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Two things people routinely get slightly wrong on Mumsnet that set your teeth on edge and which you would ban....

407 replies

CurlewKate · 03/07/2023 19:35

Mine are "nickname" when you mean "shortening" and "double-barrelled" when you mean "hyphenated"

OP posts:
echt · 04/07/2023 03:54

Off my own back. It's bat.

Pack lunch - packed please.

greyhairnomore · 04/07/2023 03:55

CurlewKate · 03/07/2023 19:35

Mine are "nickname" when you mean "shortening" and "double-barrelled" when you mean "hyphenated"

And gender for sex

greyhairnomore · 04/07/2023 03:57

Your instead of you're , I think that's the most common mistake on MN.

echt · 04/07/2023 04:02

greyhairnomore · 04/07/2023 03:57

Your instead of you're , I think that's the most common mistake on MN.

I wonder if it's the new autocorrect, about six months or so now. I notice it has too as default also your for you're and it's for its.

echt · 04/07/2023 04:08

Low and behold
On route
Tow the line
Baited breath

What do you think to this dress? It's of.

NellyDElephant · 04/07/2023 05:06

VintageThoughts · 03/07/2023 20:01

I when it should be me.

It doesn't make you sound posh 😂

Also ‘myself’ when it should be be ‘me’
Equally irritating, and no, it does not make you sound any more important/intelligent/eloquent

MumGMT · 04/07/2023 05:23

DyslexicPoster · 03/07/2023 20:08

People getting science facts wrong which really grated on me during covid. Saying BS based on nothing.

People re quoting the entire OP. Why?

People saying 'The science' during covid drove me crazy.

Listen to 'the science'. Trust 'the science'.

In regards to vaccines, I wasn't going to trust 'the science' because the long term effects were unknown. Use of the phrase in that context just showed a complete lack of understanding of what science even is.

grass321 · 04/07/2023 06:34

Surely if you overpay during the fix, when you come out of the fix you owe less which could be very relevant to the interest due for the rest of the term?! .

Say you overpay £50k during your fixed rate period and your mortgage is at 1.5%. You've saved £3,750 in interest over five years. (But lost the flexibility of having that money in reserve for something else).

Or you invest £50k instead. If you only put it into a savings account at 5%, it would become £64k after five years (so you've made £10k more than if you paid it off). You can still use that money to reduce your mortgage when you remortgage but it's £64k rather than £50k.

I'm on a 5 year fix at 0.99%. I work in investing so I'm comfortable with the risk but I make 20-30% on average a year on my ISA investments. I have an interest only mortgage which I could pay off but I choose not to as I'm making more money that way.

There is a tax point (if you pay income tax on interest) but if you can get a higher rate of interest/return than you're paying, overpaying may not be the best option.

Apologies for the very dry derail.

Oldnproud · 04/07/2023 06:36

Lifeinlists · 03/07/2023 22:39

It's another think coming: ie You may need to revise your opinion (think) about that!

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I did revise my opinion, as soon as I read my own post 😁

VioletPickles · 04/07/2023 07:05

People saying ‘Nom’. And any multiple thereof.

marshmallowfinder · 04/07/2023 07:10

echt · 04/07/2023 03:54

Off my own back. It's bat.

Pack lunch - packed please.

Also, missing the 'ed' off words such as biasED.

Windblownwife · 04/07/2023 07:14

Whinge · 03/07/2023 19:40

Alot when they mean A lot

Posters quoting the entire first post of the thread (the OP). There's absolutely no need. We know you're replying to the first post, as that's what the fucking thread is about.

Ha yes, this

Leapintothelightning · 04/07/2023 07:15

Theos · 03/07/2023 21:28

Totally and utterly disagree about the year. Six thing mentioned on here.

It’s currency in the UK. This is an English website so you got any United States ntotally and utterly disagree about the year. Six thing mentioned on here.

It’s currency in the UK. This is an uk website so you got any United States need to suck it up like we need to suck up so many Americanisms

It's a UK website not just English. Scotland and Northern Island don't use the same school system as you. It's not just Americans.

JustDanceAddict · 04/07/2023 07:18

‘Could have’ / argh!!
’phase’ instead of ‘faze’ as in ‘it didn’t faze me’

MrsJellybee · 04/07/2023 07:37

Tautology - ‘So I have two twin boys’.

TheAnnaPhilAxis · 04/07/2023 07:38

JustDanceAddict · 04/07/2023 07:18

‘Could have’ / argh!!
’phase’ instead of ‘faze’ as in ‘it didn’t faze me’

Er... what would you suggest instead of "could have"?

MrsJellybee · 04/07/2023 07:40

‘Reign in’ / ‘Free Reign’

It’s not about monarchy!

It’s ‘Rein in’ / ‘Free Rein’

It comes from horses and carriages…

ForTheSnarkWasABoojumYouSee · 04/07/2023 07:40

JustDanceAddict · 04/07/2023 07:18

‘Could have’ / argh!!
’phase’ instead of ‘faze’ as in ‘it didn’t faze me’

Do you want to reconsider this post?

ThickSkinnedSoWhat · 04/07/2023 07:49

Draw instead of drawer winds me up beyond belief.

FloralVelvet · 04/07/2023 07:53

EggInANest · 03/07/2023 19:44

I don't agree that it is wrong to use 'double barrelled' to mean a compound surname. Not everyone with a compound surname uses a hyphen anyway. Andrew Lloyd Weber, for example.

Yes, I had to look up the definition, double barrelled is also correct.

stclair · 04/07/2023 07:55

“Gives me the ick” - it’s everywhere and about absolutely anything. Ghastly.

WeWereInParis · 04/07/2023 07:59

DappledThings · 03/07/2023 20:22

CAHMS. MH stands for Mental Health. Unless you've started saying Health Mental instead then it's obviously CAMHS.

When we looked round primary schools for DD one of them referenced CAMHS in their prospectus, but they called it CAHM's ("we work closely with CAHM's"). So they had the M and the H the wrong way round, didn't realise the S was part of the acronym, and threw an incorrect apostrophe in for good measure.

marmaladeslade · 04/07/2023 08:00

Apologies, apologies. This is a UK website and I am not in the UK ; plus I haven't RTFT.
BUT, I seem to have found a decidedly British use of the past tense, which I love but don't quite understand.

Examples : " I was just stood there shaking" : " He was sat there reading"

Too me these should be " I was just standing there shaking " and " He was sitting there reading".

May both be correct , I've just never heard it except on MN.
That's why I love this forum. Learn something new everyday!

DappledThings · 04/07/2023 08:02

marmaladeslade · 04/07/2023 08:00

Apologies, apologies. This is a UK website and I am not in the UK ; plus I haven't RTFT.
BUT, I seem to have found a decidedly British use of the past tense, which I love but don't quite understand.

Examples : " I was just stood there shaking" : " He was sat there reading"

Too me these should be " I was just standing there shaking " and " He was sitting there reading".

May both be correct , I've just never heard it except on MN.
That's why I love this forum. Learn something new everyday!

You are correct and your two examples that sound wrong to you are indeed wrong!

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 04/07/2023 08:06

Starting a post with ‘Myself and….’

Using ‘myself’ unnecessarily anywhere.
Ect instead of etc.
It’s short for et cetera.

Discrete when they mean discreet - the meanings are quite different.

Disinterested when they mean uninterested, i.e. not interested.
Disinterested means impartial.