You didn't "brought" it - get it right!!!

[PerryGunn]

..and don't get me started on the greengrocer's apostrophe pandemic....

...and if you try to explain to people about proper punctuation and why spurious insertion is fatuous, they think you're talking about something that happened to them when they were alone with the local vicar....

 

[PerryGunn]

Oh... and while I accept accept that languages mutate over time, and we no longer ask a pretty girl to 'Prithee nigh hither', the increasingly common usage of inappropriate modifiers really boils my piss.

I seethe internally every time I hear people say 'extremely unique' or 'very unique

 

[Dav the wheel nut]

People who greet me and my misses using the word ‘guys’ She’s a feckin woman not a guy

 

[AnilS]

It's Tesco, not Tescos.

Also, those that slip in the word "the", where its not warranted in a sentence.

"I went to the market on the Wednesday"

 

[Crazy Harry]

Oooh the corruption of the English language who 'could of' predicted that

 

[z4pilot]

Oooh the corruption of the English language who 'could of' predicted that

Perhaps you 'should of' though... :thumbsdown:

 

[Crazy Harry]

Oooh the corruption of the English language who 'could of' predicted that

Perhaps you 'should of' though... :thumbsdown:

I spent my working life trying to halt the decline but to no avail - maybe we should have (did you see what I did there?) done more but we had no change against the influence of East Enders and 'estuary' English. Let alone text speak and facebook! The move towards regional accents on the BBC News just compounds it as well - if our local presenters pronounce it Fetford not Thetford we're all doomed (tenuous pun for the older TV trivia members - enjoy).

 

[Dav the wheel nut]

People who add the word ‘to’ for no reason
Where are you to?
Where are you!

 

[enuff_zed]

l - if our local presenters pronounce it Fetford not Thetford we're all doomed (tenuous pun for the older TV trivia members - enjoy).

Ha!
How do they cope with Ingoldisthorpe, Garboldisham and Wymondham?

Don't Panic! (tenuous pun continuation :wink: )

 

[enuff_zed]

Mind you, there have to be allowances for local dialect too.

Norfolk folk always use 'that' and 'now' to emphasis a sentence.
"I'm now going out"

Funniest one is the use of 'boy'
A boy can be anyone from 1 to 100. As can 'old boy'.
Kids are further defined as being 'little old boys'.

 

[djstan]

People who add the word ‘to’ for no reason
Where are you to?
Where are you!

I thought that was specific to our neck of the woods?

 

[Dav the wheel nut]

You’re right but I was bought up proper

 

[mr wilks]

Pedants :wink: now they do fiuck me right off :roll:

 

[road warrior]

You lot Avin a giraffe ?

 

[DPG]

And the absolute worst; people who start every las fkg sentence with the word ‘So’.
Those people can get right in the bin!
:lol:

Is this a new thing? It never used to bother me but now every time someone at work starts a sentence with ‘So’ I just want to smack them in the mouth !

 

[MrPT]

How do they cope with Ingoldisthorpe, Garboldisham and Wymondham?

Happisburgh is my favourite. If you haven’t heard someone say it, you basically have no chance of getting it right.

Why do we say “delete” when getting rid of something on a car? It used to annoy me but then I noticed that Adrian Newey uses it in his book, so the jury’s now out.

 

[tee.gilding]

Recently bought a puppy. The lady I was messaging about the ad constantly said "too" instead of "to". Drove me mad, but still bought the dog because he's awesome.

Oh, and on topic with the original post: I spotted someone with a custom made sticker that said "Built, not brought!" once. That made me chuckle.

 

[john-e89]

And the absolute worst; people who start every las fkg sentence with the word ‘So’.
Those people can get right in the bin!
:lol:

Is this a new thing? It never used to bother me but now every time someone at work starts a sentence with ‘So’ I just want to smack them in the mouth !

Agggghhhhhh....f**k this drives me crazy....I was listening to a professor on the radio and she started every single reply with ‘So’.....a feckin’ professor.....

 

[john-e89]

I’m more than happy to carry on with this but you all do realise we qualify for this don’t you....

 

[sars]

The English language is pretty stupid, why have two words that sound the same but spell them differently, and don’t get me started on Lieutenant, I mean what the actual f&*k is going on there