‘What Americanism makes you irrationally angry?’ 18 transatlantic irritations
Someone named u/blaze13131 had a question for r/AskUK.
What Americanism makes you irrationally angry?
They added this –
‘Not “could of” or “on accident” as the anger there is justified but something that does make some semblance of grammatical sense that is a common American expression.’
We’re pretty sure ‘could of’ is just a grammatical error, rather than an Americanism, but anyway – these answers kept cropping up.
1.
FidelityBob
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2.
The American penchant for skipping prepositions. “Let’s eat Monday”. Who is Monday and why are we going to eat him?
gjDUcxzAE
3.
Pissed to mean annoyed. There’s nothing annoying about having too much to drink.
FatVeg
4.
“I could care less” meaning “I couldn’t care less”.
unimaginativenameABC
5.
“Y’all” really grips my shite, I automatically assume I’m talking with a barely literate Old Man Clampett
UsterManInScotland
6.
I know it it’s short for gasoline, but I’ll never not find calling something that is a liquid ‘Gas’ ridiculous.
kcufasu
7.
SteerKarma
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8.
“I was visiting with my Mother”. NO! You VISITED your Mother!
mastermalaprop
9.
Calling a quarter of something ‘one fourth’ gets me for some reason, even though it does make sense!
Mxr0se
10.
“Can I get a…”
No, you can’t.
heavenhelpyou
11.
Math instead of maths.
toonultra
12.
Following up something mildly controversial with “Just sayin”.
IrnBrhu
13.
Having worked in hospitality for over 30 years, the one that gets me is… “Can I do a beer?” “Can I do a coke?” “Can I do a what the fuck ever?”
Jesus H tap dancing Christ it drives me fucking batshit. Do what exactly? You can buy one. You can purchase or have whatever you want. But DO?
Admirable-trouble
14.
One I’ve noticed recently is people saying zero instead of no.
People now say they’ve got zero idea instead of no idea, for example.
tontification
15.
Rowt instead of route gets up my nose
Professional_fan8724
16.
“Skim milk”. “Whip cream”.
No.
It is milk that has been skimmed, therefore it is “skimmed” milk. It’s cream that has been whipped, so it’s “whipped” cream. Not skim milk and whip cream.
Just bloody lazy.
PomeloSad753
17.
Candy, I pull my children up all the time for saying candy, sweets , it’s sweets!
GemGem1985
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Professor-Woland
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American Reddit user The-KChampion123 called out the Brits.
This thread is hilarious though, it’s giving angry ex vibes.
Harsh but fair.
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