Richey Edwards Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 The American prounounciation of "Craig" - which is a fucking stupid name in the first place, but sounds even more daft with American pronunciation. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesher Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 "Movie" - Oh f**k off 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawB93 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: The American prounounciation of "Craig" - which is a fucking stupid name in the first place, but sounds even more daft with American pronunciation. I thought there were people in the US called Cregg until about 3 years ago. Edit: See also Gram (Graham) crackers Edited November 23, 2023 by RawB93 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 1 minute ago, RawB93 said: I thought there were people in the US called Cregg until about 3 years ago. Probably named after that well known former Falkirk, Hibs and St Mirren player Patrick Cregg. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 42 minutes ago, Halbeath Raith Rover said: The Raith facebook page asks a series of fan submitted questions of a player the day before a game. It's not bad but today a question put to Liam Dick mentioned locker room instead of dressing room. Seething. Jags thread for this theatrical pish. I think you mean changing rooms . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchetman Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Standings. F****** standings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Peil said: I'm getting a Thanksgiving dinner in a couple of hours Right enough the missus is a septic, should I refuse on moral grounds or get tore into the scran? What is it you get for that? I think i'll celebrate by watching the greatest thanksgiving movie ever made and laughing like a drain. It's not americanization though cos big John Candy wasn't (US) American. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 3 hours ago, TxRover said: It’s all related to the reduction of support for the BBC. At one time the cultured Yank watched Masterpiece Theatre and the like on PBS (Publoc Broadcasting System) and made subtle adjustments to behavior and accent based upon it. As time went on the big American networks instead started stealing British shows, filing off the serial numbers, and “recreating” them (Steptoe and Son/Sanford and Son being the commonly accepted first instance) for broadcast. Now a decent proportion of UK tv IS U.S. tv. Mods! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 2 hours ago, hatchetman said: Standings. F****** standings. As found here, to my astonishment. https://www.wosfl.co.uk/index.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Surely the thread should be titled Americanization 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Players in and out can seriously f**k off. Also needlessly sticking z where an s is happily doing a job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 3 hours ago, Florentine_Pogen said: FTFY Assiette, of course. I wonder if the French adopted any words from the Scots in recognition of our special relationship. I once proofread an article, written for a magazine my employer published, by an American academic. In the spirit of nitpicking, I changed "while" to "whilst" in the text. The author wanted her original word reinstated on the grounds that Americans would not be familiar with the word and/or would not be able to pronounce it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 4 hours ago, Scary Bear said: I quite fancy an AK47. I can get one tomorrow morning…can probably find a small boat to ship it on too! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Had a side of zucchini with my dinner today but I haven't noticed any of this takeover by Murica 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Happy Fucksgiven boys 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Sanchez Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Already here: The cheapening of the word "excited". Some of the things people insert after the words,"I'm excited by...", is fucking wild these days. Still to come: Omitting the word "injury" when describing footballers' injuries. e.g. "Smith and Jones both have ankles and will miss Saturday's game". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernrover Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Gender reveals are, in a well-contested category, the worst thing those mutants from across the Pond have ever imposed upon us. f**k all involved. Why have grace, humility and genuine happiness when you can act a cvnt on Twitter for the same occasion. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Thane of Cawdor said: Assiette, of course. I wonder if the French adopted any words from the Scots in recognition of our special relationship. I once proofread an article, written for a magazine my employer published, by an American academic. In the spirit of nitpicking, I changed "while" to "whilst" in the text. The author wanted her original word reinstated on the grounds that Americans would not be familiar with the word and/or would not be able to pronounce it. I've been married to a Yank for many years and am quite inured to her linguistic traits but the one that still gets on my tits is 'envision' instead of 'envisage'. Really rips ma feckin' knittin', so it does........................... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Halbeath Raith Rover said: The Raith facebook page asks a series of fan submitted questions of a player the day before a game. It's not bad but today a question put to Liam Dick mentioned locker room instead of dressing room. Seething. Interesting choice, I thought you would have gone with the new draft. Wonder how well that will go down with the rest of the roster? Edited November 23, 2023 by parsforlife 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 4 hours ago, RawB93 said: I thought there were people in the US called Cregg until about 3 years ago. Edit: See also Gram (Graham) crackers Barry pronounced Berry is another one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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