to wonder if anyone in real life actually talks like this?

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I am having a lazy t'internet morning! When browsing various forums (fora sounds a bit daft to me even if it is 'correct') it has occured to me that people seem to type things that I have never heard anyone say.

I have never heard a real person say 'one' when chatting. As in 'what does one do in these situations?' or 'one wonders if it is necessary' etc etc.

or gosh, gracious (as an exclamation), fora etc. lots of things really.

Is this because people use words or terms online that they don't in real life or is it because I and all my friends are terribly common?

I had to ask what et al meant a few weeks ago a few people use that on mumsnet, I left school at 16 and didn't do English lit

I often see people type 'non'? at the end of a sentence.

I hope I never encounter someone like this in real life or I'm going to ask "You want a smack in the mouth with a chair...non?"

Worra that's a tad violent, non?

payback for lolling at me the other day

I hate it when people type 'Just saying' at the end of a sentence (not seen it much on MN but on other forums). Definitely wouldn't say that in reality unless i wanted a slap for being sarky!

I think the Queen says 'one' instead of 'i'.

That's IT...tilt your head whilst you're still able to move it

Latara Apologies if preaching to the choir but that's actually a Twitter thing. It started off being #justsaying and the hash tag was so that people could collectively rant.

I think people say it now without actually knowing where it's come from. I've seen people write #justsaying on Facebook. Erm - you do know that the hash tag anywhere other than Twitter is redundant??

I say gosh, crikey, goodness, good grief etc. when I'm not swearing my head off.
I say one when the occasion requires, which isn't very often but does happen.

I was under the impression that fora was a "made up" plural of forum but I'm happy to be re-corrected on that.

I have terrible troubles just after a Georgette Heyer novel reading session - I tend to "acquire" the way her characters speak! It's not too bad if it's only one book; but if I've done my usual of several in a row then I start using strange exclamations like "God's teeth" and so on. Still, makes me smile. :)

Thumbwitch I do that too! So glad it isn't just me I enjoy Agatha Christie but if I read too many one after the other I end up sounding like Miss Marple Likewise if I read Martina Cole, my language ends up atrocious. Daren't read 50shades, who knows what I sound like

I loathe 'just saying'. It's a smug way of making a passive aggressive dig and then stepping away from it, whistling. Own your rage.

I also say 'one' but usually in situations where someone might interpret the general 'you' in a too personal fashion, viz, 'The thing about pleats is they make you look really fat.'

Thanks, didn't know that as i've avoided Twitter... i've seen the '#' on FB but have no idea what it's for.

Oh it looks like I'm a bit common then.

I do use crikey, lordy and blimey if that helps?

I do have one very posh friend who says beastly a lot but even she thinks that talking about oneself is 'rather ghastly'.

I am making a pact with myself to insert the words beastly and ghastly into my everyday language, they're great words.

Worra, can you make an exception for me. I've started learning French, and have just achieved enough confidence to add "non" to the end of English sentences, without worrying I'm doing it wrongly. So, erm, please?

I've been waiting for the perfect opportunity to try it for weeks now.

I say gosh, gracious and occasionally may have said "goodness gracious" as it's better than *ucking hellfire.

I say gosh. Also 'goodness gracious me' but only so that 2yo DS copies it and sounds cute :)

I say gosh. I am quite posh, so I am told. (By the people of Manchester, so not sure it counts )

I agree with non. Makes me feel all tense!

Read a bit more. It'll broaden your view of the English language and peoples' use of it.

I use "one" for a general "you", not in place of "I" or "me". I sometimes do it real life but far more on here. This is because an extraordinary number of MNers always take "you" to mean them, personally, and proceed to waste a page of posts highlighting their outrage at what they unreasonably assume to be a personal comment.

Since sentences can get really complicated with loads of 'one's, I've taken to adding "By 'you' I mean 'one', not anybody in particular". Pisses me off that this is even necessary.

Both in writing and vocally, I say:
Fuck me
Blimey
Bloody hell
Bugger
Christ (try to keep that down online)
Jesus (ditto)
Good lord/heavens
Cripes
Heck
Goodness
Gosh
Bother (more vocally than in writing)
Wow
What the hell
What the fuck
What on earth

In real life, but not online, I say "Lawks a mercy" and "I'll go to the bottom of our stairs".

I do hope that's okay with you all

Read a bit more. It'll broaden your view of the English language and peoples' use of it.

I'm guessing you didn't get the 'lighthearted thread' tone of the OP tinkertitonk

I do, and also can go to the other extreme and use swearage like it's an art form. It winds dh up no end, and is verbal retaliation for the silly stuff he does to me

Yep, I use all of those. I am given to saying 'good lord' quite a lot. But I also swear like a trooper.

My dd switches between being very ordinary and being very posh which I find quite funny.