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Medsy · 2024-01-22T23:35:42+00:00

I hate it. Like the person thinks they're 19 and living in the 70s or something

PopcornAndGummyBears · 23/01/2024 19:27

Several apps have got there before me, but yes - here in N.I./Ireland things are either wild, grand or wick depending how good/extreme they are.

(and yes, it’s a wild one out there the night)

Trying2310 · 23/01/2024 19:15

Northern Irish and say it at least several at least several times a week! Usually in response to news or in exaggeration of whatever topic we are discussing. Today it would be 'It is wild out there, so it is!'

piscofrisco · 23/01/2024 19:01

Ha. I say it all the time and I have done for about twenty years. I neither think I'm 19 nor living in the 70's

Urcheon · 23/01/2024 18:49

MeinKraft · 23/01/2024 00:03

Wild altogether!

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Or sarcastically.

’I ironed my tea towels on Saturday night, with a glass of dry sherry.’

’God, Maeve, you’re wild altogether! Calm down, would you?’

AnnoyingMildew · 23/01/2024 18:46

@Judystilldreamsofhorses I'd use 'wildly busy' in place of 'insanely busy' or 'madly busy'. It's just a careful way to use words - especially in the context of work, when you have no idea about other people's mental health (or the mental health of their loved ones).

mewkins · 23/01/2024 18:40

CharlotteMakepeace · 23/01/2024 17:41

I think some of these words and sayings should make a comeback unless like me, they never went away! 😩

Groovy.
Far out.
Dig it.
Mellow.
Bummer.

I would be alright with those because they are said kind of ironically. I have a particular dislike for the use of 'It's wild'for something that is just slightly out of the ordinary or 'a bit odd'.

CharlotteMakepeace · 23/01/2024 17:41

I think some of these words and sayings should make a comeback unless like me, they never went away! 😩

Groovy.
Far out.
Dig it.
Mellow.
Bummer.

Unportula · 23/01/2024 17:41

Far out, man.

That's gravy, booby.

KimKardassion · 23/01/2024 17:40

I think it’s a Kardashian thing.

Biffbaff · 23/01/2024 17:39

It's seen as more appropriate than mental/crazy/insane.

However, my grandmother would always say "she got wild" when describing someone getting angry/losing their temper so tbh I wouldn't be so sure that wild is all that innocent a term either. Smacks of "savage" in the colonial sense to me.

StarlightLime · 23/01/2024 17:36

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 22/01/2024 23:44

It’s because where previously a person might say something like “that’s crazy” or “it’s mental” those are now not acceptable as they are deemed discriminatory towards people with mental health problems. (Work in a very right-on organisation)

Really?!

mewkins · 23/01/2024 17:34

DidntReallyMeanIt · 23/01/2024 17:29

I also irrationally hate the 'you did, aye' thing (but only when non Scots say it).

Despite the fact it's a very common saying in Yorkshire?

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Hmm, the next time I see it I will read it in a Yorkshire accent but I'm sure it isn't used in the way it is in Yorkshire. ... now you've got me wondering....

It has, however, only made a recent appearance on MN which is odd.

DidntReallyMeanIt · 23/01/2024 17:29

mewkins · 23/01/2024 16:43

Op, I completely agree with you. I consider it to be an Australianism as I think I previously on Home and Away circa 1997.

I also irrationally hate the 'you did, aye' thing (but only when non Scots say it).

I'm glad you brought this up op. I feel better knowing that it pisses you off too.

I also irrationally hate the 'you did, aye' thing (but only when non Scots say it).

Despite the fact it's a very common saying in Yorkshire?

ManchesterBea · 23/01/2024 17:22

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 22/01/2024 23:44

It’s because where previously a person might say something like “that’s crazy” or “it’s mental” those are now not acceptable as they are deemed discriminatory towards people with mental health problems. (Work in a very right-on organisation)

Yes, this.

ManchesterBea · 23/01/2024 17:22

I feel a bit like it has become a worthy replacement for 'that's mad' 'it was mad' etc... Which possibly isn't a particularly appropriate thing to say anymore.

tuvamoodyson · 23/01/2024 17:16

It’s ’did Ye…aye?’

mewkins · 23/01/2024 16:43

Op, I completely agree with you. I consider it to be an Australianism as I think I previously on Home and Away circa 1997.

I also irrationally hate the 'you did, aye' thing (but only when non Scots say it).

I'm glad you brought this up op. I feel better knowing that it pisses you off too.

tuvamoodyson · 23/01/2024 15:54

I’ve been saying for about the last three days! ‘It’s wild out there!’

rooftopbird · 23/01/2024 15:52

I hate it when people describe something as insane as in to describe a dress they've seen or a friends new haircut they really like.

MeinKraft · 23/01/2024 00:26

Medsy · 23/01/2024 00:05

What happened to mental mental chicken oriental

I'm sure there are probably some arseholes out there who still say that.

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Medsy · 23/01/2024 00:05

What happened to mental mental chicken oriental

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CreakyStairs · 23/01/2024 00:04

That's really wild op.

CharlotteMakepeace · 23/01/2024 00:04

Can you dig it?

Fionaville · 23/01/2024 00:03

Depends where you are. It wouldn't sound right to me, but I'm all for regional differences. That's crazy, that's nuts, that's bonkers or that's mad, are all used round here. I suppose 'That's wild' is more PC.

MeinKraft · 23/01/2024 00:03

TheCraicDealer · 22/01/2024 23:55

I’m from NI and say it at least once a week. Common parlance here, generally used in response to surprising news, gossip or adverse weather conditions.

Wild altogether!