To actually hate people who say bought instead of brought

[GentleButter]

Why?
WHY DO PEOPLE SAY BOUGHT WHEN THEY SHOULD SAY BROUGHT?
It's unbearable.
I cannot bear it when someone says it.
I'm polite, so I have to use every muscle in my throat and mouth to stop myself from screaming "But you didn't BUY it! So WHY are you saying BOUGHT????"
It happens constantly.
I was in a meeting at work. Someone said "Yes, I bought this issue up the other day" internally, I screamed "But you didn't BUY this issue, so WTF are you saying you BOUGHT it?".
This goes on and on all around me.
Worst of all, my own husband says it, which is insufferable. No amount of me correcting him will make him understand the nonsense of saying 'bought' when he should say 'brought'. And he went to private school, so he was well educated and he still can't get it right. There's no excuse.

The majority of people on Mumsnet can’t tell the difference between loose and lose. When I pointed this out a few days ago my post got deleted.

Pacific instead of specific.

"Could you be more pacific though?!"

You mean the ocean or 'specific' 👀

I was going to call you all a bunch of snobs and then remembered how theatre with a big A makes my stomach turn.

😂🙃😂🙃

You do all know that there is a Pedants' Corner board specifically for this sort of thing?

Don't tell everyone though 😉

How can you tell the difference when they’re saying it?

I don't think that's a bad thing because people with poor spelling and grammar can get put off of posting, when they seen others being pulled up.

As long as the post is clear I wouldn't mention it.

I always struggle with the 2 so try to find ways around not having to use bought/brought

When people who say baby instead of the baby.
Eg: 'how is baby today?'

I opened this thinking you were talking about people correctly using ‘bought’.

I haven’t heard anyone do this but I hate the opposite mistake. No, you did not bring your house or your car.

But am far more aggravated by people using ‘been’ when they mean ‘being’.

Bring becomes brought
Buy becomes bought

What did the other meeting attendees say when you screamed?

@IBegYourBiggestPardon

have you seen/ heard this before?

buy bought (no r's)

bring brought (both have r's)

I always used this to remember. Might help. Might be clear as mud!

B: buy = bought

BR: bring = brought

I’ll ignore your bad grammar then.

Why do you struggle??

Present tense: Buy
Past tense: Bought

Present tense: Bring
Past tense: Brought

It hurts my head that people get this confused.

It's
So
Easy.

I can't stand seeing mistakes! But whenever I point them out, people get upset with me.

My husband brought the dog for a walk in the forest this evening when it was raining. Apparently he ran her around under the canapé.

I am contemplating divorce tbh.

Cross post snap

My manager says 'pacific' instead of 'specific' and it absolutely makes me grit my teeth every single time.
Really doesn't help she says it in most conversations, probably pacificially to grind my gears 😜

I thought it was the other way round usually.

@GentleButter

it grates, it's annoying...
but HATE? That's a bit strong.

Teach your DH the ditty. Start planning the new patio !!

Easy does it.

All of these, but lately people being unable to turn a word plural without using an apostrophe drives me mad. How??

"My daughter did her GCSE's." Her GCSE's what???? Why do people not know how to pluralise a word?? Is it not the most basic thing??

The one that makes me grind my teeth is lay instead of lie, or laying down instead of lying down. It's everywhere.

I work with someone who says and writes "tex" instead of texted.