Americanisms that People are Using Lately

[markyboy]

“Fair play to you calling over for a cup of tea Sean”

“Thank you for having me”

 

[Lame Duck]

How dare we spoil our beautiful native English tongue with whatever the Yanks are having.

We should protect our English language with grants and making it compulsory in schools. Possibly create areas where only OUR English is spoken. No American influences.

 

[greengrass]

How dare we spoil our beautiful native English tongue with whatever the Yanks are having.

We should protect our English language with grants and making it compulsory in schools. Possibly create areas where only OUR English is spoken. No American influences.

Lame

 

[Great-Bit-O-Stuff]

“Fair play to you calling over for a cup of tea Sean”

“Thank you for having me”

These are Cork sayings

 

[jeepers]

"So... I'm gonna do a latte" - May I have a latte please?

"Yeah. And I'll also go a scone." - Oh. Sorry - may I add a scone to my latte order please?


What's possibly more insidious is the creeping of the American accent into Irish kids' accents via YouTube or whatever other shit they watch. My sister-in-law and her husband live in Waterford but their 5 year old young fella sounds like he's in "Saved By The Bell".

I have that here. My kids watch Netflix or Disney + exclusively. It's impossible to get them to watch RTE, because they cannot cope with the existence of ads on telly. Mine aren't the worst, but one of my two has a friend whose parents are German and Polish, so she doesn't hear an Irish accent at home. She sounds like she's training to be homecoming queen.

 

[Carmona]

I have that here. My kids watch Netflix or Disney + exclusively. It's impossible to get them to watch RTE, because they cannot cope with the existence of ads on telly. Mine aren't the worst, but one of my two has a friend whose parents are German and Polish, so she doesn't hear an Irish accent at home. She sounds like she's training to be homecoming queen.

I hear ya. I work in an International School with many nationalities (about 35/40) where the dominant language is English and the dominant accent is International School English......... Probably a bastardised Yank kinda thing. But what are they gonna do? Lots of them don't have English at home either, so it's teachers, friends and whatever they watch.

 

[markyboy]

These are Cork sayings

Only the second one. Maybe it’s more a global thing but every news interview on American television seems to conclude with that phrase.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

“Fair play to you calling over for a cup of tea Sean”

“Thank you for having me”

?
Norries: "I'll have ya".
Reply: "Thank you for having me". ?

 

[Ghoti]

Anyone heard someone say "on accident" instead of "by accident" yet?

Damn you, America.

 

[dukeroyale]

Anyone heard someone say "on accident" instead of "by accident" yet?

Damn you, America.

that can’t be real?

i mean, i type here and all of my texts without capital letters because fuck capitals! but if i was going to write something in an official capacity (cv, death notice, etc.) i’d have a fair idea to throw in a capital letter here and there.

on accident can’t be real.