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[StealthPolarBear]

Why has everyone started saying 'deteriate'? The word is 'deteriORate'. Yes I mean you, radio ad.

How are children ever supposed to learn proper language, when every source outside the home contradicts the way we speak within it? Mine think I use big, posh words, when I'm only speaking standard english.

And Wensday. It's Wednesday.
And sicth. It's sixth.
And Parkistan. It's Pakistan.
And 'to go for a wonder'. It's wander.
And buggy. It's pushchair. this one gives me immense rage.

How are children ever supposed to learn proper language, when every source outside the home contradicts the way we speak within it? Mine think I use big, posh words, when I'm only speaking standard english.

Oh boobs you have buggy rage too? I hate the word, not sure it's actually incorrect though? Makes me seethe every time I hear it.

To me, a buggy is a Maclaren type umbrella folding pushchair. A pram is a carrycot type one. Anything else is a pushchair.

Yes Stealth hate it hate it hate it.
It seems to have fallen into official use now aswell. Our local bus company has a sticker stating 'No more than 2 buggies at one time' and 'Buggy friendly'. It makes me want to get my black market out and scribble on it.
What does it even meeeeaaaan?

Adverts for haitch D television are hurting my ears.

Wander/wonder is the new loose/lose.

Agree with most of them and would add "brought" which I don't hear in real life but see on here a lot. Also "text" as past tense of "text", and so many others.

But Wednesday I'd disagree with, it is pronounced Wenz, not Weddenz.

Yes, I've started noticing "going for a wonder". But I also say "wensday". I don't scream too much when it's by real people but this was an advert.

May I also point out that there is an 'l' in the word 'vulnerable'? It isn't pronounced 'vunnerable'.

I thank you.

Btw, smartphone just tried to correct 'vunnerable' to 'bummer able'

at bummer able! It's not Friday night you know!

Another...
People now seem to use the word mortified for everything.
It means embarrassed or ashamed, not scared or something was so funny you were mortified laughing .
I love correcting people on that one.

I've seen an incorrect use of ambivalent creeping in too.

And another....

It's not the same but it still makes me very shouty:

"2am in the morning" yes we know it's in the morning because you said 'am'. It's one or the other. This is from radio and tv newscasters.

The only one of these that annoys me is lose/loose. I don't know why.

People contract words for a good reason. It helps with the intonation of a sentence. It is nigh-on impossible for your tongue to smoothly move around your mouth quickly enough to clearly pronounce "sixth" in its full form. Thus "sicth".

I rarely see people getting het up on here about the English inability to pronounce the "r" is car and computer and or. Why is that?

I've just tried it and you're right, I don't! Who'd have thought?

I've seen 'going for a wonder' and 'I'm weary of him' (for wary) quite a bit on MN.
Couldn't give less of a shite about buggy .

There is the classic "you should of" as well, obviously.

That does grate (great) a bit (abit).

She's well shut of him

Yrc I take your point about language evolving and words getting contracted so I will accept deteriate if, whenever written, it has an apostrophe to mark the missing or :o

Eventually the English language will have contracted so much we'll just be communicating in a series of grunts.

Eh? :o

UMPH

'Goes' when they mean 'says'
'Went' when they mean 'said'.

It's not impossible to get your tongue around your mouth fast enough to say "sixth". Not even difficult.

I also have a pet hate in "as regards" or "regards" something. With regard to, or in regard to, please.