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It's BOUGHT not BROUGHT

214 replies

emma1103 · 10/04/2023 11:51

Am I being unreasonable to expect people to know the difference?

So often I'm reading about how people brought this bargain, etc. It just really winds me up for some reason.

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Botw1 · 10/04/2023 21:11

Not that I'm aware of

I've no idea what rhoticity is though lol so could be wrong

NowZeusHasLainWithLeda · 10/04/2023 21:17

Botw1 · 10/04/2023 21:11

Not that I'm aware of

I've no idea what rhoticity is though lol so could be wrong

It's pronouncing a written R when in a non rhotic accent it wouldn't be.
"Farm", for example, in my non- rhotic accent would be /fa:m/ but in a rhotic one it would be /fa:rm/
If Intrusive R doesn't exist in rhotic accents, it'll be something connected to that rhoticity I presume, but again, I'm not sure.

Botw1 · 10/04/2023 21:28

@NowZeusHasLainWithLeda

And brought in brought. Drawer in drawer

The r is there for a reason

I def wouldn't say lore and awda

I'd say lau and oRderrrr

NowZeusHasLainWithLeda · 10/04/2023 21:33

Botw1 · 10/04/2023 21:28

@NowZeusHasLainWithLeda

And brought in brought. Drawer in drawer

The r is there for a reason

I def wouldn't say lore and awda

I'd say lau and oRderrrr

The R in "brought" is pronounced by rhotic and non-rhotic because it precedes a vowel. It's the ones after a vowel that aren't pronounced in non-rhotic accents. Non-rhotics wouldn't pronounce either of the Rs in "order".
It's not quite as simple as saying the R is there for a reason in English, unfortunately. Would that it were. My job would be a lot easier!

Botw1 · 10/04/2023 21:35

@NowZeusHasLainWithLeda

Accents are definitely geographical

Simonjt · 10/04/2023 21:38

Burgoo · 10/04/2023 19:46

If they say "I brought the children with me" I'd respond with "how much did they cost you?"

If they say "I'll borrow you my book" I will say "how can you borrow a book that is already yours?"

Over time they get it.

Well yes, over time they will realise you think brought means bought.

PriamFarrl · 10/04/2023 21:47

Botw1 · 10/04/2023 21:28

@NowZeusHasLainWithLeda

And brought in brought. Drawer in drawer

The r is there for a reason

I def wouldn't say lore and awda

I'd say lau and oRderrrr

I say drawer exactly the same way as draw because that is my accent.

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 12/04/2023 06:44

UnsolicitedOpinions · 10/04/2023 12:55

Pedants’ not Pedant’s! There’s definitely more than one pedant!

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Just like Mothers' Day. There are many mothers.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 12/04/2023 07:12

You're fighting a losing battle, OP. There have been enough loose/lose threads - either they don’t see them or they just don’t register.

My pet peeve (apart from its/it’s, there/they’re/their, who’s/whose, etc. (and ect. of course) is discreet/discrete. They are not alternative spellings - they mean entirely different things!

But I know that saying it here won’t make a scrap of difference. 🙁

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 12/04/2023 07:14

@halfsiesonapotnoodle , you’d have loved a Mothers’ Day card I once saw on sale - ‘If Mum’s were flowers, I’d pick you!’

wildswimm · 12/04/2023 07:14

To buy is to bought
To bring is to brought

fairgame84 · 12/04/2023 07:18

YANBU it makes my teeth itch.

Surly and surely is another one.

BellePeppa · 12/04/2023 07:35

Botw1 · 10/04/2023 15:23

@ZiriForEver

It's because could've sounds like could of

People should still know it’s could have though when it comes to spelling it.

maddiemookins16mum · 12/04/2023 07:46

Junior Bake Off - ‘it’s so fun’. Wtf! The Judge uttered this phrase constantly.

Itsallaloadofbollocks · 12/04/2023 07:46

It's SLIVER not SLITHER 😡
SLITHER is what snakes do! If you have a splinter you have a SLIVER of wood in your finger.

StaySpicy · 12/04/2023 08:46

I am entertained by "walla" that seems to be more common lately!

sanityisamyth · 12/04/2023 09:56

StaySpicy · 12/04/2023 08:46

I am entertained by "walla" that seems to be more common lately!

What does that even mean?!

Fairislefandango · 12/04/2023 10:08

It's what some people think the word 'voilà' looks (and sounds) like!

sanityisamyth · 12/04/2023 10:09

Ohhhh that's depressing 🙈

icanneverthinkofnc · 12/04/2023 10:22

Weirdly, last night, I had a message from a friend, she wrote that a woman had 'brought' a craft item from her...my reply was 'that's great that 'nicky' has bought one, it may start the ball rolling and others may buy now.'
I would never correct her as such, but rephrasing the comment may make her think. You never know.

hookiewookie29 · 12/04/2023 10:35

Our not are......

StaySpicy · 12/04/2023 16:29

sanityisamyth · 12/04/2023 10:09

Ohhhh that's depressing 🙈

👍🏻😂

HouseByTheSeaside · 12/04/2023 23:38

Your and you're gives me the total rage op. One is 2 words. The other isn't. What is so complicated ffs?!

HouseByTheSeaside · 12/04/2023 23:40

nicetoseetgesunsout · 10/04/2023 11:57

Yes all of these annoy me, as does one that seems to be increasingly used - 'seen' when it should be 'saw'

Sounds so thick.

HouseByTheSeaside · 12/04/2023 23:40

Globules · 10/04/2023 11:59

I get wound up by people raising this old chestnut repeatedly.

Hijacking threads.

Starting their own threads.

AIBU?

Yes!

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