Lucked in/lucked out?

[Ari]

Surely if something fortuitous happens than you've 'lucked in' and if something goes awry you've 'lucked out'?

I keep hearing it used the other way around.

[WIL35]

There are Americans where I work, they use 'lucked out' to mean lucky too. I didn't think it made sense either.

[paulrockliffe]

They mean they're run out of luck now because they've used it all up on whatever it was. Not sure if it makes sense or not though.

[UberMeister]

In Britain lucked out is negative but in the US it's positive.

[cobra kid]

Third time's a charm?

Or summat like that.

[Jimmy Recard]

I hear people saying they're waiting 'on' something.

A waiter waits on a customer rather than waiting on a delivery

At least, that's what I thought. American prepositions are often different to British ones due to influence from other languages.

[Centurion07]

WIL35 said:

There are Americans where I work, they use 'lucked out' to mean lucky too. I didn't think it made sense either.

A lot of them also have a tendency to say "I could care less" when they actually mean they couldn't.

Almost half of them voted for Trump as well so go figure.

I've never heard the phrase "lucked IN".

[Ari]

Centurion07 said:

A lot of them also have a tendency to say "I could care less" when they actually mean they couldn't.

Almost half of them voted for Trump as well so go figure.

I've never heard the phrase "lucked IN".

'I could care less' when they obviously mean 'I couldn't care less' is plainly wrong and very irritating. Lazy people not thinking about what they're actually saying.

[Sheepshanks]

Centurion07 said:

I've never heard the phrase "lucked IN".

Me neither.

It's a different language though - 'pissed' and 'fanny' mean different things in the US.

[Centurion07]

Ari said:

'I could care less' when they obviously mean 'I couldn't care less' is plainly wrong and very irritating. Lazy people not thinking about what they're actually saying.

I saw it come up on a FB thread and an american pointed out that it was actually correct as it was in their textbooks. Idiots.

[Daston]

I think we need Mr Mitchell to help us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw

[GroundEffect]

Don't use either because you'll sound like a cretin?

[Mephistofleas]

Seems a lot of consideration/analysis for something that doesn't exist.

[Centurion07]

Daston said:

I think we need Mr Mitchell to help us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw

"Erbs" is another one.

[Sheepshanks]

Centurion07 said:

"Erbs" is another one.

I couldn't speak when a chubby waitress said that to us in the US - it sounding like she was saying 'burb'!