That's Nice or is it Marvellous, Brilliant, Kind, Comforting, Pretty ....?

A relative uses 'nice' several times in a sentence - and all the time. I end up just counting the 'nices'!

My primary and secondary school both taught the rule of "no to nice" but now I use it with impunity! It's nice!

Nice and Got were banned at my grammar school.

I think as long as you are nice you probably don't mind people using the word "nice"

Or you could use: He's just not very "nice"

That is not a "nice" way to behave.

Be nice?

I only ever use nice to mean nice.
The world is full of nice things, and places, and people.

If it wasn't for the nice, we wouldn't be able to appreciate the awesome, super and brilliants.

Our teacher didn't like the word "get" .

I don’t know why some of you feel that you have to defend and make excuses for saying nice. It’s a word that is used a lot in the 50s old films it would have been ‘really nice to meet you’ or ‘he’s terribly nice ‘ I like it better then cool.

I'm o.k. with "nice' - even though sometimes used in a derogatory way. Driven to distraction by the constant use of "Wow", "Awesome" and "Amazing", though, to respond to the most banal of comments. Good example of this - an average response by Prince Harry.

Having been reminded of not using the word nice, at School I dont think I use it often, but one thing with the word nice which makes me shudder is the American use "have a nice day".

Rufus

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Have you been somewhere nice?

Yes, you're right Delilah, nice was a word with negative undertones in old French as are many words with the prefix ne or ni. I believe it meant stupid or silly.

I've noticed that our highly-educated PM is very fond of the adjective 'fantastic' , as in 'people getting off benefits and finding a 'fantastic job'. As if!

Ha, I guessed correctly about whichbword the OP meant!!

Well I wouldn’t worry about what a teacher said, lol I like the word nice, there’s far worse words out there

it has it's place, not everything is amazing or lovely or tasty or enjoyable or wonderful. It can be quite nuanced [?] and is often a shorthand for something else, and no reason why you can't expand it a bit. It can just be neutral too, eg it is nice to be home and to be able to relax in front of a warm fire versus it's wonderful to be home and to be able to relax etc, a more neutral word might be good, but maybe the reason someone is home is not good....nice is in modern usage fairly neutral

'Got' - our grammar teacher at school use to yell find the right verb'

Growing up in Scotland we were taught never to use the verb "to get"" in any of its forms if we could find a synonym."What did you get for Christmas? was automatically corrected to "What were you given for Christmas?"

It annoys me when people use "to get" all the time, but I become even more annoyed when people say, "Can I " instead of "May I " or" under the circumstances! instead of "in the circumstances"

Banning words now Mmmmmkay.

Yehbutnobut
Such as myself who 'cringe' on hearing the word 'like' used as in ''I was 'like' at home /I was 'like' talking to'

I remember being told not to use 'nice' too often, but I don't remember there being a ban on 'got'. What is wrong with 'got'?

'He has got a red hat' sounds ok to me. You could say 'owns', but I don't understand why that would be better English.

'They have got to go to the Post Office'. Ok, you could miss out 'got to' here, and use 'they have to go . . .'.

'They got into trouble for parking in the wrong place'. Can't see a problem with that one.

So is it 'got to' in the sense of 'must' that is frowned upon? I am intrigued .

If you can't be nice, you probably don't use "nice"

Granny23 Same as you. Still cringe when I hear it being used.

Ellianne, I read that the word nice originated from a French word meaning foolish or ignorant.

Same here, always told not to use that word and to think of a better one. can't actually say I always remember.