Happy New Year(s) creeping into UK society
DUNDEEBOY
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Watching top of the pops and one of the band wished the audience happy new year with an s.
A lot of the young people in my place of work seem to use the s on the end as well.
What are you doing for New Year(s) ? seems to be more of a feature these days.
I assume it's an American influence in some way
A lot of the young people in my place of work seem to use the s on the end as well.
What are you doing for New Year(s) ? seems to be more of a feature these days.
I assume it's an American influence in some way
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Who cares? Seriously is it that much of an afront? America is a superpower, influential countries naturally spread their cultures around the world especially in the global world we live in and ESPECIALLY with musicians who almost always exist in an american bubble too in order to sell more songs.
It is a nice convenient shorthand.
Works fine on Twitter but a no no in speech.
Do you have big ears by any chance?
Well it wouldn't do for us all to find the same things irritating ;-)
It might to be fair.
Not that it bothers me, things like that don't bother me.
Otherwise known as an NCS.
I did that this afternoon, but that is because I saw in the newyear on a forum with a New Zealander at 11 this morning, so it already feels like the new year.
I love the internet.
OT it is creeping in a bit but it's fine as it's just an extra letter really. Now if this were about unnecessary apostrophes I reckon we'd be well into page three by now. It's just wrong. :eek:
"please don't say that to me, for at least the next 10 years then"
I say "Hogmanay". have never said New Year's Eve as that's the anglified version.
"What are you doing for New Year's [Eve]?"
That's been around for ages. Don't have a problem with that one.
Well if it's a day or two before NYE and you aren't actually going to see that person again until the new year, what's the problem?