to be annoyed when people don't know the difference between bringing and buying?

[PinkMartini]

When you pay for something - you have bought it
When you carry something - you have brought it.
Is is really that hard to get them right?

ah but... what if you pay for something and then carry it to somewhere else?

then you have bought it and brought it

deep clang of recognition

also

lie or lay?
run away

Well then squonk, I guess you say whichever has the most importance.
I brought it all the way home.
I bought it at .
It's the people who say I brought this top at shopname that make me see red.

I hate should of when it is should have

is this written or verbal? regional variations / accents may be a problem here?

Direct quote from CV recently submitted to me:

'I wish I never had of left this job as it was brilliant.'

For a secretarial job.

Into the round file I'm afraid.

Well, I think you might need to get a little perspective if it genuinely makes you see red

HMC you are so right.

Dh drives me mad because he always says "I borrowed it to him" (instead of lent it).

I used to go on and on about it to him, then I found out that in his first language(Welsh), they use the same word for both, so he isn't quite as ignorant as I thought.

never heard anyone mistake brought and bought - is it regional?

Don't think so.

Ooohhh bought and brought. That is super-annoying. I hear it a lot (London)

And agree on "I could of..." - disastrous.

Our very nice and intelligent HR person at work says "I come into work at the weekend and I done loads of work". It makes me DEMENTED.

Also incorrect use of yourself as in "any drinks for yourself, madam" as much used by air hostesses.

'Lend' and 'borrow' is regional I thought - but I do still find it very annoying. But then I'm a bit of a grammar-Nazi.

Try working in an accounts dept of a retail store.

"Brought ledger dept" .

Try asking a Bristolian to say Idea, they always say Ideal, just seems very hard for them to just say Idea.
AB

Off-topic I know, but I had visions of reading a thread hotly debating Blue Peter 'bring and buy sale' disaster stories >_<

Agnes

Me too. I thought it was going to be about a Blue Peter sale shop lifter!

I get pissed off when people say volumptuous instead of voluptuous, or pompadom instead of poppadom. Brought/bought annoys me too! As does "can you borrow me a tenner?"

No, but I can lend you one...

We was talking yesterday......

aarrgghh!

"I'm looking for a pacific one" - go and look in the ocean then

I hate people picking up on words I have said wrongly. I suffered several years of speech therapy so I find it an achievement when I can string a sentence together in the first place.

but alot just say ' I bowt' for both!

I hate it when people / adverts miss out the 'to' in sentences. i.e. Helps contain doodahs' or 'helps neutrilise flams' etc.

Where's the to?

Where's the to???????