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

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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.

I’m so confused by British accents. Door and daw nothing alike to me. I don’t know how you lot keep losing your ‘r’s 😀

Door = dor
Daw rhymes with saw and awe

And poor = pur (and that’s with an ur sound not uh

Some random on MN isn’t going to tell me what I can and can’t say 🙄

We used to have a picture book (Bedtime Bear, iirc) which rhymed owl and towel.

But . . owl and towel DO rhyme.

Poorly sick is what I used to say to my dcs. It means very ill.

"Daw" is the sound you make when you see a puppy.

DAWWWW.

Thank you to the 99% of people who took this question in the lighthearted manner i intended.💐 😍The comments were funny! I enjoy these threads. Always loved accents and languages.

Bad English there 😳

Doctors describe patients as being poorly??

Yes, shine - they do. They use the term in meetings with other medical staff, too. From surgeons down to housemen.

Haha we have a poorly bed in our house, ie the camp beds the kids sleep on in our bedroom when they’re poorly.

Door = dor
Daw rhymes with saw and awe

That's right.

Daw, saw, awe, dor, for, maw, more - they all rhyme.

Some people on MN have tin ears.

"Poorly is becoming more common in my area of Scotland but it never used to be."

I want it to start becoming common around here so I can come onto MN and froth at the mouth over DREADFUL ENGLISHISMS!!!

I mean if it's good enough for anything deemed "American"...

Doctors describe patients as being poorly??

To Irish ears that does sound weird. Because it’s a word I associate with a pre schooler.

Oh - that quiz.

Spot on for me.

Yes!!! I HATE the word poorly and especially "poorly sick" makes me turn inside out and I instantly lose all sympathy for anyone who says it no matter what's wrong with them

I haven’t read the whole thread but there are some Victorian novels where poorly definitely means menstruating. I dislike using it for that connotation.

Am deid noo at aw this!
Door does NOT rhyme with poor no matter where you’re from!!!

Haha poorly is definitely a generic word for ill down our way, like it or not.
Went on a tour of local hospital and talking to nurses it became apparent that if they say a patient is poorly it means their life is in danger!!- classic British understatement.

@SchadenfreudePersonified

No you are just being ridiculous 🤣

I love accents and seeing the different pronunciations written down. So interesting.

It wants me to create a free account.

I think I took it before.

...owl and towel DO rhyme.

What?

Towel has two syllables.

Owl has one syllable. It's a bit of a stretch to rhyme it with towel

Very commonly used in hospitals when someone is, well, very poorly. Really unwell.

"He's bin tekken badly" is pretty much curtains in Yorkshire. Poorly is on the way, though.

The quiz got me spot on even though I've been exiled for decades,though I do have to choose my words as no one round here knows what a ginnel is!

Owl

Towl.