It's BOUGHT not BROUGHT!!!

[OuchLegoHurts]

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.

Char as in "I took my wine rack a part but there was apart that I couldn't get out"

It is very fucking annoying. As is GENERALLY when GENUINELY is the correct word.

Evolving language my arse. I blame the Big Brother/Love Island crowd. Mainly the contestants.

Also teachers who can't spell or use grammar. Since fucking WHEN?!!

I've just noticed this recently. How difficult is it to say bought.!!
Years ago there was a TA in my .DD's school who used to say things like she learned me.

She also didn't know how to use there and their appropriately.
I was glad when she left half way through the year.

Yes, some teachers have appalling written skills? How do they even get into teacher training, let alone through it?

• a small minority, obviously.

"Loose' for 'lose' does my head in, and the incorrect spelling of 'definitely': 'I definately need to loose a few pounds...' No you don't, I silently scream, you need to learn to bloody spell. And 'advise' instead of 'advice'. "I definately need to loose a few pounds - any advise?'

Aaaargh

@SandyDenny, using 'bring' instead of 'take' is EVERYWHERE these days. Where did it come from? I drive DH bonkers muttering 'Take, it's take, not bring' at my screen all of the time!

Yes to the pp who said we need more funding for books for schools- actual fiction and non-fiction in real school libraries, not just textbooks. In my opinion scrap all homework in primary schools and replace with reading books every evening. Take pupils to the local library regularly to encourage a wider range too. And ( in my now Disney world) pay quality librarians in schools / teaching staff to have a reading remit. Job done.

I don't even know how you would use bring when you mean take?

Ah!

That's a new one.

toosexy - I see it loads on here eg "AIBU to bring my baby to a toddler group?" "How much luggage can I bring on a plane?" "Should I bring a present to a party"

Aaaaaargh, it drives me mad.

I blame Americans it's as bad as them saying "I could care less" and completely being unable to see how ridiculous that is when you mean the opposite

I often spell how things sound to me
When DS was in early primary school the parents were all told the importance of correct pronunciation while the children were learning phonetics. So we were told to be aware of words like "drawer", "Wednesday" and "chimney" and to drop "should've" and replace with "should have". Does that not happen in other schools?

I think a lot of it comes down to mobile phones and so called 'text speak'. When texting first became popular and you were charged per text, so a long text that developed into two or three cost more, words were shortened and letters omitted. For instance 'Will you be at home tonight?' Could be shortened to 'R u in 2nite'
That seems to have become an accepted way of writing IMO, because we communicate more and more via text and apps that use text. Grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalisation have been lost.
'What's wrong?' Is something I would type, but someone 15 years younger may type 'wot rong' - although the meaning is clear I admit I want to correct it with red marks and send it back!!
I think it's carried forward into everyday life and some people genuinely don't know the difference, and the importance of good grammar and spelling has decreased. So it's not seen as a big deal now, which it was when I learned to read/write and the 'rules' of the English language.

Can I just add invite.
I received an invite, my DD had an invite to a party, on the invite it said, how many invites should I send....

Yanbu!!!

I so agree and all of these drive me mad but should/could/would 'of' instead of 'HAVE' sends me over the edge. 'Que' instead of 'cue' is just stupid since there is no such word as 'que'. 'Myself' is another one that puts my teeth on edge when used incorrectly.

I saw a great one on a card in a shop window earlier in the week, someone was selling a chester draws.

Honestly is it that people somehow bypassed being educated or are they just thick?

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.

I have a friend who says brought when she means bought. She owns a shop.

I have another friend who said that she thought they were the same word and adding an r was a regional difference.

As for drawer and draw, to me they sound exactly the same.

I don't even know how you would use bring when you mean take?

The use of bring vs. take varies a lot from language to language. I'm not sure that foreign learners of English can be the source of so many people getting it wrong, though.

Recommend me something. It's recommend something to me.

Also, the person who said they spell the way things sound - how can they sound the same? One has an r in it, the other doesn't.

So glad that I am not the only one this annoys. I am not English and I am surprised at the English do not speak their own language better than those of us who are from other places.

I am not a native English speaker and brought/bought drives me crazy too. I really do not understand how can anyone get it wrong when they have completely different meaning, they sound different AND they are very common words too. Nothing like discrete/discreet.

Now,

1. take/bring - I now sometimes say 'what should I bring to the party' when I know the correct word is take, but I heard it sooo many times I started using it as I thought it was also correct
2. invite - after receiving messages of people accepting my invite, I started to think invitation was wrong!

I agree this has nothing to do with dyslexia and everything to do with people not reading books anymore. It is exactly the same in my home country and native language.

How about "I brung it"? I've heard this a few times.

In some dialects brung is the past participle of bring, but brought is the standard English. So brung and the simple past brang are not wrong, possibly older or regional so they are not standard/common.

I say a particular phrase. Most of the people i know say the same thing I am not 100% English. I have to point out that translated word for word it is correct.

The Bring and Take I look at it as you bring the luggage to the plane but take the luggage off the plane.

Sunshinegirls "And the overuse of "obviously" drives me crackers!
As does starting sentences with So.."

The other morning on Radio 4 the presenter introduced a guest.
"Good morning" said the presenter
"So good morning" replied the guest!

I turned the radio off and swore a lot.