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It's BOUGHT not BROUGHT!!!

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OuchLegoHurts · 15/07/2017 12:29

I've only just started noticing this, and I'm not British so don't know how long it's been happening, but I keep seeing people on mn using 'brought' instead of 'bought'! It's drinking me crazy as it makes absolutely no sense at all, and I just can't understand how the hell anyone could think that it's correct. Aaaargh! If you paid fucking money for it in the shop then you fucking BOUGHT it. If you took it from one place you another with you then you BROUGHT it. Driving. Me. Crazy.

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LookMoreCloselier · 15/07/2017 13:11

Yanbu, it is a pet peeve of mine and when I have mentioned this to other people they say they haven't noticed it. I see it so often Angry

DixieFlatline · 15/07/2017 13:11

I hate these threads some people have dyslexia. And it's pretty unkind towards them people. Maybe it does bug people. It's probably more upsetting for the people that struggle to write them words

Is it dyslexia that makes you write 'them words' and 'them people'? I mean, there are plenty of reasons people don't learn to speak or write Standard English, but I find it somewhat annoying when people bring up dyslexia as a reason to stifle the conversation when it's often not the reason at all.

Ceto · 15/07/2017 13:13

Guide to fucking grammar:

They're = they fucking are.
Their = shows fucking possession.
There = specifies a fucking location.
You're = you fucking are.
Your = shows fucking possession.
We're = we fucking are.
Were = past fucking tense of "are".
Where = specifies a fucking location.
Than = a fucking comparison.
Then = a fucking point in time.
To = where it's fucking going.
Too = an excessive fucking amount.
Two = a fucking number.
It's = it fucking is.
Its = shows fucking possession.
Lose = fucking mislaying something
Loose = not fucking tight
Could of = You're a fucking idiot

Feckitall · 15/07/2017 13:13

'She learned it to me' ...no she didnt, she taught you!
I understand typing errors...predictive can conspire against you...but poor grasp of our own language drives me potty!

DixieFlatline · 15/07/2017 13:14

I have aired my theory on here before, which is that people just don't read books any more. Their reading material is now texts and blogs written by other people who don't read

I developed this theory regarding the online use by native English speakers of '[...], or?'.

How can they not see that that is what a foreigner has translated from e.g. German '[...], oder?' and that it sounds fucking terrible in English??

WorraLiberty · 15/07/2017 13:15

OMG you remind me of someone I know who came here from Malta and learned to speak English.

She then took it upon herself to correct everyone's grammar.

Made herself look like a complete dick.

Chill out OP, before you end up doing the same.

gloriawasright · 15/07/2017 13:17

CETO
That is fucking wonderful !😀😀

PicaPauAmarelo · 15/07/2017 13:19

Starsandwishes those people Wink.
But I agree with you, I have dyslexia and I struggle to read and write quickly. I just let people crack on though.

alwaysprepare · 15/07/2017 13:20

Stars, a lot of people who use them in instead of those are not dyslexic, just a misuse of grammar.

alwaysprepare · 15/07/2017 13:23

Haha, Ceto. Love your post.

SumThucker · 15/07/2017 13:27

If you took it from one place you another with you then you BROUGHT it. Driving. Me. Crazy.

I keep trying to make sense of this sentence and I'm failing, abysmally.

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OuchLegoHurts · 15/07/2017 13:29

So I presume some people in England actually SAY 'brought' instead of bought as well as writing it? In that case it's nothing to do with dyslexia.

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BitterAndOnlySlightlyTwisted · 15/07/2017 13:31

Zaphodsotherhead is right: quite a few people seem to not read any longer. If they ever did.

I think it's a generational thing. Once English Grammar stopped being taught and essays and written work in schools stopped being corrected for fear of undermining pupils' "self-confidence" we were firmly on the road to hell. Still, none of that matters to those whose working-life doesn't demand they ever put pen to paper and the only typing they do is on forums like this one. Or those who don't care that they come over as semi-literate. Oh, for the days when managers had secretaries to hide their shame and compose business correspondence that actually made sense.

I have a friend who lives on Merseyside, a TEACHER, who uses phrases like "was went". It puts my teeth on edge, it really does.

I'll add "off of" to the list of bug-bears.

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OuchLegoHurts · 15/07/2017 13:32

Sum what I was saying was: if you took something with you from one place to another place, then you use the word 'brought', as in 'I brought it with me'. The next line was just me exclaiming that it drives me crazy. Obviously I used full stops incorrectly there but that was to add to the drama of my statement, just for fun.

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toosexyforyahshirt · 15/07/2017 13:33

I keep trying to make sense of this sentence and I'm failing, abysmally

just replace the first you with a to, it's simple.

I'm with you OP. People pretend it's a spelling mistake but it isn't, they literally don't know the difference between two distinct words with unrelated meanings.

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OuchLegoHurts · 15/07/2017 13:33

And Sum I've just realised that my autocorrect changed the word 'to' to the word 'you'. Hope that has cleared things up for you Grin

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MikeUniformMike · 15/07/2017 13:35

YABU. If you purchase something, you bruy it. Brought is the past tense of bruy.
If you bing something or something then you have bought them.

I wish people would stop saying except when they mean accept.

feebeemee · 15/07/2017 13:36

YANBU, it annoys the life out of me too!

See also people who say draw when they mean drawer.

Zaphodsotherhead · 15/07/2017 13:37

I hold my opinion because, when i was growing up (70's) all my friends would have piles of books around the house, we'd go to the library together, talk about favourite books we'd read, swap books etc, (note, NOT ECT, et cetera, from the Latin) whereas nowadays it seems very rare to find kids doing this. They swap games and talk about TV characters rther than book ones. People don't seem to find the pleasure in losing themselves in a book that they used to. (note, losing, not LOOSING).

SumThucker · 15/07/2017 13:38

Thanks for the thorough explanation of what brought means though OP Grin

minxthemanx · 15/07/2017 13:40

Bought/brought nothing to do with dyslexia. Is simply not knowing the correct word. And I HATE 'can I get a latte?" in coffee shops. It's "HAVE" and always has been! Gets on my tits!

Sighsofthetimes · 15/07/2017 13:48

Ceto

Your post should be printed out as a massive poster and stuck on every classroom and office wall in the entire country.

Without the fucking, perhaps. But what the hell, let's leave it in. Briiliant!

skippy85 · 15/07/2017 13:51

Yes!
Their is alot of things that drive me mad. Were did you get your education? Or did you loose the ability to use simple grammar when you left school. It is somethink that drives me mad. Bad spelling is discusting. I dont no if i can put up with it any longer!

Please see this message as it was meant. Please don't lynch me

BendydickCuminsnatch · 15/07/2017 13:52

My boss used to say 'generally' when she meant 'genuinely', and she meant 'genuine' a lot because she was a 'very genuine person'.... but she always SAID 'general person' Grin Whaaaaat.

Loose rhymes with noose. Loosen the noose. Lose is spelt like lost. Easy!
Brought has an R, like bring. Bought does not, like buy. Easy!

CostaCoffeeRoyalty · 15/07/2017 13:53

It's the only one I struggle with!