I see this phrase used a lot on blahaj lemmy. I’m actually bi but I don’t really like using the word ‘folk’ over ‘people’… it just kinda sounds pretentious, I don’t want to be described like a mythical creature

  • maculata@aussie.zone
    18·
    2 months ago

    There is actually a mostly unrelated phrase from the north of England; “Nowt queer as folk.” Meaning ‘People can be strange in their behaviour’.

    This may or may not have fed into ‘Queer Folk’. But it certainly was the source of a UK TV drama series called ‘Queer as Folk’ in the 90s.

    • Dasus@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      “Nowt queer as folk.” Meaning ‘People can be strange in their behaviour’.

      Would that be literally “there’s nothing quite as mysterious as human behaviour”