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Original poster

to hate the word "poorly"??

183 replies

allgonebellyup · 15/05/2007 14:26

Just hate it. Its not a real word, its a made up one. Whats wrong with saying "ill"?

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Original poster
allgonebellyup · 15/05/2007 14:55

just Yuk.

Will be peed off if my children ever say "poorly".

they dont even know what it means!

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scatterbrain · 15/05/2007 14:54

Sounds like Leeds to me !

Aloha · 15/05/2007 14:54

It is a perfectly valid word that has been used for at least 150 years, probably longer.

Aloha · 15/05/2007 14:53

What Northern accent are you trying there SPidermama? Not one I recognize!

Spidermama · 15/05/2007 14:52

It sounds even worse said in a northern accent with its three syllables.

'Poo-wer-lee'. Eurch! Stop it.

scatterbrain · 15/05/2007 14:52

Are we living in parallel universes maybe ?

rabbleraiser · 15/05/2007 14:51

SOFA sounds like an acronym for a sexually transmitted disease.

GColdtimer · 15/05/2007 14:51

No, not a northern thing, we use it down south too (see below from dictionary proof).

?adverb

  1. in a poor manner or way: The team played poorly.
?adjective
  1. in poor health; somewhat ill: I hear she's been poorly.
[Origin: 1250?1300; ME pourely. See poor, -ly] Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

And it's sofa in our house.

scatterbrain · 15/05/2007 14:50

Shall I say it again ???

I am southern - born and bred and everyone I know uses poorly !!! It is definitely not a northern thing !

I think it si pretty universal anomgst -ahem - people who sit on sofas !

Lact8 · 15/05/2007 14:50

allgonebellyup

One of those that sounds alright in your head until you press Post Message and can't do anything to retrieve it?

BarryScott · 15/05/2007 14:49

Oh feck it!! Your prob right... I am always wrong.......

Original poster
allgonebellyup · 15/05/2007 14:49

Maybe poorly is just a northern thing then

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scatterbrain · 15/05/2007 14:48

A corner sofa I think you will find BS !!

BarryScott · 15/05/2007 14:48

or a couch (my dad calls it this)

Lact8 · 15/05/2007 14:48

I'm northern and say poorly

Here in Wales they say I'm feeling baddy (pronounced Barrdee) very odd but the more I hear it the more it fits general under the weatherness

J20BABY · 15/05/2007 14:48

hmph!!!

oh well, i'm common, but does my face looked bothered?!

sorry, only kidding, feeling a little playful today

Original poster
allgonebellyup · 15/05/2007 14:47

"mix with the middle classes"!! haha i knew that sounded bloody awful!!

Hey maybe Xenia will be along soon??

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BarryScott · 15/05/2007 14:47

Tis so a suite, mines is a corner suite so there.. and yes I am common...er and and ??

Aloha · 15/05/2007 14:47

is couch American? It isn't posh. Only sofa is 'posh'.

Aimsmum · 15/05/2007 14:47

Message withdrawn

J20BABY · 15/05/2007 14:47

what about couch??!!!

sorry expat

scatterbrain · 15/05/2007 14:46

No and nor is couch or suite !!! How common !

Lact8 · 15/05/2007 14:46

eww mix with the middle classes?

Aloha · 15/05/2007 14:46

I'm sorry to say that settee is not remotely posh.

scatterbrain · 15/05/2007 14:45

Settee is middle class.

Sofa is both upper and lower - as is burping and farting in public I think you'll find !

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