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.....and no amount of emphasis and suggestion will get them to change.
The "General Manager" of a company that I dealt with was incapable of saying "specific". It always came out as "pacific".
My dear elder sister (God rest) was a buyer travelling Europe for a leading department store, and being wined and dined several times a week,
but could she hell be persuaded to say "Broccoli".
They may well have thought she was Chinese as she always said Broccori!
A poncey, but very nice, couple for whom I was upgrading their hotel foyer and lounge bar, were incapable of saying "pilasters".
No amount of reinforcing of the word could stop him from saying "palisters" and her from saying "pilastairs".
You had to be there!
The "General Manager" of a company that I dealt with was incapable of saying "specific". It always came out as "pacific".
My dear elder sister (God rest) was a buyer travelling Europe for a leading department store, and being wined and dined several times a week,
but could she hell be persuaded to say "Broccoli".
They may well have thought she was Chinese as she always said Broccori!
A poncey, but very nice, couple for whom I was upgrading their hotel foyer and lounge bar, were incapable of saying "pilasters".
No amount of reinforcing of the word could stop him from saying "palisters" and her from saying "pilastairs".
You had to be there!
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A bloke in the pub was telling us about his daughter's experience in hospital having a child.
He said ''she had a very hard time. In the end they had to give her a cesarewitch''
He said ''she had a very hard time. In the end they had to give her a cesarewitch''
Its not my won't to correct the grammatically-challenged.
A lot of people wot use wrong words are dyspeptic!
I hope this clarifies the matter!
I hope this clarifies the matter!
Slicer 23 Jun 14 16:32 Joined: 10 Jan 03 | Topic/replies: 5,264 | Blogger: Slicer's blog
A lot of people wot use wrong words are dyspeptic!
I hope this clarifies the matter!
A lot of people wot use wrong words are dyspeptic!
I hope this clarifies the matter!
My mates wife can't say 'binoculars'.
Try as she might, it always comes out as 'binokears'
Try as she might, it always comes out as 'binokears'
Ricky Hatton when he says lickle(little).Snap out of it you little pr1ck before I cuff you.
The yoof of today say aks instead of ask which is a bogbare of mine. I also know someone who says "not necesscelery", he thinks he is being amusing but everyone thinks he's a complete tool.
'we don't need no education'
& how it f*cking shows!!
& how it f*cking shows!!
The manager at work said to me them ones, I said you mean those, he said yes, them ones 
Many people wot can't read or right are illegitimate!
I hope this further clarifies the matter.
I hope this further clarifies the matter.
Was it Martin Keown who commented that the game was a war of nutrition?
Friend of mine keeps saying the ball took a 'reflection' into the net!
A lot of folk say Birningham instead of Birmingham.
That's apsolutely true by the way.
That's apsolutely true by the way.
John Hartson described a goal in this World Cup as a "cardboard cutout" of a goal in an earlier game.
People who use "loose" instead of "lose" and vice versa.
O.P. I very much hope that they're not as bothered about it as 'YOU' are.......................................
Should 'of' - instead of should 'have'........predominant speech these days - grates a bit I have to say.
You see loads of 'of' instead of 'have' on Facebook, which is primarily a site for the younger generation .
Another on is on photos of babies, and some reply with 'His(he's) lovely.
My eldest posted that my grand-daughter wasn't well last week. Then yesterday she said that the baby was a lot better, but hubby had the stomach bug now. One of her old schoolmates, who is a shop manageress, posted 'Oh know!!'
Another on is on photos of babies, and some reply with 'His(he's) lovely.
My eldest posted that my grand-daughter wasn't well last week. Then yesterday she said that the baby was a lot better, but hubby had the stomach bug now. One of her old schoolmates, who is a shop manageress, posted 'Oh know!!'
You see loads of 'of' instead of 'have' on Facebook, which is primarily a site for the younger generation .
Another on is on photos of babies, and some reply with 'His(he's) lovely.
My eldest posted that my grand-daughter wasn't well last week. Then yesterday she said that the baby was a lot better, but hubby had the stomach bug now. One of her old schoolmates, who is a shop manageress, posted 'Oh know!!'
Another on is on photos of babies, and some reply with 'His(he's) lovely.
My eldest posted that my grand-daughter wasn't well last week. Then yesterday she said that the baby was a lot better, but hubby had the stomach bug now. One of her old schoolmates, who is a shop manageress, posted 'Oh know!!'
People who say 'it all goes well' instead of 'augurs well'.
Joel 23 Jun 14 23:03
People who say 'it all goes well' instead of 'augurs well'.
JOEL
there is NO way those using the former expression are doing so in lieu of the latter...they wouldn't know what 'augur' meant if it jumped up & hit them in the face.
think ur crediting them with way more intelligence than they possess
basically,the country is full of bottom feeder barely educated in bred chav mutants(& that's the creme de la creme)
am i being a tad harsh?
People who say 'it all goes well' instead of 'augurs well'.
JOEL
there is NO way those using the former expression are doing so in lieu of the latter...they wouldn't know what 'augur' meant if it jumped up & hit them in the face.
think ur crediting them with way more intelligence than they possess
basically,the country is full of bottom feeder barely educated in bred chav mutants(& that's the creme de la creme)
am i being a tad harsh?
I'm not in your country but there's a certain race caller in mine who has used it on more than one occasion, along with another broadcaster. It doesn't all go well for the future of the country
And I also think that Spellinggrammar guy meant 'bugbear'. Fine examples of people using the wrong words! 
I'd guess I've just put myself in the firing-line.
I'd guess I've just put myself in the firing-line.
O.P. I very much hope that they're not as bothered about it as 'YOU' are..
Thanks dewey, but you lost me there!
I'm talking here about the spoken word rather than written.
I can't believe, for instance, that the growing number of people who write "to" and "too" incorrectly (despite their ignorance)
would say "are you going too the cinema" or, when asking someone else if they are would say "are you going to".
So that being the case, why can they not write it as it is spoken?
Thanks dewey, but you lost me there!
I'm talking here about the spoken word rather than written.
I can't believe, for instance, that the growing number of people who write "to" and "too" incorrectly (despite their ignorance)
would say "are you going too the cinema" or, when asking someone else if they are would say "are you going to".
So that being the case, why can they not write it as it is spoken?
People who say nothink instead of nothing
This seems to be the standard for "Take Away Food Order Process Executives" who always say "Anyfink else"?
This seems to be the standard for "Take Away Food Order Process Executives" who always say "Anyfink else"?
Their,they're and there are common mistakes on here,or should that be 'hear'.
Selling my car a few years back, a perspective byer came round while I were lying prostate in front of the tele, door-bell gone off and the dogs gone nucular. Never again.
This is the sickth thread we've had on this subject.
Muntz Street Joined: 02 Feb 06
Replies: 7031 23 Jun 14 19:20
John Hartson described a goal in this World Cup as a "cardboard cutout" of a goal in an earlier game.
Brilliant, I'm using this from now on!
Muntz Street Joined: 02 Feb 06
Replies: 7031 23 Jun 14 19:20
John Hartson described a goal in this World Cup as a "cardboard cutout" of a goal in an earlier game.
Brilliant, I'm using this from now on!
Whoops!! Shot self in foot. Just realised that Ken's post was intentional!
That's the trouble with trying to be a smart-arse.
That's the trouble with trying to be a smart-arse.
whence I am from
I like that mistake. I mite ewes that won.
I like that mistake. I mite ewes that won.
naydam 24 Jun 14 16:00
Ken. Would that be 'I WAS lying'?
naydam 24 Jun 14 16:04
Whoops!! Shot self in foot. Just realised that Ken's post was intentional!
That's the trouble with trying to be a smart-arse.
You forgot to mention perspective, byer, prostate and nucular.
Ken. Would that be 'I WAS lying'?
naydam 24 Jun 14 16:04
Whoops!! Shot self in foot. Just realised that Ken's post was intentional!
That's the trouble with trying to be a smart-arse.
You forgot to mention perspective, byer, prostate and nucular.
My brother-in-law who's in his late eighties seems to be getting over his prostrate problems according to my half sister.
when I was a kid the lady who lived next door to us used to use all sorts of wrong words, but I especially remember the following ones:
"the car wouldn't start again this morning, it's very sentimental" and "I've just been out in the garden planting some siblings"
she was from a large family of cumbrian farming folk and back in the 20s & 30s champion jockey tommy weston was a regular lodger at her dad's farm during race meetings at carlisle - in those days the jocks used to sleep in a cot over their horses in the stable... happy days
rip Doreen M, my second mum
"the car wouldn't start again this morning, it's very sentimental" and "I've just been out in the garden planting some siblings"
she was from a large family of cumbrian farming folk and back in the 20s & 30s champion jockey tommy weston was a regular lodger at her dad's farm during race meetings at carlisle - in those days the jocks used to sleep in a cot over their horses in the stable... happy days
rip Doreen M, my second mum
CMAT. That was how I realised that his errors were intentional. I should have read it properly.
Still, not to worry.
Still, not to worry.
Phil Neville commenting on the white spray on the football referred the 'imaginary line'.
Chris Waddle always says "pellanty" when trying to say penalty.
Dozy neighbour, years ago, was telling another neighbour that the village was exempt from a hose pipe ban,
because we were on a "Fresian" well!
because we were on a "Fresian" well!
The worst offenders in life are those who fall foul of Skit's Law.
When I lived in Ireland during the troubles and there were a lot of army helicopters around, I knew a man who used say that the helicopters were "hoovering around the border."
I also knew an old lady who would say that she was going out to the garden "to plant some scrubs."
Another old lady gave a friend of mine a letter to post to England and when he read the envelope she had spelt Suffolk as "Suffu ck"
I also knew an old lady who would say that she was going out to the garden "to plant some scrubs."
Another old lady gave a friend of mine a letter to post to England and when he read the envelope she had spelt Suffolk as "Suffu ck"
one of the most universally used,lazy ones tacked onto the end of nearly every expression has got to be 'innit',innit?!
some people cant even say the letter H correctly, little p ickey bloke i used to play golf with always said "he do" instead of "he does"
I'll happily concede that she was only young at the time and still learning to read properly but my daughter came out with one of the funniest lines when a warning light lit up in my car. I got her to read from the manual and she read that "the indignation system ....." instead of "ignition system".
Made me lol!
Made me lol!
I've got knee trouble,I think it's the cartridge or part of the skellington. It's from when I hit the windowscreen.
That reminds me "egg" of some stupid Irish presenter, on a car type tv proramme, who was discussing the merits of a particular car,
and came out with the classic "Take these rear headlights"!
You have to imagine that in a strong Irish accent......
and came out with the classic "Take these rear headlights"!
You have to imagine that in a strong Irish accent......
the idea has been muted several times in the past
ffs
ffs
Just read somewhere else about how GPs have become blazee.
Jo "Super Nanny" keeps saying "it's not assebtable".
Widely used in the Asian communities are "Radioater"...."Emergency Heater" and "Kabut Sale".
From some dim American who wrote "Garder Belt" because that's how they say it!
Widely used in the Asian communities are "Radioater"...."Emergency Heater" and "Kabut Sale".
From some dim American who wrote "Garder Belt" because that's how they say it!
My youngest thought that annoying PPI advert on Talksport was
"Have I got creepy eyes dot com"
And someone I used to work with thought the lyrics of the song "I Try" by Macy Gracy (you know the one - I try to say goodbye and I choke, try to walk away and I stumble...)
was "I wear goggles when you are not here" which is not only quite funny but also an enduring image.
"Have I got creepy eyes dot com"
And someone I used to work with thought the lyrics of the song "I Try" by Macy Gracy (you know the one - I try to say goodbye and I choke, try to walk away and I stumble...)
was "I wear goggles when you are not here" which is not only quite funny but also an enduring image.
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