To get wound up by slither?

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

"I was sat here..." instead of I was sitting here. You were not placed there as if you were a toddler being put into a baby seat.

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blueskyinmarch

Having ponders the whole Wednesday thing further I have concluded that I pronounce the d because i am Scottish. Having said it out loud many time while walking the dog I realise we Scots pronounce the hell out of that d!

I do not pronounce the d - and I am Scottish. I have rarely heard it done. It's pronounced as "Wensday".

Last year I shared an office with a colleague who was overly fond of a reflexive pronoun. Fortunately I managed not to stab herself.

I could never be friends with someone who asked for "just a sliver" when offered a slice of cake. They would be the sort of person who would say "Oh no, I shouldn't." Well bloody don't, then! More for me...

Can I formerly add the common mix up between formerly and formally?
:)

I read "restbite" quite recently, which sounds like something you'd do at a motorway service station

He's instead of His, drives me mental!

A friend of mine is always putting stuff on FB of her little boy and saying "look at he's little face" or "he's got he's dad's eyes" and other infuriating nonsense!!!

How would you pronounce the d in Wednesday? I can't make it work in my head. I say Wensday.

For written ones I can never remember if it's licence or license. I've googled it so many times and I still don't get it.

Practice and practise I have to actively think about.

February should have the first R pronounced. So, feb-ru-ary. Although I tend to say febry. It's an awkward one and the more you think about it the more unpronounceable it becomes.

I have never and would never ask for a sliver of anything, just give me a spoon.

How would you pronounce the d in Wednesday? I can't make it work in my head. I say Wensday

'WED-ens-day', roughly. Like Woden's Day.

"Not that big of a deal", "Not that fast of a car" etc. What on earth is "of" doing in there?

Practice - noun
Practise - verb (My mnemonic for that one is that the s looks a more active letter so it is the verb. Works for me!)

Extortionate instead of exorbitant.
Racialist??????????????

Effect and affect so so so difficult to explain to kids.
Stationary ( mnemonic is a cAR stationARy at traffic lights!!)

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I read "restbite" quite recently, which sounds like something you'd do at a motorway service station grin*

As an aside, I find itinerary hard to say.

I irritate myself by saying exclamation wrong. I just can't do it. It's etslamation every time.

But nothing compares to OH. He makes up words and then pretends they're real. What the fuck is a stronder?!

Pack lunch.

I pronounce the D in Wednesday . Scottish here too.

Surely drawer is pronounced as written not as 'draw'?

Rachel Oh good one! I HATE that! Also "Mash potato"

It's fucking MASHED!!

I've been looking at that thread title all day without clicking into it and assumed it was some kind of dating app - tinder, grindr, slither....

I'm infuriated by ALL the things on this thread. I blame my parents who were absolute sticklers for correct English and gently corrected every mistake they ever heard, with absolute consistency. I just wish I didn't know - it would be so much less stressful!

Agree with people mentioning I/me/myself: I think people have weird ideas about what sounds 'posher'.

What about reluctant vs reticent?
And procrastinate vs prevaricate?

Also, cumberbund. It's cummerbund!

Just say: "I will have a cake" - problem solved :)

Also 'I seen'. It's 'I saw' or 'I've seen'. DH says 'I seen' and it drives me potty, but I already correct him on 'slither vs sliver', so I can't. Plus, I think it's a regional thing where he's from, so I'd be fighting a losing battle.
At least he uses 'brought' and 'bought' correctly, otherwise I think I'd have to LTB!

Text as a past tense. Just no.