A weird phrase I only ever see on Mumsnet.

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I'm really curious if anyone else has noticed this.

I keep seeing, only on Mumsnet, people using the phrase "stays" instead of "lives".

For example on a currently active post, the OP says "he stays in a city near by". And I see this a lot.

In all the scenarios I have seen it, they are definitely not talking about a temporary situation, holiday, etc.

I don't know if it's right or wrong (and don't massively care), but I've just noticed it increasingly being used on here recently and I wonder if anyone else has?

I think it might be a bit of an Americanism, but I don't see it being used elsewhere.

@NeverDropYourMooncup we add "to" to the question "where?" in Bristol as well , so it appears to be generally a west country thing.
(In Bristol we also like to add the letter L to the end of words ending in A. )

I live (stay 😉) in Canterbury and have always said ‘put it on the side’. DH is from Surrey and he says it too.

@YoQuieroVino . yes I can understand how people use it but never hear it said where I live/ stay.. Seems too vague.

I'm from (fae) Scotland but I'm down visiting my auntie for a few weeks.

The kitchen one I'd call a worktop. Never heard this called a bunker so it must be further south then me. The only bunker I ever heard was to keep coal in as a child.

It’s just an abbreviation of sideboard, which was traditionally used for serving food.

Yep, its a Scottish thing

Agree - counter is very much a shop or cafe thing. Worktop is a bit cumbersome so side it is 😆

Like the song "We're no' awa' tae bide awa'' "
I'm Cornish but my maternal grandmother was Scots.
And very often described herself as Scots instead of Scottish. But never Scotch which was for whisky, beef and salmon.

Thanks for that - duly disregarded .