To really wish posters would stop using ‘naice’

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It was amusing many years ago when it was first used but now it’s just so old and a little bit lame.

That Balonz thread was the funniest thing ever on here.

Sacrilege 😮

@Blondiney

I can remember my Mum and my Aunty using a piss taking 'naice' 40 years ago, although theirs used to be 'quite naice' I think. Definitely not just a MN thing.

It's horrible though. Embarrassing. Nobody should take the mick out of other people's accents.

@Zarene

I don't mind it.

The inanities about leaving washing overnight makes me cringe though. No idea why it's considered funny by anyone over 6.

Fuck you've just reminded me that my washing is still outside!

It can stay out there too, til tomorrow.

I remember opening a thread about washing being left out overnight and something about spider willies and almost dislocated myself from the inward cringe.

I still don’t get it. The fact that posters keep doing it is baffling to me. I must be missing some social etiquette about not leaving washing out overnight or something.

@TheKeatingFive

That Balonz thread was the funniest thing ever on here.

Sacrilege 😮

Whether it was or not originally funny it wasn't isn't the point; it's the endless regurgitation of it, with exclamation marks, as if it's still hilarious or the regurgitator has been clever or witty.

It’s when someone writes
‘Some picky bits and naice bread’ 🤮
Ultimate cringe!

Whether it was or not originally funny it wasn't isn't the point

Oh it was. And I love being reminded of it.

It’s a Sussex name 😂

Yes yes, “picky tea”

And it’s not washing being left overnight that’s funny, it’s the bizarre issues posters had with it and the weird explanations (darker on/spider willies)

It's horrible though. Embarrassing. Nobody should take the mick out of other people's accents.

@Maggiesfarm, I'll be sure to pass your message on to my Mother and Aunty. I'm sure they'll be deeply ashamed of being scolded by a finger-wagging stranger on the internet about a running joke they dared to have 40 fucking years ago.

More naice please. It's nostalgic, like farking and norks.

Dunno what you mean, @mafted

Someone up thread says "no one knows what the biscuit means" which is not true! Gordon Brown came on and was asked his fave biscuit and couldn't answer and that's the origin of the biscuit. Happy to be corrected if that's not true.

But that doesn't really explain why it's used the way it is, @arcof

@Blondiney

It's horrible though. Embarrassing. Nobody should take the mick out of other people's accents.

@Maggiesfarm, I'll be sure to pass your message on to my Mother and Aunty. I'm sure they'll be deeply ashamed of being scolded by a finger-wagging stranger on the internet about a running joke they dared to have 40 fucking years ago.

I wasn't thinking of your mum and aunty, more about how it is used on here to deride someone's accent and remembering something: I have witnessed that being done to someone in real life and it is really horrible. I daresay your mum and aunt were having a private joke together, not trying to put somebody else down.

There's nothing wrong with regional accents.

@arcof

Someone up thread says "no one knows what the biscuit means" which is not true! Gordon Brown came on and was asked his fave biscuit and couldn't answer and that's the origin of the biscuit. Happy to be corrected if that's not true.

Very interesting, but you still haven't told us what the biscuit means!

Or how is that meaning related to the Gordon Brown thing?

I think it's ok for common people to laugh at the way posh people talk, but not the other way round

Murielspriggs why do you want to laugh at how posh people talk? And if you do, why shouldn’t they defend themselves?

@Strokethefurrywall

I remember opening a thread about washing being left out overnight and something about spider willies and almost dislocated myself from the inward cringe.

I still don’t get it. The fact that posters keep doing it is baffling to me. I must be missing some social etiquette about not leaving washing out overnight or something.

Again, it's an in joke. Someone once started a thread about washing being left out overnight, a load of posters gave bizarre responses about why it was terrible, an in joke was born.

You don't have to participate if it's not your thing, but this is what happens in communities. In jokes.

@Andante57

I think it's ok for common people to laugh at the way posh people talk, but not the other way round

Murielspriggs why do you want to laugh at how posh people talk? And if you do, why shouldn’t they defend themselves?

I agree but somebody young and shy wouldn't know how to defend themselves.

Its is so unfair. If it was the other way round, it would be considered rude. Someone who speaks well is entitled to the same respect as anyone else.

It's the person that counts, not their accent.

Generally, it is OK to punch up, and not down.

But punching up or down aren't the same in all contexts. I once got followed by a group of youths who were mocking my accent as I was on the phone. On the one hand, it's probably fair to say I've had more life advantages and privileges than they had had. On the other, there was a group of them, all male, and only one of me, and it was intimidating.

On MN, though, take the piss all you want. I'm in no danger.

How about I promise not to use 'naice' if you don't use 'lame ?'

Punching either way is crap. I went to a school in a rough area, but because my accent was considered slightly posher I was picked on. This is now called punching up but it felt horrible.
I don't know why people object so much to other people's speech patterns or sayings. Some are regional, some are family quirks, some are cultural, all are valid.

The one that annoys me is when someone describes something with the word Think.... dh is a high earner (think 6 figure salary) DS plays a sport (think junior level training )

The most ridiculous one I ever saw was a poster who said ‘I need to fly to somewhere near to and similar to Australia, but not Australia. Think New Zealand’. So New fucking Zealand then!

The ‘D’ thing reached its nadir for me when someone started a thread about her ‘DSTBXBIL’. That’s her soon-to-be ex-brother-in-law, in case you were wondering what the fuck it could possibly mean. It can’t have been any quicker than typing ‘My ex’s brother’, and certainly wasn’t any clearer.

I don’t know about naice, but nice itself grates. A nice meal or a nice hotel etc.

It probably stems from not being allowed to use the word in English classes when I was at school.