Bit sad i know, but just having a break from decorating and whilst reading various threads have noticed that quite a large percentage of people put BROUGHT when they mean BOUGHT. ''I went to the shop and BROUGHT a pint of milk''... NO, NO, NO,. You BOUGHT a pint of milk!!!!!!!!!!
And my Dad cant for some reason say my daughters name, CERYS, He can only say CERIF!!! And no he hasn't got a lisp as he manages to say other words with 'S' on the end. Is this some kind of Dyslexia? If so i apologise for moaning.
But the BOUGHT/BROUGHT Think really bugs me!!!
Any other odd things people say???


Simon( C.S.E Grade3 English ) ;)

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fill yer boots........ :lol:

Ha Ha Andy!

Although I can talk, I spelt brighten wrong the other day, looked at it, couldnt work out what was wrong and just posted it :doh: Must have been because I used to live near Brighton!!!

I really hate people saying 'and he turned around and said this' and 'I turned around and said that' I always have visions of two people having a conversation and whirling around like spinning tops! Drives me mad.

Also hate 'all of a sudden' - the word is 'suddenly'

So there! <_<

I think people tend to spell words like the pronounce them, also people tend to type to fast & don't realise their spelling mistakes :D

LOL. How about 'grammer'???

I didn't buy a pint of Milk, so I'm ok. Innit. :ph43r:

I think that comes from the Black Plague or the great Plague of London where people weren't allowed to speak face to face, Hence " I turned around and said"
So it goes back a few years.

I don't know why and I don't know which is correct, but the word Math p**ses me off.
I think Maths sounds better and have only really heard the word Math here in Oz.
Which is correct ?
"I'll have to do the Math" just doesn't sound right to me.

If you don't like this post, blame my spell checker :P

'Math' is a US term. It is not Australian. Here, it should be 'Maths', but I guess it's like a lot of other US terms that some people use here. Too much American television shows maybe.

Oh, and to be honest, I haven't really noticed the word 'Math' used all that much here, but I do hear it occasionally. It is certainly not called 'Math' in schools. (Not where I've seen anyway.)

:lol: Actually True Blue its a Greek bloke at work that keeps using it and one Aussie.
I wasnt having a go at the Aussies, although it probably seemed that way :doh: .

Thanks for clearing that up.
I can now ask him if he ever went to school :D

The one that really gets to me is "the couple was" as in "the couple was last seen" or "the couple was arrested at their home" .. I see it in newspapers articles and hear it on the news all the time. Must be an Aussie thing.

Being a dyslexic typer :loopy: myself, I can't really pass comment but, "your" instead of "you're" is one that I've noticed a lot. But hey, as long as you've got the message over, I can't really see the problem. :D

When you see the grammar check errors that Word throws up, it's no wonder we all get it wrong sometimes. ;)

I really cant stand speling mistakes. Gramer i can live wiv but not bad spelings.
Well thats wot i said wen i turned round and said that the uver day anyway.

PS my math is relly good! :happy45:

Not using capital I's and starting sentences with 'and' bug me. ;)

CONGRATULATIONS! TRU BLUE,
You win the prize for spotting the DELIBERATE mistake! :chuckle:
If i were wearing a hat i would take it of to you!!!!

S..

or 'off' even...???

The worst one out here that has me shouting at the radio every time is when they talk about a sale and say "Offer continues until stock lasts"

NOOOO - it's until stock RUNS OUT, or WHILE stock lasts... (or should that be whilst...?)

D

(and don't get me started on apostrophes)

How about, "open 7 days a week including Sunday" :doh:

No worries, Delboy. Didn't take it as a criticism of Aussies. Unfortunately, we have picked up a lot of Americanisms here.

Also, LOL at Carryon, and me winning the prize! :P

I always felt my grammer was a bit strange.........but then, so was grandad.....

It probably has more to do with our reliance on the American versions of spellcheck, as we are too lazy to check our own grammar :o ;)

I really hate the use of Thank You instead of PLEASE!! ie: whose next Thanks? can I have a flat white.... thanks..... its please and thank you!!

They can't pronounce my proper name either......pronounce the Q in Jacqueline.

I could go on....... why is so much here American?

By the way how are you going???!!! :ph43r:

Indians have trouble with my name, they call me Wince :lol:

Maybe the government needs to extend the IELTS test to everyone then ;)

So do I Wince!! :D

Good Jack Thanks :D

PMSL!!!! :D :lol:

I hate when people mix up 'borrow and 'lend'. i.e. Borrow me your coat!!??? :ph43r:

It should be;

Lend me your coat.

or

May I borrow your coat.

Also mixing up wear and where and we're. :ph43r:

Typos don't bother me as I can usually see what people mean and it's a technical error not a grammatical error. :D

My pet hate is when people start their letters with 'I am writing'.....NO? Really? Or on the telephone 'I am telephoning ...' grrr.

And not using the proper addressing. It's Mr. & Mrs. Sincerely and Sir & Madam Faithfully!

Any time that I send an email I have to write it like a proper letter, or it just doesn't feel polite!

Going off to get my Sanatogen now...... :D

Hands up to this one, Marco always corrects me on it :rolleyes:

You can borrow my coat anytime :happy45:

What really annoys me is when people say "on the weekend!!" instead of "at the weekend" and this is slightly off the point but when people shorten names without checking what you want to be called! :sigh:

Mrs R&3

...and my all time favourite...

Me and my friend :sigh: instead of, my friend and I ;)

Oh me too!!! When I moved down to London from Glasgow, it really bugged me when I heard this, I thought it must be a London thing. And i've also noticed on here a few times when people have said 'I bought it with me' not I brought it with me. Am I sad or what?!!!! :lol:

So in mid week do you say at tuesday etc???or on tuesday.....




:(

Wait till you get here and asking a direct question you get "oh yes...no" then the answer.

Sorry, but what is it, Yes or No. Its not difficult.

Must be an Adelaide thing. The please and thanks thing drives me mad. That advert for some financial institution and the bloke asks his butler "for a cup of coffee thanks" Actually its a please, you say thanks when you get the coffee.
Arrrrrgggggggghhhhh

Jo

I just thought of one...SATDAY instead of sat-ur-day :doh:

w8 'til yr kds gt older nd still use txt tlk.


That will send you all mental

hadn't even thought about that - it just seems so strange saying "on the weekend"
still don't like people shortening names without checking what you actually like to be called :what?:
mrs R & 3 :happy25:

:loopy:

the thanks seems very australian to me..why say please and then thanks when just the one word will do!!!.....Maybe me but seems normal now!!!.....if it can be made simpler an easier than thats the go(which i love)..I love the o one ends of everyones names.eg jono,stevo,smok etc..again easier and simplier!!!!

I'm guilty of that, but maybe not until the second time Ive met them, then were old friends :D

Got a bloke in work that does that a lot :D I think its funny.

So, were you going to put that in there ?

>yeah nah.

So I pull him up really quick and say well which one is it. :D

Here's a few that do it for me.

Dubbayew or Dubyew really irritates me! e.g. Dubbayew, Dubbayew, Dubbayew dot or Dubyew, Dubyew, Dubyew dot. It's particularly irritating when heard from people who are paid ridiculous amounts to speak properly, Announcers, Voiceovers & Newsreaders etc.

Another one is OH, as in telephone numbers, OH ONE, OH FOUR etc. It's ZERO!! OH is a letter not a digit.

When people drop the first R in February and say Feb-yoo-ary. While it is generally considered an acceptable pronunciation of the word, I personally find it really annoying.

Pacifically instead of Specifically.

Recently I have succumbed to the dreaded Aussie preface "Aw look". Generally used by Politicians when they're either under pressure or seeking to avoid getting bogged down on any issue about which they know very little.
"Aw look, I'm not prepared to discuss that any further, I've already given my response", "Look, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it" etc.

Mea Culpa. :(

Alan.