I use this so much that I feel called out right now 😂
🇬🇧“How dare you?”
🇺🇸”This mother fucker!”
I want to hear Samuel L Jackson say it.. 😄
It’s the middle class version of it. We have “u wot mait?” in my area.
Kurtan in This Country has an excellent “I beg your pardon?” that always makes it sound as though he’s never heard anything so offensive in all his life. This scene has a couple of great ones [https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3120367414696937](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3120367414696937)
there is subtlety to the tone and if you are not British (or Irish) you just won’t get its power.
Excuse ME?
🇬🇧 “They’re a bit of a character aren’t they??”
🇺🇸 “I hope I never see that annoying prick ever again”
‘Come again’? Usually muttered just before your face meets the thick end of a pool cue!
” what the fuck did you just say to me ” just isn’t angry enough. Sorry.
I feel as if it’s a sentence that evolved from being overly polite to being the percurser to being in trouble. I think British mothers caused this evolution.
The word ‘pardon’ can also be replaced with ‘pudd’n’ or ‘cardigan’ to tone it down a notch, as per S. IV, part III, ss.I, para iii (a) of the Passive Aggression Act (England & Wales) 1948.
No it’s not.
This phrase is the universal “excuse me?” but with just the right amount of passive-aggressive spice.
This is an interesting one when it comes to class.
For upper class people “pardon?” is what you say when you didn’t hear something properly. Saying “what?” in that situation is incredibly rude.
For working class people it’s the exact opposite. You say “what?” when you need clarification, and “pardon” sounds like “I beg your fucking pardon?? What did you just say to me you little shit??”
Nothing says “I’m about to ruin your whole day politely” like a well-placed *“Beg your pardon?”*
Ahh but it very much depends the ferocity in which it’s said, if someone has talked quietly you may gently say “I beg your pardon?”
But if someone has just unexpectedly said they want to cudgel your wife to death “I BEG YOUR PARDON!”
It’s all in the tone.
It’s *an* equivalent. The latter phrase is entirely valid British English.
“Bless” = your child is a little shit.
When someone uses “Regards” and not “Kind Regards”
I like to bridge the gap and go with “Fucking Pardon?”
Everyone was a peasant before World War II. So now the middle class imitates the aristocracy to pretend that they were not poor.
That’s actually kind of true i was in this stand off with a woman on the train because her music was obscenely loud and so she muttered something at me and my first thought was not wtf did u say it was IBEG YOUR PARDON>
You can tell an American posted this. They all seem to think that we’re similar to Tom Hiddlestone. If only they knew the truth.
Ahh, and my mum says this quite often! English is not her first language, or second.
“sorry” can mean that too.
It’s even more aggressive if you say ‘I beg your VERY pardon’ One our teachers uses this when getting back chat
No it’s more like “you wot?” *squinting* and “you taking the piss?”
If a British person says that and is hunched over like Loki is you’re about to either catch hands or have your life wrecked.
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I use this so much that I feel called out right now 😂
🇬🇧“How dare you?”
🇺🇸”This mother fucker!”
I want to hear Samuel L Jackson say it.. 😄
It’s the middle class version of it. We have “u wot mait?” in my area.
Kurtan in This Country has an excellent “I beg your pardon?” that always makes it sound as though he’s never heard anything so offensive in all his life. This scene has a couple of great ones [https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3120367414696937](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3120367414696937)
there is subtlety to the tone and if you are not British (or Irish) you just won’t get its power.
Excuse ME?
🇬🇧 “They’re a bit of a character aren’t they??”
🇺🇸 “I hope I never see that annoying prick ever again”
‘Come again’? Usually muttered just before your face meets the thick end of a pool cue!
” what the fuck did you just say to me ” just isn’t angry enough. Sorry.
I feel as if it’s a sentence that evolved from being overly polite to being the percurser to being in trouble. I think British mothers caused this evolution.
The word ‘pardon’ can also be replaced with ‘pudd’n’ or ‘cardigan’ to tone it down a notch, as per S. IV, part III, ss.I, para iii (a) of the Passive Aggression Act (England & Wales) 1948.
No it’s not.
This phrase is the universal “excuse me?” but with just the right amount of passive-aggressive spice.
This is an interesting one when it comes to class.
For upper class people “pardon?” is what you say when you didn’t hear something properly. Saying “what?” in that situation is incredibly rude.
For working class people it’s the exact opposite. You say “what?” when you need clarification, and “pardon” sounds like “I beg your fucking pardon?? What did you just say to me you little shit??”
Nothing says “I’m about to ruin your whole day politely” like a well-placed *“Beg your pardon?”*
Ahh but it very much depends the ferocity in which it’s said, if someone has talked quietly you may gently say “I beg your pardon?”
But if someone has just unexpectedly said they want to cudgel your wife to death “I BEG YOUR PARDON!”
It’s all in the tone.
It’s *an* equivalent. The latter phrase is entirely valid British English.
“Bless” = your child is a little shit.
When someone uses “Regards” and not “Kind Regards”
I like to bridge the gap and go with “Fucking Pardon?”
Everyone was a peasant before World War II. So now the middle class imitates the aristocracy to pretend that they were not poor.
That’s actually kind of true i was in this stand off with a woman on the train because her music was obscenely loud and so she muttered something at me and my first thought was not wtf did u say it was IBEG YOUR PARDON>
You can tell an American posted this. They all seem to think that we’re similar to Tom Hiddlestone. If only they knew the truth.
Ahh, and my mum says this quite often! English is not her first language, or second.
“sorry” can mean that too.
It’s even more aggressive if you say ‘I beg your VERY pardon’ One our teachers uses this when getting back chat
No it’s more like “you wot?” *squinting* and “you taking the piss?”
If a British person says that and is hunched over like Loki is you’re about to either catch hands or have your life wrecked.
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