Poop and tele.

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Apropos very little;

I feel irrationally irritated with people who say "poop" or "pooh" when they mean "poo".

Also, people who shorten "television" to "tele" (which sounds like "teleeh" in my head).

AIBU?

Of course I am. Anybody else have similar bugbears?

I know an Eleanor, when written she shortens her name to Elle but pronounces it Ellie. This does not work in my head.

Jilly Cooper refers to a washing-up machine.

People are definitely saying telly, not tele.

Hardcore is turning the joke around on you, OP. She means that when you said "I hate it when people say pooh instead of poo" (paraphrasing here), you actually meant "I hate it when people type/write pooh instead of poo", since we have just established that "poo" and "pooh" are pronounced the same.

My grandmother used to say "REfridge" instead of fridge and as a result, because of the person I associate it with, I find it extremely cute.

Oh gosh shock thanks so much for explaining that to me in such detail. Did you actually READ my reply to hardcore? 😂

Trills did she mean a dishwasher or a washing machine?

Yes I did. You said "what can you mean when you say that?" So it looked like you hadn't understood the joke. But maybe the funny face thing was a sarcasm indicator... I don't know!

And I went to all the other of working another "say" in there!

^bother

I agree! Pooh is a bear. I don't like tele or telly, but TV is fine.

Others:

Text instead of texted.
Companies trying to make their brand name into a verb. If it happens organically, like googling as a synonym for web-searching, fine, but nobody I know has ever said 'I think I'll Argos that.'

I have both of these too. Poop seems horrible infantile. Tele seems pedantic and dickish. Poo and telly all the way.

I hate 'doofer' for remote.

Ha! I like 'poop' - only because it amuses me

Tele is quite northern I think.

I hate 'doofer' for remote

How do you feel about 'clicker'?

I've never heard/noticed "doofer"!

My parents used to call their remote control the hoofer doofer

I call it a zapper or mando.

Pooh is a name. Poop is embarassing in anyone over 5yo. Tele is always followed by Savalas (sp?).

Was there another one...?

HardcoreLadyType Does that come from Frigidaire?

No no no. The tv remote is the 'frolls'

From moons ago when my then toddler son mispronounced 'controls'. Frolls forever more

Point. Thread. Misses

You've covered them all so far quinto.

I'm sure we'll think of more

Poop is just bloody daft. Poop?! Pooh is the bear.

Tele is pronounced "tell-ehhhh" in my head.

A small minority of Americans call remotes "channel changers".

The remote is a zapper where I am,and its definitely telly not tele.

A mate of mine calls her remote the "clicker".

Isn't poop an Americanism for poo? Either way, I prefer poo.

Poo, telly or TV in this house. Occasionally television.