Have you ever used a family / frends.‘ in joke’ in public?

I remember tacking "please" onto the end of a grown-up's sentence while spending all day reminding children of that useful word.

And saying, "What do you say?" to another adult who forgot to say, "Thank you".

A friend of mine maintained his mother on one occasion said, "Excuse me!" to the bread basket when she reached across it at the table.

I refuse to answer anyone who just says, 'huh' or 'what?' at me, and continue to repeat, 'pardon' until they realise it's not that I haven't heard, it's because they have no manners!

I do this at work constantly and the amount of 'huhs' and 'whats' have reduced enormously. This is sort of a family/close colleague 'in joke' because THEY know why I am doing it.

I used one on here and unfortunately think I upset another poster
Obviously she didn't realise it was tongue-in-cheek.

I understand that in some circles, 'Pardon' is the province of the Hyacinth Buckets amongst us and 'What?' is deemed to be perfectly acceptable....

quizqueen
Actually, the correct word to use if you are unclear as to what has been said, is what, not pardon.

Oops! posted before seeing your comment Blinko

I've always understood that "Pardon" is social climber speak while the upper classes actually say "What"

I usually say, 'I'm sorry I didn't understand/hear what you said' then the person knows exactly what the problem is.

I cannot remember when I last used 'pardon' this side of the Channel.

Well * Callistomen* you did say I was the fattest thing you’d ever seen, and you'd been on safari ! a bit uncalled for I thought.??

Both my toddlers (grandchildren) say 'pardon'. Different parents, different pre-schools.....so is that the 'in-word' so to speak?

lemongrove
I apologise profusely, can you forgive me?

When we are out and about, if we encounter rude or indifferent behaviour in pubs/ cafes / shops, it’s a family joke to say ‘phazers on stun, Mr Sulu’ between ourselves ( from Star Trek) and I did once say it when out with a friend, who was bemused, but liked it, so said she would use it now too.
It’s also gratifying to imagine the surly shop assistant crumpling to the ground.?

My Grandsons who live in Canada always reply with " uh huh"

or "mm hmm" I find that very irritating.

It’s on my to do list Callistomen so will get back to you.

I may try to remember that one!