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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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ColleenDonaghy · 11/04/2024 21:01

BlueBilledBeatboxingBird · 11/04/2024 20:59

Isn’t haitch / aitch a sectarian shibboleth?

Yes, it is in NI. Aitch = British/unionist/Protestant, haitch = Irish/nationalist/Catholic.

In Ireland it's just haitch across the board.

BlueBilledBeatboxingBird · 11/04/2024 20:59

Isn’t haitch / aitch a sectarian shibboleth?

ColleenDonaghy · 11/04/2024 20:59

belleager · 11/04/2024 20:57

Well spoken Irish people definitely do.

I don't know about Scots but I'd imagine there are regional variations if you and others have difference experiences?

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Indeed. I have a proper newsreader Irish accent, the Irish equivalent of RP, and I say Haitch as does everyone else I know from Ireland.

Gosh, it's been DAYS since we've done this.

belleager · 11/04/2024 20:57

MsLuxLisbon · 11/04/2024 20:30

The Scots who insist that 'haitch' is correct make me roll my eyes. I am a well educated Anglo-Scot. Well spoken Scots do NOT say 'haitch'!

Well spoken Irish people definitely do.

I don't know about Scots but I'd imagine there are regional variations if you and others have difference experiences?

MsLuxLisbon · 11/04/2024 20:30

The Scots who insist that 'haitch' is correct make me roll my eyes. I am a well educated Anglo-Scot. Well spoken Scots do NOT say 'haitch'!

Scotgran1 · 11/04/2024 19:19

I don't think we Scots do that. We also don't Say drawRing ' or lay _for lie/ lying down.🙄 or haitch.

ASighMadeOfStone · 11/04/2024 13:22

@luckylavender "gifted" as a verb was in common use in the 1500s, (it's another old Norse mutating into old English word) and then lost favour as we became less precise with our use of language.

I imagine traditionalist sticklers for classical use of English are happy it's back.

LeaderBee · 11/04/2024 13:18

luckylavender · 09/04/2024 10:56

I only hear it the other way round too but it gives me the rage.
I also loath should off, would off, could off and gifted instead of given. Loads more though.

Oh dear.

"Loath" - To be reluctant
"Loathe" - to be disgusted by.

PlumpAndDeliciousFatcat · 11/04/2024 12:43

Obviously, we would all have a lot more respect for the OP if she simply admitted that she got carried away while Mumsnetting under the influence and now feels a bit daft. It is equally obvious that this is not going to happen, so let's leave her to have her tinkly little laughs over how very silly and amusing we all are.

ConsistentlyElectrifiedElves · 11/04/2024 12:33

2mummies1baby · 10/04/2024 11:19

I will (kindly) educate you: you need a full stop before your closing speechmarks.

But it's okay, I forgive you.

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Damn it! 😂

I don't profess to be perfect when it comes to my grammar but there are many things that irritate me!

2mummies1baby · 11/04/2024 12:12

GentleButter · 11/04/2024 11:17

That wasn't my autocorrect, that was me typing speedily after a couple of glasses of wine whilst doing other things at the same time. I then posted immediately without reading over my text to check for errors.
I could easily see the glaring errors soon after I'd posted, but I'd missed the chance to use the edit function. Although, as I've said, I'm really not bothered in the slightest by errors caused by lack of attention on mobile phones, and I actually laughed to myself about it.
You, however, are taking this very seriously indeed, since you won't let it drop.
I'm going out now for another nice day with my loved ones. The sun is shining and I'm off to enjoy myself.
I recommend you do the same!🤗

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Your loved ones like your husband, who you hate, apparently?

SunCreamQueenie · 11/04/2024 12:04

How annoying! Genuinely never heard this ever... you know the next person I speak to is going to say it and get on my last nerve, don't you?!

LeaderBee · 11/04/2024 11:49

It's clearly an Americanism because of the way they pronounce "do, dew and due" all the same, but it especially gets my goat when you see it written down:

For example:

"i'm broke this month but its okay because i'm do to be paid in a days time"

"I have a date with a cute girl later in the week, it's my first one and don't know what we can due, can you guys give me some ideas"?

Yack! 😭

SOxon · 11/04/2024 11:33

False bravado.

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GentleButter · 11/04/2024 11:26

ThanksItHasPockets · 11/04/2024 11:24

@GentleButter, you clearly got a bit pissed and had a daft rant. You aren't the first and you won't be the last. I can't work out if you're now doubling-down or trying to rewrite history in the cold sober light of day. You seem to be weirdly doing both.

Either way, your posts were angry and combative and people have responded in kind. Smiley emoji (yes, that is the plural form) aren't going to stop that. Probably best to hide the thread if it bothers you.

It doesn't bother me at all.
I'm having quite a good laugh at all this!
Busy now though, got to go out.
Bye!

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BlueBilledBeatboxingBird · 11/04/2024 11:26

Jovacknockowitch · 11/04/2024 11:21

Have you been on here long?

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Years. It's quite unusual for the OP to be the aggressor. Usually that comes from the respondents.

ThanksItHasPockets · 11/04/2024 11:24

@GentleButter, you clearly got a bit pissed and had a daft rant. You aren't the first and you won't be the last. I can't work out if you're now doubling-down or trying to rewrite history in the cold sober light of day. You seem to be weirdly doing both.

Either way, your posts were angry and combative and people have responded in kind. Smiley emoji (yes, that is the plural form) aren't going to stop that. Probably best to hide the thread if it bothers you.

Jovacknockowitch · 11/04/2024 11:21

BlueBilledBeatboxingBird · 11/04/2024 08:23

I can’t recall when I last saw such an angry and unpleasant OP.

Have you been on here long?

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GentleButter · 11/04/2024 11:19

CustardySergeant · 11/04/2024 10:54

GentleButter 08/04/2024 22:23 "I see it all the time outside of work to."

That should be "I see it all the time outside of work too."

Yes, absolutely. That's obvious.
Also obvious to most that it was an autotext error.

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GentleButter · 11/04/2024 11:17

2mummies1baby · 11/04/2024 10:32

That's so weird, I've never heard of autocorrect removing commas between reported clauses and opening speech marks! Must be a new function, since it couldn't possibly be due to a lack of knowledge on your part.

Besides, as we've established, any mistakes made by you are beyond reproach and totally understandable; it's the mistakes of OTHERS which are unforgivable and worthy of ridicule.

That wasn't my autocorrect, that was me typing speedily after a couple of glasses of wine whilst doing other things at the same time. I then posted immediately without reading over my text to check for errors.
I could easily see the glaring errors soon after I'd posted, but I'd missed the chance to use the edit function. Although, as I've said, I'm really not bothered in the slightest by errors caused by lack of attention on mobile phones, and I actually laughed to myself about it.
You, however, are taking this very seriously indeed, since you won't let it drop.
I'm going out now for another nice day with my loved ones. The sun is shining and I'm off to enjoy myself.
I recommend you do the same!🤗

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ThanksItHasPockets · 11/04/2024 11:06

SoloCat · 11/04/2024 10:43

My DM pronounced it as Covis! I had images of wholemeal bread and the advert to boot!

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Covid and corvid would sound very similar indeed in some Yorkshire accents - non-rhotic with an elongated vowel. I have a friend with a strong Hull accent and they would be almost indistinguishable.

CustardySergeant · 11/04/2024 10:54

GentleButter 08/04/2024 22:23 "I see it all the time outside of work to."

That should be "I see it all the time outside of work too."

SoloCat · 11/04/2024 10:43

Tadpole2 · 08/04/2024 22:32

I noticed two elderly family members saying "corvid" (pronounced as in the crow family of birds), instead of "covid" to refer to the Corona virus at the start of the pandemic. I was too polite to correct them and then the moment passed and they are still pronouncing it corvid. Wish I had corrected 4 years ago.

My DM pronounced it as Covis! I had images of wholemeal bread and the advert to boot!

2mummies1baby · 11/04/2024 10:32

That's so weird, I've never heard of autocorrect removing commas between reported clauses and opening speech marks! Must be a new function, since it couldn't possibly be due to a lack of knowledge on your part.

Besides, as we've established, any mistakes made by you are beyond reproach and totally understandable; it's the mistakes of OTHERS which are unforgivable and worthy of ridicule.

ASighMadeOfStone · 11/04/2024 10:17

GentleButter · 11/04/2024 09:54

Yes, me.
But I was being silly.
I didn't mean it literally.

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Could you clarify what you understand by the word "actually" in your thread title?

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