I was coming along nicely. For example, I have "do I look bovvered?" off to a tee, and I can even tell you where it comes from and so on. And with boys of 12, 13 and 16 years old in my life, not to mention their mother, I am quite au fait, my dears, with "whatevah" as an expostulation. I also appreciate that the tone, and the amount of spit that accompanies it, conveys nuance.
Too late.
I am now cheerfully informed that these are outmoded. Indeed, most of the cheer seemed to derive from the fact that I was totally, like, out-of-date. By almost a whole half term? Gah!
The current, correct, use of these catchphrases appears to be "bovved?" and "wev".
As some things get shortened, life seems to get interminably longer.
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so, in the end we will just have w'e and bov then?
I think you may be about on the money there Fran. I am, as ever, a number of weeks behind. No doubt one or the other is down to an eyebrow twitch by now.
Oh well the eyebrow twitch, the lifted lip, the silent snarl and the almost invisible shrug are timeless classics.
And on the bright side, the little darlings might shorten themselves into silence which could be golden!
I just stick with my favorites and to hell with anyone who thinks I'm not cool!
I don't have a hope of keeping up with the kids.
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