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Louisa Wrote:

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> People in a group situation laughing when they

> don't even know what is funny, just because

> everyone else is laughing. Awkward. Embarrassing.


Wow, that practically defines me at the moment, its less annoying than me asking people to repeat themselves for the umpteenth time!!!



Isn't "soz" the sort of word that a two year old would use, because they ae unable to say the word "sorry"?


So much of the language used today is baby language e.g. cozzy, footy, barby, sarnie (i.e. several words ending in "y" or "ie"). Who has been responsible for this? Australians?

Wasn't it Brookie?


Zebedee Tring Wrote:

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> instead of 'sorry'. Nearly blocked him >

>

> Isn't "soz" the sort of word that a two year old

> would use, because they ae unable to say the word

> "sorry"?

>

> So much of the language used today is baby

> language e.g. cozzy, footy, barby, sarnie (i.e.

> several words ending in "y" or "ie"). Who has been

> responsible for this? Australians?

Zebedee Tring Wrote:

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> Isn't "soz" the sort of word that a two year old

> would use, because they ae unable to say the word

> "sorry"?

>

> So much of the language used today is baby

> language e.g. cozzy, footy, barby, sarnie (i.e.

> several words ending in "y" or "ie"). Who has been

> responsible for this? Australians?


I did once read (back in the 90s) that the advent of 'Neighbours' and other imported Aussie (see what I did there?) shows have had an marked impact on UK's changing language.


And the English language is always open to such change due to heavy exposure to other languages and cultures. Especially American. People are quite comfortable saying "movie" instead of 'film' these days without any hint of embarrassment.


Maybe English is more of an organic language than other European languages possibly because it is such a widely spoken one. Though language experts may disagree as I am by no means an expert.

Millhaven Wrote:

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> I did once read (back in the 90s) that the advent

> of 'Neighbours' and other imported Aussie (see

> what I did there?) shows have had an marked impact

> on UK's changing language.


Not just words but that annoying inflection that Aussies use at the end of every sentence, making a statement sound like a question...''I'm taking the dog for a walk''...Rack off Scott!

I think it may be something Germanic languages do as '-y' is similar to '-chen' in German and 'je'/'tje' in Dutch. Many's the time I've been thanked for an 'emailtje' or invited for a 'biertje'. Made me cry laughing at first. It's part of normal colloquial speech and doesn't seem to come across as baby-talk.


Zebedee Tring Wrote:

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> instead of 'sorry'. Nearly blocked him >

>

> Isn't "soz" the sort of word that a two year old

> would use, because they ae unable to say the word

> "sorry"?

>

> So much of the language used today is baby

> language e.g. cozzy, footy, barby, sarnie (i.e.

> several words ending in "y" or "ie"). Who has been

> responsible for this? Australians?

"Soz" is not a Scouse word, or at least not exclusively: it's generic northern England. As a kid in south Manchester, with very little contact with the outside world, let alone the next town or city, we'd all say "cossie", "pressie", "soz" etc.

Nigello Wrote:

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> "Soz" is not a Scouse word, or at least not

> exclusively: it's generic northern England. As a

> kid in south Manchester, with very little contact

> with the outside world, let alone the next town or

> city, we'd all say "cossie", "pressie", "soz" etc.



Fair enough, I just said scouse because I used to hear it a lot in Liverpool.

Loz Wrote:

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> Ah, one of the joys of having a little Chinese in

> my bloodline - I'm 48 and my hairline hasn't moved

> a millimetre north. Getting a bit grey, though.



As we're boasting - me too, and I'm over half a century... Plus almost no grey - although certain Forumites* and many of my mates accuse me of 'touching it up', which is a small thing that cause me rational rage


*Irish greyish ones especially :)

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