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Things that people say wrongly....but they're too old to be corrected

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Moomin8 · 15/10/2019 10:27

When I was about 18 I had a boyfriend who used to call Valentine's Day 'Valentimes ' day.

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mathanxiety · 17/10/2019 01:14

Singular for single.

managedmis · 17/10/2019 01:22

Years ago l went to a Weightwatchers class. The class leader used the word "pluffmans" (ploughman's!) several times when talking about eating out choices.
We all sat there looking at our feet.
^

Grin
managedmis · 17/10/2019 01:23

Trickle treating was a good one I heard recently

Rickytickytembo · 17/10/2019 01:31

Ironically, I don't think 'wrongly' in your title is used correctly? I'd say incorrectly' instead of 'wrongly'. Not sure wrongly is a word?

katseyes7 · 17/10/2019 08:31

Gonetoget l'm in West Yorkshire, and kekkle and bockle are used here. Along with 'ospickle.

Moomin8 · 17/10/2019 22:44

Wrongly is definitely a word. Someone always has to be a clever dick on these threads 😂🙄

Anyway, I guess I started the thread with words that really don't exist but people have obviously gone through their lives not knowing. Like valentimes 😂

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youvegottobekidding · 23/10/2019 22:55

My mum says ‘prutty’ instead of pretty. ‘Trinkle’ instead of ‘treacle’. ‘Thee-at-turr’ instead of theatre. She’s late 70’s and has always pronounced these words like this. I actually use to say trinkle for a long time when I was little. Still can not correct mum on any of them though!

mathanxiety · 24/10/2019 06:57

Bias instead of biased.
'I'm bias' (grrrr).

CanYouSay · 24/10/2019 13:54

Pronouncing the d in 'blood' as sounding like a t. So for a blood test it sounds like bloodt test.

kerkyra · 24/10/2019 13:58

My ex would say mirrow instead of mirror. It drove me mad.

PaulRobinsonsWoodenLeg · 24/10/2019 14:15

DH calls a reservoir a resevwire and it drives me mad. We live near one so he says it regularly.

DF is adamant that Oprah Winfrey is pronounced Oh-fra Winfrey.

Carpathian2 · 24/10/2019 14:34

My neighbour claims university credit and says worser. I don't correct her, but it quietly gives me the rage.

Livpool · 24/10/2019 14:49

My late DGM just to say 'erotic' when she meant 'exotic'. No one ever corrected her as we would have had to explain what 'erotic' meant.

She didn't like erotic food 😂😂😂

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