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Thread ID: 148151	2019-08-18 05:40:00	It Used To Be - the American influence	Roscoe (6288)	PC World Chat

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1463139	2019-08-21 03:42:00	I hate American spelling of words like colour, criticise etc. ! criticize was the original . Came from a French word , so blame the yanks :banana :banana www.etymonline.com It all just shows the sillyness of being too anal about what words & spelling is favored . :)	1101 (13337)
1463140	2019-08-21 03:52:00	That's because you are too young. We always had a washhouse in the '50s and '60s. You probably have never heard of a copper in the washhouse, either. That was a round tub about a metre across and about 1.5 metres deep. It was made of concrete and had a copper lining (hence the name) and you lit a fire underneath to heat the washing water. I'm certain there are quite a few on this forum who have heard of a washhouse and a copper. Ask your parents. I'm certain they will be able to tell you they had a washhouse. They may not have had a copper, though, as that was old fashioned in the '50s. We did not have one but our grandparents did in their washhouse. Boy, that takes me back to the late 1930's!. The old wooden scrubbing board in the tub for those hard to remove stains, sunlight soap. Mangle for the pressing of sheets, it was a monstrous beast. Irons were heated on the coal/wood iron stove. Mostly spoken in proper English back then too. lurking.	Lurking (218)
1463141	2019-08-21 05:43:00	. You probably have never heard of a copper in the washhouse, either . . Husbands mother used one . But she didn't have a washhouse . Nor a laundry . It was done in the kitchen, the room with the coal range . When she moved to a real house she called it a laundry .	piroska (17583)
1463142	2019-08-21 05:44:00	we dont usually pee in the bathroom . . Well some of us do. With the prevalence of toilets in bathrooms rather than a seperate toilet now. But I'd still ask, where is the toilet, or say I'm off to the toilet, if going to pee and not shower.	piroska (17583)
1463143	2019-08-21 06:09:00	Filling the copper and lighting the fire was my Monday, before school job. Great memories of living in New Lynn in my youth. Moved there in 1947 and was there to about 1960 Ken :)	kenj (9738)
1463144	2019-08-21 08:14:00	Filling the copper and lighting the fire was my Monday, before school job. Great memories of living in New Lynn in my youth. Moved there in 1947 and was there to about 1960 Ken :) When I was in the airforce at Ohakea in the early 70s I lived in rented house near Santoft it had an out shed with a copper tub set in concrete I always wondered what it was for.	prefect (6291)
1463145	2019-08-21 10:32:00	A house I used to rent by the Heathcote river in Chch had an outhouse with a copper in it, I'd never seen one before, the landlord took the copper sleeve away one day, LOL.	zqwerty (97)
1463146	2019-08-21 22:15:00	38 of the Americanisms it seems the British public really can’t stand . 1 . When people ask for something, I often hear: “Can I get a . . . ” It infuriates me . It’s not New York . It’s not the ’90s . You’re not in Central Perk with the rest of the Friends . Really . 2 . The next time someone tells you something is the “least worst option,” tell them that their most best option is learning grammar . 3 . The phrase I’ve watched seep into the language (especially with broadcasters) is “two-time” and “three-time . ” Have the words double, triple, etc . , been totally lost? 4 . Using 24/7 rather than “24 hours, 7 days a week” or even just plain “all day, every day . ” 5 . The one I can’t stand is “deplane,” meaning to disembark an aircraft, used in the phrase “you will be able to deplane momentarily . ” 6 . “Touch base”—it makes me cringe no end . 7 . Is “physicality” a real word? 8 . Transportation . What’s wrong with transport? 9 . Does nobody celebrate a birthday any more, must we all “turn” 12 or 21 or 40? 10 . What kind of word is “gotten”? It makes me shudder . 11 . “I’m good” for “I’m well . ” That’ll do for a start . 12 . “Bangs” for a fringe of the hair . 13 . Takeout rather than takeaway! 14 . “A half hour” instead of “half an hour . ” 15 . A “heads up . ” For example, as in a business meeting—Let’s do a “heads up” on this issue . I have never been sure of the meaning . 16 . To put a list into alphabetical order is to “alphabetize it”—horrid! 17 . People that say “my bad” after a mistake . I don’t know how anything could be as annoying or lazy as that . 18 . “Normalcy” instead of “normality” really irritates me . 19 . Eaterie . To use a prevalent phrase, oh my gaad! 20 . I’m a Brit living in New York . The one that always gets me is the American need to use the word bi-weekly when fortnightly would suffice just fine . 21 . I hate “alternate” for “alternative . ” I don’t like this as they are two distinct words, both have distinct meanings and it’s useful to have both . Using “alternate” for “alternative” deprives us of a word . 22 . “Hike” a price . Does that mean people who do that are hikers? No, hikers are ramblers! 23 . Going forward? If I do I shall collide with my keyboard . 24 . The most annoying Americanism is “a million and a half” when it is clearly one and a half million! A million and a half is 1,000,000 . 5, where one and a half million is 1,500,000 . 25 . “Reach out to” when the correct word is “ask . ” For example: “I will reach out to Kevin and let you know if that timing is convenient . ” Reach out? Is Kevin stuck in quicksand? Is he teetering on the edge of a cliff? Can’t we just ask him? 26 . I hate the fact I now have to order a “regular Americano . ” What ever happened to a medium-sized coffee? 27 . My worst horror is expiration, as in “expiration date . ” Whatever happened to expiry? 28 . I am increasingly hearing the phrase “that’ll learn you”—when the English (and more correct) version was always “that’ll teach you . ” What a ridiculous phrase! 29 . I really hate the phrase “Where’s it at?” This is not more efficient or informative than “Where is it?” It just sounds grotesque and is immensely irritating . 30 . My pet hate is “winningest,” used in the context “Michael Schumacher is the winningest driver of all time . ” I can feel the rage rising even using it here . 31 . My brother now uses the term “season” for a TV series . Hideous . 32 . Having an “issue” instead of a “problem . ” 33 . I hear more and more people pronouncing the letter Z as “zee . ” Not happy about it! 34 . To “medal” instead of to win a medal . Sets my teeth on edge with a vengeance . 35 . “I got it for free” is a pet hate . You got it “free” not “for free . ” You don’t get something cheap and say you got it “for cheap” do you? 36 . “Turn that off already . ” Oh dear . 37 . “I could care less” instead of “I couldn’t care less” has to be the worst . Opposite meaning of what they’re trying to say . 38 . Dare I even mention the fanny pack?	piroska (17583)
1463147	2019-08-21 22:48:00	Missed out "Touch base" Ken :);)	kenj (9738)
1463148	2019-08-21 23:01:00	Most of just them don't sound right . I guess that the real issue here . But its no worse than many now common kiwi grammatical crimes , and I'd bet not all came from the US "I hate the fact I now have to order a “regular Americano . ” What ever happened to a medium-sized coffee? " You dont go to MacDonalds (or Burger Fuel) and ask for a hamburger unless you want to be disappointed with what you get . We coffee purists know better than to ask for a 'medium coffee' . :-) A friend of mine who was to tight to ever buy coffee or burgers . I shouted him lunch . At the counter I asked him what he wanted , he said a hamburger and later coffee . I had to order for him as generic 'coffee' and 'hamburger' confused the staff taking the orders Times had moved on . We are more sophisticated now with our Flat Whites and $15 burgers	1101 (13337)
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