A quick question on Britspeak

[ffutures]

Prompted by yet another story in which a British character refers to the USA as "The Colonies" without appearing to intend it as sarcasm or an insult.

[Poll #1468439]

Comments

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

Where have you seen this on US TV lately? You watch way more TV than me, but aside from the London episode of Bones (which could have spewed from the MacBook of the laziest script writer in Hollywood) I can't really think of any this century that did it.

Last century? Oh yes.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Bones was indeed the first example that came to mind - think it also appeared in Buffy / Angel a few times.

The colonies

[samthereaderman.livejournal.com]

Yes, but Buffy had a few characters who were around when America really was the Colonies.