I am the poster who wrote rest-bite AMA

[MummaMummaJumma]

Thank you to the lovely poster who started a thread attempting to further embarrass me. Sadly, it was deleted. So here I am.. AMA!

Oooh what about a public flogging OP? Could you live stream it?

Oh I see. Noted. I’m slowly getting to grips with the Mumsnet lingo. Took me ages to work out LTB was ‘leave that/the bastard’ (I think?)

Yes LTB is leave the bastard.

Have you come across "cocklodger" or "naice" yet?

Do you what, I actually think that’s a more suitable punishment for this type of mistake 🤣

So I’ve heard cocklodger - assumed man who’s living rent free or something similar? Not heard of naice, what’s that?

My mum has dyslexia and was horribly bullied by her own brothers for it while growing up. It's so nasty of people to embarrass you.
My mum is one of those who says pacific instead of specific but I can't / won't correct her because she knows perfectly well that she gets words wrong and is very conscious of it.

She does know about respite though as she worked with adults with learning difficulties 😊 however when I was growing up I did think it was rest bite so I imagine it's a very common mistake to make!

How is it pronounced? I've always avoided using it or reading it out loud..😳

So I’ve heard cocklodger - assumed man who’s living rent free or something similar? Not heard of naice, what’s that?

Naice comes from a thread more than ten years ago in which someone found an abandoned shopping list with "naice ham" listed on it. So naice is like posh or very nice indeed.

Most of these Mumsnet terms have really random back stories like that. So they can't be figured out really. Just nod along until it all starts making sense.

Nice (naice) to meet you, anyway.

i think maybe some hard labour, but make sure to take a rest bite.

FFS. Good on you for having a laugh. Imagine being coiled so tight?! These people need to unclench.

Everyone is 'aloud' to make mistakes, even those who went out and 'brought' a dictionary..😉

I work with someone who pronounces dandelion as Dan-Dilly-On, I love that, so much more fun than Dandy-lion.

@tracktrail I'm probably still getting it wrong but it's pronounced like hyper-bow-lee. Very weird in my opinion 😂

@FizzyStream Same as my lovely Mum. She has a heart of gold and worked in care too. Always broke my heart as a child hearing people being so cruel because she pronounced words incorrectly.

I agree it sounds a lot better. And less confusing - a plant is nothing like a lion.

I worked with an Italian lad who pronounced "notice" as "note-y-chay". Again, sounds better.

But as for you OP, are you happy with being responsible for the decline and fall of standards, all that made Britain great? Or do you feel a bit bad about it?

That's what I thought! I'm going to use it from now on too!

@Ursulla But as for you OP, are you happy with being responsible for the decline and fall of standards, all that made Britain great? Or do you feel a bit bad about it?

I’m afraid I cannot share too much about that on here. However, I’ll be going into more detail during my exclusive interview with GMB on Monday morning. Tune in 😄

It was perfectly obvious what you meant OP, and it's nearly always possible to understand posts if the spellings are a bit off. (I must admit that the 'wallah!' I came across some time ago took me a minute or two though)

It iz ze french qui say wallah! You not know?

Mondoo! Sacerbleugh!

It's a really common mistake - I work in Children’s social care and have seen rest bite written so many times - don't worry op!

I love the idea of a rest bite.

Sounds like a nice sit down with a Twirl and a cup of tea. Lovely.

My favourite error this year, a really nice one actually, was "power of eternity " instead of "power of attorney". They should rename the original 🙂

Yes, that's a lovely one.

Less lovely is the person who described her son's referrer as "Teacher Of The Death" (rather than "Deaf").

Hyperrrr-b-ly, apparently. I always thought it was hyperbowl. So much easier to say!!
I was also surprised about the pronunciation Antipodes. I always thought it was Antipoads. Apparently its Antipodees 😁