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To actually hate people who say bought instead of brought

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GentleButter · 08/04/2024 21:41

Why?
WHY DO PEOPLE SAY BOUGHT WHEN THEY SHOULD SAY BROUGHT?
It's unbearable.
I cannot bear it when someone says it.
I'm polite, so I have to use every muscle in my throat and mouth to stop myself from screaming "But you didn't BUY it! So WHY are you saying BOUGHT????"
It happens constantly.
I was in a meeting at work. Someone said "Yes, I bought this issue up the other day" internally, I screamed "But you didn't BUY this issue, so WTF are you saying you BOUGHT it?".
This goes on and on all around me.
Worst of all, my own husband says it, which is insufferable. No amount of me correcting him will make him understand the nonsense of saying 'bought' when he should say 'brought'. And he went to private school, so he was well educated and he still can't get it right. There's no excuse.

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BirthdayRainbow · 09/04/2024 18:23

MsLuxLisbon · 09/04/2024 17:16

You are of course correct, however I have to admit that I prefer 'one pence' to 'one p' even though the latter is probably more correct.

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This reminds me how annoyed I get when on Coronation Street the shop prices are shown as £1.25p.

I was taught in maths lessons, it is one or the other, never both.

FoxtrotOscarFoxtrotOscar · 09/04/2024 17:56

Wonder round instead of wander round (Escape to the Country presenters)

"You'll be cooking for Gregg and I" (John Torode - why has no one corrected him?). Drives me up the wall.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 09/04/2024 17:50

tiredandabitfat · 09/04/2024 08:31

What is theatre with a big A? theAtre? I don't get it?

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Some Americans pronounce it theeayter. I don’t recall hearing a Brit doing it though.

2mummies1baby · 09/04/2024 17:49

MaybeRevisitYourWipingT3chnique · 09/04/2024 16:33

Also dice.

People say "throw the dice" even when there is only one die.

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You have to be careful how you correct children on this though, or you'll end up shouting, "Die!" at a bemused child across the classroom, as I have on more than one occasion...

PlumpAndDeliciousFatcat · 09/04/2024 17:29

Just seen a live one - an Instagram account I usually really like talking about their project which is a ‘working progress’ rather than a ‘work in progress’.

JudgeJ · 09/04/2024 17:27

peloton2024 · 09/04/2024 00:01

@LoopyLooooo it wouldn't be so bad if I didn't make appointments at work!
I have swapped to saying four thirty now as I can't be relied on to actually say half past and my boss mocks me Blush "could you be any more Bolton sometimes" Hmm

And what's wrong with being a little bit Notlob!!!

Saying 'half past four' can cause problems if you're dealing outside the UK, in Germany half four means 3.30, ie half before four!

MsLuxLisbon · 09/04/2024 17:16

Oakbeam · 09/04/2024 16:25

One pence.

Pence is plural. You can only have two or more pence. If you only have one, it is a penny.

You are of course correct, however I have to admit that I prefer 'one pence' to 'one p' even though the latter is probably more correct.

2mummies1baby · 09/04/2024 17:12

Oakbeam · 09/04/2024 16:25

One pence.

Pence is plural. You can only have two or more pence. If you only have one, it is a penny.

Well I've learnt something new today!

MsLuxLisbon · 09/04/2024 17:12

smellslikecinnamon · 09/04/2024 17:09

Well it is pronounced PEETA so maybe she pronounces it better than you do!!

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Exactly, because it's the very kind that Katniss stole 😉

MsLuxLisbon · 09/04/2024 17:11

One that I see a lot on here and makes me grind my teeth is 'invite' for 'invitation'. 'Invite' is a verb, 'invitation' is the noun.

smellslikecinnamon · 09/04/2024 17:09

MiffedandMiserable · 08/04/2024 22:02

My mum says Peter bread instead of pita bread. Makes me want to claw my ears off.

Well it is pronounced PEETA so maybe she pronounces it better than you do!!

BibbleandSqwauk · 09/04/2024 17:09

There was a sign up in a shop the other day with "brake" when it should have been "break". I REALLY wanted to say something but in the end didn't. Should I have mentioned it, Mumsnet Jury?

smellslikecinnamon · 09/04/2024 17:08

CoffeeAndEnnui · 08/04/2024 22:00

His in place of he's is the one I see at least once a week on my feed. "His done so well on his mocks!" actually hurt my mind because how can you use something correctly and incorrectly in the same sentence?! Baffling.

Nooooo. I have never seen this!! That's awful

timetodeclutter · 09/04/2024 17:03

I notice things like this (e.g. using "myself" instead of "me" sets me on edge).

I bet, though, that there are things I say that are incorrect or which grate on people.

I also bet that some people who make mistakes in their spoken/written English, would think I'm really thick about some things that they find really easy (i.e. I'm not good at parking, I can't rewire a plug, I'm pretty poor at quick mental arithmetic, I'm fairly ignorant about some major sports etc.)

So, YANBU to be irritated by the mistake, but YABU to hate people over this. Love the sinner, hate the sin!

PS I hope you are only correcting your DH and not others. Correcting people's speech is really boorish (but I reckon that like a lot of otherwise ill-mannered behaviour, it's kind of ok with family / at home).

Abitofalark · 09/04/2024 16:59

Oakbeam · 09/04/2024 16:25

One pence.

Pence is plural. You can only have two or more pence. If you only have one, it is a penny.

Yes. Someone should tell the Scottish minister for finance it's one penny.

dickdarstardlymuttley · 09/04/2024 16:55

shearwater2 · 09/04/2024 12:04

Actually hating someone for grammatical or linguistic errors seems a little strong. I feel a bit sorry for people who make these routine errors as it will really hold them back in life, and I count my blessings. Perhaps they have not had the advantages I have in life.

Where is my dyslexic tribe on here?!

YeahComeOnThen · 09/04/2024 16:45

PTSDBarbiegirl · 08/04/2024 22:38

I was in the field and fell on the floor.
NO, YOU FELL ON THE GROUND!
You were in the kitchen and fell on the floor, out in the garden you fell again on the ground...

@PTSDBarbiegirl

that really bugs me too, I hear it a lot. I bit the bullet & explained the difference to my foreign god daughter, thinking it was her having picked it up incorrectly, but no we still have ground & floor, ceiling & roof all mixed up!

I had to choose the path of calmness with an ex, he'd do all of the above plus

we was

using fairly normal words incorrectly

in the end I couldn't cope with it anymore & he had to go before I completely lost the plot (although there were bigger issues too, but it certainly didn't help the situation!)

MaybeRevisitYourWipingT3chnique · 09/04/2024 16:33

Oakbeam · 09/04/2024 16:25

One pence.

Pence is plural. You can only have two or more pence. If you only have one, it is a penny.

Also dice.

People say "throw the dice" even when there is only one die.

MaybeRevisitYourWipingT3chnique · 09/04/2024 16:30

Abitofalark · 09/04/2024 15:03

En route. It should be either the original French or the English on the way.

This reminds me of another half French and half English construction for the French word enclave which in French is pronounced 'onclav' but Anglicised it's nclave (non-nasal plain n and rhyming with gave).

Instead you get the French sound on hitched to the English sound clave, resulting in onclave, from the BBC correspondent.

I have the same beef with 'envelope' as well.

Either say it with French pronunciation - 'ON-vey-loppe' - or with English pronunciation - 'EN-vuh-lope' - but so many people use a bizarre hybrid of 'ON-vuh-lope', and some of them ironically look down on people who logically choose to be consistent!

Talking of irony, the word that annoys me most of all for its very common mispronunciation is 'pronunciation', which you frequently hear as 'pro-NOUN-see-ay-shun'.

YeahComeOnThen · 09/04/2024 16:30

StormingNorman · 08/04/2024 22:13

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@StormingNorman

yeah we have all hit send at much the same time 🤣🤣

Oakbeam · 09/04/2024 16:25

One pence.

Pence is plural. You can only have two or more pence. If you only have one, it is a penny.

Seymour5 · 09/04/2024 16:12

Lead instead of led. She led her dog, on the lead, round the lead mine.

ThanksItHasPockets · 09/04/2024 15:27

Polishedshoesalways · 09/04/2024 14:24

Oh to have a life where this minutiae matters.

FWIW, minutiae is a plural noun (so ‘these minutiae’). The singular form is minutia.

I am being slightly facetious and I understand the point you are making but I don’t accept that caring about clarity is the preserve of the privileged. A lot of the errors mentioned in this thread genuinely affect the meaning of what is being said, and it is often the people in the most vulnerable situations who need to be able to understand and be understood with the greatest clarity.

BirthdayRainbow · 09/04/2024 15:22

I tell you all what would be helpful, if when you are telling us what is wrong that you also say the correct phrase. There is a couple here that I'm finding harder to recall and it would help not just me I'm sure. Thank you to those that have said the correct word.

StormingNorman · 09/04/2024 15:16

tiredandabitfat · 09/04/2024 08:31

What is theatre with a big A? theAtre? I don't get it?

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When people pronounce the “at” in the middle. Irritating AF