An Awesome language!...

[TacitBlue]

I over-heard someone say "awesometastic" today. A combination of "awesome" and "fantastic"?

Go figure, it was a teenager.

[Al_Fallujah]

Y'all be trippin'.

[Souichiro]

My favorite combination is the Shut Up followed by No Way.....


Thank god Holland only ever gave you Big Brother 

[tedyflies]

Americans cannot be blamed for the word "awesome", it was around before we were.
We have however, updated it's use to fit in more modern times.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/awesome

Etymology

Early Modern English 1590-1600, awe +[ch8206] -some



Usage notes

The oldest meaning of "awesome" is "something which inspires awe", but the word is also a common slang expression in English. As the original meaning of awesome has become somewhat antiquated in general use, the term awe-inspiring is now generally used for the same meaning.

American - an awesome form of bastardized English, dude!

[Hagar]

[quote]Thank god Holland only ever gave you Big Brother

[Fozzer]

...over this side of the Pond, we get the....

....."Ya know what I mean?"; added to the end of every sentence!.... >:(...!

Another fancy word used by Folks pretending to be highly intelligent, is the French word; "Genre" .....>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre

The discontinuation of the use of the disparaging, descriptive word; "Guy/Guys", is another one I am working hard on... ... ..!

Paul... ... ... ...!

[Hagar]

Another fancy word used by Folks pretending to be highly intelligent, is the French word; "Genre" .....>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre

One of my pet hates.

The discontinuation of the use of the disparaging, descriptive word; "Guy/Guys", is another one I am working hard on... ... ..!

I'm afraid you're fighting a losing battle there. Even the teachers at my little granddaughter's school use it. There is no hope.

[Souichiro]

[quote][quote]Thank god Holland only ever gave you Big Brother

[Fozzer]

Another fancy word used by Folks pretending to be highly intelligent, is the French word; "Genre" .....>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre

One of my pet hates.

The discontinuation of the use of the disparaging, descriptive word; "Guy/Guys", is another one I am working hard on... ... ..!

I'm afraid you're fighting a losing battle there. Even the teachers at my little granddaughter's school use it. There is no hope.

Guy/Guys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy

I am curious to know when it first originated in North American speech patterns?

I first became aware of it, (and Chewing Gum), when the "Yanks" came over to Britain during WWII.

I cant recall it being used before the 20th Century in the USA?

It is often used by Folks around the rest of the World now trying to mimic USA Citizen speech patterns!

I abhor the use of it outside of the USA!....The BBC and its employees, for instance!.!

Paul....changing the World.....slowly... ... ...!

[tedyflies]

Yet another one we can blame on you. 

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guy

Etymology 2

Named from Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), an English Catholic hanged for his role in the Gunpowder Plot.

Noun

guy (plural guys)

   1. (UK) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
   2. (colloquial) A male

          A new guy started at the office today.
          Jane considers that guy to be very good looking.

   3. (colloquial, in plural) people

          I wonder what those guys are doing with that cat?

   4. (colloquial, of animals and sometimes objects) thing, creature

          The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy.

   5. (colloquial, technology) thing, unit

          This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage.

America- ruining England's native tongue each day.   ;)

[H]

Think I see the relationship...

[quote]quote:

Etymology 2
Named from Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), an English Catholic hanged for his role in the Gunpowder Plot.

Noun
guy (plural guys)

[Al_Fallujah]

[quote]Yet another one we can blame on you.

[Fozzer]

[quote]

........Don't forget the 2nd Person, Plural..

[TacitBlue]

I hate it when people use the word "guy" in reference to objects like in the dictionary example above. It's an object, not a person. I also don't like it when people call other people guy because they don't know their name, for example "Hey guy, how ya' doing?". Dude, man, sir, anything but guy. Maybe it bothers me because my boss's name is Guy. :-/

[H]

...over this side of the Pond, we get the...."Ya know what I mean?"; added to the end of every sentence!....

That term, or abbrevitaed "Ya know," is utilized over here, although probably not as much as it's utilised near your doorstep.

The discontinuation of the use of the disparaging, descriptive word; "Guy/Guys", is another one I am working hard on...

On your big blip in the sea you use the word 'chap' -- over here, chaps are wrapped to the shins of Cowboys (or, more to your pleasure, ocassionally to the shins of cowgirls).

Another fancy word used by Folks pretending to be highly intelligent, is the French word; "Genre" .....>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre

I'm just wondering what the 'English' speakers of 1050 AD would think of the Frenchifrying (your language has been French Fried!) Frenchifying of English speach.

8-)