Annoying Americanisms.

lolizbak · on July 20, 2011

I've always found it difficult as a french guy who's been taught british english to live in new york.

At my first day at work, i asked a coworker if he wanted to go for a quick "fag" downstairs. He never spoke to me again.

Brewer · on July 21, 2011

Now to be fair, there are a couple that at least make sense.

For example, 48. "I got it for free" is a pet hate. You got it "free" not "for free". You don't get something cheap and say you got it "for cheap" do you? Mark Jones, Plymouth.

I'm guilty of this and I'll admit it, but for the most part, the people whose names appear on that list are just fucking retarded.

EDIT: As a side note, I never heard "touch base" until I moved to Canada.

bxc · on July 20, 2011

I see they picked up on 'bi-weekly'. I'd never thought of it as an Americanism but it is ambiguous and should be banned for that reason.

robertk · on July 20, 2011

Wow. I didn't even know some of these could be considered "wrong." Well, it is what it is.