Gnash Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 12 hours ago, Boo Khaki said: See also "dove" and "span" as past tenses. And "snuck". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 7 hours ago, CambieBud said: Flew to America a few months ago. 9 hours without a cigarette, so was easily annoyed. The flight was made to sit on the tarmac for about 15 minutes before parking. The pilot tannoyed a message to apologise for the delay but we would deplane shortly. Ffs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 The one that really gets on my nerves is "from the get go", rather than simply from the start or beginning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Sanchez Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 I noticed in two consecutive NFL games last night we had commentators incorrectly identifying something as being "ironic", as per the national stereotype. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Where did this term “presser” come from to describe sports interviews with journalists? Does my nut it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 "Winningest............" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Is saying zero chance instead of no chance an Americanism? It never used to be a thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Any call centre these days before you hang up - "any problems with that, just reach out again" Me - "The only people that can reasonably use the phrase Reach Out are The Four Tops" Call centre - "the what?" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 55 minutes ago, Cosmic Joe said: Is saying zero chance instead of no chance an Americanism? It never used to be a thing. Isn't that another one? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 I caught myself saying aluminium that stupid way they pronounce it. It's so fucking stupid that you keep saying it and think how the f**k can they say it that way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 18 hours ago, Venti said: I've honestly never heard of a throw in getting called a shy. Whit?? What about a by-kick?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Oh and America is in reality a dreadful place. Spend any time there. And I mean time, not a two week holiday, then you'll realise that despite some great things there and some great people, it's generally no that great and certainly not the land of the free. Why a vast load of population here have a hard on for it is absolutely beyond me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 1 hour ago, hk blues said: Isn't that another one? It was never a hing growing up in Fife anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Trackdaybob said: Oh and America is in reality a dreadful place. Spend any time there. And I mean time, not a two week holiday, then you'll realise that despite some great things there and some great people, it's generally no that great and certainly not the land of the free. Why a vast load of population here have a hard on for it is absolutely beyond me. What are these great things? I've been to New York and San Francisco, enjoyed them both, but as shit as Scotland supposedly is, can't think of a single thing that the US does better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Lofarl said: I caught myself saying aluminium that stupid way they pronounce it. It's so fucking stupid that you keep saying it and think how the f**k can they say it that way. Because they spell it that way. I've never looked into why they spell it differently from us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 “Wholesome” f**k off please 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 "Gotten". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Trackdaybob said: Whit?? What about a by-kick?? It's a goal kick ffs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Trackdaybob said: Whit?? What about a by-kick?? Bye-kick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 On 23/11/2023 at 16:46, Jives Miguel said: Aloominum 4 hours ago, Lofarl said: I caught myself saying aluminium that stupid way they pronounce it. It's so fucking stupid that you keep saying it and think how the f**k can they say it that way. 2 hours ago, Todd_is_God said: Because they spell it that way. I've never looked into why they spell it differently from us. “*The confusion over the aluminum/aluminium spelling arose because of some uncharacteristic indecisiveness on Humphrey Davy’s part. When he first isolated the element in 1808, he called it alumium. For some reason he thought better of that and changed it to aluminum four years later. Americans dutifully adopted the new term, but many British users disliked aluminum, pointing out that it disrupted the -ium pattern established by sodium, calcium, and strontium, so they added a vowel and syllable.” ― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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