"oh my gaawd!"
"with all due respect" (has become a meme for people who think they or their opinions are of meaning, when they're clearly not)
"amazing!" (when used more than once)
copula +"like"
"you betcha" (argh!)
"god bless you / soldiers / america / ronald mcdonald" (what would thomas jefferson say?)
"anti" pronounced "antay" (i know it's usual, but i dont like the sound)
"whatsoever" (when at all would be more appropreate, as in "i don't like it whatsoever" or even worse "whatever")
"traffic circle" (how imaginative)
but the winner, by a
kilometre, is "Drive Thru", it is a synonyme for everything that's wrong with america (at least if you trust the stereotypes). It's to complicated to write "through" then is it?
if someone uses any of those phrases (and some others) in my presence, i will immediately lose any respect for the person or what they say. for no good reason, other than personal preference. they may be intelligent, or have something really important to say. i just can not stand language like that.
Another thing i dislike about the american language it that everyone seems to think, yes there is freedom of speech, as long as you don't say ****! (edit: see, it's censored!) I know that the real world will most likely not be like the one i see on the telly, but for fuck's sake.
Other than that, after the presidential elections, i'm almost tempted to "do a kennedy" and pronounce "ich bin ein new yorker", but i'll wait a bit longer to see if they can get it half right this time, first of all.
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i saw a speech by Richard Stallman, and in the Q&A session afterwards, an american student put on an english accent. It was pretty awkward. "nod ad owl english" :lol: But somehow, the english accent is associated with the aristocracy and knowledge and intelligence. let me just say, i try to keep my english an english as possible, not to sound like an aristocrat, but because i'm european, and i sort of like it.
allright, that was fairly random.
good night