Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 17th August 2014, 11:51 AM BSTHeads Up I think you will find primarily means to give a prior warning or info. that might be useful, which give me the nod, where I come from, has a similar meaning.
I'm with Marc on this one.
Heads up = Prior warning.
Give the nod = Give the go ahead.
Quote: zooo @ 17th August 2014, 12:59 PM BSTI'm with Lee and Stephen Fry.
Some Americanisms can be annoying, but generally I don't mind people using new words. No one's making you use them!
Talk to the hand girlfriend! 
Quote: Marc P @ 17th August 2014, 12:08 PM BSTFair enough,
not a common usage but I will magnanimously take your word for it and give you the nod in this instance
A gent, as your avatar suggests 
- agree to disagree (OMG! I hope that's not an Americanism 
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Quote: Ben @ 17th August 2014, 1:08 PM BSTI'm with Marc on this one.
Heads up = Prior warning.
Give the nod = Give the go ahead.
From the posts here, clearly not writ in stone as you might be suggesting - there are clearly regional differences
Here's one for you from the DM website.
Justin Timberlake rocks fans with an energetic set as he closes out day one of V Festival
Why 'closes out' instead of 'closes'?
What a douche bag they are!
In four minutes it will be Monday, which means in 9hrs 4mins I have to start work for another week.
Quote: reds @ 17th August 2014, 2:58 PM BSTIn four minutes it will be Monday, which means in 9hrs 4mins I have to start work for another week.
Ah well, you see, IF you lived in the UK............. 
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 17th August 2014, 3:02 PM BSTAh well, you see, IF you lived in the UK.............
Hopefully will be within a year or so.
Quote: reds @ 17th August 2014, 3:08 PM BSTHopefully will be within a year or so.
Why, will your sentence be up then?
Quote: Lee @ 17th August 2014, 12:36 PM BSTGod forbid language to evolve
You call taking words from the Yanks evolving? They still spell words the Olde Englishe way!
Quote: billwill @ 17th August 2014, 12:52 PM BSTWho invented the heads up display anyway? UK or USA ?
Never heard of it before.
Quote: Ben @ 17th August 2014, 1:08 PM BSTI'm with Marc on this one.
Heads up = Prior warning.
Why can't you just say "Let me know"?
Quote: zooo @ 17th August 2014, 12:59 PM BSTI'm with Lee and Stephen Fry.
Some Americanisms can be annoying, but generally I don't mind people using new words. No one's making you use them!
They don't.
I still can't bring myself to say "Hi" or "cool" as in Quite good.
Quote: Chappers @ 17th August 2014, 6:34 PM BSTNever heard of it before.
A head-up display or heads-up display[1]--also known as a HUD--is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints. The origin of the name stems from a pilot being able to view information with the head positioned "up" and looking forward, instead of angled down looking at lower instruments.
Although they were initially developed for military aviation, HUDs are now used in commercial aircraft, automobiles, computer gaming, and other applications.
Quote: Chappers @ 17th August 2014, 6:34 PM BSTYou call taking words from the Yanks evolving? They still spell words the Olde Englishe way!
Never heard of it before.
Why can't you just say "Let me know"?
They don't.
I still can't bring myself to say "Hi" or "cool" as in Quite good.
Nor me. I religiously start emails with 'Hello' and want to throw up at the misuse of 'cool'.
Cool in that context has been around 60 years or so.
Quote: Oldrocker @ 17th August 2014, 8:53 PM BSTCool in that context has been around 60 years or so.
Maybe 80 years but I still feel uncomfortable saying it.
