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Prolly

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Baggs Sat 29-Jan-22 08:36:54

It's a song apparently. I've no idea where or when I heard it.

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Baggs Sat 29-Jan-22 08:28:55

PS Not for formal use obv, but fine for casual social media.

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Baggs Sat 29-Jan-22 08:27:24

I love prolly. Also brolly. And collywollydoodlealltheday.

Where is that last from? Anyone?

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Oopsadaisy1 Sat 29-Jan-22 08:25:43

We always say ‘nice’ when confronted by something that isn’t ‘nice’ .

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MaizieD Sat 29-Jan-22 08:21:50

biglouis

The one which annoys me is "naice" for an area. Why not just say you live in a pleasant middle class suburb!

It may be because 'naice' isn't always pleasant middle class.

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sodapop Sat 29-Jan-22 07:38:59

That brought back memories Blossoming I loved Just William.

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biglouis Sat 29-Jan-22 01:08:24

The one which annoys me is "naice" for an area. Why not just say you live in a pleasant middle class suburb!

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FannyCornforth Thu 13-Jan-22 03:21:00

A prolific and well known GN poster used it yesterday!

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lemongrove Wed 12-Jan-22 22:00:51

Oh yes, William always said prolly, well remembered Bloss

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Blossoming Wed 12-Jan-22 21:52:00

The first place I saw it was in a ‘Just William’ book.

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lemongrove Wed 12-Jan-22 21:49:05

Lost count of the number of people I’ve heard who say skelinton and chimley ( skeleton and chimney)? Mostly in the London area though not all.

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GagaJo Wed 12-Jan-22 20:53:43

It's not an error. It's slang.

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Caleo Wed 12-Jan-22 20:50:35

I read 'prolly' substituted for 'probably' written by an American who posted to a discussion group, and elsewhere. Is it a common error? Is it an American error?

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