I do not dislike Americans and i have some US friends that I correspond with regularly. However the US entertainment industry is very strong and we are, or our volcabuary is, constantly under presure to change to US words, spellings and phrases.

I try to avoid ones that I know about but probably use some I am not aware of.

Tonight the channel 7 news reader,NSW, used the word military and it irritated me because in our pronounciation the 'a' is silent so the word is said as mil-i-try. The US over emphasise the 'a'. Not a world changing thing but an inroad into our culture and it is not the first time I have noticed this.

A word I will not use is 'guys' and I can't understand how both genders can be guys. The females in the US used to be dolls and ours was Blokes and Sheilas. Somehow the word sheila became disliked for some unknown reason and is never used today. I see nothing wrong with it. Guys is in common use today.

So I was wondering if others have some dislikes about the influence of US language on us. What do you feel when a shop assistant says 'Have a nice day' for example.

Maybe we made a mistake in calling our decimal currency 'Dollars'.

Interested to see what others think.

'We'll be back momentarily' induces me to a fit of Mutley style cursing at the TV.

Momentarily means for a moment not in a moment. Stupid yanks.

Then again if you're ever unfortunate enough to catch any commercial (ie Bogan) radio in Aus, the phrase 'as you do' seems to litter every third sentence.

Geez I love being a grumpy old man.

There are potentially so many… though often it is difficult to be certain the fault is with Americanisation (is that one?) of the English language and not the natural churn and adaptation over time.

I'm more or less past being unnecessarily concerned about whether to use 's' or 'z' or include 'u' in some words though I insist on using 'gh' and not the advertising industry's 't', period. And by period, I don't mean full-stop. Well, I sort of do but not as far as punctuation is concerned.

It is more annoying that the citizens of one country – the USA – have 'burglarised' the descriptor from the two continents of North and South America and all the other countries they contain, for themselves. They should be known as USAsians.

Should anyone use the terms 'fanny pack' and 'touch base' in one sentence, though it does make me giggle.

With the Olympics imminent I fear commentators regaling us with 'to medal' rather than 'to win a medal' – which really is meddling with the language, innit?

I too am annoyed with 'we'll be back momentarily' however given the frequency and lengths of commercial breaks these days, it is more likely a statement of fact.

Ahhh yes Banjo agree totally.
Dates like 12/26/2012 annoy intensely. Worse 10/9/2011 is meaningless
if used by US companies and people. They are the only country to use
such nonsense.

TV people imitating American "anchors" July one ! etc etc instead of
1st July.

Agree "Guys" annoys my wife intensely and she refuses to accept it.
It is just a stupid usage.
Likewise the misuse of the word "Gays". Very annoying to people with
the surname Gay. A direct contradiction of the meaning of the word.

Also when are the US and Europe going to change back to driving on the
left of the road ? Don't they realise Napoleon was stupid ?

Their lack of understanding the difference between Austria and Australia.

That will do for now.

I am an American who lives in Australia. I was disconcerted when I walked into a shop, and the sales girl questioned my politics. She asked me if I was right. Then I read in the headlines of Courier-Mail, "Rug up, Colder is tipped." I didn't buy the paper since I was unfamiliar with Colder and didn't particularly care if the rug was pulled out from under her or him, and she or he was tipped. On the road were occasional signs, 'refuse tip'. Apparently unlike US restaurants Australian restaurants don't have tipping. I didn't see why they had to have signs to point it out. Pies are advertised, but they are not real pies. Real pies contain apples, blueberries, lemon or other fruits not meat.

Not only linguistic definitions but functional definitions are different. In the United States public schools are for the public and are financed by taxes while private schools are financed by the parents or organisation the parents belong to. In Australia taxpayers finance non-public schools.

Nevertheless, I still like it here.

Sometimes it's entertaining. I remember a class breaking up in laughter after an American lecturer, talking about blood circulation, mentioned Kapil Larries - at least, after they worked out what he meant. Well, he was Texan.