FabSwingers.com forum: Why use ewes?

By *heIcebreakers OP Couple
over a year ago

Cramlington

No, not the obligatory joke about the Welsh.

I may be getting old, but why do some people go out of teir way to type 'use' 'yous' or even 'ewes' in messages as in 'How's yous?'

I understand that it's how some people speak, but why?

Are there other examples of dialect or vulgar speech that people find irritating or baffling?

Mr Icebreaker

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

Yous ok hun?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wiv

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Dat

Ova

Fort

Fink

Fanks. All grate on me.

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By *heIcebreakers OP Couple
over a year ago

Cramlington

"Yous ok hun?"
Last tie we got that in a message I wanted to reply 'Yes, we haven't started lambing yet' but I wasn't sure they'd get the joke...

Mr Icebreaker

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I travel all over the country, everyone speaks differently.

Dont dwell on it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nawty

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nawty

This!!

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By *ust PeachyWoman
over a year ago

Prestonish

Bad grammar and lazy spelling in general I’m not a fan of - but my single pet hate is ‘lol’! It’s so overused - and 99.9% of the time you can guarantee that what they’d ‘lol‘d isn’t remotely funny - let alone laugh out loud funny!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I travel all over the country, everyone speaks differently.

Dont dwell on it"

Apparently I completely misread the op.

Back to bed for me

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By *dam1971Man
over a year ago

Bedford

Language changes; we don’t speak the same as in medieval times, knowest thou

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bad grammar and lazy spelling in general I’m not a fan of - but my single pet hate is ‘lol’! It’s so overused - and 99.9% of the time you can guarantee that what they’d ‘lol‘d isn’t remotely funny - let alone laugh out loud funny! "

Lol, back on the day, stood for Little Old Lady.

Useless fact of the day haha!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gawgus.....hate it.

Along with did and day or any other form of text speak. In the 90s/early 00s shortened text was needed (still irritating though) now not so much.

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

"Wiv

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Ova

Fort

Fink

Fanks. All grate on me. "

Just reading that gave me an eye-twitch.

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

When they should of said “have”.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wiv

Dis

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Ova

Fort

Fink

Fanks. All grate on me.

Just reading that gave me an eye-twitch."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Forfil instead of fulfil. Never got that one! That’s annoying

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By *viatrixWoman
over a year ago

Redhill

Asdas

Tescos

Eurekas

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By *uenevereWoman
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"Wiv

Dis

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Ova

Fort

Fink

Fanks. All grate on me. "

All the above, plus ov or of instead of have. I also cringe at lots of text speak and long messages with no punctuation at all... partly because it hurts my head to figure it out.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wiv

Dis

Dat

Ova

Fort

Fink

Fanks. All grate on me.

All the above, plus ov or of instead of have. I also cringe at lots of text speak and long messages with no punctuation at all... partly because it hurts my head to figure it out."
I forgot about ov . They all make me shudder.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There are people under 40 on this site.

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

Lots of people in Liverpool say "yous" which I don't have a problem with but I still always find it a bit odd when they write it that way too.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

Gotten.

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By *heIcebreakers OP Couple
over a year ago

Cramlington

"Lots of people in Liverpool say "yous" which I don't have a problem with but I still always find it a bit odd when they write it that way too. "
It's a very common thing amongst young Geordies as well - it's not listed in either Danny the Red's book about Pitmatic of Heslop 9as I remember so I think it must bne another example of a kind of northern alternative to Estuary english.

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