To be Specific....

[Gossipmonster]

One of admin lady at work's favourite words is "specific" thing is she says "pacific" Every. Fucking. Time.

Another colleague (degree educated) says "she/he done" instead of "did".

I just want to scream - but feel like it's so petty I couldn't possibly say anything.

Anyone else? :)

'I won him at paintball'. That's nice, dear. Shall we put him on the mantelpiece.

I have a colleague who says 'kekkle', 'Draklia' (Dracula), cackalog (catalogue) and 'chimley / chimbley'.

"Expresso" aarrrrghhhhhhhh!

Oh, and mixing up 'lend' and 'borrow', it drives me insane.

Oh god 'Chest of draws' - raaaaaage.

pictish may I commend you on excellent use of the word 'clout'

You may...and thank you.

Grammar: The difference between knowing your shit and knowing you're shit.

I wonder what she says when talking about the ocean - dies she actually think it's Pacific?

ARGH totally over thinking this!!

Does opps

Some of the examples given above are African American English
(aks/asks, pacific/specific) so it's probably not politically correct to object

I'm inclined to agree with you about aks/ask but Pacific? Really?

African American English???? Is that some kind of oxymoron?

my husband does this and one time i actually shouted OH DEAR GOD ITS SPECIFIC!!! im usually a nice person but for some reason it makes me scream!!

Colleague says "relative" when she means "relevant". She probably wonders why I'm muttering under my breath ...

MIL says "Optober". No idea why.

PiperRose - love it!

Today on FB, I saw 'encouragable' in place of incorrigible. Grrrrr.

What drives me completely round the fucking twist is people on FB saying 'I'll inbox you.'

It's become part of the culture and everyone says it now. But INBOX ISN'T A VERB.

bumbley I have seen 'Chester draws'

Yes, yes, I too have seen 'Chester draws' - my old landlady put it on the inventory

I mentioned in the staffroom the other day the shocking number of people who don't know that bought and brought were two different words. About 5 people said that they had no idea they were different either.

I have seen a 'chester draws' advertised.

Troseys.

The word is trousers. TROUSERS!

I know someone who is always talking about her wonderful farther on FB. If you can't spell it, just write 'dad' fgs!

I work with someone who frequently sends me emails requesting things by saying 'gonnae send me...' I appreciate that I am in Scotland and he is Scottish and I can cope (just) with people saying this out loud, but writing it in an email gives me the rage!

Ahh CJ I'll have to disagree with you there! I looked at a study a few years ago at the British Library (I think? May have just been a bog standard uni lecture) that focused on language development and how nouns are now being used a verbs. It will certainly upset the linguistic prescriptivists out there but as a badge-wearing descriptivist I love to see the changes in language!