"Folks"

[Mancie]

Loads of bods on here are increasingly refering to people as "folks"... is this an example of increasing Americanization ...? I know I've done it myself!

 

[grannyclaret]

i think i started saying that ,after watching paul o grady every night....

 

[cherokee]

im always saying it , but then i always have...

 

[garinda]

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.

 

[Mancie]

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.

Ok PMSL.. thanks for making me spit my beer all over my KB..well what more can I say other than "fukla"?

 

[garinda]

Ok PMSL.. thanks for making me spit my beer all over my KB..well what more can I say other than "fukla"?

Yes it was a particularly good reply. It should win an award.

Sorry about you spitting beer on your trousers and making it look like you've wet yourself.

 

[Mick]

There is also another one that gets used its "you lot"

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

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.

 

[LancYorkYankee]

I'm curious what you folk think of me using "you guys" alot? Any concerns or complaints about it?

Brian

 

[garinda]

I'm curious what you folk think of me using "you guys" alot? Any concerns or complaints about it?

Brian

It makes us feel like extras in Friends, the ones always in the background in Central Perk.

Awww, you Colonial guys.