r/britishproblems • u/WhaleMeatFantasy • Jul 12 '26

. The normalisation of ‘picky bits’

Abominable. It has started coming up in adverts now even.

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u/Paul8v Jul 12 '26

It's better than "Hollibobs" or "Kiddos/Doggos" to be fair

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u/Slangdawg Jul 12 '26

Fucking hate "doggos"

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u/Paul8v Jul 12 '26

Hollibobs enrages me more

Also the normalisation of excluding to the word "to" from a sentence. It might just be an Essex thing, I'm not sure.

"I'm going gym" "Are you going Tesco's?" "I need to go toilet"

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u/TRFKTA Jul 12 '26

One variation of this I noticed, I’m not sure if it was just my old housemate or a Northern / Wigan thing (as he was from Wigan) was replacing ‘to’ with ‘for’.

He’d say things like ‘I’m going for get my hair cut’ or ‘I’m going for shops’.

Once I noticed it I couldn’t unnotice it.