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Naice...

100 replies

OpalFruitsMarathonsandSpira · 24/02/2017 07:17

... "It makes my teeth itch". This will start a "bun fight" because the op is a "goady" fucker.

AIBU to interpret this as just MN version of the hashtag, or bffs or lols or hun?

I see certain fads sweeping through and I find it interesting. If it is different, what is the difference?

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Grumpbum · 24/02/2017 07:19

Nope me too alongside with other words/sayings I don't see here, but on Facebook such as totes amaze balls and 'le weep'

OpalFruitsMarathonsandSpira · 24/02/2017 07:24

That's it - totes is just a pisstake for totally but a MN no go! But Naice as a pisstake is fine.

I find language, communication and cultural rules fascinating.

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Redglitter · 24/02/2017 07:27

I hate naice it's just ridiculous.

Anniegetyourgun · 24/02/2017 07:31

It's affected, of course. It's supposed to be - it's poking fun at class snobbery. It doesn't irritate me but might if it was used more frequently or started to be taken seriously. Please note though, on MN ham has to be "naice"; there is no other kind.

longdiling · 24/02/2017 07:32

Yes it is interesting isn't it?! Vair for very and blardy for bloody are also 'allowed' on here but not really any less annoying than huns and lols. It's a class thing probably, Vair and naice and blardy signify middle class accents and hun/lols signify working class maybe?

longdiling · 24/02/2017 07:33

Although actually totes doesn't work with that theory does it?

AuntieStella · 24/02/2017 07:34

Yes, MN has a distinct language - all communities do. It's a kind of binding force IYSWIM.

It's not logical and it tends to grow up haphazardly but becomes really quite entrenched, whether you like it or laugh at it, for as long as there is indeed a sense of community.

OpalFruitsMarathonsandSpira · 24/02/2017 07:36

longdiling could it be because MNers can't claim to own totes like they can with the others you sited. I mean, as it is quite widely used on more mainstream platforms?

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lalaloopyhead · 24/02/2017 07:39

I quite like naice. It is interesting to see how new words can be introduced to everyday language and we all develop and understanding of them and their context. Naice is a particularly good example of that, and I was thinking so to myself when reading the no-loo cafe thread. Cafe would probably conjure and image of brown sauce and laminated menu (nowt wrong with that of course) but naice cafe describes something different.
There are some phrases on here that I am not keen on, but they don't particularly bother me either.

unicorn5629 · 24/02/2017 07:40

Ich... naice sounds bloody awful

Frequent user of "totes"

Not even sorry ! Grin

Screwinthetuna · 24/02/2017 07:41

What does naice mean? Just nice? Why not nice?

OpalFruitsMarathonsandSpira · 24/02/2017 07:42

unicorn5629 tell me that last line was intended!

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OpalFruitsMarathonsandSpira · 24/02/2017 07:43

Nice but in a good-natured-fun-poking way.

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BitOutOfPractice · 24/02/2017 07:47

"naice" means middle class really doesn't it, with undertones of pretension

AHedgehogCanNeverBeBuggered · 24/02/2017 07:49

It's a class thing, poking gentle fun at plummy accents (particularly socially-aspirational middle-class ones).

The dislike of lol/hun etc. is because those things are generally associated with poorly-educated or working-class people, and the majority of MN has traditionally been very middle-class.

It's not nice, but it would be foolish to pretend that the class divide no longer exists.

EdithWeston · 24/02/2017 07:49

'naice' references Jilly Cooper and her character Valerie Jones who is trying to be posh but doesn't get it quite right. She's an unsympathetic character.

FucksSakeSusan · 24/02/2017 07:50
Biscuit
Mrsemcgregor · 24/02/2017 07:53

Naice is a great word for imagery. If someone says "I was in a very naice butchers" I can imagine exactly the type of shop. Not like my local butchers but one that sells fancy chutneys and such as well, probably all organic etc etc

I haven't used it yet, but might if I needed to conjure up a certain image.

TinyRick · 24/02/2017 07:55

'Naice' originally came from a shopping list a couple of years back that an OP found and it had 'naice ham' written on it.

OpalFruitsMarathonsandSpira · 24/02/2017 07:59

Imagery is a very interesting point. But I'd be a liar if I didn't say I think pretentiousness is a factor!

I do hope that is a naice biscuit, Susan! Wink

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unicorn5629 · 24/02/2017 08:03

Very much intended... Smile

TinyRick · 24/02/2017 08:06

And by 'couple of years' I do mean quite a few years. Can't seem to find the original post about it though. I presume it is in classics somewhere.

ErrolTheDragon · 24/02/2017 08:14

'Naice' was born and became a semi-official 'thing' ages ago - its years since I won a 'Naice Coffee' mug. Grin

neveradullmoment99 · 24/02/2017 08:16

Can't stand it. I could have created this thread. Its nice nice NICE its
N-I-C-E. If you want to say something that is nicer than nice then bloody well use a word out of the dictionary!!!!
gggrrrr!!!

pictish · 24/02/2017 08:16

I say hubby in rl and so does just about everyone I know - it's a term that has common usage around here...but it is totally denounced on mn. Why? I don't know. Apparantly everyone here just hates it...but my experience in rl says otherwise. I suppose it's fun to be part of the gang and pretend it annoys you too.

I am also fascinated by language fads and the devolution of language.

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