I’m hating on the word ‘ cuppa ‘.

[hattie43]

A Facebook friend is really giving me the ick over her constant use of the word ‘ cuppa ‘ . I have developed an unreasonable hatred of it .

who fancies coming over for a cuppa
where’s the best place in town for a cuppa
I drink at least 6 cuppa’s a day
how do you take your cuppa

Its cup of tea

Ahhh just ahhh

But it’s an exclamation.

I suppose it’s not made from ox cheek, this soup.

Oh now I hadn’t thought of that. I’m going to assume it is for the sake of neighbour relations.

That's reminded me of how much I dislike people using 'arksed' when they mean 'asked'.

Lush is used widely in the south west, especially in Bristol. It isn't necessarily just used to describe vegitation, unless you're David Bellamy.

God, yes!
Although I have only ever heard this on the telly. Presume it must be a London thing?

I have only heard it once. From a young student in his first week at university. He was from London.

He must have learnt the correct pronunciation fairly quickly because I never heard him say it again.

'ping' used in a business context came from IT though, specifically the ICMP ping utility which is used to determine whether a remote server is contactable - it was named after a sonar 'ping' to detect an unseen vessel. It was then used in IRC (early internet chat) to 'ping' someone to see if they were available. It seems to have permeated into general non-technical business speech sometime in the late 90s/early 2000s. I have to admit, I don't have a problem with it - but then I've been working in IT since the days when no-one except us would have known what it meant. It's nice to know that it has effectively kept it's original meaning which can be traced all the way back to WWII sonar technology.

AAARRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!

Agreed. It's so infantile. I've even seen it used in a supermarket 😡

@BananaSkinShoes my partner/boyfriend says tummy. It does not sit well with me at all. Every time he says it I sort of repeat his sentence back but using stomach. ‘Will that make your tummy sore’.
’No, my STOMACH will be fine.’
Thanks to my IBS, we have unfortunately regular gastro conversations 😁

Cuppa is awful. And I’m sure these have been already mentioned but:
hubster
kiddies
nom nom
picky bits

I've only know one hubby-ier but I have a friend who just calls her DH "Husband".
"Come on then, Husband, we'd best be on our way" or whatever.
It's like she's forgotten his name.

Yes I know someone who does that. Odd isn’t it.

Just having a nice cuppa as it goes, before I pop into town for a bit of a pootle 🤣☕️🚶🏽‍♀️

I’ve never heard of pootle , what is it

Pootle or pootling, means driving/walking or doing something rather slowly I think. My dad used to say it and my brother does too sometimes.

I say cuppa, brew, choccie and sarnie.
I even say - gasp - "fur baby"!
And I don't care. 😁

I NEVER say "hating on" though. 🤢

My hates are
Holibob
Crimbo
Kiddo
Doggo
Comflab
Vicky Verca (vice versa, said by MIL)
Bambino

Omg fur baby I hate that ha ha

I loathe " can I get" 😖

Perfectly normal up here - I'm as nit-picky as the next person, but 'can I get' is just so normal that it's odd to see it ever raised on here. Never cross the border into Scotland if it bothers you, you're liable to implode.

I’m ok with cuppa ☕️

What I hate on FB marketplace is when people are advertising something and they put ‘needs gone’ 😡 Not even sure why it bugs me but it does.

I'm in Scotland...... (and it's so feckin irritating).

It's extremely annoying because it makes no grammatical sense. They've missed out 'to be'. Or better still say 'needs to go...'