Well, Cowell and Barlow don't have anything to do with BB and I've never heard either talk about BB. When referring X factor I'm not surprised he uses season, he's so used to hearing the word in US on American Idol etc.

But, for BB, the only people I've heard use those terms are American forum members which is understandable. I think you're being picky. If it was a big thing and the show itself was using the words then I could understand your frustration, but otherwise, I don't know why you're bothered.

Are you serious? I was pointing out a flaw in your thread because I found it ironic that you failed to use the correct British English in the title. I wasn't being deadly serious, but you took it seriously.

No, Americans speak American English, Brits speak British English. Clearly everyone understands what is meant, so stop getting worked up over nothing.

:joker::joker:

The only thing that really annoys me is when they call the housemates "houseguests".

LOL at everyone getting all angry

It doesn't bother me, I just accept they say it differently.

Erm...no.

Its a forum, i may be in the minority but looking at the poll a few other people do agree.

Yes we would be "Anglicizing" it.

But I'm pretty sure that wouldn't bother you would it.

Poll* :pipe:

Its just something i wouldnt do as i use the correct terminology.

Like i call the new Desperate Housewives the final SEASON not series because thats what it is.

DAMMIT! LOL

Sorry ive got sex on my mind.

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I think you only need to start being worried when Brian and co start doing it.

That's what I thought. If the show itself starts Americanising then we can worry. But for now, it's not.

Lmao good point, it's a bit rich to complain about American terms being used when you're using them yourself

Its not that i was using an American term its the fact that i cant spell lol.

For the record, SEASON is actually the correct terminology.

Series should refer to Big Brother as a whole.
Season should refer to a specific Big Brother, ie Big Brother 13. Because television seasons are usually run for a specific season (Fall, Winter, Spring, or Summer).

Though i've gotten in a habit of referring to Big Brother 13 as a series and not a season.

I HATE it.

Though it does add a bit color to the forums.

But that's where British TV differs from American. We don't have pilot season and all the rest, all our shows don't return in the fall and have "mid-season" and all of that. Shows can literally start at any time of the year, and different runs of the same show won't start at the same time every year. So, technically, we don't have "television seasons".

"dumb blonde American Accent"
Seriously? :joker:

Doesn't seem like they're the only ones tbh :pipe:

ROFL I was waiting for you to pick up on that :tongue:

True, I didn't think about that. However - it still doesn't make sense to refer to a new, individual continuation of the show as a "new series", because calling it a new series seems to be describing an entirely new show.

Isn't each Big Brother episode it's own show? So therefore each Big Brother is "a set of related television or radio programs" and thus a series?

In Britain we refer to a show as a series as a whole as well as it's individual series.
In America, I believe, they refer to a show as a series and it has individual seasons.

Our terminology for things is:
A show is something that comes on frequently, usually once a week. I.e. Big Brother, NCIS, CSI
A Season is a show that is on for months, like Jan-May and then again in Aug-Nov, our shows aren't usually year round
A series is several seasons put together like Season 1, Season 2, Season 3 would all be a series.
You call several books i.e. Harry Potter a series don't you? Why wouldn't you call shows/seasons that too?

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Yeah, I would call several books a series, that's why I call several shows a series as well :tongue:

We call several seasons a series :joker:

They way I think about it is, seasons change with the seasons(summer, spring, fall, winter). Our television seasons change with our Seasons

Blows my mind that anyone could care in the slightest.

Season/Series are interchangeable to me. It's cool how it means different things for America

I will always call British programmes series 1, 2, 3 etc. and American ones seasons 1, 2, 3 etc.:idc:

Doesn't bother me at all because in the grand scheme of things they are only words.

Most intellectual thread ever?

Yes, I think we got that a while back. lol

He was just saying how he understood the words to mean something different.

why does it matter what americans say on youtube ? :S its not like were going to go out of our way to change our vocabulary to make all of yous feel better :idc:

Couldnt give a toss stuff like this is really pedantic and life is way too short for it :joker:

And tbh BBUS is better than todays BBUK.

I always thought Canadians got very upset when referred to as "American". lol

Couldn't care less. It's stupid and pretty petty tbh