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 cannot abide people using "it's" instead of "its".

It is/it has/it was = it's

If using it as a possessive, (that's its house, its mother lives there) = its

Whilst I appreciate this thread is supposed to be light-hearted, I really struggle to understand why such errors are so common. Is it a lack of reading, or a lack of spelling tests/grammar lessons at school? Or is English an intrinsically difficult language to write correctly?

Sometimes I read on here 'me' instead of 'my', eg 'I went and got me coat.' Is that deliberate or a spellcheck muck up?

If anyone says "I'll get me coat" I assume it's a Fast Show quote.

Grunt so would I
I was eating me dinner when the phone rang.
I looked for me book.
That sort of thing.
Baffles me!

Owlcapone, it's not though is it?

Adding the verb 'to send' to the verb 'to text' does not conjugate it to the past. It starts building phrases and sentences.

The whole point of having words that conjugate is to prevent such needless wordiness.

its/it's
on the floor (the ground is outside, the floor inside)
lie/lay

I just came across a post online and the person was looking for some rest bite
hahahahahahahahahahabahaha

That'll learn him.

Hotmad Hunt them down.

Sangwich
Londin
Wimbledin

Stuff like this drives me mad.

I sit in an office where I am surrounded by phone conversations with members of the public - I wince every time I hear someone being asked 'Was you the driver' about 200 times a day.

not to be mention people being asked to be pacific, reference to 'textses' (which seems to be some bizarre plural of text - it's texts ffs!). And the word ain't, which is banned in our house but seemed to be used practically everywhere else. Sigh.

But then one of our managers regularly signed off emails with Cheerz (yes, with a Z) so it's hardly surprising.

I fink somefink and nuffink are annoying.

Anythink, nothink, everythink. I know people who think these are actual words

I also said before on a thread like this, what is it with people that get the words tactile and tactical mixed up, I heard someone say they were tactile voting!
I imagine someone having a good cuddle whilst voting!!

'Hence why' fucks me off an inordinate amount, especially as it's generally used by someone who is coming across as a pompous arse.

"I didn't think it was fair that my daughter should be left out, hence why I withdrew your daughter's invitation".

It should be "Your grammar was appalling, hence my upcoming murder trial."

I think I use 'hence why' oh dear.

I was watching Tough Young Teachers on Sunday. The people on this programme have degrees from the the best universities. One of the teachers had a child who didn't turn up for detention. She phoned another classroom where she thought he might be in a study group. Her words were 'can you ask him why he regretted to inform me that he couldn't come to detention.'

Vimpto and hampster have bugged me in the past on FB.

Even my phone knows it's wrong and wanted to correct me as I typed it.

My neice is lovely young girl but a so bugs me, when she constantly mis- spells EVERYTHING on Fb . selling a car for eg was- FOD MONREO WITH 6 MANTHS OMT???? -

Hotmad how to you feel about "tactful voting" which I heard on Big Brother and that was the end of that viewing experience!

mrsnodge was your spelling of 'niece' ironical?

I also hate the way people have started saying "it's so yummy, it's addicting!"

Supposably instead of supposedly winds me up. I have an otherwise lovely friend who says it and I dread exploding one day and yelling Supposedly! Supposedly for God's sake!' at her.
I think the poster who said 'send a text' was pointing out that text is not really a verb anyway, but a noun. It's the same issue as in boxing someone.

I worked with a bloke who said something had set a precipice when he meant precedent!
The thing is I say that now because I think it's so funny

Adding the verb 'to send' to the verb 'to text' does not conjugate it to the past.

I didn't

I added it to the noun.

Obviously.

koala it's better than using tictacs in voting