So I realised I didn't know how to say/spell...

[Yulebealrite]

Fell swoop.

I wrote foul swoop. Thought no, fowls fly and swoop so it's probably that. Checked it by googling and realised that I've been saying it wrongly al these years.

It's fell swoop.

ChrisjenAvasarala

Just PIN.

It stands for Personal Identification Number.

PIN Code.

waywardfruit A quick Google says otherwise

Flaunt the rules aaaargh

Oooh yes myself and yourself when you mean me and you. It's not posh or clever.

I correct the annoying salespeople who do it when they ring me up. I am trying to eradicate it one person at a time 😁😁

On route. People put it on facebook all the time

Llangennith I'm glad I'm not the only one! I liked imagining those Knights all dressed in white satin!

I used to think "fucking hell" was "fucking how" because that's how my mum says hell. Didn't realise until I was about 15!

I think I’ve seen the worst one this week on fb... Dinning tabel for sale, must keep quiet, must not respond.

I pronounced facade as fack-aid for years. And in front of the whole school read that the wise men a-certained from the shepherds.

I wonder how many of those are auto correct deciding what word to use.

My ds2 was telling me about a phrase of speech he heard a while ago

I have a nasty feeling we might see a lot of discussion of boarders (open or otherwise) in the coming months. I unfortunately, they won't be about residential schools.

I dislike ect for etc, though I always assumed it's a typo that wasn't picked up by autocorrect.

And of course autocorrect can make the most erudite person look semi-literate when it randomly inserts apostrophes, or decides to alter a word in some other way, unless you tell it not to.

Oh dear I say PIN number - I think it’s just a cloakism though 😉

I want to punch people who ask if you can borrow them some money

Whenever I read 'awry' my brain reads oary and hyperbole as hyper-bowl.
I am 58, I should know better.

The AA referred to "breaking" in the bloody telegraph last weekend. I despair.

I saw 'suey generous' for sui generis the other day.

I couldn't care less, I know what people mean when they make these petty mistakes.

I couldn't believe, back in October, when grown women on my FB were writing that they were taking their kids 'trickle treating'

And I don't know why I hate it so much, but the misuse of the word 'his'
As in 'his going to school' 'his being naughty'

HeyArthur

Have you noticed most people are talking about themselves and their own mistakes?

Example I’ve read albeit many times and only recently realised its All be it - but it’s one word.

hyperbole

Me too! It’s hi per bol lee

snowie01 I thought it was George carriageway when I was younger too.

HeyArthur, that’s all very well for you but often when something is riddled with errors it actually takes longer to read.

Just seen one on another read: discrete instead of discreet.

It just gives a niggling irritation when you see these things because your brain has to almost translate it! Yes it only takes a millisecond to do that but it’s irritating nonetheless.

There was a whole 1000 post thread on "another think/thing coming" a while back. It ended up in Classics.
The number of people who tried to excuse saying it wrongly as being "a regional thing" was incredible.
by the way,it's not "thing," it's "think!"

Purposely and purposefully have distinct meanings but rarely is purposely used when it's needed.