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"How are you?" is surely a question we hope not to get a full and frank answer to; "Well, actually, I'm a little bit low right now, you see I've been having these....." So I'd happily accept "Good" "Fine" "Top hole" or any answer of similar brevity.


My OH (and her family/friends) more often put the emphasis on the first rather than second word (and often use the previously mentioned archaic "ye" for "you") so it becomes "How are ye?" Which I think always sounds more like a greeting (than an enquiry)

I think ye here is the (indeed obsolete in england) second person plural. I actually quite like it as there are situations where it can clear up ambiguity.


In fact there are lots of little bits and bobs that sound like something out of a victorian novel that are still in use here, press for cupboard, amn't (which sounds bizarre to us, but is actually valid) etc

There's nothing intrinsically wrong with initialisms and acronyms, but i grant you that they can be irksome when people simply assume everyone knows them all, so can be a bit exclusive or alienating in that sense.


for the record (FTR?) it's O(ther) H(alf).

Loz Wrote:

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> Jah Lush Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > People who say meh. I will hunt you down and sow

> up your mouth.

>

> Meh...


I know where you live.

El Pibe Wrote:

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> Dialect prejudice is something I constantly have

> to force myself to overcome and not be wound up by

> (it's easy if you try ladynorwood).

>

> Ironically "it's well" meaning "it's good" is a

> feature of language here, rather than incorrect,

> but a generous interpretation that maybe there's

> an implicit end to the sentence, say "your house

> is looking well " could explain it.

>

> Illuminous seems to be the standard word for

> luminous. Though comparisment seems to be only

> favoured among my in-laws rather than widespread

> so usually elicits a rolling of the eyes from me.

>

> Irregardless gets no bye from me though.



get knotted

People who go to crowded exhibitions and then block the queue standing there gossiping in front of exhibits about their holiday, or neighbours or whatever! Go get some tea and cake and do that in the caf?! Was at the Vikings exhibition yesterday and there were two women who did it constantly. At one point, one of them leant against the exhibition case thus obscuring with her hand the information that my friend was trying to read. Grrr.


(And maybe we should have a ?rational rage? thread, as am not sure this really fits on this thread.)

People who take photos of their food rather than eat the stuff and then exhibit photos online to demonstrate how trendy they are. I'm tempted to go to the nearest McDonalds, take photos of a Big Mac and fries and then publish the photos on line while going into paroxysms of joy about the unhealthy snack.

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