To hate the word “brew”

[DinoHat]

Fancy a brew?

Makes my skin crawl. I can’t put my finger on it but it’s just an awful phrase.

Am I unhinged?

Poorly is awful, I agree but in these parts, unwell people are 'badly'. As in 'Derek's been badly with his chest'. That really is dreadful.

I hear you and I raise you 'hurty'. NEVER acceptable from ANYBODY over 5, unless they're doing the old joke about having a dentist's appointment

Brew is absolutely standard here in Manchester. Everyone says brew. I'm a Southerner but I like it

[quote DinoHat]@Shoppingwithmother my Mum calls all sweets “Tuffies” which is toffees with an accent [/quote]
Is your Mum from Derbyshire/ Nottingham?

@thepeopleversuswork

Basically this thread is an anti-northern thread then? Words are regional, if you were raised in and/or live where those words are used you would use them too

Its just gold old-fashioned snobbery tbh. "Cuppa" is more of a southern thing so I don't think its just regional. Any excuse for a good look down your nose at someone about something utterly trivial.

I cannot for the life of me see what anyone would find offensive about either.

No, I love some northern/midlands words (not from the UK originally) — mithered, nebby — but both brew and cuppa irrationally outrage me, along with sarnie, butty and sambo.

I kind of like ‘scran’ but it always gives me a vivid mental image of someone literally scratching their lunch out of the ground.

As someone who has lived near London all my life, I love Northern sayings! I also like the differences in pronouncing words such as grass and Bath! I don't use brew or cuppa personally but I don't think anything negative when others do.

Yes. She says “T-rar” for goodbye, and “makes your tabs laugh” when something is sour too

We said “ would you like a cup of coffee?” Rarely we offer tea because most people I know can’t stand hot tea. My supervisor always ask me how I can stand the taste of it.

But we do offer iced tea here in South of U.S. I always gladly accept because I love iced tea as long it is unsweetened and I use stevia sweetener in them (yeah, people hate the taste of stevia too but I never minded it)

Traditional slang and dialect words add to the great diversity and colourful expression in the English language.

Disliking such words seems to have a subtext of attempted superiority, when in fact to me it betrays insecurity, xenophobia and petit bourgeois snobbery.

It's shame that a lot of dialect and accents have been homogenised, and some have disappeared forever particularly in the South of England, to be replaced by a sort of bland, faux-posh, generic southern accent.

Brew is absolutely standard here in Manchester. Everyone says brew. I'm a Southerner but I like it

Certain parts of Manchester. That's what's great though, accents, dialects and sayings can vary quite a bit in the next town or district.

@Davros

"I think scran is an RAF word"

It was first documented in the 18th Century, it's possibly from Old Nordic and went into Scottish usage.

Being Northern, I do think this is based in snobbery and unconscious bias. If people are having the reaction that some claim to have to words, it isn't normal and I'd personally try to work out what was going on.

@OhCaptain

My DH used to say it.

He doesn’t anymore...

Poor chap, being bullied about his speech.

@dementedma

If you dont like brew or cuppa, how do you feel about a wet?

Oh god, tell me this isn’t a thing. “A wet”? 🤢

OP, YANBU. “A brew” sounds like it contains something solid. It makes me think of a cup of tea that’s been left for a day or so, tea bag still in, water now cold and opaque. Vile.

@Okbussitout

What doe a drive me mad is people thinking all people from the North speak the same. There's regional variations and then some of us don't have sting accents or use regional slang.

Or in the words from The Blood Donor, We're not all Rob Roys, said to Tony Hancock when he assumed a Scottish doctor would have a broad accent!

It's very chavvy. Not an expression I would use.

Wow. So regional dialect is 'chavvy' now?

@NameChangedForThisFeb21
What’s a piece?

I hate 'stew' as a description of a casserole-type dish. Just makes me think of boiled, watery, grey soggy overcooked...whatever... also maybe derived from 'stewed' tea in our house meaning ruined/old.

Causes slight confusion with some American influences in my life as casserole is basically anything produced in a baking dish... pasta etc...

Just because some people have strange ideas in their own heads about what certain words mean, it doesn't make the common and widespread use of those words by other people as wrong, awful or chavvy.

We should celebrate these differences, not judge them.

No one joining me with the "poorly" and "fib" hate?

Yes! God I despise the word poorly. It's such an MN word to me, I never hear it apart from on here.

Why can't we just use language properly?

"Would you like a tea or coffee?"

Brew, cuppa, sarnie, etc just sound awful

I've just said brew to my partner with thinking .

What about someone spelling it 'bru' on their aspirational Facebook MLM posts . Now THAT is shocking.

Or brekkie

@DinoHat
A Piece is a sandwich - only ever heard this in Scotland. However a Fancy Piece ( pronounced Fawncy piece) is a cake ( North East of Scotland).
I am truly fascinated by the richness of dialect words in the UK. I really hope all the comments are lighthearted!

In NI and I think Scotland, your piece is your packed lunch.
In dhs family a piece is bread with something like jam or mashed banana on it but no second slice of bread.

I'm still reeling from mil calling hot cross buns wee baps. Wee baps are boring bread rolls.

Brew is a Lancashire/Manchester thing isn’t it? My best friend and house mate at uni (from Manchester) always used to make a ‘brew’. I like it. It has comforting connotations for me.

[quote Pollypudding]@DinoHat
A Piece is a sandwich - only ever heard this in Scotland. However a Fancy Piece ( pronounced Fawncy piece) is a cake ( North East of Scotland).
I am truly fascinated by the richness of dialect words in the UK. I really hope all the comments are lighthearted![/quote]
I would never have guessed!

I’ve quite enjoyed reading all the comments.