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 found this so strange when I met English dp, poorly sounds so babyish. I’m used to it now but in Scotland, where I am anyway we just ‘sick’ wether sickness is involved or not 🤒

I dislike "I'm sick" cos for me that is vomiting. Poorly = ill but not very.

I’ll tell you what word gives me the rage. pouch! I can just about tolerate it when used to refer to feeding a cat but when someone says their baby had a “pouch” of food!! bleauuggh!

But then you wouldn't be able to have the poorly blanket on the sofa, So I'm afraid the word poorly stays.

Agree, OP, it sounds so wretched and sort of fake. Dodie is bad too. We used to say dummy which became 'scummy dummy', also revolting

We just say “sick” here if someone is, umm, sick.

One of the things I was warned about British English before coming here is that "sick" meant vomiting. Where I grew up, if someone was sick, it meant they had flu, or chicken pox, or something.

Ah feck off with your hatred of regionalisms.

My husband once said he had a 'poorly tummy'. I have never got over it, tbh.

BIL is from Merseyside and says some very strange things, "poorly sick" being one of them. And yes to the need for saying it in a whiny voice.

Antwacky is another one. Apparently it means old fashioned. BIL will not believe that this term is unheard of elsewhere in the UK.

Also Scottish and say/hear poorly plenty! What if I have a poorly tummy?!

Time to settle in with the popcorn for this one...

(I agree OP. Poorly just sounds a bit... pathetic.)

I agree. If someone is sick they are vomiting.

If you're Scottish you're naw well and that's the bottom line. At least round here you are!

What about poorly pop? Aka Lucozade.

But being poorly is not as bad as being a 'craythur' (Hiberno-English for those outside Ireland). You can recover from being poorly but once a craythur, always a craythur!

I’m Northern Irish and I have to agree, I hate the word poorly.

I worked in England before and couldn’t believe adults were ringing in sick to work ‘poorly’. It just doesn’t sound right or viable to me lol.

I can’t understand when people say they’re sick, and then explain they had the flu or something. How did that make you vomit?

Where I grew up, if someone was sick, it meant they had flu, or chicken pox, or something.

For me it covers all those or D&V or just feeling off colour.

Boobing gets me. Baby boobed to sleep. No it fucking didn't. It fed to sleep. Not boobed. Makes me cringe. My autocorrect keeps wanting to change it to bombed. I think it has a point 😂

And bubba. And Hubby. And moist.

This thread is too much. I'm going to go and rock in a corner.

I’m with you OP. I’ve heard a lot of old people say it to kids, or posh people tend to say it. Adults saying tummy needs to stop too.

And yes, YABU. Words have different connotations in different contexts. Get over it.

I say poorly. I don’t tend to say ill or sick. It’s not a cute word, it’s just the word.

It wouldn’t be ‘bubu’ it would be boo-boo. I don’t say that.

Equally it’s not ‘dodi’ it’s Dodie. It’s a brand name of dummy.

“I’m sick” sounds more like something an American would say for a general being ill situation.

I'm with you! Reminds me of ineffective playground supervisers at infant school. It just sounds so pathetic!

I think sick = 🤮 . Ill is ill. But poorly is ok, it isn’t a slang word.