Since When Did We Adopt This Americanism?

[cassa333]

When did Diaper take over from nappy in the UK?

I didn't realise it had changed and had to check where this article was from but it is a sunny sout west resort in the UK and not some soutern state in the US.

http://madworldnews.com/girl-tunnel-slides-tears/

Or have I got it wrong and it is a US site with a bit of UK news?

[woofgang]

yes you have got it wrong, scroll down to the bottom of the webpage, the writer is American.

[grasscarp]

It's a story that win the Mirror rewritten for Americans to understand so Mom instead of mum/mother and diaper instead of nappy.

[ummmm]

Never heard someone from the UK say 'diaper'

[zabado]

and when did we change the abbreviation of mother from mum/mam to "MOM" ?.

[cassa333]

Good point well made. Lol

[Prudie]

It's clearly written for US readers as said - Mom, favorite, diaper - not to mention the reminder that Torquay is in England.

[mikey4444]

Seems definitely American to me....I can't imagine that a British site would have a heading called "Gun Rights"

Looks a bit nasty to me....steer well clear Cassa !

[agchristie]

Daft. Anyway, I'm off to to fill the kettle with the faucet before I venture out onto the boardwalk. I do like the fall....

[mikey4444]

agchristie....don't forget the rising inflection !

[B00]

ag- sidewalk, surely?

[agchristie]

BOO - I wondered who would be the first to spot that :o)

[ummmm]

And why do they seem to only eat with a fork?

[Islay]

I thought boardwalk was the pier and sidewalk was the pavement?

[mikey4444]

Agchristie....was it todays deliberate error ?

[Islay]

Ummm even in post restaurants you seem to get 2 forks and 1 knife!

[agchristie]

Yes Mikey o:)

[mikey4444]

Ummm...the very first time I was in America, in 1977 ( Lakers Skytrain, etc)
I was eating breakfast on the first morning, at a diner just down from my hotel in Manhattan. The waitress was hovering a bit and eventually came over and asked me if I was British. When I told that indeed I was, she replied...."I thought so !.....its the way that you eat with the knife and fork, at the same time ! "

I never realised that such a simple thing would give me away !

[DTCwordfan]

Mikey - definitely not spy material....now your lord and master, Mr Corbyn, well he is after that pic yesterday.

[Dodger666]

Mom is widely used in the Midlands for Mother.

[jambutty]

I only ever eat with a fork and I'm not American.