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

"Esculate" for "escalate" annoys me. Also, "it comprises of ..." (an estate agent's favourite) instead of "it comprises" or "it is comprised of ..."

'Reign in'
'Should of'
'Expresso'

Makes me feel sad and bad - bad that I can't help feeling judgemental, and sad because it just shows a lack of decent education.

Mind you, I couldn't put on a decent face of make-up if my life depended on it, and I'm sure there are plenty of people who feel that I'm not presenting myself very well and generally letting the side down...

To give someone a row? You have a row, you don't give one, div!

I get driven mad by should of too! DH pronounces House of Fraser as Frasier and it drives me crazy!! Sorry to be thick, but what's wrong with saying off of? Or do you mean confusing the two words?

PrettyLittleBrownEyedMe - cummerband, surely!

Not getting that, KathArtic? Do local authorities assume parents won't understand something that's written in ordinary sentences and spelt properly?

Pretty much yes. They always seem to be written very simply. No room for error or misunderstanding I suppose. And yes, some parents are poorly educated and struggle to read and comprehend instruction and expectation.

@Nicketynac ...jamp is very specific to the NE Scotland! ....my children say it and it drives me crazy!

Expresso makes me furious too...even heard Mary Berry say it

the thing that is bugging me is suddenly words like negotiation ...and there's others, i just can't remember ...all the news folks are saying nego-SEA-ay-shuns and not nego-SHE-ay-shuns

differentiation
initiation
ingratiation

all have the SHE sound in them...alllllllllll of them!

k425 Hah!

koalas You don't need both of them! 'Get off that wall' - adding 'of' doesn't mean anything.

As soon as you wrote that I realised PrettyBrown so thank you. I don't think I ever say that or know anyone that does which is possibly why it didn't occur to me!

Tondeleya I've noticed that too. As well as the aversion to tbe St sound. The shhhhhtudents are shhhhhtupid. There should be no sh sound.

I'm so glad I've never come across some of these IRL, they would do my head in. 'Needs gone', WTAF? I had to read that several times to try to work out what it was supposed to mean; surely an incorrect use of language which is so bad that the original meaning is completely obscured is not just wrong but utterly useless.

Chester draws makes me smile every time I see it.

I also have seen references to people changing their name by 'depol'

All of these examples irritate me, especially the "off of". I do understand that "would of" is a mishearing, but I can't figure out what could be the explanation for "off of".

Another irritation is the use of "then" for "than". I look for what happened next, only to find it's a comparison. I do see it more often in written AmEng, so I guess it could be related to accent.

I've seen a lot "I myself like to eat cake" and it makes me want to giggle.

KathArtic, I'm sure parents who can understand "Mary to improve her spelling" would understand "Mary will improve her spelling", so I don't think that sort of phrasing is due to trying to simplify EHC Plans.

I can't stand people who want to 'loose' weight.

A friend of DH's wrote a wonderful novel that was quite successful (critically and commercially). I loved it, except for the sentence describing a "slither of light" coming through the window. I can't believe it made it past both editor and proofreader!

I also regularly see recipes on the internet calling for slithered almonds. Gives me almond rage.

I give you..

Mataland.

"This looks different to the one WHAT I saw"
"Its like the one WHAT I got"

Surely no-one says this, unless they have a speech impediment.

Speaking of Mary Berry, the way she says lair and not layer makes me want to poke her.

On Facebook this morning, I saw someone comment on a photo of their friend's baby, "She's so bold! I thought she'd been trying to crawl or something, until the mother said that she couldn't wait for her to grow some hair. Ah, bald then.

Mataland! I know a few who say this. Ooh and Fox fur instead of faux fur (same person!)

Cigars

Drawer is said as "draw-er" not "draw"

Here in Scotland it is anyway, and it really annoys me when I see "Draw" or "Chester Draws"

It's Chest of Drawers!

Tondelay

I'm in NE Scotland and I've never heard "jamp" used at all

Actually this thread is the first I've ever heard of it

lucky you zukie ...it's everywhere I tell you! in Angus