{"id":51629,"date":"2017-12-19T01:14:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T01:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/aee-863-americanism-get-four-examples-today\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:49:34","slug":"aee-863-americanism-get-four-examples-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/aee-863-americanism-get-four-examples-today\/","title":{"rendered":"AEE 863: What Is An &#8220;Americanism&#8221;? 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I was going to run it then I forgot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Americanism # 2: &#8220;Bi-weekly&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Quote from the article: <em>&#8220;I&#8217;m a Brit living in New York. The one that always gets me is the American need to use the word bi-weekly when fortnightly would suffice just fine.&#8221; Ami Grewal, New York<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The problem with bi-weekly is that it has two definitions.<\/p>\n<p>It can mean:<\/p>\n<p>1) Occurring every two weeks<\/p>\n<p>2) Occurring twice a week<\/p>\n<p><strong>Americanism #3: &#8220;You do the math&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When is this phrase used?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It\u2019s usually used in a combative style to show someone that something won\u2019t work in a resentful tone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A: Hey can you bring my cat to the vet tomorrow? <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B: (angry tone) Well let see I have a meeting with my kid\u2019s teacher at 4 pm then I have to get to the grocery store, the bank and get the turkey in the oven for the guest to come over at 7 pm so can I bring your cat the to the vet tomorrow?\u00a0 You do the math.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TAKEAWAY: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was a fun episode to compare two different sets of norms for the English language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The phrases you learned are useful here in the US for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/aee-770-build-connection-say-thank-colleague-english\/\">connection.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are super modern, but be aware that some people from England might be rolling their eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you guys have any others let us know in the comments below.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is an &#8220;Americanism&#8221;? 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We talked about&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/aee-863-americanism-get-four-examples-today\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"category":[276,308,1,306,281],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-culture","category-english-expressions","category-english-fluency","category-english-study-strategies","category-understanding-americans"],"acf":{"podcast_link":"https:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/pdst.fm\/e\/chrt.fm\/track\/CB27B5\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/ALLE7394888699.mp3?updated=1648924124"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AEE 863: What Is An &#8220;Americanism&#8221;? 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