judgeypants (lighthearted)

[teenagersknowall]

in a little cafe this morning for breakfast. only other customers a mum and her 2 DCs. had to hide a smile when the older one ordered peppermint tea, while mum looked on all proud. but noticed she didn;t correct him when he said "what?" instead of "pardon?". flame me now. go on. i'm ready.

[OuterFromOutersville]

What (baffled)?

[juneybean]

What is more acceptable than pardon

[YoureBeingASillyBilly]

not going to flame, i'm going to join you.

i had a moment the other day when at school pick up. 2 parents standing chatting and another heavily pregnant one arrives. parent one says "are you still here?" pregnant parent replies "yep still here". parent 2 says "i know when i saw you driving earlier i thought 'either she hasn't gone in yet or she has and she's back out again'"

1. she'll still be here once the baby is born- she wont disappear in a puff of smoke!
   
2. well duh! it doesn't take a genius to work that out!
   
   ok flame me

[OuterFromOutersville]

That's what MN taught me I thought juney.

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

Pardon?

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

Please correct me, I'm shakiung here.

[elQuintoConyo]

Eh?

You what?

¿Que?

[teenagersknowall]

hahahahaha i know! good fun to people watch. that's all im saying!

[littlebluedog12]

Will you lot stop it with the what vs pardon thing?!

[OuterFromOutersville]

Chaos, that's just rude .

[Terrortree]

The Queen says 'What' when us plebs say 'Pardon'.

Just so you know...pardon is to forgive, what is to express regret.

Here's hoping for a damehood....

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

Phew, thank you, Outer.

Chastised and all is well again.

[AtYourCervix]

Pardon is a bit common, what?

[Anonymai]

Wot?

[AgentZigzag]

Definitely the woman who needs a good flaming for that outrage.

[Lambzig]

Uugghh. Shuddering at pardon.

[SavoyCabbage]

What? I don't even know what we are judging? The tea? The 'what'?

I beat my dc with the handle of a passing chimney sweeps broom if they say 'pardon'.

[usualsuspect33]

Aye?

[usualsuspect33]

Yerwot?

[falulahthecat]

Pardon is actually the 'lower class' thing to say
What is more acceptable in posher circles, pardon is for servants!
Quite enjoyed telling my mum that after 15+ years of "It's pardon not what!!"

[Ohwhatfuckeryisthis]

Excuse me?

[Picklesauage]

What about 'sorry?'
As in 'I didn't quite catch that, sorry?'

[Joysmum]

Judgey? Yes I am. Pants.....?

[OuterFromOutersville]

I do find 'What?' quite abrupt, so I tend to add some waffle 'Sorry, I didn't catch that' or 'Sorry, what was that?'.