Having ‘a cuppa’

[ConstantlyFuriosa]

Why does this sentence infuriate me so? I already know I’m probably being unreasonable but it’s so grating. I can’t be the only one?

Yes I hate "a tea". No idea why. "A coffee" is fine; but it has to be "a cuppa/cup of tea" or even "mug of tea".

My colleague calls a spreadsheet a “spready” and it makes me murderous.

I don’t mind it. There’s plenty that get on my nerves though

Surely 'a tea' is to differentiate from appearing to offer someone food?

I don't drink tea or coffee so it doubly pisses me off. See also 'fancy a brew'

Rude 😂

All that means is that we having been doing it for years!😄
I come from the SE and every night as a 'saucepan lid' was sent 'up the apples and pears to Bedfordshire!' so I feel like cutesifying is a pretty ingrained habit in this country.

My Dh loathes it…I try to remember this and not say it but sometimes it just slips out!🙊

where did you come to England from?

I don't understand why that's complicated.

Em I don’t think I have? It’s about annoying abbreviations of words, that people find twee or childish. “Individual pie” is just a description.

I was wondering what you were on about with “chip supper” right enough. But “fish supper” isn’t the only thing available from the chippy so isn’t the equivalent of saying “chippy tea”?

Well I’m 47 and every chippy in sticks of Scotland I grew up in had a menu with a choice of items.

I guess so but chippy tea is really quite region specific, I think.

I would never have got anything except fish and chips so it was always for everyone a fish supper, specifically on a Friday.

Did you not have a fish supper then?

Not as bad as a post recently which used the word ‘smallies’ to describe children 🤮🤮🤮🤮

Because if I say to my family “don’t fancy takeaway fish and chips?” the answers will be “no I want takeaway sausage and chips”, “no I want takeaway haggis and chips” and “no I want takeaway burger and chips”. Whereas if I say “do you want a chippy tea?” they will all say yes and give me their order? What don’t you understand?

Yes but other people had eg haggis supper.

Many many places! But mainly West Glasgow. Then I was in York where again the norm was always fish ( haddock mainly). Then I moved more south ( Notts) and people were having saveloy and pies and gravy and mushy peas.
And kebabs.

Chippies in your region only sell fish?! They don’t have a big menu?!

Well as I say chippies in the 80s in sticks Scotland where I grew up had a varied menu. Well varied to the extent that it was all deep fried and served with chips, obviously.

No, I just meant that the phrase chippy tea isn't used everywhere.

Us Scots will start discussing pokes next!

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I think I became infected by "brew" when I went to Uni in the northwest.