BBC News Magazine has asked a bunch of Brits (and a few Canadians) what they think are the most annoying “Americanisms” creeping into what’s left of the “English” language.
They’ve compiled a list of 50, and the comments are surging with over 1,200 more beefs against Americanisms as well as “get over its” by Americans (and those who love us).
In the past decade or so we’ve seen the “dumbing down” of English in general not so much because proper grammar is a tedious business, but because the way we communicate with the written word has so dramatically changed. Overall, it’s probably a miracle that we can still find time to speak to each other rather than bundle up that thought into a text or a tweet.
Kathy Drasky regularly writes about online culture. Her marketing and communications work with the ANZA Technology Network, Advance Global Australians and with various Australians and Australian enterprises has led to at least a dozen trips Down Under.
An accomplished digital photographer, her photos have appeared in 7×7 Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle and Google Schmap.
