Why Americans are so disliked

@Lordyaswas,

@chai2,

@Lordyaswas,

We had a lot of circles (roundabouts as you call them) where I grew up.

In my mind, it was like playing double dutch jump rope. Snagging the lane upon entering, slingshotting off when getting to your road. That felt like grabbing the ring on a merry go round.

Many a time as a teenager while cruising around with friends did we enter a circle, and on purpose just stay in the inner lane for awhile while we decided where we were going to go.

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@LeeR30,

If you are judging by the amount that language has changed over the past three centuries (i.e. the time when American English diverged from British English), I think that the British are just as disliked as Americans.

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@maxdancona,

Pssst......<takes max to one side>.....the idea here is to take the piss out of the twit as he's obviously a troll.

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@Lordyaswas,

Lordyaswas wrote:

Pssst......<takes max to one side>.....the idea here is to take the piss out of the twit as he's obviously a troll.

Ed Zacherly!

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@Lordyaswas,

You see. Max's was one such face I was picturing. (Bet it's even more of a picture now.)

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@LeeR30,

Yea Lee, take "meditation." Over my lifetime its meaning has entirely reversed. Used to mean think deeply about something, now means don't think at all

Probably you're familiar with the shift in "thankfully." I don't hold this one against us however; since there's no equivalent word to the new usage

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@dalehileman,

The one I love is:

"Hi, how are you?"

"I'm good, thanks."

(That one has flourished on both sides of the pond)

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@Lordyaswas,

Lordy, Lordy! But I wonder if this usage doesn't often skirts accusations of hauteur

I'd never use "well"

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@dalehileman,

But well describes a state of health, whereas good on its own doesn't.

Good, to my mind, refers to such things as behaviour, etc.

Feeling good, maybe, but good on its own?

Whenever someone says that to me, I feel like saying "I didn't ask how saintly you are."

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@Lordyaswas,

Lordyaswas wrote:

The one I love is:

"Hi, how are you?"

"I'm good, thanks."

(That one has flourished on both sides of the pond)

No, no, no.

It's
"How ya'll doin'?"

"Goodunyou?"

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@LeeR30,

Am I supposed to respect the opinions of someone who can only think of one way to spell a word?

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@Lordyaswas,

That's well wicked, and it was well worth it.

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@izzythepush,

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@Lordyaswas,

If someone responded with "well", I'd think they were starting a sentence

well, now that I've had my gall bladder out and the scar from my shoulder surgery has healed, I'm feeling quite lively

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@ehBeth,

No, the response would be "I'm well, thanks".

I'm good doesn't make sense when a health enquiry is being made.

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@Lordyaswas,

I'm Canajun.

We respond with one word. We're taciturn.

Fine.

Good.

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@ehBeth,

I don't believe you. Canadians are more polite than the Brits.

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

I'm Canajun.

We respond with one word. We're taciturn.

Fine.

Good.

Well, I'll be durned. I reckon you'd call me one of them thar Cajuns. Th' way we go 'bout it is if you can say it in 10 words instead of 2, that's the way it oughta be done. I tell you whut.

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