Creeping Americanisms
Trick or treat. Cheerleaders. High-school proms. Rocky Road.

I have nothing fundamentally against these things -- when in America. All fine and splendid things, over there.

But why do they suddenly pop up here in the UK? Did I miss a meeting? Suddenly, one year, there were kids on my doorstep demanding sweets - or rather, candy. Suddenly there were cheerleaders in the town parade.

The irrational bit is that a) I don't dislike America / Americans (lived there for a while), and b) I quite enjoy taking my kids Trick Or Treating. But it still annoys me, the way it creeps in.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 17:24, 3 replies)

Indeed.
We'll be using German and French words in daily exchanges next.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 17:29, closed)

Indeed
Cheerleaders over here are a bit minging. I remember going to an ice hockey game in Manchester and there were six cheerleaders; one was pretty chubby to be wearing the outfit. Later, when only five came back out, someone shouted "the fat one has eaten the other girl!"
( M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 17:29, closed)

I feel sorry for Bonfire Night
Been overshadowed a bit by Americanised Halloween.

You still get sproglets knocking on the door asking for stuff, but now it's wearing supermarket-bought Far-Eastern made plastic Halloween tat, rather than pushing a badly-made effigy around in their kid sister's toy pram.

Maaahvellous, isn't it? Jumpers for goalposts, etc.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 17:55, closed)