General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Is it just me or is anyone else fed up of the Americanisms that are creeping into our language? I get totally browned off by constantly hearing "Twenty-four-seven","cool", "sleepover", "you guys", (whether they're guys or not), "The Wow factor", and "it ticks all the boxes".Girls attending school-leaving balls can now buy "Prom Dresses" in Wigan. And why is personnel now "Human Resources"? My mid-day meal has always been, and always will be, my Dinner, but so many Wiganers now say Lunch. It's as if we're losing our identity or are ashamed of it. Before anyone takes this as racist, it is nothing of the sort.We have friends in America and my lovely daughter-in-law is from London. where they DO say Lunch. I just don't want to see us lose our British, (and Lancashire), roots.