Bare with me?

[Veterinari]

I know I'll be told that I am. I know I'm being pedantic, and that language evolves and that its only an Internet forum, not a literacy test.
I'm sure there'll be some proper pedants along to point out the eleventy million SPAG errors in my OP.

But in the off chance you're interested and genuinely didn't know, AIBU to point out that the phrase is 'bear with me' as in to bear a heavy load, not 'bare with me' as in let's get naked together.
Very very different connotations.

As you were

I think sometimes it's regional/ related to pronounciation. My mum says 'sammidges' instead of 'sandwiches'

Drives. Me. Bonkers.

Pedants' corner, shurely? [sic]

Well, I would like to point that it's FREE REIN, not FREE REIGN. Get it right FFS!

And pronunciation.

UnchartED territory. Not unchartERED. It's territory which hasn't yet been mapped, not territory which hasn't yet been hired. Gets my goat every time.

Ds' teacher corrected the spelling of begging to begin a couple of weeks ago. I have corrected it back again in red ink...

Thanks Czerny I ALWAYS get that wrong (along with 'accommodation')

Have I just misspelled it? My phone didn't pick it up

Rein in, not reign in.

My daughter's English teacher recently sent me an email with 'bare in mind' - I have lost faith in her for that reason!

LOVE that mango and think I just learned something titchy

I might need to start making a list!

People (advertising on FB usually) who talk of a dressing table and stall. Or kitchen stalls - they are STOOLS you FOOLS!!

Or dinning tables.

Or chesta draws.

I think the latter must be an affectation.

Ah, yes. Teachers who cannot spell.

Ok, so my dd's teacher (DD is 6) once spelled 'provoke' as 'provocked' in the homework book, and I put it down to her having a bad day, said nothing (but judged her inwardly of course )

Browsing through my friend's son's homework book on Saturday (at her request), and the same teacher has made THREE spelling mistakes and one grammatical mistake in the same paragraph.

I said my friend should talk to the head about it but she won't. I (jokingly really) asked her if I could speak to the head about it as I think it's just shocking. She said a firm no (she knows I'm a right old bag about spelling etc). AIBU for thinking that it's totally unacceptable for teachers to be consistently bad at spelling or is this normal now?

I had to deal with a homework sheet when dtds were nine. It was a map of Europe. They had to colour in various countries. One of which was the Cheque Republic.

I guess the problem is, Peppermint, that teachers are already leaving the profession in droves so they probably can't afford for there to be any fewer.

Not that I think it's acceptable...!

I personally think it's for for a teacher to struggle with spelling - one of my primary teachers regularly used a dictionary to check her spellings - it was fine.

I don't think it's ok to be careless/lazy at checking the accuracy of your work when it's part of your job. I'd judge too, and FWIW I teach in higher education - I expect my own students to receive accurate teaching material.

Maybe.

And what would a head do anyway, if a parent complained about this sort of thing? Very difficult. I certainly wouldn't want a teacher to get in some kind of deep trouble over it, I just think a teacher should know how to spell!

In our house we always say '...so if you can bear that in mind - grrrrrrr'. Not sure why.

think it's OK for a teacher to struggle

guaranteed to make mistakes on a thread like this!

Peppermint the Cheque Republic was a final straw - the teacher involved was a really nice person, and very good at Maths and Science stuff, but despite being offered support with admin, this stuff just kept coming. Not good when it's a primary and all the classes are general. In the end there was a something very close to a parent mutiny. The Governors apparently suggested resignation might be the wisest option, which was accepted.

People using floor when they mean ground is the one that gets me. No, the street does not have a roof/ canopy. So you fall to the ground. Floors are for forests and buildings (and pelvises).

Yes, I agree, checking is totally fine. I'm a bore about spelling and I love using a dictionary even though I always know how to spell this or that word (sorry for smugness...).

What I find worrying is that in a general paragraph reporting to a parent about their child, this teacher at least is seemingly unaware that she is making any mistakes. Or is she careless? I don't know. Very odd.

When talking about an inanimate object my h says "it's broke". Not that his laptop has gone overdrawn but that it isn't working. It's broken, you mean.

thanks. I tend not to use this phrase as I can never remember which it is.

now anyone like to shed light on effect/ affect in a memorable way. many have tried... non have yet suceeded.I think I get it right most of the time, but can not be sure.