[Niamh.]

"Fair Do's" or "Fair Dues"??

I always assumed it was Fair dues till I came on here

[King Gizzard]

apricot

[Niamh.]

aaahhhhh that explains it

[Alf]

up her in t yarkshire we say fair do's

[InOne]

Originally Posted by wannashag

up her in t yarkshire we say fair do's

This then I guess lol

[MTVN]

Always used fair do's but dues makes more sense

[Josy]

Fair Do's

[Pyramid*]

Fair do's.

[Kazanne]

Fair dues.

[Niamh.]

I was trying to find out which one is correct and instead got another to add to the list :

a frequent misinterpretation of much older common expression 'fair deuce' meaning fair point, good play (as in tennis), often used informally to recognise good (verbal) comebacks.

Hard to distinguish "do's" from "deuce" particularly given regional and american accents which pronounce "u" as "oo"

[Niall]

It's fair do's. Using due just looks wrong.

[Me. I Am Salman]

fair do's

[mizzy25]

do,s in newcastle

[Josy]

I actually say Fair Play more than I say Fair Do's

[GypsyGoth]

I always thought it was fair dues.

Fair do's? That doesn't make sense to me.

[Harry!]

Fair Do's

[Mrluvaluva]

Do's.

[SharkAttack]

Due...something owed. Fair Due, something owed that is deserved.

Bit worried by some of the answers out there.

Nevermind, appears that it's an expression. Leave it to me to correct the English on English. lol.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by SharkAttack

Due...something owed. Fair Due, something owed that is deserved.

Bit worried by some of the answers out there.

Nevermind, appears that it's an expression. Leave it to me to correct the English on English. lol.

This is what I thought, I don't see how "Do's" makes any sense at all

[Ninastar]

fair dues must be an irish thing

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

fair dues must be an irish thing

I don't know, Dues makes sense Do's doesn't

[MTVN]

When you search the free dictionary it says:

Fair do's (British informal)
something that you say in order to tell someone that you think something is fair Fair do's, Josh. You've been on the computer for hours - let your sister use it for a while!

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Fair+do's

When you search fair dues it says:

Phrase not found in the Dictionary and Encyclopedia

That's the end of that then

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

When you search the free dictionary it says:

Fair do's (British informal)
something that you say in order to tell someone that you think something is fair Fair do's, Josh. You've been on the computer for hours - let your sister use it for a while!

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Fair+do's

When you search fair dues it says:

Phrase not found in the Dictionary and Encyclopedia

That's the end of that then

Dues makes more sense though

[MTVN]

Nope

[Niamh.]

Yes