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Wallah! It's the first time I've seen voilà written this way. But when I think about it, it seems like a really obvious thing to do so I wonder how common it is.
Is it a "thing" that I've just missed before now?

@Bluntness100

I have to be honest.

When people write “draws” instead of drawers it always surprises me. I understand many people are sadly functionally Illiterate, but when posting on a forum it’s clear you have a very basic grasp of being able to read and write. How people get to adult hood, have their own homes and don’t know it’s a drawer and not a draw always surprises me.

I have to admit, I can be guilty of writing draws if I'm in a rush or distracted, even though I absolutely know the right spelling. Also there/their/they're. It's like my brain goes too fast for my fingers. Strangely it never happens with your/you're though, or when typing slower on a phone, only on my laptop!

Rest bite. It amazes me how many people use it!

I was googling last night for some specific inheritance advice and came across a post on another forum going on about hares. I was absolutely baffled.

Only after reading more posts from other people did I realise it was meant to be heirs!

Reminds me of WW1 soldiers calling Ypres "Wipers"
I love popcorn kettle black

My ex-husband always writes "wallah" and it drives me bonkers.
He had a French grandparent, who spoke French at home, so you would think he'd know better 🤦🏻‍♀️

Trump line on a Facebook page. Trampoline 😂 needed a good wipe down

Drawers and draws don’t sound anyway alike in my accent and I’ve only been introduced to this madness on MN!

@Faranth

Not a spelling error, but....

A one-seater sofa?

I saw a "loan moar" advertised the other day.

There's another thread currently running where someone is selling a "box of assaulted soft toys".

Disclaimer: Not that assault is anything to laugh about.

DF always called hors d'oeuvres 'horse's doofers' when we were kids, to make us laugh. I really have to pay attention to not say that by accident!

There was a ‘swede sofa’ advertised on my local marketplace last week, in need of cleaning 😂

My forever favourite was the ‘shabby sheikh’ unit though.

@Ruthietuthie

Last week there was a Mumsnet thread where someone was described as being rather "non-shallot." The thread rather sad in its content, and probably not the place for a grammar jump-on but it made me laugh. It will be non-shallot for ever from now on.

Oh, I saw “non-shallot” and it was all I could do to stop myself jumping in, but it would not have been helpful. I LOVE it!

I’m board. Yes dear, stiff as a board?!

@Ruthietuthie, yes, thankfully most of the horrible posts taking the piss out of that poster's spelling were deleted.

I saw someone describe footballers as "pre-madonnas". I think my favourite is the "chez long" though!!

People screaming that we need to close the boarders... usually in the DM comments

The ones on sales listings always make me smile. One ony local Facebook selling page ended with the stipulation of "No thyme wasters".

I love this one- reaper cushions 😂

I think it originally was "bran new." That's the phrase that Dickens uses when describing the Veneerings' life and house; everything is bran new.

Just googled it and yes, it was because bran was used as packaging for new things.

I saw someone post on Facebook about “obsicles” at Go Ape today.

We had a letter from school which announced a non uniform day to "co-inside" with World Book Day. It's one thing seeing these things on FB and internet forums but I find it really unacceptable when it's official communication.

Also overheard a workman ask another why he looked so complexed.

Wallah is a word, it means I promise or I swear to god, but a lot of people use it to mean an expression of joy, something really good etc. It also sounds more like voilà than voilà does.