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Original poster

to tell you it is downright and not "damn right"?!

159 replies

Needanewhat · 16/05/2021 23:01

As in, "she was being downright rude" NOT "she was being damn right rude".

I see this one all the time on Facebook groups at the moment and it's silently doing my head in. Why?!

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NinjaJunkie · 16/05/2021 23:02

Americanisation

a8mint · 16/05/2021 23:04

Thank you for that, Captain Obvious
Never ever seen or heard anyone make that mistake

Original poster
Needanewhat · 16/05/2021 23:05

Yes I get it's a saying on its own but it isn't being used in the right context!

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Original poster
Needanewhat · 16/05/2021 23:06

Never ever seen or heard anyone make that mistake

You obviously aren't in a particular well known parenting Facebook group!

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Topseyt · 16/05/2021 23:10

That would irk me, and would have to fight the urge to correct them.

Original poster
Needanewhat · 16/05/2021 23:13

I obviously know it is petty!

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saltinesandcoffeecups · 16/05/2021 23:16

@NinjaJunkie

Americanisation
Hmmmm...don’t think you can blame this one on America...I’ve lived in and visited a lot of US regions and this thread is the first I’ve heard this.

Better luck next time!

Original poster
Needanewhat · 16/05/2021 23:17

It isn't an Americanisation anyway. It is just incorrect.

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Zzelda · 16/05/2021 23:32

Likewise, it's "set foot" (as in ""I've never set foot in the place") not "stepped foot"

PurgatoryOfPotholes · 17/05/2021 00:06

It's "per se", not per say, too.

littlepattilou · 17/05/2021 00:08

Never heard anyone say 'damn right rude' in my life. Confused

Annabellerina · 17/05/2021 00:09

Spitting image not spit and image or splitting image!!

Cadent · 17/05/2021 00:10

to tell you it is downright and not "damn right"?!

I see this one all the time on Facebook groups at the moment

So why tell us instead of them?

Antiqueanniesmagiclanternshow · 17/05/2021 00:11

COULDN'T care less
Not COuld care less!
Drives me crackers!

steff13 · 17/05/2021 00:12

@NinjaJunkie

Americanisation
I've lived in America for 44 years and I have never known anyone to say that before just now.
Original poster
Needanewhat · 17/05/2021 00:34

See also: on route.

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GeorgiaGirl52 · 17/05/2021 00:36

It is not Americanization!!! It is someone who misheard a statement and then started using the misquote.
FYI We are not to blame for Chester Drawers either!

LittleBlackSox · 17/05/2021 00:39

Nothing winds me up more than “discusting”

I also follow someone on Twitter that spells maybe as mabey- I scream internally each time.

denverRegina · 17/05/2021 01:21

Rediculous Wink

linnyb71 · 17/05/2021 05:11

could of instead of the correct version which is could have or could've.i seem to be seeing this more and more lately.I have never heard of damn right though.it might be that it has been misheard and then written incorrectly i suppose.

knittingaddict · 17/05/2021 05:28

@Antiqueanniesmagiclanternshow

COULDN'T care less Not COuld care less! Drives me crackers!
Yes! Makes me what to scream when people do this.

It makes no sense at all when people get this wrong. Don't people listen to themselves?

knittingaddict · 17/05/2021 05:29

Oops, too many "people" in that post. Sorry.

Plexie · 17/05/2021 05:39

They're words/phrases that people have heard but not seen in writing.
Then someone writes it incorrectly online and other people start using that spelling.

BusySittingDown · 17/05/2021 05:55

Here here drives me bananas. It's hear hear! As in "hear him, hear him!"

Also, we need to "air on the side of caution" Angry it's "err on the side of caution," your caution doesn't need airing.

The amount of people who get your and you're wrong also makes me cross. I'm starting to feel like Ross Geller. I don't correct people because I'd sound like a cow but I inwardly seethe Grin.

Ginuwine · 17/05/2021 06:04

Just look at any weight loss thread on this site.

It's not the trousers that are now "loose" ... Hmm

I know that seems petty but it's just mad how often I see people talking about "loosing" weight. It's probably more prevalent now with that spelling than with the correct one.