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?

I used to know someone who pronounced coin as coy-in. I've never met a single other person who said it that way.

"Innit" actually entered the English language through the Indian sub-continent community - languages like Hindi use a "question tag" at the end of sentences - this has become incorporated into English as "Innit" - a contraction of the original translation, "is no?"

A great example of how flexible and diverse the English language is!!

I'm guilty of saying mischeeveeous - and no doubt loads of other irritating things that I don't realise! A friend of mine has been telling me about her husband's knee problem - it's his cartridge apparently - and I can't bring myself to tell her!

"Innit" is just a more colloquial way of saying "isn't it?" so I don't especially object to that - if there is a verb "to be" in the preceding clause, that is.

So "It's a bit cold out, innit?" is OK

but

"You got a nice jumper on, innit?" and "We goin' out after school, innit?" are like fingernails down a blackboard.

this is just me, but everyone under 18 now says 'where's my socks?', 'there's only 4 sweets' etc... not where ARE, there ARE. My DCs get it in the neck if they forget!!

this is just me, but everyone under 18 now says 'where's my socks?', 'there's only 4 sweets' etc... not where ARE, there ARE. My DCs get it in the neck if they forget!!

With you all the way.

aks instead of ask

Bir-minnum for Birmingham (half my workplace are guilty of this)

The lovely girl at the beauticians says 'ex-FOIL-iate' and it's her job to know that word

My ds said 'haitch' today re: the capital letter!

He was quickly told to say 'aitch'!

My DH calls Tupperware 'Tubberware'.

"Well they make tubs don't they?"