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Why do people say "No fair"....

(15 Posts)
Gruntfuttock Mon 20-Jun-16 16:19:45

...when they mean "Not fair"? Where does that come from?

rosesarered Mon 20-Jun-16 16:20:38

A Scot started it?grin

thatbags Mon 20-Jun-16 16:21:55

What roses said smile

thatbags Mon 20-Jun-16 16:22:52

Where does gruntfuttock come from, if you don't mind my asking? Great username!

rosesarered Mon 20-Jun-16 16:25:56

Gruntfuttock comes from 'Round The Horne' radio show ( Kenneth Williams in fine folk song mode)........ Trunneling his wussocks etc.grin

wot Mon 20-Jun-16 16:27:02

Such a funny man, Kenneth Williams!!!

breeze Mon 20-Jun-16 16:56:40

Laziness. (see Kardashians in the dictionary).

thatbags Mon 20-Jun-16 17:57:43

Kardashian isn't in my dictionary, thankfully.

Just realised, the OP might have meant not pronounced with a glottal stop in place of the t rather than "no fair" as Scots say it. "No' fair".

Sorry. Wisnae clear, y'ken.

pensionpat Mon 20-Jun-16 18:20:58

I think it is an American expression.

grannylyn65 Mon 20-Jun-16 19:15:32

Deffo Scots!

annodomini Mon 20-Jun-16 20:10:05

Being an 'exiled' Scot, I may not be up to date with the current state of the dialect, but I should have thought 'It's nae fair' would be more likely than 'It's no fair'.

annodomini Mon 20-Jun-16 20:10:06

Being an 'exiled' Scot, I may not be up to date with the current state of the dialect, but I should have thought 'It's nae fair' would be more likely than 'It's no fair'.

annodomini Mon 20-Jun-16 20:10:06

Being an 'exiled' Scot, I may not be up to date with the current state of the dialect, but I should have thought 'It's nae fair' would be more likely than 'It's no fair'.

annodomini Mon 20-Jun-16 20:10:10

Being an 'exiled' Scot, I may not be up to date with the current state of the dialect, but I should have thought 'It's nae fair' would be more likely than 'It's no fair'.

grannylyn65 Mon 20-Jun-16 20:14:26

Yes anno!! got it!!