Great Nephew Asked Me To Buy Him Some "Candy"?

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Margs Sun 18-Oct-26 02:16:38

I promptly corrected him with "you mean 'chocolate' NOT 'candy'."

This creeping Americanisation of plain English has gone so far and no further in this family!

Sets my teeth on edge.......

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Grammaretto Sun 18-Oct-26 02:30:01

Ouch! I would have been tempted to pretend I didn't understand 😡

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CarrotTop Sun 18-Oct-26 02:37:40

Actually, "-isation" is imported from America, too. I've always been amused by that.

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Aveline Sun 18-Oct-26 07:21:41

Quite agree. How will you cope with 'trick or treat' another American import?

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kittylester Sun 18-Oct-26 07:30:05

I didn't know 'candy' meant chocolate. I thought it was sweets.

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fancythat Sun 18-Oct-26 07:43:40

Me too

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loopyloo Sun 18-Oct-26 08:01:38

And Calendars that start on Sundays

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Aldom Sun 18-Oct-26 08:02:32

Candy is actually an old word, late Middle English. From old French, sucre candi. Which is from the Persian, Gand, meaning cane sugar.
Ultimately it goes back to the Sanskrit Khand, meaning a piece or fragment of sugar.

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greyfur16 Sun 18-Oct-26 08:09:19