To be so irritated by this common spelling mistake

[CaptainCabinets]

I’ve noticed about five different people in the last few days saying ‘rest bite’ when they mean respite.

It’s making my fucking teeth itch!

Ah, am with you on that one!!

It’s probably because they have never seen it written down and only heard it spoken.

Restbite and respite phonetically sound very similar if you under pronounce the “p” sound, which many people do. Its not a common word and certainly not within literature - I think this one is an understandable mistake.

Also having “rest” within a word that is essentially about giving someone a break from something has a logic to it. It’s wrong, obviously, but it kind of makes sense why people mishear it.

I've never come across that one. There are some people I'd like to rest my bite into though.

Pass time is doing the rounds on here - seen it a few times

Normally I would agree but then I remember this from a thread many years ago:

I didn't set out to give her a dummy but she was a very 'sucky' baby and this was the only way i could get restbite.

My pet peeve at the moment is 'respond back' and 'return back'

@KittensinaBlender ( not envy)

Most of the offenders have been nurses! It’s a fairly common word in healthcare

Oh christ I see this EVERYWHERE all the time. Makes my teeth itch!

Almost as bad as my MIL telling everyone near and far that she's booked in for an 'anagram' so they can try to sort out her angina

Do they look in their Chester Draws for their rest bite I wonder

Chester draws gives me the rage

I recently saw some "nester tables" for sale and could feel the same rage building

These defiantly give me the rage... (before anyone shouts, that was intentional)

As does the current pronunciation of perform by TV commentators.. FFS it is not prerform or prerformance.

Love the 'anagram'.

I used to see "loose" for "lose" all the time. Then it just sort of went away. Maybe this will too.

Rest bite haha, oh dear!

The best one I’ve seen recently is a woman saying ‘by the waistline’ when she meant ‘by the wayside’ still makes me chuckle especially as she tries to come across holier than thou.

My all time annoying one is "there" instead of "their", drives me crazy!

Loose instead of lose is everywhere and drive me mad!

I have not seen this one. Received an email this week - with regards to - no, no, no!

I’ve been guilty of been doing this! Sorry, OP!

New one on me. Are they vampires?

He's rather than his.
Tender hooks
Restbite

There’s a lot of pedalling rather than peddling going on at the moment.

Also, people keep using purposefully where they should be using purposely.

I think you're being abit unreasonable- alot of people don't know how to spell or mishear common words.

But I fear this will fall on death ears.

's instead of the plural term, so '"learning journey's" instead of "learning journeys". In a bloody preschool, too. Surely, the teachers should know better?

'Makes my teeth itch' is worse than rest bite imo

I think the battle is well and truly lost, but I really don't like 'invite' used as a noun. Given the number of threads about wedding or party invitations, I'm trying to get over it.