The BBC takes aim at our 'Murikan way of life...

[Blue_Tires]

The Magazine's recent piece on Americanisms entering the language in the UK prompted thousands of you to e-mail examples. Some are useful, while some seem truly unnecessary, argued Matthew Engel in the article. Here are 50 of the most e-mailed.

1. When people ask for something, I often hear: "Can I get a..." It infuriates me. It's not New York. It's not the 90s. You're not in Central Perk with the rest of the Friends. Really." Steve, Rossendale, Lancashire

2. The next time someone tells you something is the "least worst option", tell them that their most best option is learning grammar. Mike Ayres, Bodmin, Cornwall

3. The phrase I've watched seep into the language (especially with broadcasters) is "two-time" and "three-time". Have the words double, triple etc, been totally lost? Grammatically it makes no sense, and is even worse when spoken. My pulse rises every time I hear or see it. Which is not healthy as it's almost every day now. Argh! D Rochelle, Bath

4. Using 24/7 rather than "24 hours, 7 days a week" or even just plain "all day, every day". Simon Ball, Worcester

5. The one I can't stand is "deplane", meaning to disembark an aircraft, used in the phrase "you will be able to deplane momentarily". TykeIntheHague, Den Haag, Holland

6. To "wait on" instead of "wait for" when you're not a waiter - once read a friend's comment about being in a station waiting on a train. For him, the train had yet to arrive - I would have thought rather that it had got stuck at the station with the friend on board. T Balinski, Raglan, New Zealand

7. "It is what it is". Pity us. Michael Knapp, Chicago, US

8. Dare I even mention the fanny pack? Lisa, Red Deer, Canada

9. "Touch base" - it makes me cringe no end. Chris, UK

10. Is "physicality" a real word? Curtis, US

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14201796

[LeftinOH]

1. Within the same language, usage and terminology usually differs from one

region to another. It happens with other widespread langauges (Spanish, for example) as well. Americans do not "queue up", "go to hospital", or visit the "high street". Petty twits.

[nolabear]

2. Oh well, nowt's as queer as folk.

Perhaps they'd like to cross the pond, get pissed, knock us all up and have a go about it.

[Cannikin]

3. Ending up in a car park, unable to make it back to your block of flats.

[freshwest]

7. That's 'take a piss' to you, Yank.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. My fave comment over there:

"'Hwæt! Wé Gárdena in géardagum
þéodcyninga þrym gefrúnon
hú ðá æþelingas ellen fremedon.'

I trust everyone who has complained about Americanisms creeping in to the English language will have no trouble understanding the above. That's what English looked like around 1,300 years ago.

Language evolves."

[geardaddy]

6. Nice.

:D :applause:

[Arugula Latte]

8. Yeah, you know that long ago there were people complaining about the

"Latinisms" or "Angloisms" or "Saxonisms" or "Germanics" creeping into the language.

[MissHoneychurch]

5. I kinda like 24/7

:shrug:

:hi: Blue_Tires