To blame Girls Aloud

[BadTimesAtTheElRoyale]

At least 3 times a day I see the misuse of aloud instead of allowed and rightly or wrongly it drives me crazy.

Merchant Lol at your idea that it's meant to be "primp" my ride! It's Pimp as in pimped-up...flashy like a pimp dresses.

I saw "Rule of thump" on a website!

THUMP! Fucking THUMP!

myusernamewastakenbyme

I’ve seen discrete misused several times in advertising and even in magazine/newspaper copy. My GCSE English teacher would be horrified!

@ Tim Buck Too and the rule of thump.

We get lots of 'ques' on our Facebook page rather than 'queues'

@MerchantOfVenom

The one that really annoys me is ‘pimp’ instead of ‘primp’.

When and how did this even happen?

I mean, yeah, ‘pimp my ride’ obviously started it - but why the use of ‘pimp’ instead of what they actually mean, which is ‘primp’?

A friend of mine was trying to think what that show was called... he came out with 'Jazz Up My Car or whatever'

Your all monsters fur making these errors, their making my teeth itch.

@Chamberlai

Oh, and 'cliché' is a fucking noun. If you're describing something you need the adjective: clichéed. Same goes for bias/biassed.

It's 'biased' actually .

I thought Thinking Allowed (R4) was actually called Thinking Aloud because it seemed to me to be so pedestrian and uncontroversial.

YABU! People have terrible grammar- but Girls Aloud got it right! They are a singing band and therefore are sing 'aloud'.

Only Men Aloud are the route of the problem.

Oh god I’ve just seen someone asking for “bumbells and kettlebells” to use during lockdown.

Could of/Could have

Really puts me off. I try not to let it bother me but it really does. I'm sorry

@KaptainKaveman Allowable variant. Actually.

‘ Bare with me’. No, I’m not going to remove my clothes.

@popcornlover, yes it DOES really matter. It doesn't make me feel at all 'superior' as you put it. How odd. It would be absolutely fantastic if great education meant people could spell in the first place.

We went to an event where Girls Aloud were performing. My DS, who was 6 at the time, was upset. He thought he wouldn't be able to come along with us.

One I keep seeing is effected instead of affected. As in "My mental health has been badly effected".

@KatherineJaneway

We get lots of 'ques' on our Facebook page rather than 'queues'

Yes! And cues, too.

"The cues were really long".

I picture GIANT pool cues loitering outside supermarkets

Tim Buck too I love it.

Not sure if many will get this but on fb sale the other day.

And Take Wheel

All these mistakes need gone.

Not only is the correct spelling 'biased' not 'biassed', it's also 'clichéd', not 'clichéed' .

The worst I've seen on Facebook is someone writing 'anorl'. Any guesses what he meant?

“And all”

Teeside by any chance?

I am always astonished by how common it is for people to write “he’s” when they mean “his”. Drives me bananas

And vice versus. I remember seeing a post on a parenting page, went something like ‘my son, his in year 4, his having a bad time with bullying, his been friends with two boys who have ganged up on him, his too soft to stand up to them.’

I lost sympathy for the poor kid halfway through.

‘Been’ for ‘being’ grinds my gears. ‘It’s just kids been kids’ is an oft seen offence.