to think someone should know doggy dog makes no sense?

[Juells]

Heard someone (on TV) using this yesterday. "It's a doggy dog world". Why do people think this means anything?

Later (think it was on Antiques Road Trip) someone said they were thinking of changing tact.

The one that really annoys me on MN in particular is when a poster wants to emphasise something a previous poster has said and they say “here, here!”

For the millionth time, it’s, “hear, hear!”.

@LaMarschallin Of course! I couldn't see anything wrong with either but now you've pointed it out, I do say both correctly!

I do say both correctly!

I'm sure you do - sometimes things written down are a lot harder to "see".

As I said, I gazed for a while at "unchartered" thinking: "I know it's wrong... but why?".

One of the reasons I enjoyed Game of Thrones was the correct use of "fewer" and the subjunctive in the script. Ahhh.

I don't think it's snobbery to notice and care about these things. I take a person's background into account and meet them halfway. Overall, however, if a person is using words correctly it signfes that they're careful about words. Which in turn signifies that they're careful about thoughts and habits. So if someone uses "fewer" correctly I just relax in their presence.

the subjunctive in the script

Ooh explain-where and how?!

I became very annoyed by an author (quite a successful one) who referred multiple times to a dragon's horde - in a book about dragons . I've been meaning to write an Amazon review to point it out ...

@Waytooearly Fewer, or rather the lack of fewer, is one of my biggest annoyances and something that I will always notice.

The incorrect use of less seems to be creeping in everywhere now and it really grates on my ear.

I was in a Community Cafe today where a notice invited people to 'lend' one of the books to read. Borrow! Borrow! Borrow!

Another one posters regularly confuse are defuse and diffuse. Two completely different things.

Waytooearly it's such a pity that Grammar Guru Stannis turned out to be... not so nice in other ways. He was setting such a good example up until then.

Words are tricksy beasts. We had an English teacher who stuffed us full of improving words, and was a fan of reading around the class. I remember proudly mangling epi-tome, hyper-bowl, anti-thesis and ana-thema. Happy days.

I do wordy things for work, but they can still catch you out. I still have to stop and think before writing necessary and occasion and firmly believe weird should be wierd. And I fell foul of segue/segway. And struggle to say anemone correctly.

But, victuals!! Like someone upthread I always thought vittles was slang pronunciation. I don't think I've ever said it out loud but have definitely sounded the 'c' when reading it. So, still learning!!

Like I said, tricksy.

Let'seatgrandma, I can't remember exact lines but like "I insist that he be recognised as royal..."

I can't bear 'pacifically' instead of specifically. What in God's name do they think that bloody means? I guess the problem is that people actually just don't think on any level about the origin or content of words in many cases.

ON route 😭

ON route

Oh God, yes...

Estate agents that use complimented when they mean complemented ( so every listing)
Ect instead of etc. - ( Mumsnet has just added a red squiggly line under ect - so shouldn't be any excuse on here!)
Saw a post referring to 'here say' earlier...

This thread brought back a memory of being a young child and hearing the word 'benefits' incorrectly as 'belly fits'. I remember asking an adult 'what are belly fits?'

@Yohoahoy - Totally hear ya with loads of those!

I'm a great speller but wierd always gets me.. (weird)

Necessary - just learn 'Never Eat Chips Eat Salad Sandwiches And Remain Young' and you'll never mis-spell it again.

Or "one collar, two sleeves".

I've just seen "to a tea" complete with a little cup and saucer emoticon.

I know someone who will ask for the door to be left on a jar. I think she means ajar.

@AbsinthedelaBonchance

Good thread [Grin]

I’m mildly amused at people quoting from Friends and Modern Family, while suggesting the yoof of today spend too much time on social media.

I like lead on Macbeth.

I like lead on Macbeth.

As opposed to: "Lead on, Macduff"?

A friend of mine called her dog Macduff so that she could say, "Lead on, Macduff" when it was walkies time.

I never liked to tell her the quote is "Lay on, Macduff".

I love that. As a bonus Macduff would be an awesome name for a dog!

It’s a moo point, who cares.