Pardon?

[MothersGrim]

AIBU to not bother with the word "Pardon" for my young children? It seems like a generational thing to me but my parents and in laws correct my young children when they ask "What?"

I was just curious what the expectation is nowadays, should I be teaching them 'pardon'? Is it bad manners not to

Pointing out people's spelling mistakes. Polite or not?

I say 'not'.

What thefuck did you say? I didn't hear you, can you repeat what you said

That if you didn't hear someone's speech

Pardon if you belch

For more on social class markers still being a thing in 2016, see a new thread on Baby Names asking what names are 'chav names' so she can avoid them for her unborn baby. Billy is a name I certainly wouldn't associate with 'chavviness'. In fact it's one of those names which is used by lots of people here in Scotland by all types of people. Willie is the same.

Admittedly, it was a troll thread , but it got an awful lot of reponses!

Delicate I know , I saw my typo as soon as I posted (and stuff for stuff) but unfortunately (unlike FB) you can't edit posts on Mumsnet! I did English A level and write (technical stuff) for a living too! Double

Choos - really? Gosh, never heard it pronounced like that (which probably says something about me )

delicate

The word "kids" is perfectly fine and friendly; the word "there" is not

Excellent. It would of made my day if you had used proper English then I wouldn't of had to see that horrendous error

I presume this was sarcasm when you wrote this?

Ego147
Erm...well it wasn't my usual mode of expression, if that's what you mean...

...much eye-rolling...

@ChoosandChipsandSealingWax:
Sorry! Your nice response made me feel unkind.

Lynda probably does

Delicate no worries!

choos tell us more! Find this stuff fascinating. Am pleased I'm foreign too so I (hopefully?) "get away" with stuff...

Really delicate?

You seem to of have corrected a lot of pp on here...

Here's a good one - Ken-ya or Keen-ya? I know people who say both.
I say Ken-ya.

Ken-ya Keen-ya isn't really a posh, not posh thing, it's usually generational. Pre independence it was Keen-ya, so older racist people sometimes still say it like that.

I much prefer "ya wot luv" to pardon.

I've just been half-watching a bizarre 'documentary' called 'Too Posh to Parent', and (unsurprisingly) none of the families featured were at all 'posh', they were very wealthy, very new money Russians, Chinese and Nigerians who hire international violinists, 'super tutors' and security-trained 'ninja nannies' for their children.

Ego, it's like Catherine Tate just plumbed MN for all her material for that sketch!

Muffy 'Sorry?' sounds rude to me too and it seem completely unfit for purpose when used to seek clarity. I often respond with 'no problem or that's okay' in a way that suggests I believe the other person is apologising for a perceived infraction. It riles them up a treat.

I've just realised the reason I dislike 'pardon' is that it sounds so bloody Uriah Heep-ish. 'Beg pardon' is even worse. That makes me want to throw things.

" Here's a good one - Ken-ya or Keen-ya? I know people who say both.
I say Ken-ya."

Ken-ya would be correct, it is only the old Brits who still call it Keen-ya.
Jomo Kenyatta changed the pronunciation of the country so it would rhyme with his name.