"Mortified" - FGS it means embarrassed/humiliated

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And not desperately upset as most of MN seem to think!

But 'Chester Drawers' are not an original thing - they have evolved from the way some people have misheard Chest of Drawers.

Here , the Cotswold Company have added a nice touch by having a range of Chests of Drawers kin Chester Grey www.cotswoldco.com/living-room-furniture/chests/chester-grey-3-over-4-chest-of-drawers/?xcm_campaign=Shopping-Grey&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtr_mBRDeARIsALfBZA6QwSlMlPzHqN6pbNvvuS7cAQ1XktKlut-NTc-lxJ63i-8chd3z9yEaAkB1EALw_wcB

I daresay once this sort of thing spreads on eBay, even people in areas where Chest of Drawers could never be heard as Chester Drawers, they see it written like that and assume that that is what they are called.

How does Chest of Drawers sound in places where the 'of' doesn't get sped over and misheard?

@TheRedBarrows - I daresay once this sort of thing spreads on eBay, even people in areas where Chest of Drawers could never be heard as Chester Drawers, they see it written like that and assume that that is what they are called.

I think that will only happen with people who have low levels of literacy. I assume when you see phrases like that in written form, that the writer has, for whatever reason, poor English literacy.

How does Chest of Drawers sound in places where the 'of' doesn't get sped over and misheard?

In my accent it is more like chest-ah-drawers

Isthisafreename but I pronounce salt and garage as 'sawlt' and 'garidge', it would be a bit odd to spell them like that. Especially if I was selling them on Ebay or Gumtree because when you type something in it offers suggestions, so they'd be able to see what it really was.

Unless they think chest of drawers is the oddity. There may be people being sniffy about those of us who use that

80sMum
All three are correct. (Different to/than/from)
US English uses "than" more and English uses "to" more.
"from" is the least common and often thought to be wrong, but they're all fine.

Taxigood- you should maybe read some of the (many) threads on Pedants' about "less/few". Or David Crystal.
It's not quite as reductive as the difference between countable/uncountable.

@SaskiaRembrandt - but I pronounce salt and garage as 'sawlt' and '', it would be a bit odd to spell them like that

Of course it would be odd. I assume you don't spell them like that as your literacy is sufficiently high that you know how they should be spelt. If you had poor literacy, you might spell them that way.

As an aside, how, other than garidge or the American pronunciation, would garage be pronounced?

"from" is the least common and often thought to be wrong, but they're all fine.

Hate hearing “different than”, I only hear on American TV. I hear “different to” but prefer “different from”.

As an aside, how, other than garidge or the American pronunciation, would garage be pronounced?

Ga-raage 🤔

Ga-raaj 🙄

Sorry, my mind is still clearly on GOT!

"I think that will only happen with people who have low levels of literacy. I assume when you see phrases like that in written form, that the writer has, for whatever reason, poor English literacy. "

Ebay and facebook selling pages are notorious for poor literacy. Quite feasible that the only place a person has seen the name of any furniture written down is on such sites.

I have seen Wall Drobes for sale, as matching items to Chester Drawers on our local selling pages. I might start advertising Coffin Tables or Coughing Tables and see if it catches on . Just to test patterns of linguistic change, of course.

Isthisafreename yes, it can be pronounced ga-raaj.

I can see the logic in wall drobe too.

“Poop” is currently doing my head in.

It seems to have drifted over from the US- i see it on here all the time.

It comes across as one of those “coy” words- when people want a slightly more polite version of poo.

@TheRedBarrows - I might start advertising Coffin Tables or Coughing Tables and see if it catches on

You're too late with the coffin tables www.etsy.com/ie/market/coffin_table but give it a go with the coughing table and report back.

Ga-raaj - of course! I have heard English people pronounce it that way. I just went brain dead briefly and couldn't remember. Thank you @AliceRR and @SaskiaRembrandt.

aaaargh - I was (inexplicably for me) looking at a news link about Meghan and Harry's baby - "Prince Harry, speaking in Windsor: "I am very excited to announce that Meghan and myself had a baby boy early this morning"

I suppose we can forgive him, in his new dad euphoria.

@SaskiaRembrandt - I can see the logic in wall drobe too.

I assume the walldrobe is located at 90 degrees to my teens' floordrobes?

@TheRedBarrows - "Prince Harry, speaking in Windsor: "I am very excited to announce that Meghan and myself had a baby boy early this morning"

That's wrong on so many levels. Not least because giving birth is not a team sport. I assume it was herself that gave birth.

Ps. That's a legit use of herself in Ireland. It either means you can't remember her name or it's really obvious who you're talking about so don't need to say the name or don't want it to be too obvious who you're talking about if you're overheard or something. It would usually accompanied by a nod in her general direction or towards of something or someone connected with her if she wasn't there.

I suspect Harry's English teacher at Eton is cringing.

Well, he wasn't the brightest student.

Not pronouncing the r before another consonant causes some english people to make spelling mistakes that you dont see in other countries. Eg 'supprise'

@IhavetoD0something - Not pronouncing the r before another consonant causes some english people to make spelling mistakes that you dont see in other countries. Eg 'supprise'

I suspect it's more than that. You never really see errors like that on Irish selling sites. We have plenty of words that are not pronounced as spelt ( e.g. Fillum for film, ahmind for almond, ant for aunt). Maybe we're more aware that our pronunciation is not the only way, given the exposure we have to UK and US media.

I cannot stand news readers/ tv presenters saying " A very good morning to you". Just "good morning" for fuck's sake

@EluphNaugeMeop - I'm afraid you're wrong.

Enormity does mean awful. However, modern accepted usage also sees it listed as meaning related to size because it has been used incorrectly for such a long time.

Literal and disinterested are similar. Both have the other usage listed as correct/an alternative because of common mistakes being written into the dictionary.

I do not use them to imply the alternative meaning. Many people stick with magnitude, figurative and uninterested.