It's bought not brought!!

[TheBlairSnitchProject]

If you have purchased something - you have bought it.

If you bring something along with you - you have brought it.

Why do people insist on using brought when they mean bought? FFS!!



Feel better now. Thanks

[VinegARGHHHTits]

I knew that

[bodycolder]

drives me mad too.But not as much as our local papers fave 'chest of draws!!!'

[tellnoone]

The worst one I ever saw was on an ebay listing:

bort .... i.e. bought!

"I only bort it 18 months ago"

[Ledodgy]

Ive noticed it on here alot I think it's regional not sure where though.

[Lotster]

Makes me gnash my teeth too!

[TheBlairSnitchProject]

It was in the first line of a thread on here that I read just a few minutes ago! Couldn't answer the Op because I didn't trust myself not to mention it!

Glad it's not just me

It's quite a common mix up round here (Buckinghamshire) I tend to say "Really, where did you bring it from?" if I know the person well enough.

[fluffles]

never hear it here (edinburgh), i think it's weird.. but i'm sur we have our own regional quirks..

'amn't i?' rather than 'aren't i?' springs to mind - i can never decide if that's scots dialect or just wrong.

[CJCregg]

BlairSnitch, whereabouts are you? I'm quite near Chesham, and everyone there says 'brought'. Drives me insane.

[muggglewump]

I hate it too.
Where has it come from?

As for the chest of draws. I once saw in a furniture shop, a price on 'Chester draw's'
I kid you not.

I had to leave the shop immediately and have a sit down.

[bodycolder]

[Lotster]

"I hate it too.
Where has it come from?"

Netmums?

[TheBlairSnitchProject]

I'm in MK Cregg. I hadn't heard it before I moved here...

[LadyOfTheFlowers]

Brought and bought rankle me too, as much as specific and pacific.

[WhamBam]

fluffles - afaik 'amn't i' is v common in ireland as it comes from the direct translation of the way questions are phrased in irish and so prob in gaelic too. Er, does that make sense?!

[bodycolder]

My personal bugbear is 'We was' and get off OF

[TrillianSlasher]

Do chester draws go with a Chesterfield sofa?

[muggglewump]

Chester draw's.
At least get it right

[DadInsteadofMum]

Chester's draws is what he keeps in the chest of drawers surely.

[TrillianSlasher]

I think they are "drawers" too.

[CJCregg]

Another one that bugs me - sorry, a bit out of the blue but I've just noticed it again on another thread is:

I text him and he said ...

It's texted, past fucking tense. Grrrrr.

[TheBlairSnitchProject]

"I done it" drives me crazy!

It's 'I did it' or 'I've done it' otherwise it's just wrong!