people who pronounce 'mischievous' as mischeevious'

[pinkthechaffinch]

oh, it makes my teeth itch.

And I'm hearing it more and more. My ds' teacher said the word wrongly last term and I didn't correct her but I wish I had

AIBU?

oooh, what I really, really hate is 'bits', as in 'I'm just going in to Tesco's for a few bits' -grrrr!

My mum's the offender here.

Also, frequently heard at baby group, 'I'm just going to change her bum'.

No, you're not-unless you're planning to have her sex changed surgically -you're going to change her nappy!

Ooh yes "bits" in that sort of context drives me bonkers as well!

Pink- I don't get the bits thing? I think I say it, and all. But I don't like 'tesco's' and 'asda's' It's Asda.

Just thought of another, albeit not incorrect but just hideous sounding...red sauce instead of ketchup! Eurgh!

Oh so and so doesn't speak the way I'd prefer them to.... It doesn't sound correct to my ears....Oh what if little Horatio hears them.....
People speak how that speak and that's it. Till I joined Mumsnet, being working class (which is relevant) I never knew such opinions existed. I find you all absolutely hilarious, TBH

I really can't stand 'there's' when it should be 'there are'. 'There's a lot of trees in that wood'....I truly hate that, it makes my teeth itch.

Yes I am posh junglist hahahahahahahahaha

Please don't say your child's called Horatio though

Yes Horatio and Emma - I thought they had a nice historical resonance, having done my reSEARCH.

YANBU, No, but for the good of your health and sanity you have to let it go.......breath....and REEEE-LAX. Otherwise, you'll have to include the myriad other similar irritating things people get wrong and you'll die early of a heart attack. Just feel smug inside that you know better, and smile and nod politely. It's for the best. Besides, people never thank you for pointing these things out to them - they'll just think you're a know-all uptight pre-menstrual twat - I know - I've tried!

YABU

There is no such thing as right and wrong, linguistically speaking - just standard and non-standard. This goes for grammar, pronunciation, etc.

I was told this at uni by a terribly important linguistic professor and have trotted it out ever since

That still doesn't mean linguistic change should be driven by people getting things wrong because they are too thick to know better. Innit.

Innit, though.

Yeah people that say innit are SO thick. Complete pond scum. Probably all doing benefit fraud aswell.

Junglist you are needed over here as well!

bloody el I'll be stuck on here all night dealing with unreasonables now

Yes you are, and hugely pompous. The beautiful thing about people is DIFFERENCE. Thankfully we're not all middle class pedants. Get over yourself.

Hear hear MissMoopy (which is a middle class saying I HATE)

Obligate (American English) instead of oblige. Contra-versy also drives me mad -- heard someone use it on the Today programme recently FFS!

I don't really get annoyed over whether people say contra-versy or controv -ersy, don't mind about envelope or onvelope, likewise ree-search or ris-earch, as it's either/either - just preference, local habit, generational differences etc. But I do get the hump when people just get things plain wrong and pronounce a word as it it were spelt totally differently. To say that it's just regional preference is a cop-out. It's just plain wrong, and bad use of language. If that makes me pompous that's fine by me!

Cuttle-ry for cutlery
Jool-ery for jewellery
Pacific for specific
Mis-chee-vious for mischievous
arks for ask (WHY???) Was traditionally a black thing but seems to be catching on among the white 'yoof' I've noticed
nu-killer for nuclear
then for than (all three of my DS's keep doing this and it's driving me mental)

whoops after posting my dislike of people missing the "t" out of water...........realised today that i do sometimes speak like that.....damn my norf laandan accent!

xx