To point out that the word is “faze” and not “phase” in this context?

[Anyotherdude]

I’ve been reading so many threads where someone writes about being “phased” or “not phased” about something.
it was bothering me so much that I checked to see if it was me that was getting it wrong.
I didn’t.
To faze is to disturb, bother, or embarrass, but a phase is a stage or step, so you can be phased into a role, but if you’re not bothered by something, it doesn’t faze you!

See also “utilise” when “use” will do just fine!

Do prostrate problems mean men are lying down?

You might be looking through a gap in the floorboards at the upper side of the ceiling below... 😁

‘Wonder’ when they mean ‘wander’ - which I’ve just seen elsewhere.
And while I’m at it, ‘isle’ when they mean ‘aisle’ as in church or supermarket.

Just saw an absolute corker on FB marketplace and had to post.

Otter man. As in ottoman. My new favourite!

Another one I've seen a few times on MN is 'setting a president'.

Is ‘having a lay-in’ a dialect thing? I hate it!

It's probably yet another example of the confusion between Lay and Lie.

She was stood...

People who are under the misapprehension that using 'myself' instead of I or me makes them sound educated or somehow posh - and compound the error by referring to themselves first, "Myself and my friend..."

Yes to this.

Not just on mumsnet and social media think its origin was Jeremy Kyle.

“Well I turned around and said…”

Do they mean they had their back to the person they were “conversating” with?

Aaargh. The “license” writers are infesting this one! https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5021386-new-driver-i-misjudged-a-gap-shaken?page=1

The new "Chester draws"

That reminds me, I’ve noticed, ‘transportation’ for ‘transport’ is starting to creep in. Fine if you're American, but it means something very different in British English. 😱

Good point! "I'm a transportation professional. I ship troops, orphans and criminals to far-flung parts of the world, whether they like it or not." 👀

I thought of this thread when I just saw 'bet your bottomed dollar' on another one.

Sounds kind of rude. I like it.

Oh I know this one, or rather I heard it somewhere. It's from plague times when you didn't want to breath over someone, so you would turn around and face away when you spoke. I hope it's true.

@MissFancyDay, I'm not sure people in those days understood the concept of breathing/spraying illness onto each other - but I'm enjoying the idea that "I turned around and said" means you were trying to kill them 😂

Although that suggests you were already dying. Hmm.

Breath - noun - you can see your breath in the morning air. Rhymes with death.
Breathe - verb - I like to breathe in the morning air. Rhymes with seethe.

I've heard (read) the same thing. You faced away from people but during an impassioned argument might have 'turned round and said...' something.

No, trying NOT to kill them if you “turned around”.

It’s a funny explanation but almost certainly bullshit.

Yes, yes, fucking yes. I'm ALWAYS saying this.

I see it a lot too & find it v irritating, but I expect people hear the word and don’t see it written down so are unaware it is spelled differently.
No excuse for ‘could have’ etc - contractions are taught at school.

Indeed! I hope the upholstered seats have had a thorough clean. 😄

And my pet hate “a bacteria” or “this phenomena” or “that criteria”. Those words are plurals. The singulars are bacteria, phenomenon, criterion. I do think the battle is being lost on those though.