{"id":4494,"date":"2022-05-28T00:08:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T00:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kite47.com\/?p=4494"},"modified":"2022-05-28T00:13:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T00:13:50","slug":"americanisms-50-of-your-most-noted-examples-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kite47.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/28\/americanisms-50-of-your-most-noted-examples-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Americanisms: 50 of your most noted examples"},"content":{"rendered":"Americanisms: 50 of your most noted examples<\/title><\/p>\n<p>Some are useful, while some seem truly unnecessary, argued Matthew Engel in the article. Here are 50 of the most e-mailed.<\/p>\n<p>1. When people ask for something, I often hear: ” Can I get a. ” It infuriates me. It’s not New York. It’s not the 90s. You’re not in Central Perk with the rest of the Friends. Really.” Steve, Rossendale, Lancashire<\/p>\n<p>2. The next time someone tells you something is the ” least worst option”, tell them that their most best option is learning grammar. Mike Ayres, Bodmin, Cornwall<\/p>\n<p>3. The phrase I’ve watched seep into the language (especially with broadcasters) is ” two-time” and ” three-time”. Have the words double, triple etc, been totally lost? Grammatically it makes no sense, and is even worse when spoken. My pulse rises every time I hear or see it. Which is not healthy as it’s almost every day now.<!--more--> Argh! D Rochelle, Bath<\/p>\n<p>4. Using 24\/7 rather than “24 hours, 7 days a week” or even just plain “all day, every day”. Simon Ball, Worcester<\/p>\n<p>5. The one I can’t stand is ” deplane”, meaning to disembark an aircraft, used in the phrase “you will be able to deplane momentarily”. TykeIntheHague, Den Haag, Holland<\/p>\n<p>6. To ” wait on” instead of “wait for” when you’re not a waiter – once read a friend’s comment about being in a station waiting on a train. For him, the train had yet to arrive – I would have thought rather that it had got stuck at the station with the friend on board. T Balinski, Raglan, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p>12. The word I hate to hear is ” leverage”. Pronounced lev-er-ig rather than lee-ver -ig. It seems to pop up in all aspects of work. And its meaning seems to have changed to “value added”. Gareth Wilkins, Leicester<\/p>\n<p>13. Does nobody celebrate a birthday anymore, must we all ” turn” 12 or 21 or 40? Even the Duke of Edinburgh was universally described as “turning” 90 last month. When did this begin? I quite like the phrase in itself, but it seems to have obliterated all other ways of speaking about birthdays. Michael McAndrew, Swindon<\/p>\n<p>14. I caught myself saying ” shopping cart” instead of shopping trolley today and was thoroughly disgusted with myself. I’ve never lived nor been to the US either. Graham Nicholson, Glasgow<\/p>\n<p>19. I enjoy Americanisms. I suspect even some Americans use them in a tongue-in-cheek manner? “That statement was the height of ridiculosity”. Bob, Edinburgh<\/p>\n<p>21. A ” heads up”. For example, as in a business meeting. Lets do a “heads up” on this issue. I have never been sure of the meaning. R Haworth, Marlborough<\/p>\n<h2>Gayle, Nottingham<\/h2>\n<p>22. Train station. My teeth are on edge every time I hear it. Who started it? Have they been punished? Chris Capewell, Queens Park, London<\/p>\n<p>24. People that say ” my bad” after a mistake. I don’t know how anything could be as annoying or lazy as that. Simon Williamson, Lymington, Hampshire<\/p>\n<p>26. As an expat living in New Orleans, it is a very long list but ” burglarize” is currently the word that <a href=\"https:\/\/hookupdate.net\/es\/eharmony-review\/ \">coste de eharmony<\/a> I most dislike. Simon, New Orleans<\/p>\n<p>29. I’m a Brit living in New York. The one that always gets me is the American need to use the word bi-weekly when fortnightly would suffice just fine. Ami Grewal, New York<\/p>\n<h2>Joshire<\/h2>\n<p>30. I hate ” alternate” for “alternative”. I don’t like this as they are two distinct words, both have distinct meanings and it’s useful to have both. Using alternate for alternative deprives us of a word. Catherine, London<\/p>\n<p>31. ” Hike” a price. Does that mean people who do that are hikers? No, hikers are ramblers! M Holloway, Accrington<\/p>\n<p>33. I hate the word ” deliverable”. Used by management consultants for something that they will “deliver” instead of a report.<\/p>\n<p>34. The most annoying Americanism is ” a million and a half” when it is clearly one and a half million! A million and a half is 1,000,000.5 where one and a half million is 1,500,000. Gordon Brown, Coventry<\/p>\n<p>35. ” Reach out to” when the correct word is “ask”. For example: “I will reach out to Kevin and let you know if that timing is convenient”. Reach out? Is Kevin stuck in quicksand? Is he teetering on the edge of a cliff? Can’t we just ask him? Nerina, London<\/p>\n<p>37. I hate the fact I now have to order a ” regular Americano”. What ever happened to a medium sized coffee? Marcus Edwards, Hurst Green<\/p>\n<p>39. My favourite one was where Americans claimed their family were ” Scotch-Irish”. This of course it totally inaccurate, as even if it were possible, it would be “Scots” not “Scotch”, which as I pointed out is a drink. James, Somerset<\/p>\n<p>40.I am increasingly hearing the phrase ” that’ll learn you” – when the English (and more correct) version was always “that’ll teach you”. What a ridiculous phrase! Tabitha, London<\/p>\n<p>41. I really hate the phrase: ” Where’s it at?” This is not more efficient or informative than “where is it?” It just sounds grotesque and is immensely irritating. Adam, London<\/p>\n<p>43. My pet hate is ” winningest”, used in the context “Michael Schumacher is the winningest driver of all time”. I can feel the rage rising even using it here.<\/p>\n<p>46. I hear more and more people pronouncing the letter Z as ” zee”. Not happy about it! Ross, London<\/p>\n<p>47. To ” medal” instead of to win a medal. Sets my teeth on edge with a vengeance. Helen, Martock, Somerset<\/p>\n<p>48. ” I got it for free” is a pet hate. You got it “free” not “for free”. You don’t get something cheap and say you got it “for cheap” do you? Mark Jones, Plymouth<\/p>\n<p>50. ” I could care less” instead of “I couldn’t care less” has to be the worst. Opposite meaning of what they’re trying to say. Jonathan, Birmingham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americanisms: 50 of your most noted examples Some are useful, while some seem truly unnecessary, argued Matthew Engel in the article. Here are 50 of the most e-mailed. 1. 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