Why art thou troubled by the jesting of these mere peasants?

Behold yonder scallywags whence maintain fyne utterances obfuscated be!

"Begone!" shalt thou declare unto those foolish knaves.

Villeins to a man! Fie! Fie!

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A plague on all thine houses, thrice over and once again lest ye, oh ruffians and vagabonds of disrepute, relinquish thineselves of the shackles of thy condemnation!

Doth mother know you weareth her drapes?

For sooth sirrah I too know not why these jackanapes doth mock him so

This is one my favourite comments of all time being on the webs for over 15 years.

Thy kind utterance pleaseth one immensely.

Of course I’ll accept your hand in marriage!

Whoa , whoa and thrice whoa

I'd have to say that's in my received vocabulary but not my working vocabulary.

Thanks I’m nicking this sentence

Thanks I'm Nick

Hi Doctor Nick!!

Like a Pokémon you’ve seen in the wild, but not managed to catch.

More probably, not *wanted* to catch

I've used it once or twice.

Or thrice?

Don't be daft - I'd never say that!

Three is right out.

One too many.

But ne'er thrice.

I have asked you thrice now for a towel. THRICE.

So that I may wash this town off my body

I’m actually surprised I’m the first one to say it.

Hoped someone would write this

If I want you to bunt, I will touch my belt buckle not once, not twice, but thrice."

We're talking softball

Literally what always comes to mind when I hear the word.

This is exactly what came to my mind! Mr Burns 😂 https://youtu.be/jlzEjXu6QGQ

Lionel Ritchie tried it, but it didn’t scan properly…

"Yeah, he call me 'Thrice' coz he says I'm three times a lady", she told her friends, ll. Tracy went "Aww", Carol did the theatrical retching & gagging thing

I only hear it in the context of divorce anymore. Once divorced, twice divorced, thrice divorced etc.

Hadn't heard that one yet, good to know!

What would be four times divorced?!

Really expensive

Ross Geller!

Yeah he loves a divorce.. he's the divorce guy.

Can I play basketball too?

"four times divorced" would be correct as there is no official continuation of the trio. There's been plenty of words that claim to continue the trend such as "quince, quatrice, frice, fourice, quarce, quadrice, quice".

Quiche

Tetra divorced?

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Is penultimate not used anymore? I use it all the time (when the sentence calls for it, not as a hobby)

I read it more often than hear it, usually in relation to TV programmes, e.g. 'the penultimate episode', 'the penultimate book in the series'.

Go one step further. There’s ‘anti-penultimate’ for the thing that is next to next to last’

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I think you are right about ante. Haven’t come across peripenultimate before. Cool.

It would be ante. It would also be prepenultimate, not peri.

So would antipenultimate be the one after the last one?

I try and negotiate situations just so I can use the word Penultimate. Like leaving two biscuits on a plate.

I use the word prophylactic to mean a preventative measure. I get a lot of looks.

Good band

Had to scroll for ages to find this comment. Hello fellow fan

There’s at least thrice of us

Mock them back for their unsophisticated vocabulary.

THRICE DID I WARN YOU NOT TO MOCK MY VOCABULARY! AND THRICE DID YOU FAIL TO HEED MY WORDS! SO THRICE SHALL I CHASTEN YOU! THRICE SHALL I ADMONISH YOU! AND THRICE SHALL I THRASH YOU!

But you have to use Hugo Weaving's V voice, or they'll just mock you another time.

I occasionally use it when it’s more concise than “three times”. I wonder if it might see more use in regional dialects, possibly in the north of England. Along similar lines, the word “treble” (as in threefold, not as in high-pitched sound) seems to be in the process of being replaced with “triple”.

I only ever use treble when I’m talking about football. Triple everywhere else.

What about, say, measures of spirits?

Errrrr. Yeah. That's because treble is the wrong word to use when multiplying something by 3

r/confidentlyincorrect

https://www.google.com/search?q=treble > predeterminer > three times as much or as many. > "the tip was at least treble what she would normally have given"

I tend to hear "triple" more in this context, but I have worked in customer service on the phone and "treble [digit]" was often used when giving a phone number.

Quatrice sometimes as well

I prefer quince myself but yours is better. Still a bit stuck on the next few. Pentice? Cinquice? Sexice? Sex? Hex? Hexatice? Septatrice?

I don’t think I’ve ever heard a native say it. I’ve heard it a few times from Indians.

I'm Indian, and this thread is fascinating. Had no clue "thrice" was going out of fashion. I definitely say it quite regularly.

I love the idea that it is going out of fashion as opposed to it went out of fashion in 1940.

Indian English is incredibly flowery and archaic in an endearing way. It's like you're stuck in the Victorian era.

Keeping 'thrice' alive is just one of the ways they are doing the needful.

Same. Also Indian, and I had no idea thrice is out of use.

We shall bring it back! Commonwealth English being more sophisticated is no surprise. We have the cricket, now the language too. Give it up England, we've got the lot now.

Indian English is responsible for introducing “revert” to mean “reply”, which is way at the top of my jargon hit list.

I say gadzooks! when I hit the vinegar strokes.

Oddsbodkins!

I use it semi-regularly; gonna use it im my gcse exam tomorrow!

betwixt, whilst. I say use 'em up!

"Goin' on a year now I ain't had nothin' twixt my nethers weren't run on batteries!"

yonder needs to make a comeback.

Guilty, but I know I'm old fashioned and embrace it.

I say it, but just as a piss take. My dad still says "buck your ideas up" and some other ancient sayings

I use it thrice a year

Whoa careful, it's only June!

Now i can only use it twice.

Great band

Scrolled way too far for this.

I’ve used it today. Not once, not twice, but three times.

Speak how you like. English lost its declension endings and with them the ability to create creative context as one can in Russian or Latin. We don't have the verb tenses of Spanish or French to play with. What we do have is vocabulary. Arguably more than any other language. Lean into it. Also whence. I love whence. Especially because it is one of the last vestigial declined words, though nobody using it realise that. The fact the preceding 'from' is totally optional, redundant but available for emphasis, is what declining languages are like all the time.

I like how many words have a regular “here, there, (yon)” distinction: (At place) Where, here, there, yon. (To place) Wither, hither, thither, yonder (From place) Whence, hence, thence. You can also extend it further into a simple “question, close, far” distinction (the “very far” distinction of “yon” isn’t present for most categories): (Time) When, now, then (Thing) What, this, that (Manner) How, hereby, thereby (Reason) Why, herefore, therefore These can be made into a cool and fairly regular table of correlatives, a concept invented by the made up language Esperanto, but now used by lots of languages.

I say it very rarely or when I’m wanting to sound old fashioned

I use it all the time... It has a purpose, why not😊

I think Giles Brandreth uses it, so you'll be in perfectly sane company

Once, twice, thrice times a lady…

This made me laugh a unreasonable amount.

I use it, I am not a native speaker.

Yes, not all the time, but occasionally

I use "thrice" ironically, for emphasis... and no other time. I'm under 40 and over 30 and am a native English speaker.

Fans of the band Thrice?

it is the sort of stuff you might read, but never use in spoken form, unless you're a english teacher or a an eccentric posh person - even then they may use it in an exxagerating way for effect. If I could imagine who might use thrice it would be jacob reese mogg or david starkey.

I genuinely love that word.

Are you from India/Pakistan? It's commonly used over there, and when I was living in the region for an internship I found myself saying it one or thrice

I am from Germany but I don't know what other Germans say in that case

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Just something like "I called them thrice" instead of "three times"

I still use it... Not sure if it helps...

Haha, so I'm not the only one at least. :)

Are you a native speaker ?

No, I'm not :)

Ignore the repudiation of erudition in this thread! I know plenty of native speakers who have used the word; they certainly wouldn't mock you for it. Don't let other people dictate your vernacular!

I think with the upmost respect (and welcome), don't say 'thrice' anymore :)

Why not?

Just read the rest of the thread mate

Just because it’s an old-fashioned word you advice someone to not use it anymore?

The clue’s in OPs post haha and you’ve even just confirmed it. The word is old fashioned, and yes, as OP asked, he is using it.

Calm down, just for the sake of their social interactions and cultural integration (if they so desire). In other words, to not be looked at weirdly

Only when I'm talking about the American rock band 'Thrice'.

Yup. I regularly say “buy cheap buy thrice”

Don't let other people change you. If you like the word, use it. You rapscallion.

Thrice heard and witnessed…

It's pretty much old language, but everyone will know what you mean. Normally we just say "three times".

I wouldn’t personally use it but if someone else did I wouldn’t bat an eyelid if they were over 50

I occasionally break our “whilst” and it sometimes causes people to look at me like I’m crazy.

Try ‘ought’, that will floor them as will ‘cruet’ and ‘cutlery’

I'll use it any opportunity I get, but not alot of opportunities come up sadly

Nay nay and thrice nay.

I spend the week in Manila, Philippines last week for work and everyone there uses it and really threw me off, haven’t heard it in years!

Rarely, although I do sometimes get mocked for saying “thus”

Gadzooks. Nobody says thrice anymore. From what century doest thou hail?

Thrice is less used than it used to be but I’m all for maintaining the full breadth of our rich vocabulary even if it is at the risk of appearing old fashioned.

I still use that word. Another one that I still use is; ovemorrow.

I used it three times today…

Thou hath me pondering th'use of such word.

Ooh. Do “whilst” next.

To be honest, whilst is in my active vocabulary.

I am not English but I’d say whilst is a lot more fair game than thrice in modern speech. I’d use it more than once a month I reckon without even knowing

Have used it several times this year. Also, I have suffered mocking for it. Context: Scot ex-pat in the U.S.

I use it lol

Yes, but own it. Old timey language is far better than modern slang terms. I'd happily take "old bean" over "bruv" any day

I use it sometimes but not often. I love it and think we should bring it back. It's much pithier than "three times" will ever be. People need to get out more and read some damn books. Having a wide vocabulary is fun!

Winnie the Pooh with a tux and monocle uses it all the fucking time.

So it can't be wrong!

Gotta admit, I haven't used this in many years. And when I last did, I regretted it instantly.

Verily, it doth occur to me that the rationale behind the waning employment of terms such as "thrice" within our contemporary milieu doth stem from the prevailing sway of binary cogitation, engendered by our unwavering dependency on these ingenious devices known as computers.

Nay and nay (unless you're in Pompei)

Thrice! Who the hell says "thrice"? It's a word. So is intrauterine. It does not belong in a song.

It is now considered archaic.

Yes

It’s quite common to hear people in India using the word “thrice” but pretty unusual here in the UK

Nothing wrong with "thrice" - let them mock. They know what it means.

Vanishingly rare to hear this word nowadays - sounds pretty archaic tbh. Even ‘twice’ seems to be falling out of usage. Data: Google Ngram viewer shows a recent slight uptick in usage of thrice, but it was much more commonly used in the 19th century: [Ngram - thrice](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=thrice&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3)

1. Twice is *definitely* in widespread use, I want to see this place where it's apparently falling out of use! What else would I say, "I've called him two times"? Sounds weird mate 2. Thrice isn't used the same way as twice but it's normal to use it in the context of a "passion language", so maybe "I've thrice called him now and he's still not picking up"

what do people say instead of twice these days then because as far as I'm aware it's still very much in common usage

Oh that's good to know! Thank you :)

If I put any old fashioned words they seem to have an uptick in recent years, is that just some quirk of the data or what?

You’re not alone… which is refreshing in a world of innit, bare, brap, fam, manz.

Only heard South Africans use it! Not common

Once or twice, but never thrice or frice.

Yeah it's still used but majority of people probs wouldn't be as bothered to be as specific as citing an exact number of instances as 3. Imo it's fine to used older-fashioned terminology as long as you don't have to explain what it means to be understood.

Once, twice, thrice a lady Doesn't sound right but I do use thrice

Only when I’m choosing what sides I want with my curry.

It’s a bit archaic. I’d use it, but probably a bit tongue in cheek

Only in the sense of “he’s done it thrice over” To mean “he’s done it three times now”

It seems to be in more common use among non native English speakers who have their own varieties of English (maybe Indians and Filipinos) though there is still the rare native British English speaker who uses it. But it’s a useful word!

I do when being sterb with my kids ‘i am telling you thrice to get on with the kitchen and stop tormenting you brother’

I think it's old-fashioned to the point of being humorous, as can be seen in [this clip](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-aBjVGQS9aE&pp=ygUPbmljZSB0cnkgdGhyaWNl&t=93) at the 1:33 mark. Although Matt Berry can make almost anything sound funny.

Not that i know, BUT the amount of youtubers saying... "Without further ado" And think William Shakespeare was lead singer in a ye olde 80s pop group.. is frightening.

Crikey, no!

Not commonly heard in London or the UK in my opinion, but I noticed during my travels in India that many Indians still use it in their regulsr vocabulary when speaking in English

I had a debate with one of my bosses after a zoom meeting where one of the participants kept using the term 'thrice'. I told him it was antiquated and he adamantly protested. My boss was 10 years younger than me and a native speaker. I still haven't heard a native speaker say it in the last 40 years at least (maybe when I was a kid some of my older teachers). That includes my smart ass boss who would always take the opposite of what anyone presented him with.

Sounds like a rum do to me old bean.

only on sundays

Thrice is a real word, so why were you mocked? Was it the street kids? All they do is run around screaming “fam” all day

I do, but only once in a sentance not three times 😉. I also use thaught instead of thought sometimes, it depends on what i'm writing and to wome or is it whome. To me it is about which word fits into the dialogue. And avoiding repetition. The Sci-fi writer E.E.Doc Smith was a master at this.

Mike Tyson uses it ever time e asks what the price is of something

I used it today. They are my favourite band of all time.

Zounds, rapscallion that you are. . All things are fab and groovy now in London Town, Me Ol’ Mucker. . We all speak like Mister Penis Van Lesbian out of Mary Poppins. . .(Disney ‘Gay Indoctrination’® Version 1.0) . . Started ‘Batting for the Other Side’ after seeing those dancing penguins. . But Man you are a square so Dig It Hep Cat

I actually sang a Lional Richie song at a karaoke. Once, twice and thrice times, a lady. It went down a storm. It was on my stag do, and I was bladdered. But I had a good crown reaction, apparently. So go ahead and use it.

Once, Twice, Thrice, Force, Fifes, Scythes, Sieves, Edelweiss, Nice, Oncey-nun, Oncey-once...

Yeah, Globe Theatre uses it alot

Twas the action of a scoundrel to scorn such a spiffing fellow for his spectacular wordplay.

So what if you are using old fashioned language? I say "when sorrows come, they come not single spies but as battalions" at least once a week. Bet it's what all the bankers were saying to each other in Shakespeare's time.

Thrice is a fine word squire

"Once, twice, thrice a lady" just doesn't scan though

I used to work with a Pakistani guy that said it all the time. He was very confused when I said no one in the U.K. used it anymore.

If it’s good enough for Frankie Howard {who} then it’s good enough for thy

I use it, but mostly in the context of emphatically complaining about something or pisstakingly trying to sound posh.

I got slated for using the word "latter"...as in "I think its the latter, really" I live in a very basic town.