Illogical American expressions?

Have a listen to the current Rugby League commentators, especially "Gus" Gould.

"Touch Down"

"Offffence"

"Deeeeeefence"

"Turn on a Dime"...........WTF

"Game On"

"Hit Up"

"Touch Down"

"Ball Park"......This goes with cricket too. Commentators stating the batsman has " Hit it out of the ball park" [bigsad][bigsad][bigsad][bigsad]

I'll stop here!

Steve

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They can't even make a decent latte.

My favourites are:
Sodder for Solder
Aluminum for Aluminium
Fitty for Fifty
Willis for Willys
and the expression: "
Failure is not an option"
and "That's what I'm talking about, right there"
and "Whats up" when greeting.
Regards Frank.

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Originally Posted by jspyle

i am dumbfounded by"double down"!

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As an American I would never say 5 times less when I mean 1/5: though double down is something I would perhaps use to mean I am going to redouble my effort, dig in my heels, etc.

The, pronounced thur when followed by a consonant or thee, by a vowel. Nothing cries out 'ignorant bogan' louder than "thur apple, thur umbrella" et al. :mad:

I'm not sure that we can blame the Yanks for this one, it seems to have migrated from the South Pacific.

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Originally Posted by tc_s1

As an American I would never say 5 times less when I mean 1/5: though double down is something I would perhaps use to mean I am going to redouble my effort, dig in my heels, etc.

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Also used when gambling to double one's wager before seeing the cards.

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Originally Posted by Railey

Hey. I think all of my expressions are logical, thank you very much! 😃

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Yeah, but you think a D2 is a boat[bigrolf]

Yo, babe.

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Yo, babe.

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Now its "yo, bae"