To find it really irritating when people say 'pound' when they mean plural of pound?

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Realise it's nothing new, but really….. why? I mean, no one says 'one car, two car', do they? So why on earth not knock yourself out and shove the 's' onto pound like a normal person?

I absolutely HATE it. I think it makes the speaker sound a bit thick and a bit rough. It's okay to say five quid though. I don't know why - it just is.

If you don't want to say 'texted' (which is the past participle of 'text') then say, 'I sent a text to...'. Don't make me listen to you saying, 'I text you yesterday' unless you want your neck snapping :)

I suspect that speakers on both sides of the pond are often wrong on the Lego thing:

twitter.com/richardvreeves/status/502111740738674689

I think it should be texted as well, but I accept that as a newish word there may not actually be any set rule on it, or if there is then it would have been decided and made official after half the population had already started to use text as the past participle, so I have reluctantly agreed to let that one slip now. And I don't really have an opinion over euro or euros either way, for the same reason.

Generally though, it's exhausting being me because so many of these things grate on me badly and I've hoiked my bosom and pulled a cat's bum face for so most of my life over them. Some of them actually make me feel a bit icky.

I am very easily appalled by things like 'tucking in' and 'a cheeky wine' and people calling their cornflakes 'cereals'

Other things that are driving me to an early grave are:

slap up meal

a fish and chip supper

a steak dinner

a brew

a cuppa

a sarnie or a samwidge

a kip

with all the trimmings (when talking about Christmas lunch)

beverage

going out for a meal (just say dinner or lunch ffs)

Crappy furniture adverts where they shout at you that the sofa costs FOUR NINE NINE

that special someone, or that special gift

choosing the healthy option (that actually makes me want to punch someone)

pits (for armpits)

tats (for tattoos) uurgh

I could go on ALL DAY at this but I'll stop now.

Legos?!

Where I'm from Tesco and Asda are, of course, plural and pronounced more like Tesosh and Aaaaasdash.

Oh oh oh AND i know someone who says "Mataland" and "Valentime's"

Why do people find "texted" odd sounding? Do you have a problem with "tested" or "rested"? It's not as if the original word is "tex".

I'm in France so most of the time when I say 'euros' you can't hear the s. Likewise when other people use it you don't know how it is spelt and people usually use the symbol or EUR in writing. But I have taught euros to my DCs when speaking English at home. Such a terrible responsibility being a parent

Box, was your DH talking about footwear or instructors?

its just regional. Some areas say it like that. It doesnt make it wrong

I'm pretty sure that in the official docs they allow that both Euro and Euros are the plural of Euro - but I'm covered in children so can't find it right now.

Besides, it's one sheep, two sheep, why not one pound two pound? I assume it's regional because it's the normal way to say it where I am (south east)

foreverton it's also THE Aldi pronounced THEE. Photees and trainees and Legos are just wrong to my ears.

I'm frightfully common.

Up the thread reminds me of the classic ham sandwich / hamwidge story

"What's a hamwidge?"

"Bread

Ham

Bread"

Makes me smile every time!

I hate it when people say Westfields and House of Frasier too, so annoying

"Yes 'euro' is also plural, hate when people say '10 euros'.

No, no, no, no. It's dreadful and it hurts my ears.

It's "Two pounds" and "Two Euros".

I used to work next to a central heating shop with a large sign for Vaillant boilers. My boss and many others called them Valliant, if I said it correctly they just blinked.

I have a terrible habit of correcting children that visit talking about you dn and ask if it is time to feed the fishes

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I have a friend whose family eat a LOT of takeaway food. When she visits, she will often ask what I am cooking. After answering, I always respond with "What are you having?" I wish I could stop myself, because it infuriates me when she says "chippy shop".

One of my sons refers to the fish and chip shop as the 'fish and chippy.' I have no idea where he got that from.

My friend says she's going to House of Frasier. We usually respond in a (very bad) Kelsey Grammer 'Well really, Niles!'

I have a terrible habit of correcting children that visit talking about you dn and ask if it is time to feed the fishes

Maybe she's a gangster in training Titchy - after all, you wouldn't say that you had sent someone to 'sleep with the fish', unless you wanted all your gangster friends to laugh at you!

DoJo I will warn Sil!