Poop and tele.

[Manumission]

Apropos very little;

I feel irrationally irritated with people who say "poop" or "pooh" when they mean "poo".

Also, people who shorten "television" to "tele" (which sounds like "teleeh" in my head).

AIBU?

Of course I am. Anybody else have similar bugbears?

[iklboo]

Ex-SIL used to (probably still does) shorten couldn't to 'cunt' when writing.

[EllaHen]

My family say clicker ShowMe. Dh has banned it. .

I also grew up with 'jobby' but that was a bit uncouth for dh so have been saying poo since I met him. I'm glad of this thread because being a jobby-sayer growing up, poo and pooh always confused me. Now I know. Phew.

[YoureAllABunchOfBastards]

The remote is the tit. An old housemate's grandma used to call it that, so we did when we shared a house and it stuck.

[amusedbush]

I say poop, it's just a satisfying word to say. Onomatpoeic

I do hate 'tele' though, I'd never come across that until MN and it just looks really affected 🙈 same with 'phone instead of just writing phone.

[amusedbush]

EllaHen

I had the opposite! I say 'poop' or 'poo' but DH says it's childish and I should say 'shite' or 'jobby' 😂

[EllaHen]

I love that he sees 'jobby' as grown up and mature Amused.

[steff13]

Poop is more common is the US than poo.

Don't get me started on "pressies," "stinge," "rellies," etc. Why all the cute "nicknames" for words? Pressies is the same number of syllables and letters and presents. Stinge is just silly.

[tiej]

Zoomie was courtesy of Jimmy Corkhill in Brookie Brookside.

[EastMidsMummy]

Excellent astute thread. Yes, the corrrect way to spell it is "telly". But, as has been pointed out, "vege" for "veggie" is worse. Veezjh?

[Pistachiois50pmore]

I'll see you tele-poop and raise you "yeh" for "yeah". Makes me furious whenever I see it

[Manumission]

Yeah, "yeh" makes no sense. Unless people are trying to conserve worn out "A" keys?

[Manumission]

Excellent astute thread

Why thank you East!

I've got another one;

'Wait list' and 'Wait staff'

WTF is wrong with 'waiting'?

[ememem84]

Bugbear of mine is when people say "ay" at the end of sentences e.g. "It was good ay?"

But when the write it down it's written "it was good a".

Drives me up the bloody wall.

I also have a friend who writes "use" for "yous" as in "yous guys" aware that's still not right!!

[IAmNotACat]

'Poop' is definitely American. Nobody says 'poo' in America.

[Manumission]

Why Cat? Because poonis vulgar? Or because it just isn't a word in the States?

[Manumission]

^poo is vulgar

[BalloonSlayer]

Poop is a twee Americanism which to my British earholes sounds like something a four year old would say. Similarly, they use the word "stinky" instead of "smelly" to describe, say, a fart - a British person older than 5 wouldn't say stinky IMO.

Tele is what Margot Leadbetter would call the Television set if she was trying to be down with the kids.

[Man10]

In a previous thread on this subject, it was established that "pooh" and "poo" are both legitimate spellings, but "pooh" is more correct has been around longer. One contributor had a dictionary in which only "pooh" was listed as a word.

[KingscoteStaff]

The telly is operated with the blipper.

But for some reason DC started calling the loo the lulu and it's stuck. There's my new year's resolution, right there.

[IAmNotACat]

Why Cat? Because poonis vulgar? Or because it just isn't a word in the States?

I think it's just not a word. It's not vulgar, they just all say 'poop'.

[DOTLEYtheONEeyedDINO]

The television is operated by the Nobber. Always has been, always will be. So is the DVD player, the Amazon Firestick, Xbox etc. Nobber = has (k)nobs.

[FeliciaJollygoodfellow]

Oh OP. Can we be friends?!

[NotStoppedAllDay]

I also hate 'gah' and 'pahaha'

[Mimicat44]

Poop is the American version