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.

Chandler never needed one since I was about 3...I had a pink one and an orange one, and one day they were forcibly taken from me and put on a v high shelf.
At least I'm not bitter about it.

Poor and Door definitely do rhyme

If I can remember correctly, "Poorly" is a word often used by nursing staff about patients on the ward to assess their state of health. Family ring up to be told "he's a bit poorly today".

In the north west if that means anything.

Teesside dodi, not dodo! Not actually seen it written down so unsure of spelling!

Agreed.

Never heard of dodi.

Would only use poorly, booboo or boop with reference to/whilst talking to a small child.

"ill" or "rough" will do just fine for adults!

How do you NOT rhyme them??

Pooor and Dore.

Only my cat is poorly, the rest of us are unwell or ill.

Never heard “poorly sick” before.

The word that annoys me is “icky” and it came out of nowhere! Now lots of intelligent adults use it. It’s very

If “icky” is unique to Cornwall then I’m moving away after lockdown

Sick- vomiting
Poorly -ill

That's what I grew up with, where it was standard language, whether rich or poor, highly educated or not.

So no, I'm not changing it because summertime can't cope with regional usage.

Someone, even!

In Ireland we never say poorly or ill. It’s always sick.
I like the word poorly, but have never said it. But I find ill really jarring...

I also dislike poorly and dodi.

One of my most hated words which I think is so wet and gets used on here all the time is cross. I thought that it was only ever used in a "mummy is getting cross now!" type of way but apparently not. It feels like getting cross is an underwhelming reaction to something. It's like the first notch on the anger scale.

Completely agree. 'Poorly' invites sympathy, without being strong enough to imply that somebody is really ill, so you feel as if you are in a grey area where you are going to have talk about somebody's runny nose.

I'm Welsh so I can say poorly as much as I like . I only use it when an ill child, only ones being carried, is brought into the surgery where I work when they are seeing the GP. I wouldn't use it for anyone older than 5.

Honestly these threads are so fucking tedious

Ooooops I use poorly and dodi haha. Public enemy number one 😁😁

I must admit I hate when people say they're sick. It always makes me think they're actually vomiting

I prefer saying poorly to saying that you’re badly.

sara yes! Although I agree that summertime seems to bring out some odd word associations

and for others, poor/door is pronounced like "paw" in this house.

Agree, it’s up there with tummy and grown ups.

Up here we pronounce is as poo-a-lee and for some reason I love it

That's a step up from pooh-were-leh

I've not RTFT but YANBU, 'poorly' is one of those words (another is 'moist') which should be forbidden except if they are in an Alan Bennett monologue.

I say poorly but it is a bit of a relaxed intimate way of speaking. I wouldn't ring in to work and be poorly but say Ill, unwell or I'm calling in sick.

I'm sick just sounds american english to me - I say, I'm ill, or not well.

My DP is from Ireland and he says "biccie" and that sounds rather indulgent to me, as its a infantilised versiion of a real word, whereas 'poorly' is different to ill or unwell

How do you NOT rhyme them??

By saying them in my normal voice.

@isabellerossignol haha. Can someone write the phonetic pronunciation whereby poor and door do not rhyme? And put and but

YABU

Poorly is a perfectly acceptable term and I use about myself and others. In fact, I have recently been ill with suspected COVID, and described myself as poorly quite frequently.