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

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/askuk@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 5 months ago (2 children)

switching out the word ‘boot’ for ‘trunk’

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

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What's a tree boot?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah car boot, it's the place where the bodies go.

It's also an alternative name for a wheel clamp.

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[–] ChillNigz@feddit.uk 4 points 5 months ago (10 children)

I don't speak Bastardized English

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[–] yeah@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"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 5 months ago

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

[–] S3mI@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Wandering_Uncertainty@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

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

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 2 points 5 months 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 5 months 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

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