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Tomsmum Apr 2013 4:00pm, 29 Apr 2013 347 posts	Quote Pin Tomsmum 'Could I get..?' would be normal usage here in NE Scotland.
magnumpti Apr 2013 4:25pm, 29 Apr 2013 47 posts	Quote Pin magnumpti Apparently it's an Americanism which is all the more reason to not say it. To me it implies that you want to do it yourself which clearly isn't going to happen in Greggs.
JenL Apr 2013 4:32pm, 29 Apr 2013 24,605 posts	Quote Pin JenL It isn't an Americanism - at least it probably didn't originate there. What the Americanisms do with English often has its origins in something we've done with it in the UK in the past. If it's usual in at least part of Scotland as Tosmum says then it's much more likely that some Scots took it to America many years ago too. Americanisms aren't all bad either: sometimes they make a lot of sense.
idio Apr 2013 5:57pm, 29 Apr 2013 19,799 posts	Quote Pin idio Getting my kit on to go for a ride, pumping the rear tyre up then as I pull the pump off the valve ripping out the tyre
Bru-Bru Apr 2013 6:08pm, 29 Apr 2013 2,135 posts	Quote Pin Bru-Bru All those people who, about a week ago, could talk of nothing but a player called "louis" Suarez pronounced loo-ee. Look, it's Luis. Loo-weess. There is an S in it. He is not French.
Hohum Apr 2013 6:50pm, 29 Apr 2013 2,391 posts	Quote Pin Hohum the british fecking weather, it's never right
Johnny Blaze Apr 2013 8:40pm, 30 Apr 2013 17,717 posts	Quote Pin Johnny Blaze So far on "embarrassing bodies" tonight we have been subjected to anal fistulas, mass ball bag examinations and foof problems. Why doesn't C4 have an ignore feature?
Tomsmum Apr 2013 8:44pm, 30 Apr 2013 352 posts	Quote Pin Tomsmum We call it the 'off' switch here
James1982a Apr 2013 8:58pm, 30 Apr 2013 9,062 posts	Quote Pin James1982a anal fistuals?!? How does that happen?!
Johnny Blaze Apr 2013 9:01pm, 30 Apr 2013 17,718 posts	Quote Pin Johnny Blaze Best not go there...