Americanisms

[Liquid]

Haha, sorry yes I meant without up. Typo. If you imagine you were reading some cooking instructions they'd go something like this:

"Put 300ml of water in a pot and bring it to the boil."

It wouldn't be unheard of to bring it to a boil, but not really bringing it "up" to the boil.

 

[Liquid]

Grey or gray?

 

[The Bman]

What's wrong with regional dialects? There's no need for one "proper" English when people have a general understanding.

In Pittsburgh, we say "yinz" and down south they say "y'all" but I don't complain about that.

 

[Cale]

yinz









YINZ









What. I say y'all as well

 

[Liquid]

What's wrong with regional dialects?

Nothing. They're in my top 5 things which fascinate me.

But my interest in this thread was piqued once again by grey/gray. It's literally the same word and same pronunciation and was wondering what the usage of it is. I'd go for grey.

 

[LancerEvo7]

I say gray, and also yins.

 

[TheCracker]

I always took it that 'grey' was the colour/shade of a non-colour and 'Gray' refered to a surname.

 

[Liquid]

'Gray' refered to a surname.

Not exclusively.

 

[BobK]

Grey or gray?

Yes.

 

[niky]

Try editing an interactive online buyer's guide, where each color, HTML coded to display on the selector screen, is given a manufacturer specific name.

Fifty Shades of Grey/Gray/Grau/Gris would be an understatement...

 

[Jimlaad43]

I apologise for saying Grey

 

[W3H5]

I use grey because it's what I've grown up knowing to be the word.

A thing that amazes me about Americanisms is the amount of generic terms that are used compared to other dialects of English. I suppose it is a reflection of consumer culture.

 

[Driving Park]

I honestly never decided outright which to use. I was taught that both were correct and it didn't matter. I usually use gray because I like it better, but not always.

 

[Pupik]

What's wrong with regional dialects? There's no need for one "proper" English when people have a general understanding.

In Pittsburgh, we say "yinz" and down south they say "y'all" but I don't complain about that.

I think "yinz" is localized to the Pittsburgh area, while "y'all" can (or might) be heard in roughly 1/3rd the nation. Contrast with "you guys" (or sometimes "youzguys") which is primarily Northeastern. I live in a part of Alabama with many non-native Alabamians, so you do not always hear "y'all" that much. Even outside the area, most half-educated folks know when (and where) to differentiate "you" from "you all" from "y'all", but Hollywood assumes it's used all the time anywhere south of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River, with Miami and District of Columbia excluded.

I spell it "gray"...like the word "soccer", it also came from England (or from youzguys), but not used much anymore.

 

[Sage Ages]

In Pittsburgh, we say "yinz" and down south they say "y'all" but I don't complain about that.

People say "y'all" in a lot of places. Not just the south.

 

[Swagger897]

Read (to read) and read (said like red) pisses me off so much....

 

[Liquid]

Read (to read) and read (said like red) pisses me off so much....

I readed this wrong.

 

[W3H5]

Read (to read) and read (said like red) pisses me off so much....

With context I see little issue. You might say the same for 'wind' for which it would be hard to confuse the meanings.

"The wind is strong today."

"I'd better wind the clock."

 

[Grandea GTR]

Despite being in America, I tend to use colour, grey, and theatre rather than color, gray, and theater.

 

[BobK]

With context I see little issue. You might say the same for 'wind' for which it would be hard to confuse the meanings.

"The wind is strong today."

"I'd better wind the clock."

The lead pipe we found may lead to the sewer.

There are numerous examples of this kind of thing, and I don't think it's uniquely American (or British).

 

[W3H5]

There are numerous examples of this kind of thing, and I don't think it's uniquely American (or British).

Those examples are used in both, I was simply responding to what swagger had said above about not liking the work 'read'.

 

[BobK]

Those examples are used in both, I was simply responding to what swagger had said above about not liking the work 'read'.

Fair enough, I should have aimed my replay to @Swagger897.

 

[Swagger897]

Still, there are tons of other words out there with multiple meanings, and some which are spelled differently,

 

[Liquid]

and collected two vice-championships in the 2004 and 2006 American Le Mans Series.

Vice-championship? Is that really a thing?

 

[axletramp]

Vice-championship?

Sounds like the Hooker Olympics.

 

[Liquid]

Sounds like the Hooker Olympics.

GTA did it first.

 

[axletramp]

GTA did it first.

Well, I'll be blowed!

 

[TB]

Well, I'll be blowed!

"You may indeed, if you get lucky."

 

[Pupik]

Vice-championship? Is that really a thing?

Never heard that term before. Sounds like something was lost in translation.

 

[David]

Championship with a co-driver? I get what it's saying I guess, but I don't think I've ever seen/heard it (vice) used like that anywhere aside from leadership hierarchies in business/government or whatever.