It’s a classic

[lilyboleyn]

It makes my teeth stand on end just to look at.

[quote lilyboleyn]@PencilSkirt well, yes... [/quote]
The phrase is either 'set my teeth on edge' or 'made my hair stand on end'. Not some mixture of the two.

Pencil

Houses in sort after streets often have shower cubicals and flower boarders, too.

Bone jaw bone apple teeth

@PiggyPokkyFool I could have used Swede boots when I had school dinners.
Would have been perfect for hiding that awful vegetable!

@PencilSkirt I know. I was making a joke. Gah.

@TooTrueToBeGood
Those swede boots would go perfect with turnip jeans.
Genius!!

I can't remember what video it was now, but on the NHS website page I had clicked on yesterday, the young woman presenting the video started with "Hi, I am going to speak you through..." I'm sorry... speak you through??? On a video explainer of all things. I had to close it immediately, but I'd find it hard to trust any of the medical information she gave after that.

On one of our local FB pages someone posted that she was looking for someone to "wapper my wall". She seemed to mean "wallpaper" but how that got past the spell check I'll never know.

There were various piss taking comments including one wag asking her if she wanted it done with "cwisp wappers". She got very stroppy and snapped that she didn't know why everyone was being rude, it was a very sensible request. She must have genuinely thought that decorators "wapper" the walls.

If you want a real laugh, join the Facebook group called Uninspiring Adverts. Some howlers on there.

Frankly, you never can tell. It seems a shame for so many people to make snidey remarks about somebody who has probably only heard 'chest of drawers' and not seen it written down. Why laugh at an innocent error? Perhaps I'm too sensitive.

Mixing brought and bought up is better than saying 'brung' which is what they say round here I hear everyday "I brung it" and it is painful for me!

I suppose it is sort of funny handwriting but GUID?!

Just can’t bare this sort of thing

I've only just discovered FB selling pages.
The phrase that stands out over and over is "NEED GONE", always in capitals.

@WhatTheD1ckens

I suppose it is sort of funny handwriting but GUID?!

My middle son when he was learning to read asked if were going to Clanks to buy shoes....

So of course we all still call it Clanks in our family (he’s now 19 )

@Juo I was just about to post that myself.... "NEEDS GONE" sets my teeth on edge more than Chester Draws!

I’m dyslexic. In the examples above I can just about spot the spelling mistakes but I definitely wouldn’t see them if it wasn’t a thread about spelling mistakes. Equally I’ll say things a little wrong because I find breaking sounds down into smaller units difficult.

I don’t mind it being funny (What does DNA stand for? National Dyslexia Association). But please remember that linguistic processing is a specific learning difficulty so not being able to spell in your first language despite being educated doesn’t mean a you’re necessarily an idiot.

@NotSorry I bet Guid Blyton was a regular customer at Clanks!

That's pretty bad. But it could of been worse.

@Allflightscancelled

Actually *@Loveinatimeofcovid*, I saw BRAN new in a classic novel once. It was a Jane Austen or possible a Thackery (maybe Vanity Fair?). Shook me, a bit. Got me to wondering if that was actually the original phrase, perhaps from when goods were packed in bran for delivery?

Anyway, just thought I'd mention it. Bloody sticks in my craw when I see it now

Actually I thought the same - I seem to recall reading 'bran new' in a Dickens novel, although I can't remember which one.

How would they like payed?

@NotSorry We call it Clanks too after one of my now teenage boys misread it.

Our local fb group had some swayed boots yesterday 🤦‍♀️

@tobedtoMNandfart

Can they be a bit more Pacific?

Ugh! My Mum says this every time, no matter how many times I correct her! She’s otherwise a very smart lady.