To think saying 'methinks' makes you sound like a twat

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It sounds really snidey and stupid.

'Methinks a night out at the pub tonight' etc. Boak. Keep seeing it on FB and it makes me cringe.

So, AIBU?

Methinks the lady doth protest too much.

"How are you diddling?" - commonly used by dad's friend. Hate it.

Also, I went to a training session led my a guy who clearly thought he was Britain's greatest wit - I found my notes on it recently and observed a note i'd written to my mate saying, "If he says Ladles and Jellyspoons ONCE more..." Seriously - "Ladles and Jellyspoons?!" (Ladies and Gentlemen, obv!)

Ah - Alpine! That is the ONLY acceptable use of that word! :-D

I use medicine for liquids and medication to include liquids and tablets. Never medicaments.

As for methinks if once in a way you quote Shakespeare correctly, fine, otherwise please don't.

Wine o clock is the killer for me!

Or even "methinks it's wine o clock" :)

they might mean similar things, but the grammar surrounding them would be different in many (though not all) cases

(e.g., 'methinks I will go to bed early tonight' doesn't really work. 'methinks the nights are drawing in' does. Grammatically. Even if it still sounds a bit cringeworthy).

To be really pedantic, the original quote from Hamlet was actually, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

Fair point with those examples, RunAway.