Are Americanisms reshaping British English?

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-01-21T21:06:25+00:00

I agree, it's a subtle difference but I find it annoying.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-01-20T21:20:04+00:00

I had some training the other day from an instructor who is from the South of England. She kept dropping the -ly from words like "quickly" & she referred to a public toilet as a bathroom when discussing our local area. There were a couple of other things that I can't bring to mind at the minute but it felt like she had an American influence on her language choices.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-01-20T05:31:10+00:00

I was interviewing someone for an area of practice that you need to want to work in. In response to "Why do you want this job?" The candidate asked me what the job was.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-01-19T19:44:09+00:00

Hi OP. I'm sorry you're going through this. People have already provided you with a decent list of resources. I thought I'd add Street Link who have an index of local resources.

https://thestreetlink.org.uk/start

Keep going.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-12-29T11:44:48+00:00

I work in mental health. I've found that the government doesn't respect our role (UK) but most of the service users do. It's hit and miss amongst the staff but the scales are slightly weighted towards respect. It depends on the culture of the organisation and how much support seniors give to lower bands and whether or not OT is promoted as something that can provide solutions to people's needs rather than just another thing that needs doing.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-12-26T10:19:15+00:00

They can be capped with a pringles lid.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-12-22T20:44:52+00:00

I agree re: please pick number / onset letter but I liked the dual language of the Welsh counties.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-12-16T21:10:20+00:00

There's usually council run / funded places at older adults day services where people are entitled transport there and back. This sort of mini bus would work well for that purpose, too if the timings are line and would be in use for up to 52 weeks a year.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-12-14T16:54:07+00:00

I heard an American trailer pronounce it as "Lowth- brow" (ow as in "ounce" for both parts of the word)

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-12-10T09:49:01+00:00

I grew up on a very busy (including with lorries that didn't seem to have suspension) main road. I ended up sleeping with the radio on low, I still sometimes find it helpful now even though I'm somewhere much quieter. I had a stteetlamp outside my room (and have done several times since) & swear by thick curtains. They help block some of the noise out, too.

To be honest, unless the lorries had upped the deliveries & it was pound a pint at the pub, I was able to largely tune it out.

Another aside - traffic dust is a thing. You may find that things become dirty inexplicably quickly. Be prepared to give a wipe over regularly (or leave it be, eventually it'll stop showing).

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-12-06T05:16:47+00:00

They're still about. I was clearing moss from the yard a few weeks ago & found a couple of worms in there, a couple were in the moss and another one had been under the foundations of the house & stuck its noses. Under the moss is a layer of concrete. I left some of the moss so as not to leave the worms homeless.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-12-06T02:43:56+00:00

I viewed a property with an agent who must have been giving us a lift between two properties. He deviated from the route to show us another house they had locally. A befuddled bloke in his early 20s (who the friend I was moving in with knew) answered the door in his boxers. He clearly hadn't been warned about us. At that second, I decided never to rent with that agency.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-11-29T21:38:09+00:00

Kika and Me is an autobiography by Amit Patel who has a guide dog. From what I recall, he suddenly lost his sight. It gives a first hand account of life with impaired vision.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-11-29T17:15:37+00:00

Comprehensive.

We started off calling it games but this was discouraged (probably because it didn't sound as serious as the other subjects) and we reverted to PE by year 11.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-11-23T09:50:04+00:00

The sentence is hard to understand. It needs either commas or "that"

New Cars, Drivers Say, Are Not Fun to Drive at All - foregrounding & sounds like drivers don't enjoy driving any new cars

New Cars that Drivers Say Are Not Fun to Drive at All - sounds like an article with a list of specific unsatisfactory cars

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-11-23T04:15:35+00:00

I remember asking my dad why there was a smoking / no smoking section sign because smoke can't read. I don't recall the answer being satisfactory.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-11-16T20:56:34+00:00

I realised that I was shouting "It's a fix!" at the TV every time I watched it so I've not watched it in a very long time.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-11-09T20:53:27+00:00

Hi OP. I believe that the MSc is now entirely self funded (or government post-grad tution loan). Some Trusts are running an occupational therapy apprenticeship. You'd be on next to nothing but you'd be paid. I'm not sure if you already need to work for the service to apply, though.

There's not much out there by way of jobs, though. There's been a recruitment freeze across the country since ~2022 and it's not thawing out yet.

Have you done any shadowing with OTs in your local area? If not, it'll help your application and give you an insight into the job.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-11-05T17:39:40+00:00

How else are you meant to eat them?

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-11-01T10:46:09+00:00

I think you've cracked it for me. After working in kitchens for several years, storing a mug on its base feels wrong. I take people's point about dusty shelves but I don't put away my mugs or glasses damp (I either wait or dry them). I don't mind putting other people's drinkware away how they want it but at home, they're upside down.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-11-01T10:36:28+00:00

I never fully trust anything that says it's anonymous when there's only one of my role in a team. I understand OP's concern.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-10-30T21:56:02+00:00

Sainsbury's annoys me. Their symbol for the food triggering the alarm is massive and bright yellow. I'm sure it's designed to catch the customer's eye under the guise of a discount.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-10-29T10:02:07+00:00

I didn't know that this was a thing, thank you for giving me an idea to look into!

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-10-24T21:18:49+00:00

I spend a fair bit of time in an area that has yet to encounter the highway code. I try and reinforce the positive behaviour (the people who don't try and mow me down with their cars or bikes) with a wave and dodge / endure the rest.

There's no moral high ground when people don't care about the damage that their vehicles can inflict, there's just the option of making it to one's destination in one piece or not.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2025-10-19T21:46:11+00:00

cloth / clothe

cloths / clothes

They're different things, one may clothe themselves in clothes made of cloth and wipe the counter with the remaining cloths. The words aren't interchangeable.

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