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

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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?

I fear it may be, Stealth, yes...

....if any of you have children at a sixth form college in south west London that have suddenly acquired poor apostrophe habits, I could point the finger..

I won't though, as he is

(a) a very good friend

(b) 6'5" and built like a brick shit house.

Although judging by the scribbles on it DS actually does have a 'chest of draws'...

Muvver?

Vuh for "the"

In mourning for the "th" sound...

DS says 'bu'er', wa'er, bi'ern (and bi'en). Wail...

Oh yes, dd1 (6) is an aficionado of the unwarranted glottal stop .

St John's wort pronounced as though he has a viral growth. It's 'wurt', ffs. Nobody says 'ragwart', do they?

And the stress should be on the John's not the wort. Gah.

I've only ever known it as ragwart.

Whydobirds- trying to work out bi'en and bi'ern.

I don't remember being taught any grammar at school. Except what a noun was and also about onomatopoeia.
I don't claim to be a pedant though. I do feel sorry for people who have lacked the teaching.

People saying 'he's hypo' instead of 'he's hyper' and it's usually young, chavvy mums with unruly children.

Ooh, glad I found this thread. Needed somewhere to mention the fact that my landlady (who is a right pain in the arse) sent me the inventory yesterday. One of the items on it is ...

a chester draws.

Where else could I vent about this?

Perhaps it's a regional thing then bronze (I'm from the North East and only ever heard 'wurt' growing up), and I should curb my annoyance
Although I still stand by the stress on the 'John's'.
Bi'ern = bittern, and bi'en = bitten, by the way.

Perhaps A. Chester is a notable artist, CJCregg, and she'd simply failed to finish the sentence.

chester draws

Fantastic!

I'm from Herts originally so maybe it is regional. Bittern/bitten is obvious now you've said it.

Vocal "chords".

Also, incorrect use of the term "a moot point".

It would be funnier if she wasn't such an uptight bitch annoying person. When she's banging on about curtains and how I need to keep the garden maintained better I just want to scream 'you stupid illiterate cow!'

I know it's horrid. I know I'm a bitch. But I judge her, I really do. Chester draws .

Waaaah at vocal chords. I've seen that in newspapers/mags.

"Of that ilk" is never, ever, correctly applied. Well, hardly ever.

Likewise, myriad and raze

Oh thank heavens for this thread.

Definately drives me up the wall as does independance.

Though, tbh, I would love to see someone do an independance.

Must be regional then Bronze. Shall pull my neck in

Ooh I just thought of another thing I hate. People applying a Latin plural to a Greek word. Like octopus/octopi. Someone had a mini rant to me the other day about people saying 'octopuses' when really they should be saying 'octopi'. I didn't like to tell him that actually, he was wrong and 'octopuses' is perfectly correct. Although if you want to be really pedantic, it should be 'octopodes' (according to my mum, who's got a classics degree).

The use of 'mortified' when they mean something like 'horrified'. Definitely on the increase for some reason. Very glad to finally have an outlet for that sad little annoyance.

Yes, on the theme of mortified/horrified, despise instead of detest. As in 'I despise prawn sandwiches'.

We have a drawer labelled Stationary at work

firstly, it contains stationery
and secondly - it moves!

I am tempted to nail it closed when I leave!

Oh and 'mitigate against'. Dear newsreaders. It's just 'mitigate'. If you mean 'militate against', that means something different.

epithet I do despise prawn sandwiches. They are scum. The lowest of the low. I quite like the taste though.