What do posh people say for aww and hun?

[Davespecifico]

Other than ‘how delightful’ and ‘darling’.

Both the poshest and least posh people I know say “Sweetiepie”.

I call a few people I’m fond of ‘Sweetie’ - but they know I’m channelling River Song in Dr Who ...

I live in the West of Scotland, Hun means something entirely different and I’d be really offended if someone called me one!

‘Love’ is posh? Not in Leeds it isn’t 😂

I see, aww as in jaw bone.

So you say OR and then the words?
I need a link to a youtube voice of someone saying aw to understand how it is used I think.

Someone mentioned teenagers - that is another language again as it has been since Shakespeare's day and before.

Xenia - That is how i say 9and the people i've heard saying it) it 'aww' as in 'jaw'. So for instance:

"Emily starts reception today...'
Me - 'Aww', hope she settles in well.

Gosh, i haven't the foggiest, darling

I wouldn't say I'm posh but I say most of these things! But I am Southern.

DS gets 'sweetiepie' and 'my darling'
When I'm cross I say 'Oh for goodness sake'
When something a bit sad happens I say 'oh my goodness'

I can’t imagine anyone using those terms in real life. Is it a Northern thing, perhaps?
Assuming Aww means something appealing in a ‘cutesy’ or twee way I think most wouldn’t comment at all. Maybe ‘How charming’ whilst raising eyebrows or “Really darling, do stop being so precocious”.

Hun is a colloquial or informal term of address by shopkeepers or similar, isn’t it. I’m not sure it ould ever be replaced. Older men might say M’dear when addressing a woman informally. In public, couples usually call each other Darling or use their name. A child might be addressed either by their name, by “young man/young woman” or Darling. Mothers might say Sweetie or Kitten to their own child.