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"Folks"
Loads of bods on here are increasingly refering to people as "folks"... is this an example of increasing Americanization
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07-03-2007, 01:04
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Re: "Folks"
i think i started saying that ,after watching paul o grady every night....
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07-03-2007, 01:31
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Re: "Folks"
The Modern English word "folk", derives from Old English "folc" meaning "common people", "men", "tribe" or "multitude". The Old English noun itself came from Proto-Germanic "*fulka"
Americanism my arse. It's about time you got your folking facts right. 
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07-03-2007, 01:44
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Sorry about you spitting beer on your trousers and making it look like you've wet yourself. 
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07-03-2007, 08:55
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Folk have been calling folk folk for donkey's years. The only difference is that Lancashire folk pronounce it 'foke'
Interesting that you used the term 'bod' Mancie. I used to say that a lot at work and one of the bosses asked me where I got it from as he said it was an old RAF term that he hadn't heard elsewhere in civvie street.
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07-03-2007, 19:26
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Re: "Folks"
I'm curious what you folk think of me using "you guys" alot? Any concerns or complaints about it?
Brian
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It makes us feel like extras in Friends, the ones always in the background in Central Perk. Awww, you Colonial guys.
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