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How many people are irritated by this article?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/14130942

johnslat · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:12 pm Post subject:

Dear Sasha,

I am tremendously irritated by this guy (whose remarks seem to be coming out of left field and who must be a rookie journalist.) I think he needs to be hospitalized.

Regards,
John

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

Dear John and Sasha:

He appears in the final sentence to claim that modern British English is somehow the 'original' version. Bollocks. Who publishes such silliness?
Must have been a VERY slow news day indeed.

Best,
spiral

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

That said, some Americanisms irritate me (as do some Americans) but that's a matter for the Peerless Peeves thread Cool

Sashadroogie · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:25 am Post subject:

Russians call it 'Classical' English, heh heh Very Happy

Insubordination · Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Posts: 394 Location: Sydney

I'm peeved just because of the font. Couldn't read beyond the first paragraph for that reason. My favourite Americanism is 'Lawyered up'. I just want to utter it, in the correct context, once in my lifetime.

AGoodStory · Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 738

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

No one in their right mind would read this sort of tosh.

'British good. American bad.'

johnslat · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 5:03 pm Post subject:

Dear scot47,

Right you are. Everyone knows it should be American good, British bad Very Happy

Regards,
John

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:18 am Post subject:

Four legs good, two legs bad. Come on and get it right.

posh · Joined: 22 Oct 2010 Posts: 430

Americanisms are great.

Whoa there! Nice pants!

Hi, I'm Randy.

You play soccerball?

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Many subjects of Liz 2 suffer from knee-jerk anti-Americanism. Part of the Inferiority Complex they havehad since they lost the position of 'Top Nation'.

Date that to the surrender of Singapore in 1942.

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

Talking about smoking a fag sounds even worse than 'randy' and 'pants' in North America - and is far more likely to have negative consequences if one says it to the wrong person:-)

Sashadroogie · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:05 am Post subject:

Hee hee. Got a strange facial expression from a US colleague when answering a question of his I stated that I couldn't be ar*ed. God knows what he thought I was saying...

posh · Joined: 22 Oct 2010 Posts: 430

Hehe

When I was in the back of beyond in China there were some born-again seppos in town who were secretly translating the bible and feeding it to the locals with one guy eventually getting deported for the crime. They used to invite me round for dinner every now and then and after the meal I always enjoyed telling them that I was just going onto the balcony to smoke a fag. Surprised