Things that people say wrongly....but they're too old to be corrected

[Moomin8]

When I was about 18 I had a boyfriend who used to call Valentine's Day 'Valentimes ' day.

[Marinetta]

My partner always puts a t on the end of giraffe so it becomes a girafft. Told him multiple times that he's saying it wrong and he knows but can't get out of the habit of saying it.

[Mrsjayy]

My step dads says criss for crisps i have no idea why but it makes me silently ragey.

[Clangus00]

Tin Henman.
Good ol’ Tin.

[TateWorm]

My grandma used to always say "sang-wich" for sandwich, really emphasising the ng sound too.

[Knittedfairies]

My friend's aunt used to lie down with a paramedic if she had a headache. ( Paracetamol)

[squishee]

I've heard Australians call sandwiches sangers. Sorry TateWorm

Yy to criss < silently rages>

People saying "aeriated" when they mean irate.

For all intensive purposes grrrr!

People saying "I was like" when they mean "I said / thought" outs self as an old gimmer

So many more. May I direct you to Pedants' Corner? "Chester draws" galore.

[aSofaNearYou]

Kind of a regional thing but my DP consistently uses "was" and "were" the opposite way around. I wouldn't question it if he just only used one or used them randomly but it's the fact that he uses "was" in every context that should be "were" and vice versa that frustrates me, he knows they are different. Why not just swap them?

[FunnysInLaJardin]

Isn't aeriated a regional thing? It was certainly used in the Midlands when I was growing up to mean irate or rather over excited?

What else does it mean?

[Zeldasmagicwand]

@Knittedfairies 'lie down with a paramedic' genius cure for a headache and other ailments.

[AmericanLemonade]

I thought it was ‘valentimes’ day well into my twenties

[eenymeenyminyme]

My ex inlaws have many...

Ceebies instead of CBeebies
Weefee instead of WiFi

and when DD used to take a muslin everywhere with her they'd tell everyone it was her 'muslim'

good job they're old and sweet so they get away with it!

[TroysMammy]

My DM adds an extra s onto the word gas because it doesn't look finished with just one s.

[Evilmorty]

Are your teachers at school strick?
Would you like a packet of chris?
Ev-think is going to be alright.
Minellium Falcon.
Skelton.
Chimeneee.

[Evilmorty]

And, for the finale....

Mataland.

[PullingMySocksUp]

Aerated is fine like that, INFORMAL•BRITISH
agitated, angry, or overexcited.
"don't get so aerated!"

[Evilmorty]

And also thought you lived in a terrorist house, rather than terraced.

[paap1975]

I would of

[HappyDinosaur]

My very elderly grandad says Brisket instead of Brexit. I don't think the Britain and Exit combination has crossed his mind. I wouldn't correct him for the world, I actually think it's quite sweet.

[milleniumhandandprawn]

My lovely Nan used to call Radishes reddishes.
I guess because they're kind of red!
Also the patio was the padio.

She was also utterly convinced that broccoli stalks were poisonous so used to carefully trim them off.

[LemonMousse]

My in-laws are always attending funerals - or as they put it 'funedrals' - they also pronounce hearse as 'Hearst' (they love a bit of death!)

[Wombleish]

Lots of people seem to say or write 'weary' when they mean 'wary'.

[Ohyesiam]

squishee
Aeriated is a different word to irate.

[simplekindoflife]

Argh, yes, Mataland!!!! Gives me unnecessary rage.

Hurst instead of hearse. My DH and all his family say it, it drives me mad!! But given the circumstances where we need to say it, it's not a scenario I could go around correcting everyone.

Also, "i went to John Lewis's" why not just John Lewis?!?!! Rah!!

[BarkandCheese]

My grandma, despite our best attempts to correct her, always pronounced her favourite dessert profiteroles as “pro-tiff-eh-roles”.

[DorisDay88]

Couple of people I know enjoy shopping in Convent Garden
A friend enrages me with her pronunciations of croissant- cruesent anyone? - nice with a piece of feeeta cheese apparently