AIBU?
speccy · 15/05/2007 14:27
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katelyle · 15/05/2007 14:33
I irrationally hate it too, but in our family it has a very specific meaning. Feeling sick means about to throw up, feeling ill means properly ill with a temperature, and feeling poorly means feeling sad and tired and in need of a nest on the bean bag, the special poorly rug, probably a mug of warm milk with a drop of vanilla in it and a digestive biscuit and a chapter of the Hobbit, or The Box of Delights or any of the shelf full of old fashioned books that they really hate but humour my desire for them to like by allowing me to read aloud in very specific circumstances.
dinosaur · 15/05/2007 14:35
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rabbleraiser · 15/05/2007 14:35
Too true ... as in 'mustnt' not being a real word either
Poorly is a great word. It says what it means to say. To say you feel ILL suggests that you need urgent medical assistance. Hypochondriacs like this word. To say SICK suggests that you're about to vomit. But to say POORLY suggests that you're feeling a bit under the weather.
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