Is America taking over Britain? American and British flag merged together to show Americanism Some people might think that Americanism is annoying. This is because British people prefer traditional English language, however due to new American tv shows and shops people start using the American slang ,as others call it. Most people find it annoying how now British people say ‘I could care less’ which is totally opposite to ‘I couldn’t care less’. If you say you could care less then you do actually care however if you say you couldn’t care less you don’t really care. Another phrase which British people use but others hate is ‘wait on' instead of ‘wait for'. The phrase ‘wait on' was used by the father of the English language, Chaucer himself and later Milton, to mean ‘to observe’ and ‘to lie in wait for’ . Although some people hate Americanism some people actually accept it. People like using different words and like learning different phras...