British guy whines about Americanization of language

[BaseballBoomhauer]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/14130942

i've always been fascinated by little differences in cultures and the ways they influence each other. i also love sticking it to british people.

i had no idea so many words we use everyday without a thought were actually american inventions.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

man, what a douche. e-post? sorry england, but that's just terrible.

 

[rjequalsmj]

I hate british people, they are all douche bags who think they are hot shit.

 

[hoopschick]

What a whinger.

 

[DeaconCav06]

Scoreboard...

...to the victor go the spoils.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

and bob's your uncle

 

[AttilatheHoo]

too bad, so sad.

 

[The Stig]

Yet no complaint of how much French is used in every day English?

 

[wakephan09]

What a fucking wanker. The brits are inundated by american culture because they want to be. They are obsessed with 'american pie' and 'friends' because they absolutely love that terrible shit.

 

[bojanglefunk]

What a stupid article. Half the words he lists have two meanings and we still use both. Hike for example.

 

[dot com]

It's their own expansionist fault, imo.

 

[bojanglefunk]

Yet no complaint of how much French is used in every day English?

Way more German.

 

[WakeBDer]

What a fucking wanker.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[The Stig]

Way more German.

True. That's the point of modern English. It's absorbed a ton of words from countless languages.

 

[DeaconCav06]

What a tosser.

 

[awakeandready]

What a poof

 

[Billy Mitchell]

What a cigarette.

 

[RicoSuave]

Not surprising from a nation that counts Amy Winehouse among its national treasures.

 

[Dented]

lots of homophobic xenophobes posting in this thread.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

lots of homophobic xenophobes posting in this thread.

oh here we go. you WOULD have to defend stupid old england, fucking Tory