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Having ‘a cuppa’

524 replies

ConstantlyFuriosa · 19/04/2026 10:49

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?

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Topraythingsgetbetter · 19/04/2026 19:38

asdbaybeeee · 19/04/2026 11:04

What’s your view on holibobs ?

😂

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 19/04/2026 19:40

nomas · 19/04/2026 19:35

It literally says it is in the first line Hmm

I know that. I wasn’t accusing anyone of anything - just commenting ‘good old AI’. Not sure why it elicited that face

Mobysdick · 19/04/2026 19:41

Brew. Rage inducing.

nomas · 19/04/2026 19:44

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 19/04/2026 19:40

I know that. I wasn’t accusing anyone of anything - just commenting ‘good old AI’. Not sure why it elicited that face

It sounded like you thought I was trying to pass of AI search results as my own words.

ConstantlyFuriosa · 19/04/2026 19:47

I wonder what AI really thinks about the use of ‘cuppa’.

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LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 19/04/2026 19:47

nomas · 19/04/2026 19:44

It sounded like you thought I was trying to pass of AI search results as my own words.

Then you were wrong. No need to get defensive when someone isn’t have a pop at you.

BananaPeels · 19/04/2026 19:50

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 19/04/2026 18:51

In some areas it may be.

i have never called the evening meal tea so I wouldn’t expect to differentiate

It’s an easy way to distinguish northerners from southerners!

MadamRaz · 19/04/2026 19:52

A friend of mine calls it a mugga. "Popping in for a mugga?"

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 19/04/2026 19:56

BananaPeels · 19/04/2026 19:50

It’s an easy way to distinguish northerners from southerners!

Except not everyone is a northerner or a southerner.. there are whole
swathes of the country which aren’t north or south 😬

BananaPeels · 19/04/2026 20:01

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 19/04/2026 19:56

Except not everyone is a northerner or a southerner.. there are whole
swathes of the country which aren’t north or south 😬

How can you not be either northern or southern? I’m northern born btw so happily in the tea time based camp! Southern DH has never heard the phrase!

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 19/04/2026 20:03

Because, despite what you all seem to think, there’s an area in the middle. Can you guess what it’s called!

BananaPeels · 19/04/2026 20:08

Yeah my family are from there but they are southern! North starts about Sheffield.

i feel this is a whole other topic!

springintospring26 · 19/04/2026 20:30

'A wine' is vomit inducing as are 'Come round for some wines'
It's a bloody glass of wine you philistine

Toottooot · 19/04/2026 20:32

Prefer wee cuppy. Onybidy funcy a wee cuppy?

TheDelcosArabiaNSoul · 19/04/2026 20:37

If yir making it ma quine..is there a funcy piece.

SALaw · 19/04/2026 20:44

PuzzlesintheMorning · 19/04/2026 18:30

"Takeaway fish and chips" means fish and chips, or anything else available in the fish and chip shop, surely.

Or would you say "You can't have sausage and chips, because although the fish and chip shop sells sausages you can only have fish and chips unless I list every item on the menu when describing the kind of takeaway you can buy in a fish and chip shop".

"Takeaway fish and chips" works very well in our family, because everyone knows exactly what's available in the fish and chip shop.

No clearly I wouldn’t say that because I would say “chippy tea” which is a better description than “takeaway fish and chips” for those not ordering fish and chips from said takeaway establishment.

CurdinHenry · 19/04/2026 20:49

ConnieHeart · 19/04/2026 11:19

Doesn't bother me. I use the term for any hot drink really. If I offer someone a cuppa I don't necessarily mean tea. I'm just offering them a cup of something. Their choice. If I'm asking OH if he wants a tea, I'll ask him exactly that as he doesn't drink any other hot drink

I mean everyone wants wine instead

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 19/04/2026 21:02

BananaPeels · 19/04/2026 20:08

Yeah my family are from there but they are southern! North starts about Sheffield.

i feel this is a whole other topic!

Edited

I actually like being a Midlander, if for no other reason than we get to avoid the north/south bollocks

ForCosyLion · 19/04/2026 21:08

ConstantlyFuriosa · 19/04/2026 14:22

With bags of lettuce, tomatoes and lashings of ginger beer?

🤣 Yes, and with Timmy wanting to be fed scraps from the table!

HaveACuppaBrew · 19/04/2026 21:09

Love Cuppa and Brew.
Also love Sainsbos, Mozzas, Tezzers and
The Asda.

Hate Tommy K, Hot Choc, Nuggs, Yorkies (for the dog breed or the pudding) Landy (Land Rover),
Runners (for trainers).

ruethewhirl · 19/04/2026 21:10

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 19/04/2026 19:28

No.

So why say tea isn't a meal if you're perfectly aware that many people do use 'tea' to describe a meal? 🤔

HaveACuppaBrew · 19/04/2026 21:10

Also love a Cocky T 🍹

ButterYellowHair · 19/04/2026 21:10

Cuppa and cup of sound identical in my accent so it’s never bothered me

ConstantlyFuriosa · 19/04/2026 21:11

HaveACuppaBrew · 19/04/2026 21:10

Also love a Cocky T 🍹

Now you’re just taking the piss

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AccordingToWhom · 19/04/2026 21:12

I hate it.

'Brew' is even worse though.