.. and it's not just verbal and written language,
this American cultural imperialism is an insidious process..

No.. I will bloody well not ever 'High 5" anyone... ever...

... thinks back to last time in a guitar shop when the over enthusiastic puppy young salesman took me by surprise
and I just stood there arms by my sides while his hand was hovering over me high up in the air...
I looked at him as the huge grin on his face drained and he began to look confused, deflated, then offended...
His arm lowering hesitantly as if he was still in the hope I would take the cue and respond to his childlike gesture...

Very awkward situation for a mature Englishman to contend with...


Mind you, when I was a little kid I thought everything American on the telly was brilliant and much better than stuffy old England..
Us kids at infant and junior school were so envious of American boys and girls...

oh yes.. and bollocks to invasion of 'High Schools' and 'Proms'

This is the UK - Kids at big school should stick to traditional 'School Discos'...