Cuppa or Hot Beverage?

[HelenMumsnet]

Hello. The result of our cup of tea emoticon poll show a clear win for the cuppa fans.

So.... all that remains is to decide what text we all type in to make our cup of tea emoticon appear.

Would you like [cuppa] ?

Or the rather less liquid-specific/more amusing but longer-to-type [hot beverage] ?

Do let us know...

[cuppa] is surely going to get a pouncing on from the "properUseofEnglish" nazis....

is great but as a Southerner up north it sounds like a very northern expression.

[tea] seems to be a good alternative for reasons nicky2times suggests.

lolol at all the threads about this.

Storm in a [Hot Bev]?

I still think it should be [t].
Then it also stands for "time out", which after all is what a [hot beverage] is all about, right?

Not . Not ever .

You see, now I'm getting swayed by the temptation of being able to call someone a [mug]. Think it would get over-used in Relationships though.

I like [cuppa]. Not keen on .

Although [mug] is rather appealing for the reasons already given!

I don't like hot drinks, or wine, but doubt the [nice cold glass of summer fruits cordial] emoticon would catch on really, so I'll opt for .

[mug]

emoticons should have to work for a living - so multiple uses are an advantage, not a disadvantage

I do think [mug] sounds quite cosy and comforting. And would encompass all hot beverages.

And I could blame myself if people started calling me a [mug]

But is lovely.

Does tha want a brew?

MNHQ are you really stuck with a cup and saucer emoticon? Could you not get tech's crayons back out pop back to emoticons'r'us and swap it for a mug?

What Systems said....

systemsaddict Fri 11-Feb-11 12:43:31
I think you have to think of the syntax here. People are going to type, 'here, have a [...]', aren't they? The way they type, 'here, have a ' or 'here, have some '. So, it needs to fit in with that. You wouldn't say 'here, have a [mug]', would you? You would say 'have a ', or 'have a [cuppa]'. (And no one would say 'have a [hot beverage]'.)

Must say I was expecting a mug, not that I would call anyone a mug :o

Am actually surprised, considering I was the one who campaigned for this, that MNHQ thought a posh cup and saucer appropriate. I mean, builders usually use mugs...

Perhaps this means they think I'm posher than I am! Well, I suppose I do wear a tie....

Well Norman you could always pop over to the camper van and borrow their saucers from the dining set to "posh up" your building site!

Personally me thinks this is all just a delaying tactic to the launch of the [mug]

I thought those "saucers" were plates, NewStig!

Must say I'm looking forward to actually seeing this emoticon.....

[Brew] but a mug emoticon and not cup and saucer.

(slurps from mug)

Glad I'm not the only one who slurps....

Do you also go aaaaaahhhhhhh....... afterwards?

Well if needs must norman you'll have to use a plate!

aaaaahhhhh - absolutely :)

for me too

Norman, my DS (23 months) does, after his father put him up to it. He has milk, of course, not tea. But drinks it in a very stereotype 70s man type fashion.

a vote for [cuppa] from me

but then again i'm a ponce and like cup and saucer for tea/coffee and also a bit of a food nazi and refuse to call instant coffee a

Another vote for

Rather bemused at all the threads about this. Just goes to prove that MNetters will discuss anything to avoid doing housework.

I vote for [tea] or , for the syntax reason.

Can you not make [tea] and [coffee] both default to the cup and saucer emoticon thus pleasing everyone except the hot choc and bovril section?