuff"

"oftentimes"

"different than"

I'm surpised at the number of baseball/American football expressions that have crossed over given that the vast majority of British people have no clue as to the rules of these games. I used "left field" myself in an email today and yet I have no idea why it means what it does.

ROBERT FROST'S poem LODGED

The rain to the wind said,
'You push and I'll pelt.'
They so smote the garden bed
That the flowers actually knelt,
And lay lodged - though not dead.
I know how the flowers felt.

"Lodged" -- to be flattened by wind and rain -- is not a UK usage (via sistrah becky, who encountered it in a movie last night and was startled and looked it up)

Ooh, that's a good one.

I don't think it's especially common in North America either?

Black Friday, that'll never cross over, we don't even have Thanksgiving

Indeed, a lot of the stuff mentioned itt has crossed over - I overheard someone talking about their sister's baby shower last week.

fucksgiving

as in zero fuckgiving

the one true holiday imo

the one true holiday imo

'Fratboy' doesn't have any equivalent. Or 'High School proms'. Or 'jock'. And for most people 'college' doesn't mean 'university'

High school proms have been here for a while now.

https://irishsheetmusicarchives.com/Sheet-Music/Sheet-Music-Image-Files/ifsl01237.jpg

LOL. Harry Lauder harms New York.

I hope it’s a better pressing than the Merced solo record from a couple years back, which was pressed off-centre & v poorly mastered. Always loved t

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They're a funny bunch, aren't they?

*ROBERT FROST'S poem LODGED*

The rain to the wind said,
'You push and I'll pelt.'
They so smote the garden bed
That the flowers actually knelt,
And lay lodged - though not dead.
I know how the flowers felt.

"Lodged" -- to be flattened by wind and rain -- is not a UK usage (via sistrah becky, who encountered it in a movie last night and was startled and looked it up)

I don't think it's especially common in North America either?

Whoops, ignore 1st para, a vestigial orphan

north american cropfarmers absent from the thread, ilxor bubblemind strikes again

My children say line instead of queue; I've heard them say boardwalk instead of pier; they rarely use the perfect tense. Unless I want to do the annoying parent thing I've given up mentioning it.

Child (looking in cupboard): "Do we have ketchup?"
Annoying parent: "Yes"
C: "I can't see it"
AP: "That's because we haven't got any at the moment, but generally we do have it. I'm sorry, your meaning was unclear to me"

As someone who works in the sector: UK farmers do say lodged, it’s p common to hear about eg wheat lodging

blimey and indeed cor

what's this about ketchup?

Yeah I don’t see what’s wrong with the ketchup thing?

fetter has just triggered literally everyone on ilx including me, kudos

i believe the correct queen's english would be 'hath we red sauce, papa?'

Is he saying that have should only be used meaning to consume so yes we consume ketchup but we are not currently in possession of it? Jesus. Anyway I’m tired of people pointing out when I say things weirdly. I’m just going to talk even more American from now on.

having (owning) ketchup is where i am a viking fyi

have we ketchupped, daddy?

lmao this phone trying to autocorrect me, don’t even try

are we having catsup ?

'Has we gots catsup' surely?

annoying parent is just incorrect in that example

In my day, annoying parents would say that annoying children like my former self should never say "got" and should always use formulations like "do we have" instead

do we have ketchup?
do we put it on pizza?
do you eat meat?
do we go to church?

hath we red sauce, papa?

how high's the ketchup mama?

i can has ketchup?

Any UK ILXors using "gotten" as the past participle of "got" yet? That's historically been distinctly American English.

how high's the ketchup mama?

0.9144 meters high and rising

(xp) Not since the 16th century.

not a uk ilxor, but gotten is valid

dont ask me how or why the specific usage vs "got"

also football talk, id say gotten is in there

I've found myself saying 'gotten' a lot. I hear 'douchebag' a lot too

everyone in my office says 'skedule' and that affects me more than it should

I agree, 'skedge' is vastly preferable.

Did 'Git-R-Done' ever cross over into UK parlance? Never too late imo.