Is American English becoming the British national language?

[Bigbrotherin]

It just seems everyone uses American ways of spelling things and saying things these days? Like 'noo' instead of 'new', 'trash' instead of 'rubbish', 'truck' instead of 'lorry', 'zee' instead of 'zed', 'color' instead of 'colour', 'sneakers instead of trainers' and 'two thousand seven' instead of 'two thousand and seven'. I'm not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, but could it not mean that they do worse at school because they may write american words in litterature essays or american spellings in spelling tests? It's just something I've observed in the media, through my friends and family which I thought might be worthy of discussion.

[SiMoN!]

from the examples you have said the ont american one i use is truck
i still say
new rubbish zed two thousand n seven

[Jack]

I haven't really noticed this to be honest. I use both the words "truck" and "lorry" because in my opinion they are different types of vehicles.

[Rory]

What do you mean "noo" and "new"?

I know zed is still used over there (thanks to some countdown episodes I've caught)

[AlexTheGreat]

Um everyone i no speaks Normal english , The onlly american words i hear people saying where i live is Trash and thats not regulury

[sexy_leigh]

not every1 iz speaking the american english especially not me, as i do not even know what "noo" means and i don't say truck but everywhere u go u hear people speaking the american lingo cos lets face every1 copys america ESPECIALLY the UK such as fashion, dance, slang etc.

[Sunny_01]

There is a lot of text speech in this thread. Can I remind people that this is NOT allowed on TIBB. Continued use of text speech will result in a warning being issued, text talk - also do you not think that this is more of a problem in the UK than the american version of wrods being used?

[Lauren]

Truck isn't American....(It's from the latin word trochus).

Also, "noo" is how some dialects pronounce "new" - it's nothing to do with America. I don't use any of those words, and neither does anyone I know.

Just a little bit of information here... when the American dictionary was being established, the writer simplified spellings and meanings of many words because they were too intelligent for the US (Thats not meant to be offensive, it's a fact - the writer of the American Dictionary stated this was why they missed of the 'u' in colour, and why they use the 'z' letter in z sounds i.e. realize rather than realise).

[Dr43%er]

I don't do american speak and neither do any of my friends. Is it an age thing?

I don't do text talk either. Not even when texting.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Dr43%er
I don't do american speak and neither do any of my friends. Is it an age thing?

I don't do text talk either. Not even when texting.

Not an age thing, I don't do text talk either, even when texting. I've also never met anyone who does the whole "American" speak thing.

[sol]

I've never said or written noo, never use the word trash, never say truck, never say zee and never say two thousand seven. I try to avoid Americanisms at all costs lol.

[Sunny_01]

Originally posted by Dr43%er
I don't do american speak and neither do any of my friends. Is it an age thing?

I don't do text talk either. Not even when texting.

must be an age thing, I never write in text talk in a text message, my texts are like war and peace :joker:

[Bigbrotherin]

Originally posted by sol
I've never said or written noo, never use the word trash, never say truck, never say zee and never say two thousand seven. I try to avoid Americanisms at all costs lol.
No, they don't spell new 'noo', it's just how they pronounce it. I heard someone on big mouth use it the other day and someone on one of the news channels use it, those are the 2 most recent public examples I can think of. Plus good for you, I try not to too.

[Bigbrotherin]

Originally posted by Lauren
Truck isn't American....(It's from the latin word trochus).

Also, "noo" is how some dialects pronounce "new" - it's nothing to do with America. I don't use any of those words, and neither does anyone I know.

Just a little bit of information here... when the American dictionary was being established, the writer simplified spellings and meanings of many words because they were too intelligent for the US (Thats not meant to be offensive, it's a fact - the writer of the American Dictionary stated this was why they missed of the 'u' in colour, and why they use the 'z' letter in z sounds i.e. realize rather than realise).
It's not an american word, but they use it in place of the word lorry.

[Bigbrotherin]

Originally posted by Rory
What do you mean "noo" and "new"?

I know zed is still used over there (thanks to some countdown episodes I've caught)

Well in the UK we pronounce the word new 'nyew' and in the US it is pronounced 'noo' as it 'oo' rather than 'ew'. Like youtube is pronounced youtyoube in the UK but in the US it's pronounced yootoob. If you want to hear an example of this, search youtube for the song 'Start of Something New' from High School Musical and note how Americans pronounce 'New' 'Noo' and then search for 'Sky Sports News Intro Titles 2004' on youtube and listen to the vid from 1 minute onwards and here how brits pronounce it.

[Bigbrotherin]

Originally posted by Jack
I haven't really noticed this to be honest. I use both the words "truck" and "lorry" because in my opinion they are different types of vehicles.
In the U.S. they don't say lorry, they use the word truck. We sometimes use the word truck in this country to describe small lorries but in the U.S. most vehicles of the lorry type are called trucks.

[Emilee]

Hahaha! Im one of the worst people for this, i use words like:
Blows
Truck
Trash
Y'all
Good Job
etc...

I dont know why, but they just come out all the time... i dont know if its coz i talk to my cousinsall the time who are american.

[Ella]

I always say 'hey' Thats a typical American saying isn't it? It reminds me of Friends and American TV shows like that.

[Tom4784]

The only american kind of word i use is ass, because i think A*se sounds pompous unless used in the right situation.

[spitfire]

Originally posted by Dr43%er
I don't do american speak and neither do any of my friends. Thats awesome doc,this American speak is a load of garbage.:spin2:

[Princess]

Only one I use is color. Less effort.

[Bigbrotherin]

Originally posted by Princess
Only one I use is color. Less effort.
Use colour! Color is incorrect and wrong (Unless your american).
At the age of 16 you will probably be preparing for your GCSEs/A-LEVELS right now (depending on whether your just turnt 16 or are soon to turn 17) and writing color on one of your exams could loose you a few marks 1. because they will think you cannot spell and 2. because the markers tend to be in their 50s and 60s and therefore aren't fond of Americanisation of their language.

Plus I'd hardly call removing 1 letter 'less effort'. It would be much better to just get used to using the u lol.

As I have said, I rarely tend to use such words, partly because I try not to and partly because my parents avoided showing me American television when I was younger as they could see that kids were hearing it on their TV each day and accepting it to be the right way to say things.

[Princess]

^^I use colour in my English exams but I'm mad at spelling anyways so it barely makes a difference :laugh: I'm nearly 17-Leavign Cert this year(its the Irish A-Levels)