"Folks"
 

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

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

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

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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.:D

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

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

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

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

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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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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.:D