AIBU to ask English people not to say poorly?! (lighthearted)

[SliAnCroix]

It sounds a bit moany and weak. Can't get to grips with grown women saying their husband was poorly. It would be like saying my husband took a week off work because he had a bubu. I know we all have our own slang and some Irish slang probably sounds strange outside of Ireland in the next village

I am not speaking on behalf of everybody outside of England, I do realise this.

And full disclaimer, the word dodi makes me wince. I have done my best to eradicate that word. Service to my country.

When people we love are poorly, or very poorly we worry about them. Right now, there are a lot of people worrying. Does it matter what they call it?

I think you are are very very unreasonable.

What's wrong with dodi? It's far better than dummy...

I just did the Quiz that's on the first page and it placed me nowhere near where I grew up. I thought it might not, as I've moved around quite a bit, but it placed me somewhere that I have never lived, and nor did my parents or grandparents. However, quite interestingly it is precisely where my paternal grandmother's ancestors came from. I've recently been tracing our family history and multiple generations of her family were from this location. I wonder if that is just coincidence, or have the words and accent been passed down without us realising? I was bullied at school for being "posh" (and we definitely weren't!) mainly because I spoke differently to most of the other kids. I wonder if I've just found the reason? Weird.

Don't give a shit what you think about anything.

@VaTeLaverLesMains
Foos yer doos min? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Would always say tummy and find belly a really horrible word

Totally agree.

Surely poorly means out of sorts, but undefined?
Not like xyz has flu, a cold, chicken pox, measles or whatever.

@ChandlerIsTheBestFriend say poorly and then phoneticise it for me 😂😂

I don't have an issue with poorly.
'Aww are you poorly sick?' was something my mum would say when we were little if we were really only a bit under the weather, but feeling extremely sorry for ourselves. (It was said in a slightly amused tone now I look back on it.)
A dummy was called a dodo in our house (North west-late 1960's/early70s)

What’s wrong with poorly? A quick look at the origins of the word being used to denote Ill health dates it to the mid 18th century, the use denoting below par dates to the 14th. Unlikely your baseless dislike of the word is going to overturn centuries of use.

Oh I’m useless with English phonetics! In my head it’s literally just said as poorly is spelt!

I have a poorly tummy

I've always hated the word 'poorly' and refuse to say it. It was hard enough to type it just there! I don't think I've ever heard anyone in Ireland say it, actually.

I never liked 'dodi' either, mainly because I never used them. I've picked up loads of Irish slang terms since moving here 20 years ago, but can't be doing with 'dodi'.

I like it.

Rhyming books by British authors can be really tricky in my accent!
@Anoisagusaris

I got the double whammy there, reading books in an Irish accent for my American DCs and finding the going rough. When DD1 was about 7 she considered herself bilingual.

'Poorly' comes across to me as very wet. I always get a mental image of someone in a dressing gown of doom when I hear it.

Unlikely your baseless dislike of the word is going to overturn centuries of use.

Don't give a shit what you think about anything.

What’s with all the chippiness, the OP said it was lighthearted.

For me, dodi is much cuter than dummy

Can I blow your mind, @SliAnCroix? In the part of England I live in, they use 'poorly' as a NOUN too!

As in... "she has a poorly on her knee". I kid you not. Basically, a sore/scratch/scrape.

In my bit of Scotland, the word poorly never entered my ears. I've got used to it now but would never use it myself.

As a noun! 😱

You lot are weird! 😆Central belt of Scotland here.
ill = no well. “He’s no well”
Seriously ill - really no well. “He’s really no well.”
Calling into work to report illness that stops you working - calling in sick. (Usually with a quivering voice that conveys said illness - saved for phoning into work)
Sick without vomit - dry boak
Sick with vomit - spewing (or on said call to work in quivering voice - vomiting)
Diarrhoea- the runs.
Dummy - dummy.
😁

Can anyone access that link on the first page? It wants me to pay!

ThingDoer that is hard to hear ;

I never used to say it but I will from now on. 👍🏻

Sonichu

Nae affa weel means you're feeling sick, or got a cold or something minor,

Nae weel is a more serious illness

Affa nae weel means you're on the way out

As in... "she has a poorly on her knee". I kid you not

Jesus 🤯