It’s another chester draws thread...

[OccasionalNachos]

I have just discovered that my DP of 11 years - so far always seemed like a fairly decent adult man - says ‘Chester drawers’. Specifically, I was asking him where some paperwork was and he said ‘in the top Chester drawers in the spare room’

This has never happened before.

AIBU to leave?

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--I still blame phonics and lack of teaching spag at school

Juells I personally get annoyed by " Can I get a coffee/tea/ pint" etc. If you are at the bar/counter you would be asking the barman or assistant to serve you a drink, you would not be getting it as that to me implies that you would be serving yourself iyswim.

I'm sure we were taught 'alot' in the 70's. We were taught 'rooves' too but now everyone uses 'roofs.' Maybe we had a crap English teacher?

Rooves is still a word isn't it?

@Ohyesiam
I've noticed that 'begs the question' now is used to mean what it sounds like it should mean, can't help feeling it's an improvement.

What do you think it sounds lovely ke it should mean!

Political commentators and reporters use it a lot in the sense of "given this set of circumstances, the logical question would be why the government isn't doing x y or z?". That makes a lot more sense to most people than the original meaning.

grammarist.com/usage/roofs-rooves/

Old hat now

@Zaphodsotherhead

Yes, I agree. Why are people so proud of not reading books?

Not only is this contributing to the bad use of English (so many entertaining posts above, thank you all), but it’s also making people believe fake news. What happened to believing credible sources and articles written based on evidence?

@floribunda18

Don’t forget expresso.

@Juells
What was the original meaning
( because I thought what you just posted was)

One of our apprentice at work says and writes “you was” and “could of”. He’s just written an article and posted it on LinkedIn. The article is about why he is doing an apprenticeship instead of going to university and why he thinks University is a waste of time. As well as the above, his article is littered with spelling and grammar errors, including a “your” instead of “you’re”. I feel bad about mentioning it but bad if I don’t.

OhyesIam it's one of those complicated things that only people who think they're very very smart use to show up the rest of us

Begging the question is a fallacy in which a claim is made and accepted to be true, but one must accept the premise to be true for the claim to be true. ... Examples of Begging the Question: 1. Everyone wants the new iPhone because it is the hottest new gadget on the market!

"It's used to mean that someone has made a conclusion based on a premise that lacks support."

Just read in an online news article (yahoo, I think).

The plea fell on death ears.

Give up when journos can't spell.

Oh god, oh god, I have another one. Restbite instead of respite. The woman who used this is a teacher! Thankfully not of English, but...

I love that and I do it too much (have a break which involves a snack). It makes sense!

Dh and his bowl of cereals for breakfast adds to my morning irritations. Why the plural? I know full well he’s not eating just one Cheerio, no need to labour the point 🙄

He used to say Trivial Pursuits too. We haven’t played it for years and I’m still annoyed about it.

I have a friend who was looking for a retirement gift...she wanted an ackaridge clock...we were gazumped and had no clue

Really? You were gazumped: someone accepted a higher offer on the property you were in the process of buying?

Or did you mean stumped? 😂

Gazumped

Ok I always find these threads weird. Written down sure, but can you always tell the difference when it's spoken between "chest of" and "Chester?"

My DH is full of them.

Egg & Crest (egg & cress)
Escapegoat (scapegoat)
Pacifically (specifically)

I do correct him nicely but he refuses to believe me.

The article is about why he is doing an apprenticeship instead of going to university and why he thinks University is a waste of time.

I never went to university. You wouldn't catch me dead using 'you was' or 'could of'. Good to point out your colleague's appalling grammar. Bad to insinuate that his lack of higher education is the reason for it.

Higher education - in those times of handing out Firsts like Smarties - certainly does not guarantee spelling and grammar competence.

Medal if he's eating cereals that would be a little bit of wheat, some barley etc, wouldn't it? Different types of cereal.

H is not pronounced "Heych"!

No, it’s pronouncified aitch. Obv

I read on a FB post...
"They'll have a short life spam if they continue like this"

Never seen that one before

I've just seen 'swareee' on FB ffs!