Have you replaced any British words with their American versions? (feddit.uk)

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For example, switching out the word 'boot' for 'trunk', or ditching the word 'rubbish' for 'garbage'.

This is something I've noticed my 6 year old does pretty regularly. We went through a stage where 'sweets' became 'candy', 'holiday' became 'vacation' and 'courgette' became 'zucchini'.

That last one didn't happen but if you're still reading you've got my respect, or as the Americans might say '...mad props'.

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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

switching out the word ‘boot’ for ‘trunk’

What's the context of trunk there? Tree trunk? Car trunk?

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

What's a tree boot?

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Makes as little sense to me as a car boot, but tree boot existing wouldn't surprise me given how little sense english makes anyway

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[-] yeah@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

"Are you in a rental?" That turns up so much that I'm struggling with the proper way. Do you rent? Are you a tenant? Do you have a landlord?

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

"Do you rent?" is usually the way people say it in the US.

[-] VanHalbgott@lemmus.org 3 points 2 years ago

I noticed in Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Gromit cares for a vegetable in his garden that they either call a ‘marrow’ in British English or ‘melon’ in the localized American export of the film.

“How’s that marrow/melon of yours coming on?” -Wallace

[-] S3mI@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I’m American. I couldn’t come up with trunk so I called it a boot. Thanks to all those episodes of Top Gear I’m sure. Bonus is that my wife and I watch enough Dr. Who so that she knew what I was referring to.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I've picked up "bloody" - as in "bloody hell" or "you're a bloody idiot."

[-] Wandering_Uncertainty@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I love this one. It has a great cursing sort of feel, but nobody gets on your case about language.

[-] ChillNigz@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

I don't speak Bastardized English

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[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Please correct your child. Next thing you know he'll be defending the second ammendment and voting for trump

[-] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Don't worry. If she's anything like her Father she'll be more interested in Eugene Debs than Donald Trump.

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I use loads of americanisms and their spelling for words like color, the way I see it most the world is using English so least we can do is meet them 0 001% of the way on cresting a global odious language

[-] PatMustard@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Does your wee one watch a lot of American-voiced videos on YouTube or similar?

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[-] clara@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

okay, using the words listed at the start of this wikipedia article, here's where i place myself:

analyze/center/defense/labour/organize/program

or, British 1, American 5, Canadian 4, Australian 2

it's a nice litmus test to see where you're at. i knew i used to skew NA in writing style, but i didn't think by that much

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