Are Britain (and Ireland) like, totally turning into America?

I think the reverse of this is also true. I see and hear a lot of Americans now using British slang like “wanker”, “twat” and “minging”. And they seem to say “banana split” a lot more.

So we might have to put up with cinema applause and school proms, but at least American kids are calling Trump a minging twat.

Yeah, but they still say twat wrong.

"Twot" :dread:

Knoyleo wrote:Yeah, but they still say twat wrong.

"Twot"

Or "twaht". :dread:

Something I hope the British never lose is the ability to really swear, to make curse words sound devastating. Like, if an American calls you a dick, or tells you to strawberry float yourself, it's just another string of words from their mouth and you don't care, but when a British person does it, it's like being hit by a verbal sledgehammer.

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Moggy wrote:...they seem to say “banana split” a lot more

Nice that we've had an equal contribution to each others cultures :lol:

Hime wrote:
Moggy wrote:...they seem to say “banana split” a lot more

Nice that we've had an equal contribution to each others cultures

I don’t feel much national pride these days, but I feel my heart swell whenever I hear a yank say “banana split”. :wub:

NickSCFC

I don't drink tea, I take coffee my dear

http://www.dailyfail.co.uk/news/article ... -2010.html

Tea is under serious threat as the nation’s favourite hot drink.

Outside the home, Britons are now drinking almost two and a half cups of coffee for every one of tea – 2.1billion versus 874million annually.

The expansion of chains such as Starbucks and Costa is testament to the rise of caffeine. Tea consumption, meanwhile, has fallen 19 per cent since 2010.

Tea is for grannys anyway. Shite beverage.

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Mafro wrote:Tea is for grannys anyway. Shite beverage.

I've observed this at work, the over 40s have tea, the younger ones drink coffee.

Working with northerners, I hear "wanna brew" a lot from the old ones, the use of "brew" as a noun rather than a verb is really irksome.

Mafro wrote:Tea is for grannys anyway. Shite beverage.

Oi, steady. :dread:

I love tea, drink it by the bucketload, my favourite brand is East India Company.

teas great, coffees great, why not both?

NickSCFC wrote:
Mafro wrote:Tea is for grannys anyway. Shite beverage.

I've observed this at work, the over 40s have tea, the younger ones drink coffee.

Working with northerners, I hear "wanna brew" a lot from the old ones, the use of "brew" as a noun rather than a verb is really irksome.

Can't stand that either :vom:

Coffee sucks.

Tea :wub:

Tea and coffee are both hideous drinks consumed by inferior beings who can't seem to survive a day without stimulants.

"I can't function until I've had my first coffee of the day" - sort your life out junkie!

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Jenuall wrote:Tea and coffee are both hideous drinks consumed by inferior beings who can't seem to survive a day without stimulants.

"I can't function until I've had my first coffee of the day" - sort your life out junkie!

I think we can all agree that fussy eater/drinkers should be sterilised.

Coffee has been big in England before it was big in 18th century and then again in the 70's

The rest of Europe already does coffee much better than the US or the UK.

Every coffee I had in New England earlier this year was utter trash. Going to Seattle in a couple of weeks. Hoping for better.

Corazon de Leon

NickSCFC wrote:I don't drink tea, I take coffee my dear

http://www.dailyfail.co.uk/news/article ... -2010.html

Tea is under serious threat as the nation’s favourite hot drink.

Outside the home, Britons are now drinking almost two and a half cups of coffee for every one of tea – 2.1billion versus 874million annually.

The expansion of chains such as Starbucks and Costa is testament to the rise of caffeine. Tea consumption, meanwhile, has fallen 19 per cent since 2010.

So it’s not so much under threat as it is already beaten?

Moggy wrote:
Hime wrote:
Moggy wrote:...they seem to say “banana split” a lot more

Nice that we've had an equal contribution to each others cultures

I don’t feel much national pride these days, but I feel my heart swell whenever I hear a yank say “banana split”.

Sorry to tell you this. But "banana split", is Australian.

1cmanny1 wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Hime wrote:
Moggy wrote:...they seem to say “banana split” a lot more

Nice that we've had an equal contribution to each others cultures

I don’t feel much national pride these days, but I feel my heart swell whenever I hear a yank say “banana split”.

Sorry to tell you this. But "banana split", is Australian.

It comes from cunte which is middle English. The word is older than the European discovery of Australia.

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