judgeypants (lighthearted)

[teenagersknowall]

in a little cafe this morning for breakfast. only other customers a mum and her 2 DCs. had to hide a smile when the older one ordered peppermint tea, while mum looked on all proud. but noticed she didn;t correct him when he said "what?" instead of "pardon?". flame me now. go on. i'm ready.

What (baffled)?

What is more acceptable than pardon

not going to flame, i'm going to join you.

i had a moment the other day when at school pick up. 2 parents standing chatting and another heavily pregnant one arrives. parent one says "are you still here?" pregnant parent replies "yep still here". parent 2 says "i know when i saw you driving earlier i thought 'either she hasn't gone in yet or she has and she's back out again'"

1. she'll still be here once the baby is born- she wont disappear in a puff of smoke!
2. well duh! it doesn't take a genius to work that out!

ok flame me

That's what MN taught me I thought juney.

Pardon?

Please correct me, I'm shakiung here.

Eh?

You what?

¿Que?

hahahahaha i know! good fun to people watch. that's all im saying!

Will you lot stop it with the what vs pardon thing?!

Chaos, that's just rude .

The Queen says 'What' when us plebs say 'Pardon'.

Just so you know...pardon is to forgive, what is to express regret.

Here's hoping for a damehood....

Phew, thank you, Outer.

Chastised and all is well again.

Pardon is a bit common, what?

Wot?

Definitely the woman who needs a good flaming for that outrage.

Uugghh. Shuddering at pardon.

What? I don't even know what we are judging? The tea? The 'what'?

I beat my dc with the handle of a passing chimney sweeps broom if they say 'pardon'.

Aye?

Yerwot?

Pardon is actually the 'lower class' thing to say
What is more acceptable in posher circles, pardon is for servants!
Quite enjoyed telling my mum that after 15+ years of "It's pardon not what!!"

Excuse me?

What about 'sorry?'
As in 'I didn't quite catch that, sorry?'

Judgey? Yes I am. Pants.....?

I do find 'What?' quite abrupt, so I tend to add some waffle 'Sorry, I didn't catch that' or 'Sorry, what was that?'.