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? :)

But no. You cannot 'inbox' me, you just can't. Where would your 'inbox' go? Why, into my 'inbox'. And then the world would just start to collapse.

I don't care about research and the language evolving. Every time I see 'Inbox me for details' I die a little.

I am quite amused by pedal stool though

Pedal stool! Ahahahahaha!

Colon smells so good...

Oh yes, 'nucular'. If makes me want to shout, "why, why must you parade your ignorance so ostentatiously?"

'Pacific' in place of 'specific' was one of the running jokes on the lamented Kath & Kim (why did the BBC stop showing it? Fools). Sharon Strezlecki said, "can you be a big more pacific, Mrs D?" in almost every episode.

IT, not IF. Almost hoist by my own petard!

Yourself instead of you makes me stabby.

As in "Give me your address and I'll send an email to yourself". Raaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh

Some of these sorts of things have made it into our family lexicon, so outsiders might think we're a bit weird. Like "it's the vane of my life" and "I was so angry I was vivid". We hear them once and they stick, sadly.

I have a colleague who wrote 'using the pacific e-mail address...' My colleague corrected him on her reply. I also worked with one person and had to hold in my rage when she'd say 'remember me to do that.' If you didn't REMIND her she'd say 'why didn't you remember me?'. Aaaaargh!!!!

Could the your/you'll be dialect or accent? I'm sayog the sentance in the op out loud and it doesn't sound exactly like your,but I don't know that the lls are overly there either iyswim. Actually, I've said it so many times now that it sounds wrong whatever I say! I'd write you'll though as I know that's what it is.
My ex used to say counselled instead of cancelled eg, "I've counselled that appointment tomorrow". Used to give me the rage, and he couldn't seem to hear the difference!
His new dp sent me a message a few weeks ago, and then said "r will ask his mum and then r will get back to you". It took me a min to realise that 'r' wasn't a person, but seemingly shorthand for 'I'll'
Ex has started using it as well now. the pair of them are well suited

Dear everyone,

The past tense of 'to text' is texted.

I text him to ask for the dress. NOPE. You texted him to ask.

Gah.

Another instance that made me want to scream was when two women senior to me asked ''how do you spell 're-offending'?'' I told them and one said ''oh I was spelling it 'affending' and wondered why spellcheck didn't get it!'' Could of, would of and should of make me want to rip my eyes out in frustration. Also when people write 'end off', it is 'end of' as in 'end of story' ....and breathe!

Innogen the text/texted debate has been long running on here. When I first had a mobile phone, everyone said text not texted. At least everyone I know. Texted still sounds wrong to me,.even though its probably right.
These days I just say sent a message!

I will strangle anyone who says "he sent me a few textses". That drives me mad. TEXTS!

I'm noticing more and more people using 'an' when they mean 'and'. Sometimes I'm not sure if they are doing it knowingly or not. It is infuriating.

In writing, that is. I'm also often astonished by the pirouetting which must occur in some people's conversations (I turned round and said...she turned round and said...then I turned round to her). It must be particularly interesting to watch when each party is using a corded telephone.

Chester draws? That made me laugh. So did Pedal Stool. :)

Pedal stool is so stupid it's genius.

I know a girl who is always "flustrated". Now it could be she has invented a word to accurately describe how she is "frustrated" and "flustered" but I think it is more likely that she does it to see me twitch.

Yep to all of the above! Monmouth my MIL always says "prostrate" even though I have politely explained the difference. I think it's just the brain won't allow her to say it properly!

'Your' 'you're'. Drives me a bit mad.

I refused to buy a Valentine's card for DH that said 'Your so sexy'. How can that even be in the shops?

My husband says mor-gauge instead of MORTGAGE and I have to correct him because it drives me around the bend and want to stab him every time he does it. Luckily for him I'm pretty mild mannered and manage to stop myself.

Another one here who hates the "brought/bought" interchange.

in the argos catalogue I saw that they actually wrote save x amount if brought together!!!

Payed....instead of paid. Makes my face twitch.

My grandmother does the 'aks/ask' one, and it drives me batshit. She also can't say dyslexic (disclaimer: she isn't, and has no excuse). She pronounces it dyxlexic. It comes up a surprising amount and I want to strangle her each and every time.

brought & bought also does it for me.

What's bad though is hearing a news bulletin on the radio about some fishermen that died off the coast and the news reader says: "All of the diseased have been found..." instead of deceased.

And my receptionist once sent me an email telling me that the staff I was looking for was found in a box in Cape Town. She meant 'stuff' obviously...