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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

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

Expresso

Boils my piss!

Lu

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By *oeBeansMan
over a year ago

Derby

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

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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By *rincess peachWoman
over a year ago

shits creek


"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


"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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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

People who pronounce Aitch as Haitch

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Expresso

Boils my piss!

Lu "

This!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chorizo pronounced wrong annoys me!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's so fuxing annoying

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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

And bruschetta! Grrrrrr

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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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By *atricia ParnelWoman
over a year ago

In a town full of colours

"Innit" gets right on my nerves

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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago

Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe


"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

People not pronouncing their Rs...

PoRk

WateR etc...

But I think that's just the West country in me

Lu

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

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

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


"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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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

Catchin the buzz inta Brum?

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By *ig1gaz1Man
over a year ago

bradford


"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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By *rincess peachWoman
over a year ago

shits creek


"Catchin the buzz inta Brum?"

Grrrr, buzz gets me.

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet


"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


""Innit" gets right on my nerves "

This, especially coming from middle age men, embarrassing

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Two cups of Chino please

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


""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


"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

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

Cummed lol sounds so childish sorry

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley


"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......

E

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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


"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

I do love auto carrot

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By *oeBeansMan
over a year ago

Derby


""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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By *arker secrets 321Man
over a year ago

West Bromwich

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

Ibufen is another... you mean ibuprofen?!

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

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.

E

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By *atricia ParnelWoman
over a year ago

In a town full of colours


""Innit" gets right on my nerves

This, especially coming from middle age men, embarrassing

Agreed innit "

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"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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By *esmond and Molly JonesCouple
over a year ago

Watford

"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


"People who pronounce Aitch as Haitch "

Oh my god this! My grandma used to hit me if I did it

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"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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By *esmond and Molly JonesCouple
over a year ago

Watford


"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"

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

Hahah who cares though. It's very petty.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

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

'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


"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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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley


"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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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham


"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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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"'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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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Kekkle

And possibly just in the Midlands, but babby instead of baby.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"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

When people say schedule without using the h! Scedule!

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

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


"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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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"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

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

Brought instead of bought

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

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

"

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


"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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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

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 *ove3funCouple
over a year ago

Cheltenham

Are for our grates me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"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

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


"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

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By *ig1gaz1Man
over a year ago

bradford


"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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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley


"Brought instead of bought

"

I often wonder if they 'brought' it at a Bing and Bry sale...

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By *oeBeansMan
over a year ago

Derby


"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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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley


"

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

"Could of" aaarrrgghhhh! Have! Could have!!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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 *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

[Removed by poster at 17/01/21 20:11:13]

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

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

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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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

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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By *leasureseekers123Couple
over a year ago

Heathrow

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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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

walsall

I hate “meh”. It’s like Kevin the teenager articulating a sigh.

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

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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By *nimaginativeUsernameMan
over a year ago

Rochester, Kent

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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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham


"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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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham


"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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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"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

Beetroot and duvet.

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By *ransistersTV/TS
over a year ago

Dover

I AVE a question

Is is ow do yer boil yer piss.

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick


""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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By *oastal1968Man
over a year ago

London

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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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

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

yoghurt vs yogurt

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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


""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

EAT MY SHIT - I hope that was enunciated correctly enough for your dialectical scope of perfection.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Window screen instead of windscreen gets me. Don't know why just does.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex


"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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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

"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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By *onny123300Man
over a year ago

fleetwood

Chimley pots aghhhhh!

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By *lirty-CoupleCouple
over a year ago

Bexley

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

When people say I'm hoovering the house when they have a dyson, it's vacuum the house FFS

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By *ackagain_83Man
over a year ago

london

Cockwomble

Anyone uses that word deserves to be publicly flogged

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central


"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"

They're only asking to be flogged

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

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


"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"
yes that boils my piss as well

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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

When people say K for Okay.

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By *onny123300Man
over a year ago

fleetwood


"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

I can't abide people say they want to forfill a fantasy. It's fulfill

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By *onny123300Man
over a year ago

fleetwood

Drives me nuts when people start a sentence with "so"...why ?????????

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By *unkhouser72Man
over a year ago

Gtr Manchester

People who say arsck/ax instead of ask, this seems to becoming mainstream

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By *oxyvixen99Woman
over a year ago

Newtownabbey

Hit me up

Pop up

Wuu2

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By *allenMan
over a year ago

Thatcham

People who say Listen halfway way through a sentence even though we are already listening

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

"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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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"

"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?

"

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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over a year ago

Init

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley


"

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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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley


"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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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"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

East London


"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

East London


"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......

E

"

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

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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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"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

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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)
over a year ago


"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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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"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 *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

King's Crustacean

puzgettie

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"puzgettie

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You have filthy mouth granny

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

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

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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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

King's Crustacean


"puzgettie

You have filthy mouth granny"

I know DishDosh.... I know.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

King's Crustacean


"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

People who say yous, instead of you. So bloody annoying.

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By *ove2pleaseseukMan
over a year ago

Hastings

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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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

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 *tudiousPipWoman
over a year ago

W Yorks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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


"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.

E

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Text speak.

Lol. Just laugh for feck sake.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gotten

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

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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By *oingforit99Couple
over a year ago

Preston

People who mix their metaphors really make my goat boil...

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By *esmond and Molly JonesCouple
over a year ago

Watford

"Momentarily" as the Americans say, thinking it means "in a moment". It doesn't.

"The programme will begin momentarily". Idiotic!

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

I'm not being funny

At the end of the day

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By *imi_RougeWoman
over a year ago

Portsmouth


"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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By *oudLoutishLoverWoman
over a year ago

Colchester


"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

Secatary instead of secretary.

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

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

Likkle and hospikal really wind me up!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pacific instead of specific. I mean, WTF is that all about?

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By *dam_TinaCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire

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

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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By *ablo minibar123Woman
over a year ago

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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


"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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