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Octoberman Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

dapper

is dapper still a word you would use in society?
like... hey, you look pretty dapper today!

or is it oldfashioned?
  

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Octoberman is dapper still a word you would use in society? like... hey, you look pretty dapper today!

— Philip

  • Octoberman is dapper still a word you would use in society?
  • like...
  • hey, you look pretty dapper today!
  • or is it oldfashioned?
  • I'm 62 years old in the US, and I still hear it among the people in my age group - not too sure about the younger set.
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Octobermanis dapper still a word you would use in society? like... hey, you look pretty dapper today! or is it oldfashioned?
I'm 62 years old in the US, and I still hear it among the people in my age group - not too sure about the younger set.
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Hi Philip,

I'm 62 years old in the US

How old are you in Canada?Emotion: stick out tongue
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Octobermanis dapper still a word you would use in society? like... hey, you look pretty dapper today! or is it oldfashioned?
"Dapper" is still used in BrE; though almost always in a slightly humorous and perhaps mildly pejorative tone.

You would mostly use "dapper" of a third party (e.g. "he's a very dapper fellow", "he's looking very dapper today",
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How old are you in Canada?
That varies daily according to the exchange rate, doesn't it? Emotion: wink

CJ
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62 years YOUNG, Philip, 62 years young.
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CliveHi Philip,

I'm 62 years old in the US

How old are you in Canada?
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CalifJim
How old are you in Canada?
That varies daily according to the exchange rate, doesn't it?
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Grammar Geek
62 years YOUNG, Philip, 62 years young.

The barber shop in my neighborhood has a sign posted: "$3 off for those 62 and better".
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thanks to all of you for your comments Emotion: big smile
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Octobermanthanks to all of you for your comments Emotion: big smile
Some of which even pertained to your ori
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