Pardon , eh , what !

[Alan Harper's Tash]

what?

Don’t be so rude.

 

[mancboy]

Don’t be so rude.

pardon my ignorance, good sir, i sometimes forget im talking to my betters

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

pardon my ignorance, good sir, i sometimes forget im talking to my betters

My dear old thing, I’m a trifle deaf. Would you mind being so kind as to repeat what you just said, old bean?

 

[mancboy]

My dear old thing, I’m a trifle deaf. Would you mind being so kind as to repeat what you just said, old bean?

I SAID PARDON MY IGNORANCE GOOD SIR, I DO FORGET MY PLACE SOMETIMES WHEN IM TALKING TO MY BETTERS, now ill just pop back downstairs with the rest of the staff and not sully your quarters with my mere existence

 

[stonerblue]

What now?

 

[Stuuuuuu]

For me pardon is the only acceptable one to use when asking somebody to repeat themselves
Grandson is currently of an age where he is learning new words and we pull him up for using what and correct him and his mum tuts and roll eyes at us as she think what is ok
Is it just me being a miserable old fart (49) and ‘what’ is acceptable ?

Etiquette expert William Hanson disagrees (see point #2):

BBC Radio 4 - Seriously..., Seriously... - Ten words that prove you aren't posh

Just how common is your language? These words show if you are U or Non-U.

www.bbc.co.uk