Luvachicken Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Something really bugs me about spelling Why, on weather reports do we have Winter, but then get Wintry showers ? Why don't we get Wintery showers ? Sorry, sad I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Ha! I'm so glad you said that. I thought I was alone. I was having a moan about weather people saying wintry. Just sounds wrong. The girl on XFM who says 'digitaw' instead of 'digital'. I correct her every day. As you say, a bit sad. One of the reasons I liked Downton Abbey was how the actors spoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I regularly shout at people on the telly (much to my family's annoyance ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkitty Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I was listening to the radio the other day and the presenter said 'now, here's a chance for us all to learn a little bit more about the fine city to which we live in'. ?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 and don't get me started on "myself" instead of "me"...that has me grinding my teeth and steam coming out of my ears!!! (also can get a rise in blood pressure due to misuse of apostrophes...I really should get out more!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 What about 'there', 'their' or 'they're'? I can feel my blood pressure rising at the thought of it! 'Your' and 'you're' is another one. Facebook drives me nuts when people abbreviate things - how is 'ov' any quicker to 'of'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BizzyMomma Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 ..not to mention all the text shorthand the kids use.."txt", "thnx"...oh the one that really gets me is when people reply "np" instead of No Problem and the kids replying "w.e" instead of What Ever....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&T Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Chickvic said: What about 'there', 'their' or 'they're'? I can feel my blood pressure rising at the thought of it! 'Your' and 'you're' is another one. Agree with this one!! My blood boils every time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Wot are yer like eh! opps? wots rong wiv a bitta bad Englesh, I fink you are all a bit yer no anal? We should mbrase ah Engleshnass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 If you want to see some shocking spelling,then trawl eBay for a short while. ............................And do not get me started on text speak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I agree we are all becoming very lazy especially with texting. Mind you takes me so long to text if I did long hand you;d never hear from me (might be an advantage some would say ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 luvachicken said: Something really bugs me about spelling Why, on weather reports do we have Winter, but then get Wintry showers ? Why don't we get Wintery showers ? Sorry, sad I know In short, it's because English is a living language. Both "wintry" and "wintery" are perfectly acceptable variants. Now, if you really want to get exasperated by spellings in English, just ask yourself which joker decided to spell "phonetic" with a "ph".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearls007 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I have a thing with people saying "less" when they mean "fewer". Less milk, fewer bottles! My family roll their eyes when I correct people................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Pearls007 said: I have a thing with people saying "less" when they mean "fewer". Me too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 My bugbear is people who pronounce schedule as 'skedule'. I'm sorry, are you American? No, I didn't think so, so please say it properly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 All of the above, but in particular, text speak of any sort,'sek-er-tree' (secretary) 'Feb-yoo-ree' (February) and 'sikth' (sixth) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeky Chooky Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Alis girls said: Wot are yer like eh! opps? wots rong wiv a bitta bad Englesh, I fink you are all a bit yer no anal? We should mbrase ah Engleshnass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 sadietoo said: and don't get me started on "myself" instead of "me"...that has me grinding my teeth and steam coming out of my ears!!! (also can get a rise in blood pressure due to misuse of apostrophes...I really should get out more!) this one drives me crazy! typically used in HR letters.... grrrrr! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I get cross about the missing letter 'T', I don't think that it exists at all on Radio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Egluntyne said: All of the above, but in particular, text speak of any sort,'sek-er-tree' (secretary) 'Feb-yoo-ree' (February) and 'sikth' (sixth) What perplexes me about the above 'text speak' is that they use the same amount of letters as the correctly spelled words. However, in the case of (ahem!) Febyooree, there's one letter more! Bizarre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mum Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Alis girls said: I agree we are all becoming very lazy especially with texting... And that irritates the life out of me. Text is a noun, it is not a verb. Me: What are you doing, son? Son: I'm texting Dad. Me: No, you are sending Dad a text! Son: No, I haven't sent it yet, I'm still texting. Me: Son: Have you got the cash out for my bus ticket tomorrow? Me: Sorry, I didn't realise you needed it for tomorrow. Son: But I texted you!!! Me: No, you couldn't have. Son: I DID!! Me: No, you did not You may have sent me a text, but you most certainly haven't "texted" me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Bad punctuation gets me. Why is it that (for example a menu for a takeaway shop) will sell "Pizza's" but strangely, also sell "chips" - have we lost the ability to pluralise as a society? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 The incorrect use of 'there' 'their' and 'your' 'you're' really infuriates me. My daughter's are terrible for this and the older one has an A* in English Language and attends a grammar school What does that say about education? I don't have a problem with new words because our language is constantly evolving, but there are some basics that should be kept the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Surely it should be fewer chickens, less eggs or is it less chix, phoower eggs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
