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!

What is cowtailing?

legolimb
Cottongusset
I also had a note sent to me at the office asking that I "Fire a shot across his bowels".

Can you explain this one please? I am trying but can't quite get it.

It should be 'fire a shot across his bow', ie bow of a ship.

Thank you silvery

That makes more sense.
It would also be less messy and painful.

My pet peeve in spoken English: sec-e-tary. It's sec-re-tary ffs. Newsreaders do it all the time...

The current trend for using 'of' instead of 'have'

Nothing current about it, I remember our class being schooled about it by a history teacher 30 years ago after having marked our first set of homework. I'm guessing he saw it a lot.

@choccyhobnob one of the first sentences my very proud DD wrote using her phonics knowledge was

The bote is thloating

I think cowtailing is meant to be curtailing.

Off of.
I got off of the bus.

I thought cowtailing referred to kowtowing.

silversurfer you could be right re cowtailing = kowtowing. I didn’t think of that.

Apologies if this has been covered already but I can’t be arsed to read through 11 pages.....

I was at a work presentation this week and some HR people kept saying “this is just a whistle top tour” of the new system

NO I WAS SCREAMING INSIDE - it’s “whistle STOP tour” 🙈

I detest when people say "I brought one of these at Tesco". No you didn't "brought," you BOUGHT!!!

Uh! Eh! Never seen that before and nor would I want too. I would have to correct them.

I have just tried it on my phone. Respite doesnt even give an option to spell it that way. Spellcheck it automatically, doesn't do it either.

I suppose every phone would be different. Thats the only way I can see it doing that so frequent.

To answer your question yes it would irritate me

Rediculous instead of ridiculous. See it in here all the time and it really bugs me.

Not sure if this one is already here but when people write aloud rather than allowed

Could/would/should OF when it's 've.
That gives me the rage.

I have an American friend who writes walla when she means voila.

Lose and loose stlll loooses me! I keep getting the sound muddled when I think of choose eg you have to choose a meal, but with the 'other' word lose has has the long ooo sound. English is mad!

The trouble is the lack of decent education. No grammar is taught, spelling is lax, and the teachers themselves are ill-educated, so what do we expect. Nobody reads, the internet is unedited, really, anything goes. And I really HATE 'Road liable to flooding. No, it's either liable to flood, or prone to flooding. Why not just 'Road might flood '. Simples. Save metal and paint.

I saw a good one on fb recently

"Lone behold" 😂 also seen Chester draws before. I was in bits from laughing 😂

People on YouTube say 'let me know your guys's thoughts'. WTAF.

I need to get a lifo .. I can cope with most of these (although they are very funny and would have earned me a ruler across my palm if I had used them at school)
I do get cross however when I see eg (for example) used instead of ie (that is to say). Pedantic? Me ? ! Never 🤣

I have heard people mention an 'apoplectic' pregnancy !!!

@stitchmaker85 Did you write this?!

Don’t be so toothace!!!