to hate the word "poorly"??

[allgonebellyup]

Just hate it. Its not a real word, its a made up one. Whats wrong with saying "ill"?

[macmama73]

I love poorly. Our cousin in Dumfries used to say I am feeling awfy poorly today or I am awfy no weel

[saltire]

bobsmum - I use peel wally as well, and so does my mum. She also uses "hingin", or "hingy" if the DSes, or my neice are grizzly and obviously coming down with something

[dancingtina]

WOW - Love this thread title - I too totally HATE HATE HATE the word poorly along with 'tummy'.

I have serious irritable bowel syndrome and I am often curled up in agony with my stomach for hours and hours, it makes me depressed and housebound and I have a friend who texts me and says 'aww, have you got a poorly tummy again?' or 'how's your poorly tummy today' ARGH!! makes me want to punch her!

'poorly' is so wet and dithery and babyish, in fact I don't even like using it for my 3mth old baby who is my MIL described today as 'poorly' - he's not poorly, he's 'a bit off colour'

ooo don't set me off ranting about poorly and tummy....

(realise i obviously have 'issues' - lol!)

[Spidermama]

Oh I'm so refreshed and inspired to find people as grumpy and intolerant as I am about something this petty.

[ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands]

So what prompted this thread Bellyup? Are you having a dig at the husband of Jane Tomlinson, who was on FiveLive earlier on talking about her condition, by any chance?

(I am just asking by the way...)

[Hulababy]

Poorly used a plenty round here - Yorskhire.

However the word BELLY - now MIL will not allow this word at all, well not relating to people. She hates it and DH was not allowed to use it.

[katelyle]

My dp has said that in his childhood in Yorkshire , "poorly" could mean at death's door, but only when used in the sentence "Eeeeee, she were reet poorly"

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Oh yes. Conversation in an office I worked in.
"No, I'm sorry, you can't speak to Mr X, he's a bit poorly. No, I'm afraid we don't expect him in tomorrow. He's actually in a coma and unlikely to survive the week. Sorry."