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View Poll Results: Does it annoy you when people Americanize our series
Yes it annoys me 9 22.50%
Yes it annoys me
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Couldnt care less 27 67.50%
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No i like it 4 10.00%
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Old 08-05-2012, 01:04 PM #1
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Default Does it bother you that poeple Americanise our Big Brother

Examples.

Calling our series "Season".

Calling the housemates "Houseguests".

For some reason it really irritates me. BB is a British institution and should keep its identity. The editing has already gone down the American route so lets not over do things.

Whats next calling trousers pants, pavements sidewalks or rubbish trash?

So vote does it annoy you or not?

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No doesn't bother me at all. Think you're just being pedantic
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Nope, couldn care less tbh
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No doesn't bother me at all. Think you're just being pedantic
Another insult hurled by a member of staff.

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How is pedantic an insult?
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Who does this? If it's about american members on here that's just what they call it over there so no it doesn't bother me.
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can i ask what pedantic means
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How is pedantic an insult?
Being called petty is an insult.
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Who does this? If it's about american members on here that's just what they call it over there so no it doesn't bother me.
Nah its british members.

Even Cowell/Barlow on X Factor do it.

It just annoys me for some reason lol.
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Houseguests would surely be people from the outside world who come in for a task rather than the resident housemates.
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Can't say I've noticed anyone using those terms tbh
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Being called petty is an insult.
He didn't call you petty though, he called you pedantic - which isn't an insult.

And no, it doesn't bother me. I don't care what other people call it. I call it "series" and "housemate" and for BBUS I say "season" and "houseguest" because that's what they're referred to.
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Couldnt care less
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He didn't call you petty though, he called you pedantic - which isn't an insult.

And no, it doesn't bother me. I don't care what other people call it. I call it "series" and "housemate" and for BBUS I say "season" and "houseguest" because that's what they're referred to.
Means the same thing.
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Ooh another insult?
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Yes. It really does. Alot.
It's like '****** up and learn our terminology if you're going to claim to be a fan of our series.' Happens alot on YouTube when people say things like 'I think that guy Aaron should be eliminated, he just doesn't contribute much like the other houseguests this season.'


****** off.
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Yes. It really does. Alot.
It's like '****** up and learn our terminology if you're going to claim to be a fan of our series.' Happens alot on YouTube when people say things like 'I think that guy Aaron should be eliminated, he just doesn't contribute much like the other houseguests this season.'


****** off.
EXACTLY! lol thanks.

I know it shouldnt but even on im a celeb and X Factor aswell when they call the people voted off "evictees" gets on my tits. Evictee is Big Brother termonology, doesnt make sense anywhere else.
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And fyi, you're complaining about people "Americanizing" our Big Brother (which I don't think many people do) but yet you've Americanised the title of this thread. Oops.
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Means the same thing.
It doesn't mean the same thing, it means meticulous, don't make something out of nothing.
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And fyi, you're complaining about people "Americanizing" our Big Brother (which I don't think many people do) but yet you've Americanised the title of this thread. Oops.
How is this title americanized? :/
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Examples.

Calling our series "Season".

Calling the housemates "Houseguests".

For some reason it really irritates me. BB is a British institution and should keep its identity. The editing has already gone down the American route so lets not over do things.

Whats next calling trousers pants, pavements sidewalks or rubbish trash?

So vote does it annoy you or not?

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Nope, couldn care less tbh

Have a burger , on the house
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How is this title americanized? :/
Because the British spelling is Americanised.

Americanized is American.

Watch yourself next time you want to create a point.
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