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In thinking shit and shite are the same?

28 replies

TiggyD · 18/07/2011 23:15

I always thought they were exactly the same but do you think that 'Shite' is a more polite version of shit? If I'm ever invited to a tea party or roller disco with the Queen and I see some shit on the hem of her dress am I supposed to say "Marm, you appear to have some shite on your dress" so I don't offend her? Does fuck/fucke work the same?

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whackamole · 18/07/2011 23:16

No, but I think fuck/feck do!!

AnyFuleKno · 18/07/2011 23:17

Good question. I would say not say shite to the queen though, I would say "you appear to have some feacal matter on your dress your majesty long may you live"

LadyThumb · 18/07/2011 23:20

'Shit' is a noun. 'Shite' is an adjective.

BumWiper · 18/07/2011 23:20

Shite would be used to describe the sheer shiteness of a situation.
[This party is shite]

Shit would lean towards a faux pas or error.
[Shit I forgot to turn off the iron]

Class dismissed.

bubblesincoffee · 18/07/2011 23:20

I've always imagined shite to be slighly more .... um.... smeary than shit. Shit seems more soild.

WhatsWrongWithYou · 18/07/2011 23:22

Shite's still A Swear - but it's funnier than shit and marginally less offensive.
You still wouldn't use it at parents' evening/the IL's/royal garden party though.

BumWiper · 18/07/2011 23:23

bubbles unless one is experiencing the shits in which it would most definetly not be solid.

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 18/07/2011 23:23

You would say to the Queen
"Excuse me Your Majesty there appears to be a small sample of excrement on the lower portion of your garment, shall I summon a minion to remove the offending substance?"

To which the Queen would respond
"Feck me, so there is!"

mayorquimby · 18/07/2011 23:23

It is in Ireland. Shite isn't a swear.
Also the fuck vs feck thing, which I think lead to the girl band bewitched being banned from Nickelodeon for saying feck live on air becuase it's not really a big deal over here, although it still wouldn't be advisable to say it on kids tv.

WhatsWrongWithYou · 18/07/2011 23:23

Shite can also be a verb - hence the expression 'go and shite.'

Tchootnika · 18/07/2011 23:24

'Shite''s definitely ruder.
'Shit''s more like you never meant it - it just slipped out, IYSWIM.
Best not to comment on elderly royals and their emissions - remember what happened to Sara Cox?
Harry'd probably love a bit of scat at tea time, though, I reckon.
Do you plan to pop round there any time soon, Tiggy ?

mayorquimby · 18/07/2011 23:24

Oh and stop stealing our swears.

WhoTheHellisDave · 18/07/2011 23:28

According to the ASA 'feck' is a 'mild rebuff', see the Wiki page for 'feck':

Debate about the word's level of offensiveness
Magners Irish Cider have received complaints relating to an advert in which a man tells bees to "feck off": members of the public were concerned that young children could be badly influenced by seeing this advert. Magners claimed that the "feck off" mention in the advert was a "mild rebuff" to the bees, rather than an expletive. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that the poster is suitable for display.

In a 1998 interview on Nickelodeon, Irish girl group B*Witched landed in hot water when a viewer made a complaint alleging that one of the teenagers had used the phrase "fuck off". Although Nickelodeon maintained that the singer had in fact said "feck off", which they described "a phrase made popular by the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted," the item was found to be in breach of the ITC Programme Code and the complaint was thus upheld.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feck#Debate_about_the_word.27s_level_of_offensiveness

Original poster
TiggyD · 18/07/2011 23:28

Shit seems natural to me. Shite seems planned. I've never fecked and don't fuck very often either.

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Glitterknickaz · 18/07/2011 23:31

Shit is more explosive, as in "oh shit!!!"
shite is a bit more resigned and sigh-y "ahhhh shite... .never mind"

AnyFuleKno · 18/07/2011 23:32

I think tiggyd if you're ever invited to a roller disco with the queen, you should split the difference and say 'marm you've got kak on you'.

Now which is ruder out f piss or pish?

Tchootnika · 18/07/2011 23:33

'Shaite' or 'shoit' though? Surely the latter, whoever's excreting expleting?

ThePosieParker · 18/07/2011 23:35

shit/shite

good shit bad shit great shit

only horrid shite

Original poster
TiggyD · 18/07/2011 23:42

You're right Posie. Shit IS quite a positive word when you think about it. It would be virtually a compliment to tell her she's got shit on her.

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kaid100 · 19/07/2011 00:08

I think I heard that the word shite actually predates the word shit, and the latter is derived from the former.

DontGoCurly · 19/07/2011 00:30

Shite rhymes with white. Shit rhymes with tit.

Shite is less offensive I think; a load of shite

Shit is slightly harder; I've had a shit day

TeamEdward · 19/07/2011 00:37

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scottishmummy · 19/07/2011 00:38

shite is colloquial and accented.
shit is middle classes being oh my gosh.cant attend pony lesson.Oh shit what will imogen do

Tchootnika · 19/07/2011 00:42

Crock of 'shit'?
Bag of 'shit'?

Sound weightless and, well, crap, really.

Knackers/bollocks - neither rude at all, just quite ungainly. Cajones on the other hand...

scottishmummy · 19/07/2011 00:50

bag o shite,has chutzpah
shit is whimsy swearing.cutesy oh shit the caterer cancelled
shite is proper swearie

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