So irritating

[Lewwat]

This really bugs me

People confusing bought with brought.

AIBU

Wow.

Joffrey I allow myself petty irritants because the big issues I worry about seem unsolvable.

So being irritated by spelling and grammar errors and my cracked iPhone screen are satisfying in a small way.

I'm very torn on this business of correcting folk.

I'm a (secondary) teacher and we are all no matter our subject, supposed to be promoting literacy.

So, on a daily basis, in my job, I correct stuff like this.

But I don't on here.

I sit on my hands a lot ... see should of instead of should have.

It makes me writhe in agonies of embarrassment.

pollyback. Yes it's a thing. It's such 'a thing' that one ex is an ex down to this (and a few other stupid things like it).

I'm currently weighing up whether there is any polite way to stop a friend from saying 'we was...' I might just crack on with digging another hole in the back garden.

I was saying wow at the racial slur.

No point in speaking/spelling nicely when the 'p' word is in your vocabulary...

I was shaking my head at the use of the word 'chavvy' there Starry

But if you've been raised by someone who thinks it's ok to call someone a 'pikey', I can kind of see where you're attitude comes from.

OP, these things annoy me too but unless they come from my children I keep my annoyance quiet.

I hate to hear people say the word definitely as def-in-ATE-ly with the stress on the past tense of eat. You just know they must misspell it when writing it down.

Your attitude (before you call me a chav or a pikey)...

Another vote for 'I can't be arsed'

There's nothing wrong with my written english.

There's shitloads wrong with my typed english on here 😁and the ipad likes to add his 2p as well!

Sorry Joffrey, I was replying to your earlier comment re "defiantly", not questioning your "wow" comment.

"pikey" isn't a word I'd use, grammatically correctly or otherwise, because I'm not a racist arsehole.

Sorry, should have been clearer, lewwat, that was directed at RJ, who called me sweetie (possibly more irritating than Hun.) not at you. Having done some digging on Google I found this

The original is "I can't be asked", as a double generalization of "You could not ask me to do something," with the implication of this earlier phrase being that even if you asked me to do something, I would not do it. If I would not do anything (as opposed to something), regardless of who asked me to do it (you, or you, or you), then I truly can't be asked.'

Apparently in the late 1990s people changed it to arsed and it stuck. So we're both right. still don't think it makes sense but not quite enough of a knob to argue with Google

I think it was RJnomore who started with the sweetie

I also say 'can't be arsed'.

It has an abbreviation. CBA.

Worra, with the greatest respect because I actually do quite like and respect you, you seem very nice and down to earth. I really don't care what anyone thinks of my attitude. I have two loving parents (who do use some questionable terms sometimes but hey ho, that's a product of their times and my GP's parenting style is really not my business anyway) who taught me to read, write, spell properly and respect my elders unless they are truly being utter cunts. I have two fantastic kids who are mostly well behaved, kind and polite. Sorry, Primark, for the screaming but you will put Peppa Pig stuff by the tills Even the dog has good manners. So if the odd slip of a non PC term is all I have to worry about (especially when it wasn't even me who used it!) On balance I think I'm doing pretty well.

OP... there's a board for this and it isn't this one.

Have never seen brought confused with bought, ever...

However I frequently see people use effect instead of affect, and vice versa.

Also of and off

And Here, here! instead of Hear, hear!

Not to mention heals instead of heels

Finally, as it's been in the papers a lot recently, boarders instead of borders.

Drives.Me.Nutty.

YANBU!

Drives me bonkers in decorating programs when they use 'boarder' instead of 'frieze'.

Yeah, ok Lying, fair enough. We probably do need to stop. We're being cuntychops, aren't we? I don't care what anyone says, cuntychops is a word! gives my mood swings a wobble Bad hormones! Stop it!

I have never heard of "can't be asked". I have frequently heard "can't be arsed". It means bothered and I think it's an abbreviation of "I can't be bothered to move my bottom off the seat to do it".

Urban Dictionary: Top Definition. Can't be arsed. Idiom: To be seriously demotivated. To be disinclined to get off one's arse. To be unwilling to do something. I just can't be arsed.

Also: Oxford English Dictionary's dating puts it from 1988, which is nonsense. The phrase was added into the OED 2006 draft additions and described as chiefly British and Irish English.

Apparently the phrase "Can't be arsed" dates from 1970s or earlier.

See everyone I've heard say it has always said Asked, Daisy. I hear the odd teenager say Arsed and always assumed it was just lazy talking. IDK maybe it's one of those phrases you end up saying however those around you say it. Like Learnt and Learned? Apparently both of those are correct and it depends on where in the country you are as to which is more commonly used. I never know which to write though.

Pikey isn't non PC starry It is pejorative. Your father's racism shows him as far more uneducated and unintelligent than people spelling incorrectly.

Totally agree with Motherfuckers.

I'm pretty stunned by it. You so rarely see/hear words like that written down/said.

I will be sure to pass that on and cannot express how little he will care. He is my father, not my child and I have no control or say in his opinions or expression of them. He doesn't say things like that around my children and as long as my kids aren't coming out with it, I'm really not fussed either. So since he isn't a member and will never read your outrage, let's move on shall we.

Take a peak instead of peek.

Draws and drawers.

Tightness in stomach just thinking of them.