bi-weekly means twice a week just like bi-annual means twice a yearPandalink said:
i just assumed everyone knew that
50 Americanisms That Brits Apparently Hate
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i just assumed everyone knew that
Wow. Looks like ignorant people are the same the world over (I hope "the world over" isn't a phrase that causes anyone discomfort). By the way, the fanny pack is an object, not an anachronism. And I've never heard some of those phrases. The first one is quite funny. Requesting something that you want is apparently offensive to some.
An exercise, then. Enter a thread, any thread with at least 2 pages. I can almost guarantee that you'll find posters from Austrailia, the UK and the US on there, and probably other countries. And posters from all countries will use third-grade-level (that's 7-year-olds if you're not familiar with the States' educational system) syntax, spelling and grammar.
Stupid people outnumber us smarties in all countries. Everyone can now dismount their collective high horse.
An exercise, then. Enter a thread, any thread with at least 2 pages. I can almost guarantee that you'll find posters from Austrailia, the UK and the US on there, and probably other countries. And posters from all countries will use third-grade-level (that's 7-year-olds if you're not familiar with the States' educational system) syntax, spelling and grammar.
Stupid people outnumber us smarties in all countries. Everyone can now dismount their collective high horse.
It's either platform or it could be Railway Station (however I would love to call it a trainery XD)Raykuza said:
Either way it is pretty pathetic for people to get wound up about these. I never took BBC news as a troll before now
I'll jump in here. Why wouldn't you say "fortnightly?" Perhaps because the age of Tory wigs is dead and gone? No serious person would say "fortnightly," even if their name was Winkelvoss (natch).WhySoElitist said:
OK im British and even i think that list is stupid, and the people that sent in those suggestions are complete fucking idiots. " Oh the Americans use different expressions from us they are butchering the precious English language " Grow the fuck up, unless you are currently speaking old English then you can not complain about the modernization of the English language.
Thank you Grouchy, but I'm not new. Been here for years, just don't post in the forums. I make my presence known as one of the most frequent commenters on news articles, and soon to (hopefully) be writing news. Thanks again for the mention though.
Sorry, but it just seemed to be appropriate. There are all sorts of ways to say things in the world, mannerisms and such, I just find it a bit arrogant to be irritated by how Americans say things compared to how the British say things. You have your ways of saying things and we have ours. I have no problems with how the way the British say things, even though I don't always understand what they mean, but that doesn't mean I should instantly be aggravated by it.
One that really confused me was the whole "leverage" one, I think it was number 12. This one seemed the most ridiculous because it's a toe-may-toe/toe-mah-toe thing.
Ditto the Hell out of this. No, this isn't how Americans talk. It's the way my dorky ass speaks. And yes, my ass speaks. Was that not clear?Innegativeion said:
My sister got her masters at Middlesex, and she said that they always used the phrase "drink driving" instead of "drunk driving." So instead of recommending to a friend that they not "drive drunk" they would say "don't drink drive." Did my sister excoriate them for not being proper? No, she shared this with her brother and we giggled like little girls over it.
I wonder if these people actually understand what they are talking about half of the time. Some of these are quite obvious.
(anything I agree with is not on this list)
Old people. Got to hate them.
(anything I agree with is not on this list)
1. "Can I get a..." is a valid start to the beginning of a sentence. It conveys that you are asking if you can receive something.
3. We use "two-time" and "three-time" because "double-time" and "triple-time" sound like they are consecutively winning. Two-time insinuates that it could be a break in between each time, or there could be no break between it.
4. "24/7" is a quick way to say "Every day, all day". In the world, people have ADD, so we need to convey messages quicker.
5. In my entire lifetime of 25 years, I have never heard the words "deplane" until this post.
6. Partially true. Waiting on or waiting for is interchangeable in most cases, but not all.
11. Transportation. What's wrong with transport? Greg Porter, Hercules, CA, US
12. To-may-to, To-mah-to. Poh-tay-toe, Poh-tah-toe. Welcome to the world of dialects. Get over it, you old fart.
13. I'm kind of confused on what this person is ranting on. Maybe, it's this person's "time of the month".
14. A trolley is a transportation vehicle which commonly rolls through California. Shopping Cart is the universally accepted way since it contains two words which exist in the English Dictionary.
17. "Bangs" for a fringe of the hair. - This is correct. Stop ranting.
18. Take out is correct. You are taking it out of the store. Takeaway is confusing to me.
20. "In a half hour" or "In half an hour" is both correct. Half hour says that it will happen in half hour, which is 30 minutes. Half an hour says the same thing.
22. A train station is correct. It is a station that is a stopping point for a train.
23. Excuse me for using "alphabetize", a word that exists in the English Dictionary.
26. What is wrong with burglarize?
29. Fortnightly? What, are we in the 17th Century? Bi-weekly is correct.
31. No, M Holloway, you are a useless rambler.
34. Incorrect, 10,000,000.5 is "one million and five tenths." "one million and a half" is 1.5 million, or 1,500,000.
36. Math has no plural form. "Maths" is not a word. We only have one type of math as well.
38. "Expiry" date makes you sound like a unicorn. A big, gay unicorn. I don't know why.
39. In other news, Favorite does not have an extra "u" in it!
42. "Full stop"? What, are we all now telegraph agents? Full stop only is said when you are translating a Telegraph message into words for the person behind you.
43. Never, in all my life, until now, have I heard the word "Winningest"
44. If he is, he is incorrect. A season is a collection of episodes in one section, such as Season 4 of Voyager is 24 episodes.
45. Both are interchangeable.
46. "zee" is Z. I'm confused on what the "correct" pronunciation is.
47. Huh?
48. Incorrect. Not including the "for" would confuse the message, and is not correct in grammar terms.
49. What is wrong with that?
3. We use "two-time" and "three-time" because "double-time" and "triple-time" sound like they are consecutively winning. Two-time insinuates that it could be a break in between each time, or there could be no break between it.
4. "24/7" is a quick way to say "Every day, all day". In the world, people have ADD, so we need to convey messages quicker.
5. In my entire lifetime of 25 years, I have never heard the words "deplane" until this post.
6. Partially true. Waiting on or waiting for is interchangeable in most cases, but not all.
11. Transportation. What's wrong with transport? Greg Porter, Hercules, CA, US
12. To-may-to, To-mah-to. Poh-tay-toe, Poh-tah-toe. Welcome to the world of dialects. Get over it, you old fart.
13. I'm kind of confused on what this person is ranting on. Maybe, it's this person's "time of the month".
14. A trolley is a transportation vehicle which commonly rolls through California. Shopping Cart is the universally accepted way since it contains two words which exist in the English Dictionary.
17. "Bangs" for a fringe of the hair. - This is correct. Stop ranting.
18. Take out is correct. You are taking it out of the store. Takeaway is confusing to me.
20. "In a half hour" or "In half an hour" is both correct. Half hour says that it will happen in half hour, which is 30 minutes. Half an hour says the same thing.
22. A train station is correct. It is a station that is a stopping point for a train.
23. Excuse me for using "alphabetize", a word that exists in the English Dictionary.
26. What is wrong with burglarize?
29. Fortnightly? What, are we in the 17th Century? Bi-weekly is correct.
31. No, M Holloway, you are a useless rambler.
34. Incorrect, 10,000,000.5 is "one million and five tenths." "one million and a half" is 1.5 million, or 1,500,000.
36. Math has no plural form. "Maths" is not a word. We only have one type of math as well.
38. "Expiry" date makes you sound like a unicorn. A big, gay unicorn. I don't know why.
39. In other news, Favorite does not have an extra "u" in it!
42. "Full stop"? What, are we all now telegraph agents? Full stop only is said when you are translating a Telegraph message into words for the person behind you.
43. Never, in all my life, until now, have I heard the word "Winningest"
44. If he is, he is incorrect. A season is a collection of episodes in one section, such as Season 4 of Voyager is 24 episodes.
45. Both are interchangeable.
46. "zee" is Z. I'm confused on what the "correct" pronunciation is.
47. Huh?
48. Incorrect. Not including the "for" would confuse the message, and is not correct in grammar terms.
49. What is wrong with that?
Old people. Got to hate them.
These are all just being pissed that we have our own slangs, colloquialisms, and turns of phrase. You could reverse every one of these to have an equally legitimate argument against the way the old brits speak.
Im British and I think the world would be a boring place if we all spoke the same. The people in these articles are just morons that don't like anything different to what they were brought up on. I don't use any of the terms mentioned but i don't hate them. plus it isn't just brits on the list, and even if it was it doesn't mean that it cover all brit everywhere.
