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To get wound up by slither?

242 replies

anxious2017 · 13/02/2017 22:49

Why? Why do people say they'll have a "slither" of cake/pie? It's "sliver". It annoys me unreasonably Smile

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anxious2017 · 13/02/2017 23:19

Won is a word. Wan is not.

Facility Grin

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anxious2017 · 13/02/2017 23:19

Not in that context anyway.

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user1477282676 · 13/02/2017 23:21

Wan is a word!

As in "Pale and wan"

Megatherium · 13/02/2017 23:21

School role instead of school roll. I've even seen that on letters from a school, FFS.

anxious2017 · 13/02/2017 23:24

I know that, hence why I said not in that contact. He hasn't "wan" a competition.

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PennyPickle · 13/02/2017 23:24

Except/ed instead of accept/ed. Drives me barmy!

Fink · 13/02/2017 23:26

Wednesday with the 'd' sounded. I know it's normal in some accents. It still winds me up. I'm unreasonable and I know it but it doesn't stop the rage at that bloody d!

Seeingadistance · 13/02/2017 23:27

My favourite is "bare with me". I either don't know the person well enough for that level of intimacy, or it's simply too cold!

Nicketynac · 13/02/2017 23:31

I say Sam-widge instead of sandwich and I just can't help it. I cringe when I hear myself but by then it's too late.
I recently overheard someone on a train say "jamp" instead of jumped.

MrsderPunkt · 13/02/2017 23:32

errm context?

haveacupoftea · 13/02/2017 23:33

Online thing but I see people type 'draw' instead of 'drawer' all the time. Drives me mad.

user1477282676 · 13/02/2017 23:36

Anxious surely that's an accent issue rather than a pronunciation one?

anxious2017 · 13/02/2017 23:39

Apparently not. Not here anyway! I asked DH who says it and a friend I work with and they both said they'd spell it wan. Perhaps elsewhere. Accent wise, it would be wun here.

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anxious2017 · 13/02/2017 23:40

Auto-correct!

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Butttons · 13/02/2017 23:42

"Hear hear"

(I think I just threw up in my mouth a little)

Butttons · 13/02/2017 23:42

Oh sorry, I mean the to write "here here"

user1477282676 · 13/02/2017 23:43

They spell won as wan?? Oh my GOD! No wonder you're annoyed! Shock I hate it when people ask how to spell my name which is a well known animal.

I can't say what it is but it's very easy to spell and there's no variant.

Imagine my surname is Robin. They ask "Is that with an E on the end?

WTF??

SlipperyJack · 13/02/2017 23:45

"Here here" instead of "hear hear".

Arrghhhh.

SootyShearwater · 14/02/2017 00:22

People who say they "woofed" down that "slither" of cake! Shock

user1477282676 · 14/02/2017 00:35

I had a boyfriend who said "Volumptuous" instead of "Voluptuous"

HarrietSchulenberg · 14/02/2017 00:47

Someone (school child old enough to know better) today insisted they writ it down. 2 mins explaining wrote and written, and what writ actually means. Cue blank look.

Should of drives me potty.

Brought instead of bought brings out the worst in me too.

spellingtestmess · 14/02/2017 00:50

Effect/affect
Practice/practise
Your/you're
Should of instead of should have
Their/there/they're

spellingtestmess · 14/02/2017 00:52

Bought/broughtGrin

kindermog · 14/02/2017 01:16

alot

So hard to type - autocorrect fought me all the way, so why/how is it becoming a thing?

Megatherium · 14/02/2017 07:01

For some reason drafting Education Health and Care Plans seems to make people abandon normal grammar. I'm sick of seeing documents that say "X to improve her literacy. X to receive help with spellings" etc. What's wrong with "X will improve...", for goodness sake? And they never seem to know how to spell "practise" as a verb.

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