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’ve been trying over and over and I cannot get lure to rhyme with myrrh.

Lol at the tray for the girl who's "bad in bed" 🤣

Depends who it is - kids 'are poorly'

DP says he feels 'rough'. Since lockdown he has felt 'rough' a few times and taken himself off to his bed, asks have we got paracetamol etc. I have zero sympathy and usually ignore him as he is a moany hypochrondriac. If I do go and see him he is playing on his phone.
If he said he felt poorly I'd lamp him one.

I usually say I feel ill, that sums it up nicely!

Moist is a word I love to say.
So many people shudder

I like cunt too

I love the word poorly and will keep using it.

Except that lure, cure and moor, none of those rhyme

They do in some parts of the country.

loo-wuh, cue-wuh and moo-wuh.

Poorly is the perfect moany word to describe being unwell 🤧

Seriously?!

Ha! I'm in the North too, but here it would be "badly in bed".
"Poorly bad" is somethingvI heard a lot in childhood, but less so now. "Proper poorly" and "right poorly" are zlso things you don't want to be.

I hate the word poorly as well. Really makes me cringe.

I went from Scotland to the Midlands in a healthcare job.

The first few poorly patients I saw I thought had escaped from a Dicken's novel, but eventually I realised I was swimming against the tide and grew to love it and even adopted it....

I say 'poorly' - my Nan used to say it - I didn't realise there was anything odd or irritating about it until this thread

Poorly is more for kids, Id say funny tummy for D&V or the squits for diarrhoea.
Always hate dodi, but thankfully neither of mine used dummies anyway so never had all that hassle anyway.
I don't understand the Irish phrase of 'happy out' for when someone is okay...what if you're in, can you still be happy? Or can I be okay but not specifically happy. It wrecks my head to be honest, but thankfully it seems to have died down where I am in the last 5 years or so.
I also hate ick, booboo, pants for trousers, pantyhose for tights, panties for pants/knickers. Other than that I am pretty laid back

Poorly is properly twee. Why not just say so and so is sick or ill. Gets on my nerves.

If you're really posh you can have MORE grouse shooters on your MOOR, pronounced exactly the same. Whereas the locals say moor like 'moo' er, for moor, and 'maw'er for more.

My mum used to say "Are you poorly?" To mean "Are you having a period?" ...That used to piss me off loads!!!
In our house we have an Obie rather than a Dodie as that's the noise our disabled son could use ! It's still an Obie now and hes 10 and loves an Obie for her and for chewing !!!

Sick is Puke!

I don't understand the Irish phrase of 'happy out'

I have spent days of my life trying to unravel the difference between being simply ‘happy’ and being ‘happy out’.

It is different. Even I believe it now. No one can quite put that difference into words though.

I’ve never heard “happy out” before!

Most of us have a mix of slang/expressions because we are a mix. I can think of Irish, Welsh, English and Northern/Southern/Eastern/Western colloquial expressions used in our family due to the mix of birth, parents, marriage, locations of living and close friends and family while growing up.

Poorly is a great descriptive word and language is at its best when it’s malleable.

I'm afraid I have always struggled with 'poorly' too! I've lived in the UK for over 20 years and so have heard it loads but for some reason it makes my skin crawl. No doubt there are words I use that have a similar affect on non-Irish listeners :)

Poorly is an awful word. I just say I'm not well or ill

Haven’t heard anyone say ‘poorly’ since about 1981, I hate it too, luckily no one uses it near me!

Another great Northern Irish word that doesn’t translate is ‘foundered’. As in ‘I am foundered.’

Shows off Northern Irish vowel sounds beautifully too

I'm Irish living in ireland and I love the English usage of the word poorly, probably because it's not used in that context here.

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

My husband thinks I'm weird for being annoyed about this