I was today years old when I learnt...

[NotTheDada]

That there is no such word as "expediate". The correct word is "expedite"

I wanted to ask someone in an email to "expediate the process". Spell check chucked up the error so I googled to find out how to spell it. Apparently "expediate" came about after a typo to the word "expedite" in 1605 however it has not made it into the "official" language yet!

Anyone else have any mind = blown moments to make me feel better about my decades of incorrect English?

I cannot abide the phrase 'today years old' sorry OP.

I will add, I hadn't realised until this week that Pancake Day and Mardi Gras were the same festival.

errrm organisational skills- always been really bad at it, but now have a scatty child and have had to get my act together.

I always thought "misled" was pronounced "my-zild"....

"Today years old"? That is an infuriating phrase!

Mardi Gras ends on shrove Tuesday but it's not just a one day event

Can't remember who it was but I found it so funny that someone on here thought ballache was pronounced 'ballash'

This!