Who else Americanises their posts?

[florida-again]

I do! Whenever I post anywhere except the UK boards, I always seem to be posting in 'American'!

I think its half because I'm worried that the US Dis'ers might not know what I mean if I talk British English!

 

[diberry]

The only thing I can remember saying is "lines" instead of "queues" and "call" instead of "ring". What else do you say that's not British English?

 

[susan1]

hi
i had a great conversation with an american coming out oy the magic kingdom, i wondered why he was looking at me blankly, i realised i was saying car park instead of parking lot

 

[Englands Disney Gang]

The funniest thing happened to us on on a Disney bus this year on the way to AK. I was sat with my 12 year old son and the bus was quite packed, just behind us was an American lady sat with her daughter who was also about 12. Her husband was further up the bus with the younger child. The mum shouted out to her husband....

'Don, Can you pass me my Fanny Pack I need a wipe'

My 12 year old did not know what to do his face... was in complete shock and then he started to giggle. It was only when I got of the bus that I could explain what she meant!!

 

[LeCras]

The funniest thing happened to us on on a Disney bus this year on the way to AK. I was sat with my 12 year old son and the bus was quite packed, just behind us was an American lady sat with her daughter who was also about 12. Her husband was further up the bus with the younger child. The mum shouted out to her husband....

'Don, Can you pass me my Fanny Pack I need a wipe'

My 12 year old did not know what to do his face... was in complete shock and then he started to giggle. It was only when I got of the bus that I could explain what she meant!!

classic!

 

[mickeyfan2]

I love to watch BBC America and now translate British English into American English for DH.

 

[carolfoy]

AH Jane thats so funny!
try standing next to an American and saying you're just nipping outside for a **slang for cigarette**

 

[TxDisneyFan]

Hello

I love reading posts from the UK. I even detect your accent.

Now try listening to fellow Texans talk...

Have a great day in the UK!

 

[malibuconlee]

Another American here with another term. In American you put your luggage in the trunk of the car not in the "boot" as you call it.

I love the accent. You guys use words we just don't. On a trip home to Dallas after a weekend at WDW there was a UK family across the aisle from us. They had a little boy who was in the 3-5 yo range. When they went to exit the plane he was holding onto the camera case and said it was "quite heavy". I've NEVER heard a kid that age say the word "quite" before. It was adorable!!

 

[emmaness]

Don't you mean Americanize, with a 'z'?

I do actually sometimes find myself doing that, now that I think of it!!

 

[Lisash]

Don't know about Americanising posts but you can guarantee that after about 4 or 5 days in the USA our DS (9) will start to talk in a very 'dodgy' American accent (mainly picked up from cartoons) usually very loudly and always when there are about a million people in earshot. I could strangle him when he does

 

[carolfoy]

Oh Lisa you're not alone, if I listen in on any of my sons make believe games with his friends you'd believe there were a crowd of yanks in the house!

 

[diberry]

When we're in the U.S. I tend to become terribly British whereas my DH starts with the "Have a nice day" as soon as our feet hit American soil!!!!
I'm really fascinated by the use of language - any other examples?????

 

[londonpenguin]

When we're in the U.S. I tend to become terribly British whereas my DH starts with the "Have a nice day" as soon as our feet hit American soil!!!!
I'm really fascinated by the use of language - any other examples?????

When I go to London, I become more American, saying stuff I would never say at home. "Yes, ma'am," I'll say to the clerk in Selfridges. I even start getting a bizarre southern accent (I'm from the West Coast, where we don't really have an accent). I'm a rabid Anglophile, but when I'm in Britain, I just can't help being ultra-American (though, I hope, not an Ugly one!).

Then when I get back home, I turn British, saying things like, "I stayed at a hotel in the Gloucester Road," or "I had a brilliant holiday."

I think my psyche is screwed up!

And on to another peculiarly British term: biro. Does this refer to any pen, or only a particular type of pen?

 

[diberry]

Oh, I really love all those examples, londonpenguin. I never realised that saying "in" the Gloucester Road was particularly English! I do love hearing what Americans love about English English!!! A biro is specifically a ballpoint pen, by the way, named after the chap who invented them. And when we're in the States I absolutely adore being called ma'am (well, I did until I realised it's only used for women, shall we say, not in the first flush of youth!!!!! ) No, I still love it because we don't really have any equivalent term and I love how polite Americans are in general. In fact I just love America and Americans!!!

 

[Richard Bruvofetc]

Back in 2001 when DD was 8 we were in the Shamu shop in Seaworld. She collects...ehem....rubbers.

...so in the middle of the shop she shouts at the top of her voice, "Dad! Dad! Look at all the rubbers they sell in here. I want some and I want to use them tonight! LOOK AT THIS ONE...it's so big it must be for Shamu the Whale"

You should have seen the looks on the Americans' faces.

 

[malibuconlee]

Waiting "on" line is one I've seen used on another UK board. When talking about waiting in a line.

On line to me means on the internet.

Oh, I also find the term Chrimbo interesting as well.

 

[malibuconlee]

Back in 2001 when DD was 8 we were in the Shamu shop in Seaworld. She collects...ehem....rubbers.



You should have seen the looks on the Americans' faces.

That's a new one on me. What are they in the UK?

 

[Richard Bruvofetc]

That's a new one on me. What are they in the UK?

Erasers to Americans.

 

[florida-again]

And when we're in the States I absolutely adore being called ma'am (well, I did until I realised it's only used for women, shall we say, not in the first flush of youth!!!!! ) QUOTE]

It's not just for older ladies.

I'm just 20 so getting any kind of politeness is rare!

A good looking-ish waiter in a restaurant in Florida said 'Yes Ma'am' to me....I totally swooned! Even in front of my BF I couldn't pretend not to be totally won over by that!