People who refer to other people as 'folk'

[BilliousBob]

People who do this make my teeth curl. AIBU

Teeth do not curl.

They don't itch, either. Neither blood nor piss boils.

Why are you singling out this particular expression?

Ew. I think it's unreasonable that your teeth curl. Nothing queer as folk.

Not as bad as "chaps"

Meh. It's gender neutral and is said quite often in the countryside.

And the OP specifically said "folk", not "folks". So why are people jumping in to defend the latter when nobody suggested there was anything wrong with it?

I'm in Scotland. I use it quite a lot.

Not to me. Think people are confusing 'folks' (bit American) with 'folk' (British/maybe Scottish). As in, there was a load of folk at the party vs hi folks.

I’m Scottish and say this too.

I 💕 'personages'.

It’s cringy, though not as bad as “folks”. “People” and “everyone/everybody/all” are perfectly fine words that don’t sound like you’re pretending to be a cowboy.

It’s not better than “guys”, “peeps”, etc. - still just sounds like corporate we’re-all-in-this-together bullshit.

I actually quite like using "chaps" and "folk". My dad used to called us "guys" as children occasionally (as in "come on, you guys") and it used to really irk my mum sometimes 🤣

Teeth itch
Hair curl

I’m Scottish too and would say it’s v common here

Folx is awful. Peeps is unbearably twee.

It doesnt bother me

Do you mean itch OP?

Meh. It's gender neutral and is said quite often in the countryside. I think more in town from middle class mummies.

And, if you are a genuine, bona fide cowboy, are you then allowed to use "folk"?

It is a regional thing and also used in America a lot (both folk and folks are commonly used in the US). Does this actually annoy you? Its sounds quite insular and snobby to post about this.

I bet there are lots that folk round your way say that I would

US use of "folks" is variable; can be folk ("Folks are upset about cost of living increases") but can also mean one's parents ("Are your folks back east?" "She still lives with her folks"). "Folx" is the work of an social science undergraduate doing that "start a pointless social trend and track it online" exercise.

Doesn't piss off people who find 'peeps' wrong on some level.

Peeps are never wrong!!

I would hate

Sorry folks autocorrect got me there.

Well folk music has been around for centuries.
But you know op different strokes for different folk.

It's the perfect word to follow woke.

I didn't used to mind it; thought it quite friendly in the 'nowt so queer as folk' type way, and also noticed it used on MN, especially on the home ed boards. Recently, though, it seems to be used in an almost passive aggressive way, especially around the trans debate (maybe as it's seen as gender neutral).