To think that chester draws isn't as bad as

[ChangeThePassword]

'chester freezer'

I'm not defending chester draws, but at least I can understand how it happened.

I've just seen someone talk about their 'chester freezer' on Facebook. There's no excuse.

[EagleSqueak]

DD2 used to call her forehead her hairforder until she was about 6. She started when she was 2 and when we asked her why she called it that, it was because it was forward of her hair. Makes sense, I suppose.
In my work I’ve seen lots of interesting spellings for medical complaints, but the most memorable have been ‘hermermaids’ and ‘Tonsel lighters’

[CaptainMyCaptain]

I once had a child in my class who was off sick. Her older sister came in with a message about it and I asked what was the matter. The sister said she had 'mappledappleitis'. When the sick child came back to school I asked her mum about it and she also told me 'mappledappleitis'. I asked a GP friend what it could have been and she said it was probably 'mesentericadonitis', I'd never heard of it so, at least, I learnt something new.

[EveryDayIsADuvetDay]

Just spotted this on another thread, so spent about five minutes finding this to add it!

struggling to make ends meat
I managed not to comment that might be cheaper to go vegetarian

and deep joy, there's a few more pages to read since I last looked!

[KatherineParr4]

This thread is a real antidote to stress. Hilarious!

[EveryDayIsADuvetDay]

And reading the post immediately above, no I'd not heard of mesenteric adenitis either, reminded me that as a child I used to think that diarrhea (had no idea of how to spell it) was an ear infection.

[CaptainMyCaptain]

@EveryDayIsADuvetDay

And reading the post immediately above, no I'd not heard of mesenteric adenitis either, reminded me that as a child I used to think that diarrhea (had no idea of how to spell it) was an ear infection.

Dire ear

[burritofan]

Just seen someone on Facebook looking for a rubbish collection for “brick a brat”. Glorious.

[therarebear]

Fair do's...

[SchrodingersImmigrant]

struggling to make ends meat

Oooooh. Burnt ends😍 Easy to make😁

[CaptainMyCaptain]

This one is probably an Americanism rather than a mistake but it annoys me intensely.

So fun!

It's either 'so much fun' or 'such fun'.

[Butteredtoast55]

CaptainmyCaptain, I completely agree! ‘So fun’ drives me mad.
Top tip for spelling
Dash
In
A
Real
Rush
Help
Ow
Exploding
Arse

[Youngatheart00]

Just thought of another one

“Oh I’m bias about that”

It’s BIASED

[CaptainMyCaptain]

I saw a post about 'passing the book' on Facebook this morning. Mind you, I'm not sure what the 'buck' refers to.

[cariadlet]

@CaptainMyCaptain "pass the buck" and "the buck stops here" both come from poker. They're quite old (from fairly lawless Wild West times). An object like a knife with a buck handle would be passed around the table to keep track of whose turn it was to deal.

[CaptainMyCaptain]

Thanks, that's interesting.

[KatherineParr4]

People who say ‘gonna’ and ‘wanna’ drive me mad.. or ‘can I get’ rather than ‘may I have’.

[EveryDayIsADuvetDay]

oooh - I thought of this thread yesterday - it's grown, I have catching up to do!...

people that insist on saying minimetre instead of millimetre always amuses me

[Dressingdown1]

MIL had a friend who went into a home for the interminably ill.

[liverpoolnana]

Another mnemonic for 'diarrhoea' is 'Dash in a rush, run, hurry or else accident'.

Although my spellchecker keeps telling me that spelling 'diarrhoea' like that is incorrect. Is it different in the US? (The spelling, that is)..

[scullie]

This is one I haven't seen before that I've just read on social...

That bloke thinks he's the bs and es.

Classic!

[Iamnotminterested]

@KatherineParr4

Ooh I hate that too! In coffee shops, "Can I get a lar-tay?"

Don't even get me started on how the majority pronounce 'latte'...

[KatherineParr4]

Noticed several posters using’ bare with me’ today. Grrrr!!
Also ‘he done wrong’.
I itch to issue corrections but don’t want to be perceived as a pedant.

[Katerinakaterinaki]

I can't stand it when people say 'bought' instead of 'brought'. Really, did you buy it?

[Delilah21D00LoT]

"Chase lounge" "chais lounge" "chase long" for 'Chaise Longue'!
Really irritating!

[RaraRachael]

Iamnotinterested how should latte be pronounced as I suppose it could depend on regional accents.

Some people I know say laaaahty, others latty (rhymes with batty) - are either of those correct?