Limmy's Show - Americanisms

[JaguarPawww]

As Mr Bowie would say, This is not, America, Noooo !

[larendor10]

oor wullie, your wullie, ABODY'S WULLIE

[JayTheSex]

LloydsfermACY ONEWORD!

[cfcdaviddcfc]

biggest wanker oan the telly



[martinmc11ira]

limmy is as funny as a car crash

[ticketyboooo]

@AngryPugProductions

Um...I think that's what my comment said. Read it again.

[HoraceTheClown]

How does anyone even understand what he's saying?

[calsdogMC]

@HoraceTheClown because they're not retarded

[SciFiAssasin]

@HoraceTheClown Sorry, what?

[Kanonite]

@HoraceTheClown fuck off watch Jeremy Kyle wear 95% are english and you can not make out a word they are saying because they all do drugs and from east London!

[xXGreyWolf]

@HoraceTheClown Because there not stupid?

[TheChowie]

'Thats Oor Granny, Thats Your Granny, Thats A'bodys Granny' haha loving the wee Oor Wullie reference :)

[ShadowNick5]

lloydfermACY press 6 :D

[VulcanTrekkie45]

Sorry, I have to ask, and don't take this the wrong way. Are you speaking English or Scots? The two languages are mutually intelligible, and I've never heard Scots spoken before, so I can't be sure. I've only ever seen it written. There are enough words you pronounce differently from standard Scottish English that I have to wonder.

[zoidberg590]

@VulcanTrekkie45 is this a joke? It's all standard scottish accented english.

[andrewlenahan]

As an American, this sort of thing has me black affronted.

[VerendumProductions]

Calling every pharmacy a "pharMACy" from now on.

[KroweOfficial]

I'm American and I approve of this message

[AdriansPunk]

Great how the humour is bypassed and a debate starts again about who owns the words and phrases. I'm Scottish 100% and don't think i've ever used an Americanism in my life. Lighten up Jackasses!

[Ail3a]

@AdriansPunk Is that a joke at the end, or are you serious? It's hard to tell.

[ndgambella]

@Ail3a yes... it was something popularized on a US tv show..... im a yank and i love this.. ppl take things way too seriously

[Ail3a]

@ndgambella No, I get the end in the video, I was asking someone about the end to their comment. He said he hates Americanisms, but then says 'jackasses'. So, either it's a joke, or he's an idiot.

[Kanonite]

@Ail3a fuck me tell me you didnt just make the error of not recognising Irony!

[Ail3a]

@Kanonite Fuck me, tell me you didn't just make the error of not understanding what irony is! See what I mean, it's hard to tell online if people are joking, or are idiots.

[ticketyboooo]

If your're American and watching this you really shouldn't feel insulted. It seems to me he's criticising our British (or in this case Scottish) insistence on using American terms for Everything. He's simply saying that we're idiots for trying to be American because its cool when we should just be using the old familiar British words.

[theEarlofChip]

@ticketyboooo that's the very most basic version of it. But it's also MEANT to be daft and ironic. Does it really matter? Is this really a strong argument? Of course it isn't, and of course not. It's a sentimental objection.

[AngryPugProductions]

@ticketyboooo no you idiot hes saying stop making up stupid words for stuff we already have

[littlesmew]

This guy (sorry, bloke) is pure genius!

Why have I never heard of him before; furthermore why is a twat like Russell Howard all over the telly but not Limmy?

[scotlandbound2007]

this one was great! I am American, lived in Scotland YAYAYA! I like the scottish words for everything! No reason to americanize. Limmy your a right sexy loon!

[JaTochNietDan]

What's wrong with you Americans commenting on here? It's a joke. The same thing is happening here in Ireland, we take the piss about it a lot but realistically nobody gives a shit.

[MichaelBurbachFan]

We Americans are just using your English, I think YOU are the ones who are cool!

Chips meaning fries.............thats cool

Chemist, meaning Pharmancy or Drug Store.........that is cool

[TheChowie]

@Codeine74 You seem like a barrel of laughs

[DrDeathpwnsu]

Why are Americans apologizing? I'm American. Let them sort it out amongst themselves. I don't care if they call it Lloyd's Hamburger's. Not my problem. If Granny dies that is Lloyd's fault. Or it is her own fault for not keeping up with the times. Granny had to go. She had constant back pain and she is in a better place now. Why should she have to go on in that state? For you because you are selfish and YOU need her around? That's the way you Scots think isn't it? You're sick sick people.

[AngryPugProductions]

@DrDeathpwnsu do you really believe that grannies are actually dying because of this?

[DrDeathpwnsu]

@AngryPugProductions Yes. Don't you?

[Domwith5ms]

Gwan Limmy. I actually agree with his sentiments completely. I mean like, oh my god, there's Americanisms everywhere

[PatrickRob82]

On behalf of America, I'd like to apologize.

If it helps, most American women go wild for men with Scottish accents.... so come on over and be greeted with open vaginas! (ok, that was a bit gross) and I'm apologizing again....

[sergeantfan3]

@PatrickRob82 Hahaha you're forgiven! I was in California this summer and know exactly what you mean about the accent thing ;)

[PatrickRob82]

@sergeantfan3 So tell me, does it work the other way around? or do Scottish women hate us yanks?

[right0ta]

lloydspharmacy one word!

[parnakuma]

hahaha i wish i had a lloydsfarMASSEY

[kendostick01]

God a rant about how shitty Americanism are in our culture can result in a argument about vulgar language get a grip

[robotcommanderful]

Calling a pharmacist a chemist just doesn't make sense. Sure they technically are chemist but the term pharmacist more accurately describes their job.

[fatback2]

zed is dead.

[misswoodhouse94]

@NattieChristopher I'm sorry, you "know how to leave comments without resorting to using vulgar language"? Well aren't you a clever bastard!

[cedarwould]

lloydsfermACY! lloydsfermACY!

[GlenRoyTee]

poor old woman needs medication for her chronic back pain and her bad hat.

[misswoodhouse94]

@NattieChristopher I'm sorry, do you not have a sense of irony? Or are you just a boring cunt?

[NattieChristopher]

@misswoodhouse94 At least I know how to leave comments without resorting to using vulgar language.

[consafos]

I'll take American English over British English any day of the week.

[mt2oo8secondary]

American english is much better i agree

[Surelog]

Yes, Yes that is VERY cool. Old people are not cool.

[mikeportlock1]

nip nip shops?

[dropdadime]

Deal with it.

[ariadnisima]

fucking linguistic imperialism. fuck that!

[cannoir]

Half of those Americanism are just French words that they anglicised.

Minions derived from mignons

Vacation . derived from Vacances ( leave a place empty )

Fiancee

there are so many yet the anglos are fighting to prove they "own" those words.French influence shaped the american english, it added more texture and flavour.

[audacieuselache]

Nope, "Pharmacy" is indeed American. I'm an American living in Glasgow and I hate seeing this crap too :(

[Amunication]

@audacieuselache

um no, pharmacy is a greek word, and we ONLY call them parmacies in Australia we don't also call the "drug stores" like you.

[yannisx]

@Amunication

in Greek it is Pharmacia, a store that distrobutes persrciptions

[Amunication]

@yannisx

And that's where the word "Pharmacy" is extrapolated from.

[thomasmc14]

@Amunication Derived from, not extrapolated.

[cannoir]

A shame then we actually used the word Apothicaire until the 30s .In germany they don't use the word pharmacy . they use the good old Apotheke.

[audacieuselache]

@Amunication Yes, sorry, I did not intend to say that the word was of American origin. I personally have only referred to the "chemist/pharmacy/drug store" as a pharmacy, but that may be a regional thing in the US (I am from DC). I wouldn't be surprised to hear someone say "drug store", though I would raise an eyebrow at "chemist"!

[divcrfc]

@AMUNICATION A WILL WHEN A GET THE CHANCE U CUNT !!

[Amunication]

Pharmacy is not american either, they call them drug stores, we call them pharmacies in Australia though.

[Amunication]

chips is not an americanism we call them chips in Australia too.

[darkpassenger09]

@Amunication : Because you are americanised, i noticed that as soon as i came to Australia.

[Amunication]

@darkpassenger09

no you've got america on the brain if you think "chips" is american!

[SecondOpinionMan]

15 bucks for goddamn fish and chips? Suck my dick.

[InterwebsLawyer]

I didn't understand a word he said.

[BigEvan96]

dats abereybuddies granny

[HerbertTheHamster]

why is pharmacy so horrible? it's an old Greek word.

[u114487]

Ive been to that i love candy

[LittlexKisaxKun]

my granny is hungarian sooo yeah ^^;;

[WhimsicalQuandary]

@LittlexKisaxKun

I assume she would be baffled when instead of a gyógyszerészet she found a lloydspharmacy

[LittlexKisaxKun]

@WhimsicalQuandary well she speaks english so she know what a pharmacy is ^^;;

[plasticshivas]

was that in english?

[davemcq]

wooo! hey.

[divcrfc]

ANY TERRORIST WATCHIN THIS COME BACK TO GLASGOW AND YOUL GET TOOK THE FUCK OUT !! SCOTLAND NUMBER 1 !! EVEN IN LONDON THE ENGLISH DID NOT FIGHT BACK !! SCOTLAND THE FUCKIN BRAVE !!

[Amunication]

@divcrfc

If your so fucken brave why don't you vote for independence.

[sixchildren100]

So true in it ? Glesga burd through n through..Grrrrrreat wan Dee-Dee keep it up ya beautyyyyyyyyyy !!!

[HANENG18]

Loloydspharmacy you say it so funnily hahahaha

[ABitMoreStuff]

The word "apartment" actually predates "flat" in English, and a lot of Americanisms (like spelling colour as color) tend to be closer to the original language than what is currently used in the UK. Saying "we invented it, so speak like us" is fallacious since most of the differences you're pointing to only came about as corruptions over the last two centuries or so. It makes more sense to accept language as evolving, even if you still want to protect your own colloquialisms.

[PompamooseMagique]

@ABitMoreStuff Or you got accept the HUMOUR of the clip? As in NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

[lelboy]

You're not wrong! Great vid.

[TheAmy3338]

God I love the accent, sexiest in the world......

[sixchildren100]

@TheAmy3338 Lol i HATE it bit proud tae be fae Glesga..

[MrTurrtleEdd]

Legend!

[ricjuk]

oor granny, your granny, a'bodies granny!

[divcrfc]

@thewrongboyfriends COME TO SCOTLAND N WEL SMASH U AT LEAST WE ATTACK REAL TERRORISTS IF THEY TRY AND STRIKE IN SCOTLAND THE US GOVERNMENT DID 9/11 IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB !! SCOTLAND NUMBER 1

[sixchildren100]

@divcrfc Aye better believe it..

[xMellosChocoFactoryx]

@divcrfc EXACTLY! I'm scottish and i found it amazing when terrorists were gonna blow up an airport and the scottish beat them up good! They got medals :D Shows how much they CARE about their country and want to protect it <3

[Marie22777]

Love the accent

[joojoojuice]

i fucking love this guy

[yrhyngrwyd]

I hate the word "math" too.

[salemkid1979]

Look, America owns Scotland. End of, just be greatful we dont bomb you into the ground.

[TheBlasties]

@salemkid1979 Yes yes go be 12 years old elsewhere

[truefalse]

@salemkid1979 Your a retarded sexually abused garbage can for saying that.

[ImBoabson]

@salemkid1979 every fucking country in the world hates america. Now piss off and raid McDonalds you fat cunt

[salemkid1979]

@ImBoabson you poor poor man, jealousy will get you nowhere!

[TheWrongBoyfriends]

@salemkid1979

Yes correct

Thats why we let Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi go home

Because America owns Scotland

[OTSTRETFORD]

@salemkid1979 America would swiftly become a large target for all countries if it attacked a developed country, because guess what? The whole world hates you, no matter what your lying 'news' stations tell you. People might start kicking your arse in a few years when you can't pay back your debts, 17 trillion dollars overdraft, I thought mine was bad.

[salemkid1979]

@OTSTRETFORD we don't care about debt, we just take what we want anytime we want to.

[OTSTRETFORD]

@salemkid1979 Like taking the lives of your own American soldiers? Yeah, great country.

[salemkid1979]

@OTSTRETFORD you cant make an omelet without breaking some eggs.

[OTSTRETFORD]

@salemkid1979 You can't make an omlet by turding in the pan either mate, point is, America is the most hated country in the world... Without changes, you will be destroyed.

[xMellosChocoFactoryx]

@salemkid1979 One day all the countries are gonna gang rape America. You're all way overweight and you're taking us and the earth with you D:

[TheWrongBoyfriends]

What about" Owned" ?

"You got owned"

I dont know if its American or what

But it s every where now "She owned him " it reeks of slavery and I dont like it

[samj5664]

I failed my French exam. I know I'm going to fuck up the French language too by changing the language l in order to be right. Even though I'm not French and it's idiotic to change an existing language... Yanks please learn to speak proper English

[gimmefuelforfire]

that I Heart Candy is now a Mexican restaurant, strange times people.

[NattieChristopher]

I don't know how this is considered comedy. All I got from it was that it was an anti-American rant. To those of you saying that American English is stupid or that we Scots don't speak proper English - grow up and start respecting other people. I love how American/Canadianisms have made it across the pond. And how they are using some of our British English too. As for not understanding accents - train your ears!!

[camy2311]

@NattieChristopher Train your ears to hear the crux of the whole video - the fact he thinks lloyds pharmacy is one word and is some trendy new cocktail/clothes shop, the woman thinks the same and he exaggerates about what's going to happen to her. Jokes get unfunnier the more you have to explain them.

[lelboy]

@NattieChristopher It is stupid: some of the words that are in use follow no logic and some of the corruptions on pronunciation have to be heard to be believed. Changing five syllable words to four - why? I'll leave it for others to pinpoint which two are the worst abominations.Respond to this video...

[bjarkena]

@NattieChristopher Pull the pipe out of your arse and stop getting so butthurt, it's a joke that's not meant to be taken seriously.

[SecondHandMessiah]

@NattieChristopher Shut up ya bellend!

[NattieChristopher]

@SecondHandMessiah I will NOT shut-up! You have just proven my point about people nowadays not respecting others. I am willing to have a laugh, but not at this "comedy" sketch. I have seen his anti-English rant, and that more than confirmed that he is a foul-mouthed, and bigoted individual.

[Zachary16Thomas]

@NattieChristopher fuck up silly english cunt

[NattieChristopher]

@Zachary16Thomas I'm not English. I am Scottish with many wonderful English friends.

[Zachary16Thomas]

@NattieChristopher away and lick the shit out of your english friends arses, cunt

[AliWoodYaBass]

@NattieChristopher awwwwwwww whit, you're actually being serious. He takes the piss constantly, on so many levels, he is very, very rarely himself on webcam

[MrScottJMiller]

The Scot's language developed around the same time as the English...so please...get it right!

[MrScottJMiller]

To everyone that doesn't understand that Scot's is a language in it's own right and NOT I repeat NOT a slang English or screwed up English, take yourself over to the European Minority Languages website. Scot's is a language made up of Pict,Gaelic,Old French,Germanic,Norwegian languages.Hence why in the recent census Scot's was one of the languages!! The Scot's language developed around the same time as the English...so please...get it right!

[MrScottJMiller]

To everyone that doesn't understand that Scot's is a language in it's own right and NOT I repeat NOT a slang English or screwed up English, take yourself over to the European Minority Languages website. Scot's is a language made up of Pict,Gaelic,Old French,Germanic,Norwegian languages.Hence why in the recent census Scot's was one of the languages!!

[SuperStevoTV]

Couldnt agree more. If theyre going to take our language then please dont fuck it up.

[MrPestWulf]

@SuperStevoTV Dude, if we took your language I reckon we didn't take enough of it cause I can't tell what in the hell he's sayin!!

And if you think YOU'RE pissed about the american language, how do you think we feel about it!! We have to use this crap everyday!

[SuperStevoTV]

@MrPestWulf its the English language. Also hes Scottish I can hardly understand what hes saying aswell. And if you dont want to use our language then go use someone elses and ruin that aswell.

[MrPestWulf]

@SuperStevoTV I'm American, I'm used to our screwed up language made of a mish mash of other languages and a hint of make-believe words as well. Your english is our base, but it's been modified by all our divergent cultures and unfortunately by our scientific community (which is probably my biggest gripe on some of our words). Anyway, get over yourself, if you can't find humor and irony in speech then you don't really deserve to be English anyway.

[SuperStevoTV]

@MrPestWulf Good point. But I do find this funny and ironic.

[40FE]

Lloydsfarmasssyyyyy.. one word!! love it :L

[thislostendevour]

Chemist? What happened to the Apothecary? Nevermind Americanisms, it's these fucking modernisms.

[Kevster1993]

LLOYDSFURMASSY!

[iSmellaRat]

@Kevster1993 lol

[ghilliegirl1]

Absolutely brilliant. Limmy you are a hero!!!

[RonSkem]

Ye gonnae no dae that!!????

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Sorry, wrong comedy show.

This is a great sketch. I hadnt realised how muc the yanks had influenced us that way

[pufferfishish]

LLOYDSFURMASSY!!

Lloydsfurmassy-one-word!!!

[slothzen1]

Lloydspharmacy - one word.

[Lopan1024]

Deal with it

[Anathemal]

Transcribe Audio: @ 1:01 "white supremacy some seventy eight cocktail bar something new creations called white for"

[bluewolfe96]

Thats A'bodys Granny....!

[kevycanavan]

aabidy's granny

[bryntheskin]

(forgot to add this)

[bryntheskin]

Although I dislike how many folk use Americanisms ('awesome' to mean great, 'fries' to me are skinny chips? etc.), but i do accept that English is an ever-changing form of communication (speeded up via texting and the media [especially the internet]).

[wakooooooooo]

@bryntheskin haha. WHAT. Who ever said 'skinny chips'? You are right though, language evolves through the spread of communication.

[HotnessTim]

people butchering English with completely retarded accents and ranting about language... so hypocritical.

[CraigyBTV]

@HotnessTim that's the point

[ShieldStar]

/drool. Double whammy, accent+good looks.

[jcreed09]

LoysFURMASI or Rolo Tomasi? What the hell is he saying?!

[catscatscatz]

The english language is living and thus its a good thing when different phrases come into the lexicon. We aren't French.

[yannisx]

@cvous n'avez aucune culture monsineur ou madame

atscatscatz

[TheRealGaffer]

I love Limmy. I wish he didn't hate me for being born English.

[BigMillRip]

Limmy you hero.

Haha. One of my fave rants ever. Gotta share this.

It's funny how the french hate english eroding their language, and the english hate americanisms. I'm looking forward to chinese & indian entering the english lexicon over the next century, mixing things up further.

[Kkardemumma]

@BigMillRip Don't you mean the British hate Americans? Because Limmy is Scottish, not English.:)

[hectormandarin]

This is one of my pet hates. I'll never be able to take British people saying dude seriously, arse is better than ass, and I've even seen people in this country using mom and cell phone, plus missing out the u in words like favour, colour etc.

[catscatscatz]

@hectormandarin Well technically the older way to spell favour and colour are favor and color. We added them in the 19th century to be cool.

[hectormandarin]

@catscatscatz s still considered an Americanism nowadays as only they continued with the practise. Calling autumn the fall also has its roots here but fell out of favour and if a British person calls it the fall nowadays they would be considered to be talking like an American. I would have used soccer in this example too but I recently discovered that many English people refer to football as soccer still.

[catscatscatz]

@hectormandarin Yes, I get that, but its a personal pet peeve when people get down on Americans "for spelling or saying it wrong/making up new stupid words" since technically we did that, if anything. And soccer is an extra irritating one being that we made up that word, and yes its still used by a lot of Brits, and in Ireland, and in the rest of the commonwealth.

[The111DooD]

LLYODS FOR MACY ONE WORD

[The111DooD]

You know I hate brian and I want to ask hiking.

When I went fashion show, the calmly drives I hate that the florence on the called apartments behaviour speaks of the cold can be underhanded said on the internet show us your updated etc and being installed what he ten katelyn we use combination what's appraisal what's been the political for the world's just because it's cruel whatever his best-known meant that I know wanting she think not distraction from chronic back pain about how but she's

[unrealeck]

lol at all the butthurt patriotic americans commenting. Scottish do speak English, you're just too dumb and ignorant to put any effort into understanding the slang.

[catscatscatz]

@unrealeck Well, Scots speak a mangled and horrific dialect of English, at least they do when they aren't shouting SNP propaganda and drinking too much.

[PaladinX500]

@catscatscatz Stereotypes are simple concepts for simple people

[unrealeck]

@catscatscatz People speak mangled dialects when they drink? Colour me surprised.

[yannisx]

@catscatscatz

Mon ami ? ? ? Losely, Vous parlez avec tounge fourchu, vous devez être d'au-dessous de Watford ou le résident dans Luton. Je ne vous souhaite rien