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!

Personally I hate people using 'text' as the past tense of the verb, it just sounds wrong. To me it should always be 'texted'.

And I'm right with the PP who hates invite as a noun. I always correct my kids, but I blame social media for that one.

@Ameanstreakamilewide

On a CV, I once read 'I have experience at the coal face

Apart from being possibly a strange way of writing a CV, what's wrong with that?

Coalface is correct but it’s one word.

Brought and bought being mixed up annoys me.

And mine, along with 'invite', is ect instead of etc,

The full word is etcetera. See the reasoning?

Coalface is correct but it’s one word.

Not necessarily. It can be either.

I have seen lots of people putting ect instead of etc. There is one in this thread at least.

Discussing instead of disgusting and when people write "Spag Bowl" instead of Spag bol. It's Bolognese, not bowlognese!!

Jessica Rennis is an example of the "linking r", famous in such phrases as "Laura Norder".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linking_and_intrusive_R

My favourite misheard phrase (not judging, it's easily done if you haven't seen a term written down) was 'all the Belgian whistles'.

I wish I could remember where I heard it, might have been The Apprentice..?

I've seen it written, but heard it more often:

"More better, more bigger, less easier," etc.

Why, just why? Do they not teach grammar at schools?

Another I read on FB yesterday "dought" instead of doubt. I think I spelled it that way exactly once, in my English Exam for my secondary school (GCSE equivalent)
I had never seen the word before and it was the only error I had in dictation, which really annoyed me as I kept me from getting the perfect English Grade.

My pet peeve is when people qualify a superlative, something like 'most funniest', one or the other please.
Isn't criticising language, spelling and/or grammar considered a No No on MN? There was a hair-shirt thread the other week.

"Isn't criticising language, spelling and/or grammar considered a No No on MN?"

Generally yes - because it is rather ignorant and elitist. Best confined to the petty preoccupations of Pedant's corner

I got no towels, but I got underpants ....

dought" instead of doubt

At least this shows the writer has some knowledge of common spelling patterns.
IMO some people writing on social media would have been reluctant writers in the past. They will learn as they go along hopefully, from reading other posts. Also, they may have English as second language.

Love Belgian Whistles though

I've just seen this 😂

Made me giggle when I saw it on the thread 😂😂

One of the more amusing ones for me.

Also I’ve noticed bring instead of take.

In the spoken word, 'somethink' instead of 'something' drives me batty.

Travel bloke Ritchie on Radio 2 in the mornings is a bugger for this.

I've just remembered Alexandra Burke explaining how she gifted the nation with the phrase "the elephant in the room" all the way from America 😂

People were mean to her about it but I actually thought it was cute how excited she was about it bless her.

I notice often the use of 'a' before a vowel, eg a elephant, instead of using 'an'. That one annoys me quite a lot.

I have a colleague (who admittedly doesn't have English as their first language) who says and writes "across the border" when she means "across the board". She uses this phrase so frequently, but I feel I've missed the acceptable time frame to correct it now, so I just let her get on with it .

I think ‘rest bite’ is adorable actually.

We have a teen foster child, she’s never been with a respite carer since she’s been living with us, but she knows it’s a thing that sometimes happens with looked after children if the usual carer has a holiday already booked or is away at a wedding or etc etc - we spent ages explaining to her that it’s not ‘rest bite.’ She wouldn’t believe us at all.

Mrs10D yeah but when people say they have the upmost respect for something... no no no no no no no!

SisterFarAway

I uni lecturer I had would say, "we are doing this so you will be more readier in the work place"

And the same person marked my work down when I used a British rather than American English.

The subject was 'BSL / English interpreting' she also talked about the word 'hyperbole' but pronounced it 'hyperbowl'.

MelBurke

I would generally say 'wouldn't' unless IU was in Yorkshire when my proper accent comes back and I say 'wunt', I also say I'm going 'tu' the shop.

I have seen lots of people putting ect instead of etc. There is one in this thread at least.

OMG there was one a day or two ago who also put it in capitals, I have a medical background, ECT is when they shock your brain to induce a fit.

Bought instead of brought drives me a bit mad.