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[Closed] Benign, unimportant question of the day. I hope anyway.

Poopscoop · 2020-09-12T05:35:56Z

Why do people on the forum say "folk" rather than, erm, people? Faster to type? Creeping Americanisation within the language? Something I've missed? I don't do other forums/social media to any degree that id even notice if its column on other UK sites. Anyone enlighten me?

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mogrim

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Another SE Londoner here, and "folks" always sounds like an American import. Interesting to see it isn't!

Posted : 12/09/2020 9:15 pm

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Guys is now frowned on in my organisation so folks is used more frequently.

Can’t say I have an issue with it.

That’s all folks!

Posted : 12/09/2020 10:38 pm

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