What do posh people say for aww and hun?

[Davespecifico]

Other than ‘how delightful’ and ‘darling’.

Now this has me thinking. I wonder what the equivalent is for "my lovely"?

I don't know what awww means either!!

Glad it's not just me, thought I was in a parallel universe! What's 'aww'?

PS Glad to see that the carriage return problem's solved!

My v. posh Mum used to call us Hun (Hon) but she was Canadian.

ExDP terribly posh. My life had been spent moving in v posh circles, but I’m working class.

Gosh, or ISN’T that xyz “isn’t that terrible/ lovely/ adorable” etc

Darling. Love. Occasional sweetheart or dearest.

My grandma was posh. She used to call everyone little chickens.

I don't know aww either.

Is it like a northern "Aaah!" a sympathetic filler?

Remember sometimes there is no translation. I think thats true of "love" and "my lovely" to those you don't know well, if at all!

Aww is the sound you typically make when you see cute puppies, kittens, or little children of course, and especially when they do something funny and cute. This can extend to other categories of people or animals.

Or a sympathetic noise. eg someone tells you 'Mrs Jones next door had a fall and has gone into hospital'. You might reply: 'Aww, poor lady, I hope she gets well soon'.

"Aww" is one of those words that's really context-dependent.

"Aww" on being shown photo of someone's toddler = "how adorable"

"Aww, hun" (dependent on tone of voice), on hearing someone's been ill all week = "sorry to hear that"

Etc.

@NameChanger22 that's really cute and sweet.

On hearing someone's been ill all week: (slightly disgusted face) "oh dear" (changes subject)

Oh, well for puppies etc, I would probably say ‘oh, sweet!’. I think for Mrs Jones had a fall, I’d typically say ‘what a shame’.

I'm stuck in the 1970s so I say lovey or chuck.

First define posh.
I say gosh a lot and DH calls me darling. He also calls me Petal.

Here in Salford, awww can also be spelt orrr.

Adorable

Super darling

I’ve never seen The Only way Is Essex and have been a bit puzzled about how “aww” is pronounced ...

Is this lighthearted?! I don't understand the purpose of the thread

I think I'm just over sensitive when someone's called posh or they call me posh......I always take it as a criticism

Since when did ahhh get replaced by awww ? Very annoying.

Awww is just what you say when you run out of things to say about someone’s baby/toddler photos. I see too many of these to be picky about class indicators, I chuck in anything I can think of. I’d be fucked without emotions.

As a relative posho, I feel like I say 'oh no, sweetheart' when people might say 'awww, hun' and 'oh he's adorable' when people might say 'awww he's adorable' - or am I misunderstanding 'aww' here?

I say ahh rather than aww as in ahh how cute. Or in a sad voice ahh that's terrible.
However I've never said hun in my life, I hope I don't start.

I'm not remotely posh but I've never said aww or hun!

I never know whether it's hun or hon when written down so I think I've failed on that one.

I do saw awwwww, so I guess I'm not posh. Or maybe 'adorable' or 'lovely'. For hun/hon I would say 'lovely'

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Poppet
Ducky

(channelling Patsy Stone)
aww -- Pull disgusted face. (esp if toddler or baby related, in which case add 'time to cut the cord, darling')
hun -- Sweetie. Or sweetie darling.