AMERICANIZATION

·         You don't open a telephone conversation with a HELLO but with a "Hi"

 

·         The telephone is never "engaged", it's always "busy".

 

·         U don't "disconnect" a phone, U simply "hang-up".

 

·         U never "mess-up" things, U only "screw them up".

 

·         U never have a "residence" tel. no., U have a "home" no.

 

·         U don't stop at the "signals", but halt at the "lights".

 

·         U don't "accelerate" , U "step on the gas".

 

·         Your tire never "punctures", U may have a "flat".

 

·         The trains have "coaches" or "boggies' no more but "carriages" or "boxes".

 

·         There R no "petrol pumps", but "gas stations".

 

·         "I don't know nothing", 2 negatives don't make a positive here.

 

·         U no longer meet a "wonderful" person, U meet a "cool" guy

 

·         U don't pull the switch down to light a bulb,rather flick it up.

 

·         There's no "Business Area" only "business districts", and no "districts" but "counties".

 

·         No one stays "a stone's throw away", might"a few blocks away".

 

·         There's no "Town Side", it's "Down Town".

 

·         In hotel U no longer ask for "bill" and pay by "cheque", rather ask for "check" and

 

·         pay with (Dollar) "bill"s.

 

·         There R no "soft drinks", only "sodas".

 

·         Life's no longer "miserable" it "stinks".

 

·         U don't have a "great" time, U have a "ball".

 

·         U don't "sweat it out", U "work U'r butt off".

 

·         Never "post" a letter, always "mail" it and "glue" the stamps, don't "stick" them.

 

·         U no longer live in "flats" or "blocks", find an "apartment".

 

·         U don't stand in a "queue", you are in a "line".

 

·         U no longer "like" something, U "appreciate" it.

 

·         "#" is not "hash", it's "pound".

 

·         U R not "deaf", U have "impaired hearing".

 

·         U R not "lunatic", U are just "mentally challenged".

 

·         U R not "disgusting" U R "sick".

 

·         U can't get "surprised" U get "zapped".

 

·         U don't "schedule" a meeting, U "skejule" it.

 

·         U never "joke", U just "kid".

 

·         U never "increase" the pressure, U always "crank" it up.

 

·         U never ask for a pencil "rubber" U ask for an eraser. a rubber is a condom

 

·         U don't try to find a lift U find an elevator.

 

·         U no more ask for a route but for a "RAUT"

 

·         U don't ask somebody "How r u ?", U say "What's up dude?"

 

·         U never go to see a game U go to watch a game.

 

·         If U see "World" champions(or Series),read "USA"champions(or Series).

 

·         There's no "zero" but "o", no "Z" but "zee".

 

·         There's no FULL STOP after a statement, there's a PERIOD.

 

·         If someone gets angry at U, U get "flamed".

 

·         You don't say "How do you do", you say "How you doin"

 

·         In short U don't speak English, U speak American.

 

·         Well u dont' say life is boring u say LIFE SUCKS !!!!!