Things Americans Say WRONG! 🇺🇸❌

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[drewkirk]

As an American, I have to say, Dimitri got his facts wrong😂

[jbcvabeach]

"Drownded" is mostly used by little children, or poorly educated adults.

[TBIhope]

What the heck? Has he only talked to five-year-olds? No one says those things.

[rjdavid]

No, we say boisterous just as you do.

[nickjames]

We say “tacos” exactly how it should be. That’s how you say it in Spanish

[birdnerd]

I’m American and I have never heard anyone say “voisterous” once in my entire life... or “drownded”...or “eyetalians”

[KidRocker]

I'm American and I'm triggered when people say "I could care less!"

[KawaTony]

I think many of the items on Dimitri's list are "things Americans say wrong when they're between the ages of 3 and 6". Is "pasketti" instead of "spaghetti" on his list?

[ohlookmarki]

Fun fact:
Americans say “I could care less” because it came from the phrase “I could care less, wanna see me try?”, which was popular around 50s. The phrase is used to prompt the person speaking to get to the point.
But since it sounds very close to the phrase “I couldn’t care less”, they confused the two and mixed them up. So yeah, thus ‘could care less’ was born.

[InventorZahran]

"Addicting" is usually used in a more harmless sense, such as "this video game is so addicting! I could play it all day!", whereas "addictive" tends to be reserved for genuine addictions, including "smokeless tobacco is addictive".

[PoetGorman]

We don't "insert" and "ah" into Tacos, we just show respect for our Mexican neighbors by pronouncing it they way they do.

[tonyhimelright]

When Americans say "I am going to the school" me mean that we are going to the school building. When we say "I am going to school" we mean that we are attending school.

[ZippityDont]

A common mistake foreign visitors make when visiting the U.S. (ahem) is that they may only visit an area of the country and apply what they see, hear, taste, pay for, and apply that to the whole country. MISTAKE! The U.S. is very diverse. With many speech patterns, pronunciations, foods, and traditions.

RE: Chipotle, tacos
The pronunciations (most) Americans use is what the correct Usage is IN SPANISH. I consider it a sign of respect to pronounce foreign words correctly.

Most on the list are either just wrong (voiceterous?) or are ascribed to rural or lower socio-economic strata, rather than all of America.

[xavvi]

How the hell are Brits going to try to mispronounce "tacos" and try to tell us we're wrong?

[lawrencetomlinson]

I think Dimitri was talking to someone with no teeth.

[barbaralysaght]

That guy, who's article you were referring to, must have spent all his time in America, around the uneducated. Those mistakes are commonly made by people who haven't been properly taught, and haven't learned to spell. It's a trigger for me. I've been asked if I am the "Word Police." I am, I am.

[wainwrightst.b]

I am an American, and i find this one triggering... "Irregardless" . It drives me mad.

[TheJoelWood]

Fairly sure the guy who wrote the blog got lots of these wrong!

[katiewompus]

I’m American and I’ve never heard of voiceterous!! Maybe if someone was trying to be punny haha

[butterflykisses]

Why do Brits say 'going on holiday' when they are taking a vacation?