Americanisation

[and36]

Just wondering if anyone else has noticed the spelling of centre is now becoming center in everyday life, I even got a ROYAL mail card telling me to pick up a parcel at the town center post office (printed, not written). More and more companies are spelling it as center in their name.

How long before Theatre becomes Theater and colour becomes color and honour becomes honor etc.

It's just not cricket

Sorry, it's late, I'm tired and just letting off steam

[Steve.EX]

Well you'll no doubt be looking to 'kick back' with some 'qualitee downtime, yes sir' then.

[Helicon]

Shouldn't that be "Americanization"?

[Uridium]

I hope you pointed out the spelling MISTAKE to the postie at the sorting office when you collected the parcel

[Steve.EX]

Clearly he was not 'in the zone'

[and36]

Originally Posted by uridium

I hope you pointed out the spelling MISTAKE to the postie at the sorting office when you collected the parcel

You've just reminded me that I mentioned this to my brother at the time as he is an ex postie and he was insisting that it was the correct spelling of centre.

I know in the big scheme of things it doesn't matter, heck it even makes more sense.

Maybe it's all the lines I had to do at School :

I must spell centre correctly
I must spell centre correctly
I must spell centre correctly

[mjn]

My boss is Amercian, so whenever i create documents, and he reviews them, they come back with all this "American crap" all over them. Inserts American sayings, re-words the sentences to sound more American....it does my head in.

[EricHitchmo]

'Period'

It also really REALLY ****s me off when they refer to bands as 'it'. ie. Nirvanas second album is better than it's first. Also have you noticed that many Americans don't know the difference between to and too

[EricHitchmo]

if you really want to be ****** off with americanisms go to the american msn homepage.

[EricHitchmo]

'get in the hole' 'be the club' (***) etc

[filmfreak71]

Originally Posted by EricHitchmo

'Period'
Also have you noticed that many Americans don't know the difference between to and too

Actually I went to an America school and we were taught the difference between to and too, just just shows you that most of them don't listen to the grammar they are taught at school

[EricHitchmo]

Originally Posted by filmfreak71

Actually I went to an America school and we were taught the difference between to and too, just just shows you that most of them don't listen to the grammar they are taught at school

Do Americans learn anything at school except that guns are cool and the flag is consisted of red white and blue? Or am I being sarcastic?

[filmfreak71]

Each morning they had the swear your allegance to the flag thing!!

No guns, but I do remember the vice principles son was arrested for smoking dope, which was very serious as the school was in Saudi Arabia, I guess that's also why we did have the gun stuff!!!

[kraiklyn]

What I find really annoying in daily life (especially here in London) is people who have watched far too much American TV ordering something in a coffee shop for example, and saying;

'Can I get a large coffee' (or whatever).

No please or thank you!

If I was a assistant and someone asked in this manner I'd be tempted to tell them to **** off. I know that's also considered rude, but they would have had it coming.

[EricHitchmo]

Starbucks coffee etc

Americans are so vulgar.