Scream into the pillow of this thread and avoid scorn on others...

[tethersend]

Pedant's refuge: I have to get it out, but not on the threads themselves as I'll get ripped to shreds it's not polite. It's safe here.

Pier pressure

What gems have made your teeth itch in silent rage?

PIER PRESSURE?

oh dear dear dear

I just read 'high heals'

alot
grrrrrrrrrrrr

(Doesn't fit the pattern of wrong wordism I now see I hadn't followed, but gets me every time and I remain silent (mostly)...)

here here

Oh no grin, anything goes on this thread... let it all out.

Newsreaders:
STOP SAYING "SECUTERRY" (e.g. home secuterry)
now
Thank you

Would of.

The biscuit is how I feel about the teeth-itching gem, not about the thread.

'Controversy' instead of 'Controversy'

When italics don't work. I hate that.

Oh yes, "would of", "could of" etc.

Also "your" instead of "you're" and confusion over their/there/they're.

Usual stuff!

someone emailed me today with practise. (instead of practice)

and advise. (instead of advice)

More and more people here seem to think it's "persue" and "rediculous".

It makes my teeth itch.

REE-search instead of reSEARCH

Random possessive apostrophes all over the place when the words being used are plurals and don't bloody need one!

My dad (ultimate pedant) always taught me that controversy was correct in Britain.

As someone who has used 'alot' a lot in the past I wonder why people make this error? Do you think we were taught it at some stage? It seems a random word to make up. Afew or abig or anice haven't surfaced so I am curious to know why alot is common!

hear hear

Healf

Teef

and the number free

and more irritating but heard less often:

People being 'pacific' about things instead of specific

And saying acherly, actually that drives me fucking crazy.

Dsd does all of those and doesn't 'hear' what is wrong with them. Dh and I love her dearly but need valium some weekends to get through.

On here it's

"Do you think we should go to see a councillor?" (Why? Have you a damp patch?)

"It didn't phase me at all."

People who say/type 'I brought a coffee at the coffee shop'

definately

Have just been open-mouthed reading a post on a thread about wedding behaviour:

In essence, the Best Man thanked sew'n' sew in his speach.

'me to'

grrrrrrrrrrr

'i was lygat yeh' instead of 'so then i said...'

on facebook 'jo bloggs is well board'

sew n sew - was that the name of teh dress shop?