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

It's Newspeak

While we're at it, why do I keep getting business emails (job hunting so from people 've never met) addressing me by first name and signed Kind Regards? It's Miss - or Ms if you're not sure - and Yours Sincerely.

The amount of badly spelled adverts appalls me, maybe I should get a job proof reading them Reed

I have a list of such annoyances that I keep in my chest of draws.

:o

Ha ha you idiot oo, it is 'chester draws'

Draws. Aaaaaargh. Drives me nuts.

SIOB! How could I get it so wrong?

"women" is not a singular noun!
"I am a strong women" they say, then go on to talk about their 'wierd' 'neice'

Now I know this topic exists :o can someone settle an argument for me please,is it

an acquired taste OR
a required taste

and so pleased I am not the only person with a problem with buggy ,makes me cringe when I hear someone say it

The first one!

floor when the speaker means ground, anyone?

Here here!

Definitely acquired taste. It means you have to try something a few times before you decide if you really like it or not.

That's good iklboo,not that I am going to gloat about being right at all :o

Wine. Now that's a required taste

The one that makes me laugh is "he had his conviction squashed." Heard this on the news a ton of times.

Off of
Should of
Ezactly
Explanation marks!
Coz like you know like...

All make me fume!

ezactly,is that not what supernanny says :o

'brang' as in 'she brang it to the party' - direct quote from my DD's friend's mum. DD used it a couple of days later and said "but friend's mum said it!" The woman said it twice to me and I just smiled politely but I wanted to correct her.

Perhaps she brang it because someone requested it pacifically?

Saying 'changed' instead of dressed/undressed
There's a rash of posters talking about seperating. Still, I suppose it's better than sepereting............

I had to beat a speedy retreat from a shop the other day when the woman at the till told me she was "literally" dead on her feet- ZOMBIE shopkeepers, aargh!

What about "except" and "accept"? Really, it's not hard to get those right.

I regularly scan the classified advertisements in our local newspaper. Chester draws appear more than is believable.

As an aside, this made me chuckle last week-

For Sale- Calculator, almost all the buttons working. £1 Tel xxxx xxxxxx

I mean, who would buy it????