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A couple of nights ago I watched an old episode of the British TV Series "Heartbeat".
It was a Christmas episode, and I noticed the american word "truck" was used instead of lorry.
Also character "Greengrass" dressed up as Santa Claus, and was called Santa by kids in the episode.
I always thought Santa Claus was an american/canadian thing, that in the UK it's "Father Christmas".
Especially weird as it is set in 1960's Yorkshire!
I guess British speech americanzation has been happening for years
I find the fact that some British people use the word 'fit' as a synonym for good-looking/hot etc. funny, I have no idea why XD
I think slang amongst British teenagers still sound very, very British to me, especially with the prevalent use of words sl*g, w*nker, bird, shag, snog... I've never heard anybody use them other than Brits!
But it's not just a young urban thing it has also become a very middle-class phenomena too. Especially expressions like "closure" which aren't exactly widespread but do creep in from time to time, especially in radio interviews with star spangled celebs who usually come with a sugar coating gloss of saccahrine expressions culled straight from the Hollywood tourism guide monologues.
What actually is the basis for the British objection to terms like "closure"? Is it that the core concept is not a good fit with the British psyche, that it completes with a British term, or simply its place of origin?
I'm not trying to be smart. Rather, I'm simply asking a question as that term is frequently used in other parts of the English speaking world without being regarded as "American".
Google Chrome does automatic spell checks on many other words and underlines in red ink many words that are the correct spelling in English on this side of the pond.
That's because you've downloaded the American version of Chrome and never changed the language settings to British English. I have read this complaint at least one million times across the internet. Nearly all of the American-made software and web browers have options to change their language settings to British English.
A couple of nights ago I watched an old episode of the British TV Series "Heartbeat".
It was a Christmas episode, and I noticed the american word "truck" was used instead of lorry.
Also character "Greengrass" dressed up as Santa Claus, and was called Santa by kids in the episode.
I always thought Santa Claus was an american/canadian thing, that in the UK it's "Father Christmas".
Especially weird as it is set in 1960's Yorkshire!
I guess British speech americanzation has been happening for years
Truck has always been used in England, I dont think its an 'American word', a truck is a certain type of vehicle in the UK, initially a 'truck' was a 'wagon' on a train and it crossed over to motorised transport, I think that to most people in the UK a 'truck' is a small lorry. :-)
I think this might be called a truck in the UK sometimes..
But van is probably more popular. I would never call it a truck myself.
I would probably call it a 'truck' for me a van is more like a transit and a lorry is something with a seperate trailer but to be completely honest with you I might refer to it as any of the three!! lol
A couple of nights ago I watched an old episode of the British TV Series "Heartbeat".
It was a Christmas episode, and I noticed the american word "truck" was used instead of lorry.
Also character "Greengrass" dressed up as Santa Claus, and was called Santa by kids in the episode.
I always thought Santa Claus was an american/canadian thing, that in the UK it's "Father Christmas".
Especially weird as it is set in 1960's Yorkshire!
I guess British speech americanzation has been happening for years
I think it sounds daft when british people use american words. English in particular. I was watching TLC and this english narrator kept saying "lucy has been to tha stoorre and has just spent fowa undred coowpons on diapars". Please..
Its funny the way they say coupons though. Its like 'quepins'
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