To seek the origin of naice. Because

[Courtney555]

I think I might be the origin of naice

Having just asked my mum why MN say naice not nice, she has explained that someone found a shopping list that detailed "nice ham"... Cue hilarity.

Well. I've done that for about 20yrs. I'll write "bread" for standard cheapy sliced bread for sarnies, but then we like this big crusty loaf for mushrooms on toast for breakfast, and I'll write "nice bread" and know what that means.

DS likes that godawful thin sliced plastic ham stuff which I buy on a regular basis, which just goes on as "ham" but then when (now ex) DP would ask for ham, he'd mean thick cut off the bone stuff, and I'd write "nice ham" and know exactly what I meant.

Nice, just sort of means, nicer than the regular every day version. On my shopping lists anyway.

And I always forget them and leave them in trolleys and baskets.

Where was this shopping list found?! Is it even true or is she winding me up?

Sincerely

Potentially-the-butt-of-MN 😳

You’re okay, that’s not the origin of naice.

It’s been around a long time, think Jilly Cooper in the eighties.

Do you know how to spell nice? If you do, it wasn't you. If you spell it naice then it might have been.

The thing is though OP, it’s relatable for a reason: loads of people do exactly what you do.

Yes it's true :)

MNers used to have a big thing for shopping lists.

No, my shopping lists said nice, not naice.

Is mother winding me up then?

Is the thread not in classics? It’s like cutted up pear. Every one bangs on about it, pretty sure I’ve read the thread but I just don’t get it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Cross posts! It might not be the origin on naice in RL, but that post definitely made it a thing on MN.

If I remember rightly, a MNetter found a discarded shopping list which she posted on here.
One of the items was 'naice ham', which, although not originating from this particular shopper, has stuck as an MN term.

Overused, it is painful, but I must admit, has its place if used sparingly😁

Oh. So it is true.

That's the thing though, I agree, I'd presume loads of people did it... So why the "oooooh naice" hilarity like its the stuff of MN legend?

Ham!!

Someone found a shopping list

On it was

"Naice ham"

Spelling error?

Oh, I can look back and see who found it? Off to search....

I think loads of people say ‘nice’ ham, ‘nice’ chocolates etc to differentiate from the bog standard stuff.

Or ‘good’ coffee, ‘good’ bread which seems to crop up more on threads.

Can anyone pick the thread out of the two lists of classics as none have "nice, naice" in the header...

I now always look at left behind shopping lists. They're usually pretty boring. The last one did have haemorrhoid cream on. Which I know is immature, but it did give me a little chuckle. Not sure why because I've suffered with horrendous piles myself in the past 😂

Surely it has to come from how the aristocracy speak/spoke, and the so-called upper class, mimic them. Try saying nice with your teeth clamped together!

I've no evidence for this, but it seems more likely than not; someone just started putting it into print. I'm not sure whether it's got into the OED yet. :-)

(I once found a torn-in-half shopping list where the other side said 'To Nana...' with half of a massive heart drawing )

Snap. Never remember to pick mine up.

Mine frequently contains "manges for the boy."

Because we speak a lot of French that's migrated to Franglais at home. So it's mange as in eat, not mange as in "that mangey dog"

He opens the fridge a puts on a weird robotic voice, going "mmmmm manges manges manges" (pronounced Mon-jiss)