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Stop fcuking saying that!!!!
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over a year ago
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People who say ‘Birminam’ - Birmingham, ‘Botato’ - potato and ‘Pecific’ when they mean specific should be dressed in a french maid outfit, pilloried and flogged. Any other mispronunciations that boil your piss? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Expresso 
Boils my piss!
Lu  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When people say aks instead of ask and when they pronounce things with an 'f' instead of a 'th'  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Drownded instead of drowned.
Yes it used to be a word, in like 1300.
If auto carrot can’t find it, it’s not a word  |
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"When people say aks instead of ask and when they pronounce things with an 'f' instead of a 'th' "
I'm an f'er
Ospical gets right on my nerves. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"People who say ‘Birminam’ - Birmingham, ‘Botato’ - potato and ‘Pecific’ when they mean specific should be dressed in a french maid outfit, pilloried and flogged. Any other mispronunciations that boil your piss? "
These. |
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People who pronounce Aitch as Haitch |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Expresso
Boils my piss!
Lu "
This! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Chorizo pronounced wrong annoys me! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's so fuxing annoying |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"People who pronounce Aitch as Haitch "
I do do that 
Lu |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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And bruschetta! Grrrrrr  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When people say aks instead of ask and when they pronounce things with an 'f' instead of a 'th' "
This!!
Aks? I mean, what the actual fuck is aks? It's only a three letter fucking word for Christ's sake..! |
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"Innit" gets right on my nerves  |
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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago
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"People who pronounce Aitch as Haitch "
Phew! I pronounce Haitch as Aitch! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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People not pronouncing their Rs...
PoRk
WateR etc...
But I think that's just the West country in me
Lu |
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Spayded !! makes me giggle at work . They can’t even verbalise CASTRATE |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yes, it's fair to say that I do get fairly ticked-off by many of these mispronunciations...
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"People who say ‘Birminam’ - Birmingham, ‘Botato’ - potato and ‘Pecific’ when they mean specific should be dressed in a french maid outfit, pilloried and flogged. Any other mispronunciations that boil your piss? "
Vigina instead of vinegar boils my piss |
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"People who say ‘Birminam’ - Birmingham, ‘Botato’ - potato and ‘Pecific’ when they mean specific should be dressed in a french maid outfit, pilloried and flogged. Any other mispronunciations that boil your piss? "
Does that mean we also get to also give you this
pilloried and flogged in a french maid outfit |
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"Catchin the buzz inta Brum?"
Grrrr, buzz gets me.
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"People who pronounce Aitch as Haitch
I do do that
Lu "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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""Innit" gets right on my nerves "
This, especially coming from middle age men, embarrassing |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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""Innit" gets right on my nerves
This, especially coming from middle age men, embarrassing "
Agreed innit  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When people say aks instead of ask and when they pronounce things with an 'f' instead of a 'th'
This!!
Aks? I mean, what the actual fuck is aks? It's only a three letter fucking word for Christ's sake..! "
Using aks instead of ask actually has links back to how black African slaves were taught English when they were taken to the US. It has a very interesting etymology. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Bokkle and hospical vex me greatly. Apart from that I don't find many pronunciations irritating. A lot of it is regional dialect and not "incorrect" at all. However, idtaw the line when my kids saying "missle" for missile, or "levver" for lever. They've picked up americanisms from YouTube and Xbox games. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Cummed lol sounds so childish sorry |
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"When people say aks instead of ask "
When I first visited Tobago I was bemused by "Can I aks a quistian?"
It sounded frighteningly like a martyrdom scenario.
Over the years I got used to it being the norm but still it makes me think of Thomas à Becket. |
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By * Plus ECouple
over a year ago
The South |
Anyone who says south hampton.
It's Southampton.
One H FFS......
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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People who actually say lol and adults who say cool |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"People who say ‘Birminam’ - Birmingham, ‘Botato’ - potato and ‘Pecific’ when they mean specific should be dressed in a french maid outfit, pilloried and flogged. Any other mispronunciations that boil your piss?
Does that mean we also get to also give you this
pilloried and flogged in a french maid outfit "
For what reason?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I do love auto carrot |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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""Innit" gets right on my nerves
This, especially coming from middle age men, embarrassing "
I think this might be a slightly northern thing but we tend to contract "isn't it" so it becomes int'it
Same with Wunt'it, shunt'it and dont'it. Wouldn't do the the same with "couldn't it" though  |
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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago
Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe |
People who say chimley instead of chimney! |
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Bostin ay ya our kid dow ya spake propa lol ....translation on request. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Ibufen is another... you mean ibuprofen?!  |
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People who can't pronounce Chuppa Chups |
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By * Plus ECouple
over a year ago
The South |
When did "Please get in touch" become "hit me up"
And more to the point, how? They're not even close as words or phrases.
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""Innit" gets right on my nerves
This, especially coming from middle age men, embarrassing
Agreed innit "
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"Drownded instead of drowned.
Yes it used to be a word, in like 1300.
If auto carrot can’t find it, it’s not a word "
Autocarrot can't find my real name |
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"Leverage" when pronounced the Yank way sounding like "beverage"
It's fucking "Lever" like "Beaver".
I've calmed down now. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"People who pronounce Aitch as Haitch "
Oh my god this! My grandma used to hit me if I did it |
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"People who can't pronounce Chuppa Chups "
Chupa Chup makes me giggle now. Go and listen to the Reggaetón song "Chupa Chup" by El Médico and see
Chupa is rude en español  |
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"When did "Please get in touch" become "hit me up"
And more to the point, how? They're not even close as words or phrases.
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Yep and when did we "reach out" to the company? I "Contact" them, I don't reach out to them. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Hahah who cares though. It's very petty.
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I really fucking hate it when my mum calls squirrels squibbels |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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'Ew'
'Bae'
'dope'
'Totes'
'Dad bod'
'Slay'
Fucking cannot stand asinine types that use these words.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When did "Please get in touch" become "hit me up"
And more to the point, how? They're not even close as words or phrases.
E"
Hit me up riles me |
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"Bokkle and hospical vex me greatly. "
Round this way it's "Oss-peetool" even sometimes "Oss-peetoowal"
Sounds like a child struggling with a big word and usually spoken by grown adults in a babytalk manner. Why? |
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"Chorizo pronounced wrong annoys me!"
Oh I'm the opposite I hate when non Spanish speakers pronounce it in a Spanish accent with a tho at the end. |
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"'Ew'
'Bae'
'dope'
'Totes'
'Dad bod'
'Slay'
Fucking cannot stand asinine types that use these words. "
We'd get on then |
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Kekkle
And possibly just in the Midlands, but babby instead of baby. |
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"Chorizo pronounced wrong annoys me!
Oh I'm the opposite I hate when non Spanish speakers pronounce it in a Spanish accent with a tho at the end. "
What about Brits who speak Spanish fluently as a second language? I can't physically pronounce chorizo (or any Spanish word) incorrectly. It'll always be chor-ee-tho |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When people say schedule without using the h! Scedule! |
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Skellington
Budgerigard
Obeast
All make me laugh but I know what they mean so I don't care
Grown adults who say "fangina", titties or boobies. Now that does make me shudder a bit |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Chorizo pronounced wrong annoys me!
Oh I'm the opposite I hate when non Spanish speakers pronounce it in a Spanish accent with a tho at the end.
What about Brits who speak Spanish fluently as a second language? I can't physically pronounce chorizo (or any Spanish word) incorrectly. It'll always be chor-ee-tho "
Same here "pyella" annoys the fuck outta me too! It's not an accent, it's pronunciation.
Lu |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
I'm just gonna leave this here for my pal.
Chi-pot-ul |
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"I'm just gonna leave this here for my pal.
Chi-pot-ul"
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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People who give their number as (owe) 77..... grammatical licence on that lol
(Owe) is a fuckin letter not a number.
The correct way is (zero)77......
Use zero not owe
Hope thats clear enough haha
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Brought instead of bought |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'm just gonna leave this here for my pal.
Chi-pot-ul"
Ex-pal |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
I hate textspeak in a text format but once heard someone actually say "Obvs" in a spoken conversation and a little piece of me died inside!! |
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I have a speech impediment and I’m often led into saying words that I can’t articulate.
I’m here all evening if anyone wants to hear me try and say ‘regularly’. |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
"I'm just gonna leave this here for my pal.
Chi-pot-ul
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My sister once told me it annoyed her when people said it like that.... so what was I meant to do.
And it apparently annoys my (alleged) ex-pat too |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I hate textspeak in a text format but once heard someone actually say "Obvs" in a spoken conversation and a little piece of me died inside!!"
I refused to reply to my kids until they messaged me properly and it paid off too |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
"Brought instead of bought "
That right there is enough for my soul to cry |
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I've heard countless broadcast interviews and news items containing the word 'nucular'. Quite often presumably educated politicans.
Makes you wonder what other 'skellingtons' are in their vocabulary cupboard! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I hate textspeak in a text format but once heard someone actually say "Obvs" in a spoken conversation and a little piece of me died inside!!
I refused to reply to my kids until they messaged me properly and it paid off too "
What ? did they stop talking to you.? |
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"I'm just gonna leave this here for my pal.
Chi-pot-ul
My sister once told me it annoyed her when people said it like that.... so what was I meant to do.
And it apparently annoys my (alleged) ex-pat too "
I also correctly pronounce the "rr" in words like "burrito". It's actually a separate sound in the Spanish alphabet and should be rolled over the tongue |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
"I'm just gonna leave this here for my pal.
Chi-pot-ul
My sister once told me it annoyed her when people said it like that.... so what was I meant to do.
And it apparently annoys my (alleged) ex-pat too
I also correctly pronounce the "rr" in words like "burrito". It's actually a separate sound in the Spanish alphabet and should be rolled over the tongue "
I struggle with over tongue rolling.
Need more practice! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mine are expressions that it seems people have heard but not read or considered the meaning of.
Take a photo for prosperity? Unless its a picture of the queen having a nip slip wardrobe malfunction it's not likely to make you prosperous. It may however be worth recording for posterity ...
Foul swoop instead of fell swoop.
And a common one on profiles here... peaked/peeked your/our interest instead of piqued.
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By *iger4uWoman
over a year ago
In my happy place |
When americans say aluminummm instead of aluminium.
Can I get...
When people start a sentence with Am just going to... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Mine are expressions that it seems people have heard but not read or considered the meaning of.
Take a photo for prosperity? Unless its a picture of the queen having a nip slip wardrobe malfunction it's not likely to make you prosperous. It may however be worth recording for posterity ...
Foul swoop instead of fell swoop.
And a common one on profiles here... peaked/peeked your/our interest instead of piqued.
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Yes!
And if you couldn't care less, stop telling people you "could care less"
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"People who say ‘Birminam’ - Birmingham, ‘Botato’ - potato and ‘Pecific’ when they mean specific should be dressed in a french maid outfit, pilloried and flogged. Any other mispronunciations that boil your piss?
Does that mean we also get to also give you this
pilloried and flogged in a french maid outfit
For what reason? "
As you can also miss prenounce some words as well.
As ive found out by traverling to different areas of the country. |
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By *allenMan
over a year ago
Thatcham |
People who put are instead of our are the most annoying
Is the education system really that bad now??? |
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"Brought instead of bought
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I often wonder if they 'brought' it at a Bing and Bry sale... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"People who put are instead of our are the most annoying
Is the education system really that bad now???"
People who say "Liverpool football club" instead of "shit" |
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By *allenMan
over a year ago
Thatcham |
Some real wankers on here |
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And if you couldn't care less, stop telling people you "could care less"
Lu "
I agree. That's the least they could do!
(When doing nothing would be even less) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Could of" aaarrrgghhhh! Have! Could have!!!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Mine are expressions that it seems people have heard but not read or considered the meaning of.
Take a photo for prosperity? Unless its a picture of the queen having a nip slip wardrobe malfunction it's not likely to make you prosperous. It may however be worth recording for posterity ...
Foul swoop instead of fell swoop.
And a common one on profiles here... peaked/peeked your/our interest instead of piqued.
Yes!
And if you couldn't care less, stop telling people you "could care less"
Lu "
Exactly - or same difference. What does that actually mean? Same thing makes sense, same difference is meaningless. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When americans say aluminummm instead of aluminium.
Can I get...
When people start a sentence with Am just going to... "
Tbf, while it is unfamiliar and therefore sounds wrong, there's a good argument it is correct. You don't say platinium. It was also the accepted pronunciation but got changed over here. |
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Like it must be a like generation thing. But like, a lot of like youngsters are like overusing the word like. Like it's not just like Brits, but like Americans and like Aussies like like. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Forfill instead of fulfill |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
East London |
"When people say aks instead of ask and when they pronounce things with an 'f' instead of a 'th' "
That's our way of pronunciation, just like other places in the UK pronounce words differently to the Queens English.
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I'm probably going to duck out after this one but how about
'Could of' and 'Should of'?
Both regularly seen in forum threads. What do people imagine 'of' means in that context?
(Just seen I was beaten to it on the 'ofs') |
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The proof is in the pudding.
No that is not a saying.
“The proof of the pudding is in the eating” is the correct saying |
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By *ozapperMan
over a year ago
Lancashire |
Mixing up lend and borrow... Grrrrr
You only borrow FROM and lend TO!!!! |
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I hate “meh”. It’s like Kevin the teenager articulating a sigh.
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I said I was going but permit me a final,final..
.."One them" heard constantly in shops meaning "One of those".
Ugh, ugh and thrice yuck! |
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Some good ones listed on previous comments
One I detest is ‘circumstised’ instead of circumcised, and I get slightly irked by people writing ‘ect’ for etc.
It’s short for ‘et cetera’... but they are probably the same people who pronounce it ‘iksetra’ |
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"Chorizo pronounced wrong annoys me!
Oh I'm the opposite I hate when non Spanish speakers pronounce it in a Spanish accent with a tho at the end.
What about Brits who speak Spanish fluently as a second language? I can't physically pronounce chorizo (or any Spanish word) incorrectly. It'll always be chor-ee-tho "
Yeah that's not so bad if you pronounce all Spanish words.
Having said that I do think Mexican pronunciation is much easier on my ear that some Spain Spanish pronunciation. |
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"Chorizo pronounced wrong annoys me!
Oh I'm the opposite I hate when non Spanish speakers pronounce it in a Spanish accent with a tho at the end.
What about Brits who speak Spanish fluently as a second language? I can't physically pronounce chorizo (or any Spanish word) incorrectly. It'll always be chor-ee-tho
Same here "pyella" annoys the fuck outta me too! It's not an accent, it's pronunciation.
Lu "
It is an accent though, as not all Spanish regions pronounce every word the same. Mexican Spanish, or Latin American Spanish doesn't use the tho sound like Castilian Spanish so it's pronounced differently in different regions, which is an accent. |
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"Chorizo pronounced wrong annoys me!
Oh I'm the opposite I hate when non Spanish speakers pronounce it in a Spanish accent with a tho at the end.
What about Brits who speak Spanish fluently as a second language? I can't physically pronounce chorizo (or any Spanish word) incorrectly. It'll always be chor-ee-tho
Same here "pyella" annoys the fuck outta me too! It's not an accent, it's pronunciation.
Lu
It is an accent though, as not all Spanish regions pronounce every word the same. Mexican Spanish, or Latin American Spanish doesn't use the tho sound like Castilian Spanish so it's pronounced differently in different regions, which is an accent. "
I speak Spanish Spanish so it's "th". The double "ll" is the same in Latin America. All Latinos understand the "th" pronunciation. All my Ecuadorian and Peruvian friends understand me perfectly well |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Beetroot and duvet. |
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I AVE a question
Is is ow do yer boil yer piss. |
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""Innit" gets right on my nerves
This, especially coming from middle age men, embarrassing
I think this might be a slightly northern thing but we tend to contract "isn't it" so it becomes int'it
Same with Wunt'it, shunt'it and dont'it. Wouldn't do the the same with "couldn't it" though "
Not sure if it's northern tbh, though I'm unsure where it's from.
I grew up in the south, and as kids we all used to say int'it and ain't. |
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People who can't pronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch properly really get on my nerves. |
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By *ickJMan
over a year ago
Hemel Hempstead |
"Reach out" when used in a business scenario. Unless you're a member of the Four Tops - that would be acceptable.
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Good Morning.
I'm back to kick off this morning with the the topical gem:
"Corvid"
Stone the flippin' crows! Where do they get it from? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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yoghurt vs yogurt |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It’s a proper Scottish pet hate, but I can’t stand when folk pronounce Loch are “lock”. The CH is not a K sound damn it! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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""Reach out" when used in a business scenario. Unless you're a member of the Four Tops - that would be acceptable.
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By * Plus ECouple
over a year ago
The South |
I used to work in a bar.
The conversation often went like this....
Hi, what would you like?
Can I get a.......No!
You tell me what you'd like, I get it. That's the way this works.
E |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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EAT MY SHIT - I hope that was enunciated correctly enough for your dialectical scope of perfection. |
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over a year ago
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Window screen instead of windscreen gets me. Don't know why just does. |
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"Good Morning.
I'm back to kick off this morning with the the topical gem:
"Corvid"
Stone the flippin' crows! Where do they get it from?"
. I see what you did there.
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"Window screen instead of windscreen gets me. Don't know why just does. "
Puts me in mind of "Wing mirrors"
They haven't been on car wings for the last 50 years. Anyone remember Desmo mirrors or perhaps the conical streamlined jobs that were on the wings of Lotus Cortinas?
The modern equivalent are "Door mirrors"
You no longer have to get out to adjust them!
Do people who have never seen an actual wing mirror think that the reason for the widespread misname is because they stick out sideways like aeroplane wings?
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Ungyun (onion)
Highth (hight)
Sangwidge (sandwich)
Should/would/could of (should have)
More then (more than)
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When people say I'm hoovering the house when they have a dyson, it's vacuum the house FFS |
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Cockwomble
Anyone uses that word deserves to be publicly flogged |
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"When did "Please get in touch" become "hit me up"
And more to the point, how? They're not even close as words or phrases.
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They're only asking to be flogged |
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Scone. It’s as in cone. It’s spelt with cone. Not con. You ask for a cone with ice cream not a con. The E is there for a reason. It’s scone not scon. Phew. Feel better now |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When did "Please get in touch" become "hit me up"
And more to the point, how? They're not even close as words or phrases.
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yes that boils my piss as well |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Scone. It’s as in cone. It’s spelt with cone. Not con. You ask for a cone with ice cream not a con. The E is there for a reason. It’s scone not scon. Phew. Feel better now "
Calm down!
Do you cream the top or bottom!? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When people say K for Okay. |
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"Scone. It’s as in cone. It’s spelt with cone. Not con. You ask for a cone with ice cream not a con. The E is there for a reason. It’s scone not scon. Phew. Feel better now "
it's a scone (as in cone )till you've eaten it ...then it's scone! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I can't abide people say they want to forfill a fantasy. It's fulfill |
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Drives me nuts when people start a sentence with "so"...why ????????? |
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People who say arsck/ax instead of ask, this seems to becoming mainstream |
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By *allenMan
over a year ago
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People who say Listen halfway way through a sentence even though we are already listening |
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"Drug" when they mean "dragged".
"Purposefully" when they mean "deliberately".
"Robbed" when they mean "stole".
"Based off", "could care less" and "vicious cycle" are particularly nonsensical and annoying too. |
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"Window screen instead of windscreen gets me. Don't know why just does. "
Puts me in mind of "Wing mirrors"
They haven't been on car wings for the last 50 years. Anyone remember Desmo mirrors or perhaps the conical streamlined jobs that were on the wings of Lotus Cortinas?
The modern equivalent are "Door mirrors"
You no longer have to get out to adjust them!
Do people who have never seen an actual wing mirror think that the reason for the widespread misname is because they stick out sideways like aeroplane wings?
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Are we ok using "car" then? Comes from a Middle English word meaning two wheeled thing (therefore pulled by an animal) and that Middle English word is derived from the Gaulish "karros" or "chariot". Which is a two wheeled thing pulled by horses.
Dunno about your "car", but the only horses involved in mine are used in the comparison of the power the engine generates (horsepower). And mine has 4 wheels (I'm aware 3-wheelers exist but 2-wheel cars?)
Basically, words change....... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Basically, words change......."
Whilst willing to accept that, over time, words can change, I frequently notice that phrase getting trotted out as a handy excuse for for lowering linguistic standards.
In the case of the aforementioned mirrors, the misuse is due to a lack of understanding how they got their original, and previously appropriate name.
Surely the mirrors are a good example of when a name should change with progress? Door mirrors please (on modern horseless chariots). 'External rear view mirrors' is also acceptable. Equally so 'Exterior rear view mirrors'. |
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"Init "
Inwe dinwe, shounwe, carnwe.
Inarf, nodarf (thanks, Alan Freeman), donarf, carnarf.
Inchyer, donchyer, carncher, wounchyer.
I'm told that language evolves, so I look forward to seeing all these in future dictionaries! |
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"Init
Inwe dinwe, shounwe, carnwe.
Inarf, nodarf (thanks, Alan Freeman), donarf, carnarf.
Inchyer, donchyer, carncher, wounchyer.
I'm told that language evolves, so I look forward to seeing all these in future dictionaries!"
Go and read anything in Elizabethan English and come back and tell me language doesn't evolve |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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"EAT MY SHIT - I hope that was enunciated correctly enough for your dialectical scope of perfection."
Das gagz |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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"Init
Inwe dinwe, shounwe, carnwe.
Inarf, nodarf (thanks, Alan Freeman), donarf, carnarf.
Inchyer, donchyer, carncher, wounchyer.
I'm told that language evolves, so I look forward to seeing all these in future dictionaries!
Go and read anything in Elizabethan English and come back and tell me language doesn't evolve "
I read the Pickwick Papers recently and was surprised at how different the language was, and how the meaning of words has changed. Some words are no longer used today and I had to keep Googling them.
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By *ocusMan
over a year ago
Cambridge |
"Anyone who says south hampton.
It's Southampton.
One H FFS......
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Although to be fair most people who come from there say “Sampton” |
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By *ocusMan
over a year ago
Cambridge |
"Scone. It’s as in cone. It’s spelt with cone. Not con. You ask for a cone with ice cream not a con. The E is there for a reason. It’s scone not scon. Phew. Feel better now "
Gone...? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I am sure as hell I've mispronounced lots of things in my days.. usually it made everyone laugh and I learnt the correct way. Some things are beyond me due to an accent and learning English very late but I own it. |
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"Init
Inwe dinwe, shounwe, carnwe.
Inarf, nodarf (thanks, Alan Freeman), donarf, carnarf.
Inchyer, donchyer, carncher, wounchyer.
I'm told that language evolves, so I look forward to seeing all these in future dictionaries!
Go and read anything in Elizabethan English and come back and tell me language doesn't evolve
I read the Pickwick Papers recently and was surprised at how different the language was, and how the meaning of words has changed. Some words are no longer used today and I had to keep Googling them.
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Thou speaketh the truth |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I always struggle with Leicester. I should put it on my profile I won't meet anyone from there. As a funny story I managed to get on a wrong train in a rush.. both me and train station assistant weren't native speakers. It was loud and 3 min till departure. So I went to Chester instead of Manchester. Must have been that rushed breath which ate the MAN. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I always struggle with Leicester. I should put it on my profile I won't meet anyone from there. As a funny story I managed to get on a wrong train in a rush.. both me and train station assistant weren't native speakers. It was loud and 3 min till departure. So I went to Chester instead of Manchester. Must have been that rushed breath which ate the MAN. "
I hope you had a nice Chianti and some flava beans while you ate him |
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"I always struggle with Leicester. I should put it on my profile I won't meet anyone from there. As a funny story I managed to get on a wrong train in a rush.. both me and train station assistant weren't native speakers. It was loud and 3 min till departure. So I went to Chester instead of Manchester. Must have been that rushed breath which ate the MAN. "
Depending what was awaiting you in Manchester, you might have had a better time in Chester |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"puzgettie
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You have filthy mouth granny |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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While I can understand why some things may grate - is a large part of this thread not just examples of the language evolving and changing shape as it has done for centuries, which is part of the joy of languages, that fluidity that develops over time with new words coming in, or taking on new meaning all the time and perhaps it should be something to be celebrated and embraced - especially as the pace of that change increases with the world becoming a smaller place as cultures come together and add their own twists and flavours and indeed pronunciations.
I find it fascinating and whilst things like text speak irk me, I also recognise it's just another development of the language. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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of instead of have because they were too lazy to learn the correct pronunciation of words ending 've it's not f****g could ov.
Sorry, rant against lazy arses
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"puzgettie
You have filthy mouth granny"
I know DishDosh.... I know. |
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"I really fucking hate it when my mum calls squirrels squibbels "
Me too ........ it's squiddles...... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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People who say yous, instead of you. So bloody annoying. |
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Bear with me
Insted of
Can you hold the line.
If there fit I might like to be bare and with them but not when sorting out insurance. |
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Pronouncing Marylebone (in London) as Marleybone.
It comes from somebody called Mary Le Bone so that gives you a big clue about the pronounciation.
It is not the bone belonging to that dog Marley from that movie. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I always struggle with Leicester. I should put it on my profile I won't meet anyone from there. As a funny story I managed to get on a wrong train in a rush.. both me and train station assistant weren't native speakers. It was loud and 3 min till departure. So I went to Chester instead of Manchester. Must have been that rushed breath which ate the MAN.
Depending what was awaiting you in Manchester, you might have had a better time in Chester "
Not on that occasion ! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I always struggle with Leicester. I should put it on my profile I won't meet anyone from there. As a funny story I managed to get on a wrong train in a rush.. both me and train station assistant weren't native speakers. It was loud and 3 min till departure. So I went to Chester instead of Manchester. Must have been that rushed breath which ate the MAN. I hope you had a nice Chianti and some flava beans while you ate him "
I was very hungry. I scoffed him up in a hurry. |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
The police officers who insist on talking about a Burglery; no, it's not, it's a Burglary!
Or I heard heard a Channel 4 announcer the other morning with words ending in a t or having a double t in the middle (eg, getting, hitting, get, hit etc). The t / tt wasn't pronounced fully, just said the lazy way (from the back of the throat, not placing the tongue behind the front teeth!).
Media is a great teacher if used correctly. |
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By * Plus ECouple
over a year ago
The South |
"Init
Inwe dinwe, shounwe, carnwe.
Inarf, nodarf (thanks, Alan Freeman), donarf, carnarf.
Inchyer, donchyer, carncher, wounchyer.
I'm told that language evolves, so I look forward to seeing all these in future dictionaries!
Go and read anything in Elizabethan English and come back and tell me language doesn't evolve
I read the Pickwick Papers recently and was surprised at how different the language was, and how the meaning of words has changed. Some words are no longer used today and I had to keep Googling them.
Thou speaketh the truth "
Verily, she doth.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Text speak.
Lol. Just laugh for feck sake. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Gotten
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I've just heard someone say "gambit" when they meant "gamut".
"Or I heard heard a Channel 4 announcer the other morning with words ending in a t or having a double t in the middle (eg, getting, hitting, get, hit etc). The t / tt wasn't pronounced fully, just said the lazy way (from the back of the throat, not placing the tongue behind the front teeth!)."
This is something I find really aggravating. There is a particular film critic who pronounces "documentary" as "documennary", and a specific podcaster who consistently says "addicked" instead of "attic" because the hard-T sound is too much effort for them.
"I really fucking hate it when my mum calls squirrels squibbels
Me too ........ it's squiddles......"
I have a friend whose native language doesn't include the "squ" sound, so they just call them "tree rats". |
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People who mix their metaphors really make my goat boil... |
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"Momentarily" as the Americans say, thinking it means "in a moment". It doesn't.
"The programme will begin momentarily". Idiotic! |
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I'm not being funny
At the end of the day |
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"I really fucking hate it when my mum calls squirrels squibbels
Me too ........ it's squiddles......"
They're squiggles.
Mind field, instead of mine field. |
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"When people say aks instead of ask and when they pronounce things with an 'f' instead of a 'th'
This!!
Aks? I mean, what the actual fuck is aks? It's only a three letter fucking word for Christ's sake..! "
It’s AAVE (African American Vernacular English), or BVE (Black Vernacular English). It’s not a mispronounced word, as far as I’m aware. I’d say it’s more of a cultural variation.
See this article if you’re genuinely interested. 'Aks' has been around a hell of a long time!
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2014-jan-19-la-oe-mcwhorter-black-speech-ax-20140119-story.html
Language changes. It evolves as we do, as a species. If it didn’t, we'd all sound like Chaucer, for fear of upsetting people who are anal about language. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Secatary instead of secretary. |
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Next slide please.
Get the slide and stick it where sun don't shine |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Likkle and hospikal really wind me up! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Pacific instead of specific. I mean, WTF is that all about? |
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I see forfill instead of fulfill written on here quite regularly  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I’m from BRATFUD. Not Bradford |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Mixing up lend and borrow... Grrrrr
You only borrow FROM and lend TO!!!!"
Yes!
Borrowers borrow: lenders lend
Teachers teach: leaners learn
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Scone. It’s as in cone. It’s spelt with cone. Not con. You ask for a cone with ice cream not a con. The E is there for a reason. It’s scone not scon. Phew. Feel better now "
Are you still here or have you gone already?
I hate already, as in have you gone already? |
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Probly instead of probably
Or saying wonder when they mean wander |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"People who say ‘Birminam’ - Birmingham, ‘Botato’ - potato and ‘Pecific’ when they mean specific should be dressed in a french maid outfit, pilloried and flogged. Any other mispronunciations that boil your piss? "
Soz |
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