[Fallen]

Use programmers have to get used to it

Incidentally, if there are any other programmers here: If PHP were British.

[21stcenturyphantom]

I can't believe no one has mentioned the word 'like'. In fact, I am not sure whether it is an Americanism, or just something cloned from TV personalities and propagated by the sheep of society, but this word seems to pepper almost every other word of most of the students on my college campus. It's like..pointless and yeah, like, annoying or something, just like, I dunno, like, stupid.

[SoNottingH]

(Original post by Fallen)
Use programmers have to get used to it

Incidentally, if there are any other programmers here: If PHP were British.

LOL, I liked the bit where he substitutes "if" for "perchance".

I think in general US people regard us as quaint, old-fashioned, imperialistic and living in chocolate box villages with bobbies who say "evening all" and ladies on bicycles. We all know the Royals personally and we must know their second cousins in Glasgow.

[Gthreadgold]

(Original post by 21stcenturyphantom)
I can't believe no one has mentioned the word 'like'. In fact, I am not sure whether it is an Americanism, or just something cloned from TV personalities and propagated by the sheep of society, but this word seems to pepper almost every other word of most of the students on my college campus. It's like..pointless and yeah, like, annoying or something, just like, I dunno, like, stupid.

Like the Kardashians like?

[Tinberry]

(Original post by prog2djent)
The way they pronounce T's in words.

For stew, we say Styew, they say Stoo.

GRRRRRR

I always find it funny when americans watch videos on You Toob we generally say Ch-oob.

and I never understood in films and stuff ehen friends parted and one would say 'ill write you every day' Dont you have to write TO someone?

[SoNottingH]

(Original post by 21stcenturyphantom)
I can't believe no one has mentioned the word 'like'. In fact, I am not sure whether it is an Americanism, or just something cloned from TV personalities and propagated by the sheep of society, but this word seems to pepper almost every other word of most of the students on my college campus. It's like..pointless and yeah, like, annoying or something, just like, I dunno, like, stupid.

I thought "like" was a London-ism! Is it from the US then?

[hannah60000]

(Original post by Roaroaroar)
I don't understand why people get angry about americanization (). Sure it might be different but so is the language we currently speak in Britain now and 100 years ago. Language change, get used to it. It's ridiculous to cling on to it, that's something children do. I'm generally quite fond of it. There's no need for the U in color.

http://www.pbs.org/speak/ahead/change/ruining/ - Y'all () should read this.

I read the article in fact I think some of the distinctions it made for America and Britain were too general as accent also dictates how you say things and it's not the way English is really spoken, I think it is more of the way it should be written on paper - that when you make the case that some is Americanised (no ize )

[hannah60000]

(Original post by SoNottingH)
I thought "like" was a London-ism! Is it from the US then?

Yep I've notice that Americanism culturally has spread to London especially inner city area....

[Fallen]

(Original post by SoNottingH)
LOL, I liked the bit where he substitutes "if" for "perchance".

I think in general US people regard us as quaint, old-fashioned, imperialistic and living in chocolate box villages with bobbies who say "evening all" and ladies on bicycles. We all know the Royals personally and we must know their second cousins in Glasgow.

Indeed, and "splendid;" instead of "break;".

Obviously most of the suggestions in the article are ridiculous (I will use "preg_" thank-you-very-much), but I would genuinely prefer to use "cheerio" as opposed to "die"

[prema32]

I just bloody hate it when someone asks me if I want to go see a movie. IT'S A FILM PEOPLE !

[SoNottingH]

(Original post by hannah60000)
Yep I've notice that Americanism culturally has spread to London especially inner city area....

A lot of it comes from teen movies, like that, er, thing, like, was it, Shameless, like.

[SoNottingH]

(Original post by Gthreadgold)
Like the Kardashians like?

The Kardashians are like sooo over like.

[Gthreadgold]

(Original post by SoNottingH)
The Kardashians are like sooo over like.

OMG like really? or like is this a joke like?

[britchick]

I've noticed people are more commonly using the word "awesome" too

[SoNottingH]

(Original post by Gthreadgold)
OMG like really? or like is this a joke like?

The way you say that sounds Geordie though.

[SweatyGoldfish]

''I could care less'' I mean, what does that even mean? You could care less? So you do care then?

[Drewski]

The habit some have of going up at the end of every sentence, as if every sentence were a question.

[prog2djent]

(Original post by Tinberry)
I always find it funny when americans watch videos on You Toob we generally say Ch-oob.

and I never understood in films and stuff ehen friends parted and one would say 'ill write you every day' Dont you have to write TO someone?

Here's another

Brits - Mountain Djew
US - Mountain Doo

[SoNottingH]

According to this, "like" as a pointless interjection predates modern cinema and goes back at least to Robert Louis Stevenson.

http://hotword.dictionary.com/like/

[SoNottingH]

(Original post by Drewski)
The habit some have of going up at the end of every sentence, as if every sentence were a question.

That's Australiaaannnn?? Not Americaaaann?