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 did you say" is the perfect and only asseptable response.

Ah, okay, I think I'll say 'Sorry, what did you say?' then. If it's good enough for the Queen...

I used to get told off for saying "pardon" and told to say "what". DH got the opposite, as a kid. (We've compromised on "I'm sorry?" or "Excuse me?" with our own.)

Other mum should be judging you for thinking "pardon" is preferable to "what".

'What' is more correct than 'pardon.' people like the Mitford sisters used to refer to the middle class suburbs as 'Pardonia.'

Er, in the best circles, 'what' is correct, not 'pardon'. But who cares?

Pardon is awfully bourgeois IMO

Like fish knives & serviettes.

Sorry. What. Eh. Say again. Did you mean to be so rude?

Pardon - on a par with farting in public and going pink rather than looking at the dog.

My partner farts in public (only the silent variety) and then walks away from me, leaving me with the smell and the shame. It leaves me with no one to blame.

As for 'pardon', I only use that for excusing a belch. If I haven't heard someone I say 'Excuse me, could you repeat that as I didn't hear'.

I would judge anyone for drinking peppermint tea, unless they have a really smelly bum looks at dp .

breakfast in a cafe?