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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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fungipie · 10/04/2024 15:24

2mummies1baby · 10/04/2024 10:44

Does your friend know you have such disdain for her?

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With friends like that, who needs enemies hey!

fungipie · 10/04/2024 15:23

JudgeJ · 10/04/2024 13:56

I was forever being asked 'Can I lend a ruler Miss?' to which I would respond 'Of course, to whom do you wish to lend it and note the use of 'whom' '!
A colleague when he was asked 'Can I have a ruler Sir?' would usually reply 'Yes, will Queen Victoria do?'
We never even tried to correct the can/may confusion.

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Or told 'but I ain't done nuffink Miss' to which I replied 'exactly!'

CloudywMeatballs · 10/04/2024 15:23

Oakbeam · 08/04/2024 22:57

License instead of licence is a very common one on MN.

Also people asking for advise.

License is the American spelling.

ColleenDonaghy · 10/04/2024 15:20

Callipygion · 10/04/2024 15:18

Both Irish - yes, mum from Dublin!

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That'll be it! Grin

Callipygion · 10/04/2024 15:18

ColleenDonaghy · 10/04/2024 15:13

Where's she from? My mum used to jokingly say azoo, azed and possibly azip for zoo, zed (as in the letter) and zip as did my maths teacher. All from Dublin I think it's an old Dub usage?

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Both Irish - yes, mum from Dublin!

ColleenDonaghy · 10/04/2024 15:13

Callipygion · 10/04/2024 15:10

My dad couldn’t say it either, “cert-ee-fik” is how he said it.
And my mum couldn’t cope with zip “an azip” she always said
it’s zip, mum
azip 🤣

Just to add: my particular bugbear is ‘of’ instead of ‘have’. It’s passable in speech as they could be saying ‘ve but written down it really bugs me. Aarrgghh it’s have! (Even spellchecker hates it and turned the ‘of’s to ‘have’! 🤣

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Where's she from? My mum used to jokingly say azoo, azed and possibly azip for zoo, zed (as in the letter) and zip as did my maths teacher. All from Dublin I think it's an old Dub usage?

Callipygion · 10/04/2024 15:10

DawnBreaks · 08/04/2024 23:18

My dear late mil used to say sustiificate instead of certificate. 😆

My dad couldn’t say it either, “cert-ee-fik” is how he said it.
And my mum couldn’t cope with zip “an azip” she always said
it’s zip, mum
azip 🤣

Just to add: my particular bugbear is ‘of’ instead of ‘have’. It’s passable in speech as they could be saying ‘ve but written down it really bugs me. Aarrgghh it’s have! (Even spellchecker hates it and turned the ‘of’s to ‘have’! 🤣

ASighMadeOfStone · 10/04/2024 15:05

2mummies1baby · 10/04/2024 14:15

If you're going to be so rude and supercilious, you could at least spell the words 'utterly' and 'separate' correctly.

Educate yourself!

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😂❤️

TinselSniffer · 10/04/2024 14:50

@unnumber have a listen to a couple of episodes. They say it right at the start (they take turns) so it won't take long.

unnumber · 10/04/2024 14:49

TinselSniffer · 10/04/2024 14:37

I HATE this!

Unbelievably, Richard Osman and his co host Marina Hyde do it when reading the sponsored ads on their podcast The Rest is Entertainment - 'This episode is bought to you by...'! They're both intelligent writers, I don't understand it at all.

I suspect that sometimes you just aren't hearing the "r". It's much less obvious in some forms of English than in American, Scottish and Irish.

Rosie1990 · 10/04/2024 14:47

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.

I think you need to chill out a bit - you sound like you’re about to explode.

TinselSniffer · 10/04/2024 14:37

I HATE this!

Unbelievably, Richard Osman and his co host Marina Hyde do it when reading the sponsored ads on their podcast The Rest is Entertainment - 'This episode is bought to you by...'! They're both intelligent writers, I don't understand it at all.

MummaMummaJumma · 10/04/2024 14:29

2mummies1baby · 10/04/2024 14:15

If you're going to be so rude and supercilious, you could at least spell the words 'utterly' and 'separate' correctly.

Educate yourself!

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You’re very quickly becoming my favourite poster lol.

SouthEastCoast · 10/04/2024 14:17

Totally one of my most hated things too

2mummies1baby · 10/04/2024 14:15

BeckiBoBecki · 10/04/2024 14:04

Um, the words mean two utterely seperate things. Educate yourself.

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If you're going to be so rude and supercilious, you could at least spell the words 'utterly' and 'separate' correctly.

Educate yourself!

JudgeJ · 10/04/2024 14:12

mynewusername2023 · 09/04/2024 11:41

People who say 'I tret myself' instead of 'I treated myself'
Tret isn't a word!

Tret sounds like a Yorkshire thing, my late MIL would say it but I can guarantee that she would not have written it!

ColleenDonaghy · 10/04/2024 14:11

BeckiBoBecki · 10/04/2024 14:05

Ignorant does not mean rude.

not having enough knowledge, understanding, or information about something:
"Many teenagers are surprisingly ignorant about current politics.
Blissfully ignorant of : We remained blissfully ignorant of the troubles that lay ahead.

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Um. If you read further down the Cambridge dictionary definition of ignorant, which I presume is what you meant to link to, you will see:

UK informal
not polite or showing respect

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ignorant

ignorant

1. not having enough knowledge, understanding, or information about something…

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ignorant

FcukTheDay · 10/04/2024 14:06

BeckiBoBecki · 10/04/2024 14:04

Um, the words mean two utterely seperate things. Educate yourself.

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I absolutely know what the two words mean, thank you. I was commenting on the comment made on a different post.

Educate myself, I educate children so please keep your comments to yourself when you have got the wrong end of the stick.

rainydays03 · 10/04/2024 14:05

NRTFT but…

’he’s’ instead of ‘his’

‘my son loved he’s dinner’ 🤮🤮🤮🤮

BeckiBoBecki · 10/04/2024 14:05

ColleenDonaghy · 10/04/2024 13:00

Surely they meant ignorant as in rude, which is an accepted meaning?

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Ignorant does not mean rude.

not having enough knowledge, understanding, or information about something:
"Many teenagers are surprisingly ignorant about current politics.
Blissfully ignorant of : We remained blissfully ignorant of the troubles that lay ahead.

information

1. facts about a situation, person, event, etc.: 2. facts about a situation…

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/information

BeckiBoBecki · 10/04/2024 14:04

FcukTheDay · 10/04/2024 13:52

Some people struggle with things, some people do not. This poster has commented they struggle with them which is very honest, there is no need to question why or make remarks that it's so easy. I hope you don't struggle with anything in life.

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Um, the words mean two utterely seperate things. Educate yourself.

BeckiBoBecki · 10/04/2024 14:03

You know what drives me batshit?

Hollibobs. Grown adults saying Hollibobs. AAARGH.

Oh and in Lancashire the sheer amount of people saying Manklepiece, Bokkle and Hospikal ... in my head I'm screaming.

Top of the list is people that genuinely believe that the word is Trickle Treat for Halloween candy sourcing.

facedesk

JudgeJ · 10/04/2024 13:56

Noyesnoyes · 09/04/2024 01:30

Oh yes! 🤦‍♀️

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I was forever being asked 'Can I lend a ruler Miss?' to which I would respond 'Of course, to whom do you wish to lend it and note the use of 'whom' '!
A colleague when he was asked 'Can I have a ruler Sir?' would usually reply 'Yes, will Queen Victoria do?'
We never even tried to correct the can/may confusion.

FcukTheDay · 10/04/2024 13:52

GentleButter · 08/04/2024 22:12

Why do you struggle??

Present tense: Buy
Past tense: Bought

Present tense: Bring
Past tense: Brought

It hurts my head that people get this confused.

It's
So
Easy.

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Some people struggle with things, some people do not. This poster has commented they struggle with them which is very honest, there is no need to question why or make remarks that it's so easy. I hope you don't struggle with anything in life.

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