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.

It's an odd one to dislike. Perhaps you imagine it to be modern slang or babytalk. It isn't. It dates back 800 years, it's from Middle English.

The thing with ‘poorly’ is that it covers everything from a slightly stubbed toe to a severed limb.

It’s one I generally only use one children who are a little under the weather.
However I shall use it if I like.

(Also never heard of dodi).

I don't like poorly in a southern accent as that sounds a bit whiney to me.
Up here we pronounce is as poo-a-lee and for some reason I love it

Poorly is preferable to sick. Sick is vomit. And in which case, if you've vomited, you're not sick, you've been sick. (Because you're poorly.)

I assimilated 'poorly'. I find it quite useful. It means a tad under the weather, not dying. 'Proper poorly', that's time to worry.

'Passy' is what I used to mean a pacifier or dummy (ick).

The one's I've had people get almost to the point of physical assault for, are overusing 'wee', as in 'oh, poor wee thing', and 'oh bless'. . . as in oh, that's lovely, such a shame.

Can't breathe, let alone speak, without pissing someone off. . . so I think I'll just crack on breathing and speaking, and they can get all pissed off about it. It's their blood pressure after all. . .

I hate 'pump' for farting. I don't know why, it just sets my teeth on edge

When a medic says someone is poorly, it means they’re at death’s door.

I hear poorly and assume the person has a minor cold.

I'm English and I've never used the word poorly in my life.

Poorly = not very well
Sick = vomited
Ill = no idea what is wrong but possibly a long-term thing that is more complicated to explain than "Poorly"
Dummy = the correct word for a fucking "dodi"

And in which case, if you've vomited, you're not sick, you've been sick

No. If you’ve vomited you are sick.

DS was poorly around Christmas. As in quietly moping around on the sofa for days and really not himself. He wasn't sick because he didn't vomit. Some mystery virus that reminded me of mumps. I don't know what exactly it was and poorly just about sums it up.

Booboo for some kind of bruise or graze is totally teeth clenching though!

@PineappleDanish that quiz is amazing and pinpointed me exactly!

"Poorly sick" 🤮

Poorly is what we say in Yorkshire. It sounds a bit pathetic in a southern accent.

I hate “ah bless”. Can’t stand it. One of my family members moved to England and started using it.

One of our old dinner ladies used to say

Poo-er-ly

Sick does not mean exclusively “ vomiting “ - maybe in your part of the world - it’s used to mean any general illness. It’s easy to understand from the context “ I’m sick” versus “ I was sick”. That being said I also can’t stand poorly or tummy which are very “ middle class mummy” unless said sarcastically.Throw into the mix anyone who uses “ yummy mummy”. I’m not keen on “ wages” when referring to salary and add to the list the Americanism “ panties” and I’m about done. Very modest list I think.

But you are a bit moany and weak when you're poorly, so surely it's the perfect word 🤷‍♀️

@PineappleDanish that quiz! Wasn't expecting it to be as precise as that but it got my city (which isn't one I'd have considered to have a particularly distinct dialect).

@ChandlerIsTheBestFriend what do you call a pouch if not a pouch?

Where I’m from we always say we have three categories of illness:

Nae weel - mild cold, hay fever
Nae affy weel - anything beyond mild ... eg horrendous D&V that’s lasted five days or something
Affy nae weel - hospitalised, dying, or otherwise at risk of

Poorly tend to use when talking about kids , ill or sick or unwell for adults
Occasionally some might say feeling a bit under the weather ( or similar , not sure where that phrase comes from )

I like poorly. It's a little worse than "under the weather".

When someone has to take to their bed, they're "proper poorly". If they have to stay there for more than a day or two, they're ill, like with something that actually has a name.

Need to see a doctor = really ill
Hospitalisation a possibility = seriously ill

And the only meaning of the verb "to boob" is making a mistake, and it's an intransitive verb, so please stop boobing your babies.

Babying your boobies may be ok though.

Poorly is a perfectly normal word ,meaning you have some kind of sickness.

Dummy = the correct word for a fucking "Dodi”

Full name is dummy tit. (Because that’s what its purpose is-a fake nipple) Don’t suppose you advocate using that though? also someone upthread said dodie is a brand name for a dummy so it’s perfectly fine to use.

I use it when talking to my toddler. Though with older children I say, 'not very well'.

what do you call a pouch if not a pouch?

I rarely need to refer to one. I don’t use them.