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Old Apr 18th 2013, 11:27 pm
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Old Apr 19th 2013, 1:13 am
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I still use "Language, Timothy" at work when my boss swears...

He's not even called Tim and no one else there gets it, oh well
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Old Apr 22nd 2013, 2:43 pm
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When you can really notice the silence because you didn't say 'bless you' when someone sneezed

Eight years here and it still makes me uncomfortable when someone says it to me ...
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
..... Eight years here and it still makes me uncomfortable when someone says it to me ...
Someone saying "bless you!" makes you uncomfortable? ..... May I recommend that you don't move any further south or south east from your current location, as your discomfort level is likely to grow exponentially the further south/ south east you travel.
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Someone saying "bless you!" makes you uncomfortable? ..... May I recommend that you don't move any further south or south east from your current location, as your discomfort level is likely to grow exponentially the further south/ south east you travel.
Isn't there a 'sir/ma'am' on the end of 'bless you' in the south?
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Old Apr 22nd 2013, 3:12 pm
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
Someone saying "bless you!" makes you uncomfortable? ..... May I recommend that you don't move any further south or south east from your current location, as your discomfort level is likely to grow exponentially the further south/ south east you travel.
Bloody right it does, anything with forced/overly outward religious overtones annoys the shit out of me.
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Bloody right it does, anything with forced/overly outward religious overtones annoys the shit out of me.
But I grew up with everyone saying it in the UK, never really thought about it being religous just thought it was a jokey thing to say...
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Originally Posted by Cardienscarf
Isn't there a 'sir/ma'am' on the end of 'bless you' in the south?!
Nooo! ..... But there is also a "bless your heart", which except when said by your grandmother, when it is an expression of sympathy, can be roughly translated as "You're an idiot!"

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
...... anything with forced/overly outward religious overtones annoys the shit out of me.
Mrs P says "Gesundheit!" .... Now that is damned irritating!

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Old Apr 22nd 2013, 3:30 pm
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But I grew up with everyone saying it in the UK, never really thought about it being religous just thought it was a jokey thing to say...
I rarely heard it there. When I did, it was just as annoying. This one is content/context related annoyance, rather than geographical.

I only really noticed it since moving here because it seems like everyone says it (except me ).
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
I rarely heard it there. When I did, it was just as annoying. This one is content/context related annoyance, rather than geographical.

I only really noticed it since moving here because it seems like everyone says it (except me ).
Yes everyone says it - I think people only said it to their companions in the UK, ie did not shout it across a store at a stranger?
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Old Apr 22nd 2013, 3:41 pm
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
Yes everyone says it - I think people only said it to their companions in the UK, ie did not shout it across a store at a stranger?


I think the only person I ever heard say it was my mum and probably my granny when I was a child but at work/out with mates or after I grew up at home, I never heard it.

It's like people who use the word 'blessed' instead of 'quite fortunate' and I know there are religious overtones there because the people who use it (invariably in arsebook posts) are certified god botherers. For the sake of balance, a couple of old school friends in the UK are guilty of that too, before anyone accuses me of picking on Americans
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
It's like people who use the word 'blessed' instead of 'quite fortunate' and I know there are religious overtones there because the people who use it (invariably in arsebook posts) are certified god botherers. For the sake of balance, a couple of old school friends in the UK are guilty of that too, before anyone accuses me of picking on Americans
I do find that use somewhat annoying here.

One that annoys me in England is people saying, "Aah, bless!" whenever discussing something a child has done. It sounds so thick.
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An acceptable 'Blessed'.

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I do find that use somewhat annoying here.

One that annoys me in England is people saying, "Aah, bless!" whenever discussing something a child has done. It sounds so thick.
Yeah, I never could work out WTF that was all about.

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Well, of course.
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
When you can really notice the silence because you didn't say 'bless you' when someone sneezed

Eight years here and it still makes me uncomfortable when someone says it to me ...
++ Same here. I just don't respond. IS there a response that is meant to be given? It just creeps me out.
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