Shouldn't it be 'pique' their interest, not 'peak' their interest?

[Brucebogtrotterswife]

I've seen this a few times lately.

'This book may peak your interest'.

Isn't it 'pique', or is it interchangeable?

Not interchangeable afaik...

I think it's pique as well, but not 100%

Definitely pique and certainly not interchangeable.

Absolutely pique.

French piquer - to sting - something that causes you to react.

Like piquant food.

It's pique. We also don't take a sneaky peak at anything, get phased by anything, pin a broach on our jackets, wear high heals or peddle furiously. Unless we're flogging drugs of course.

Pique is correct.

And while we're here, is it ''take it as read'' or ''take it as red''.

NOT sure I've ever seen that one written down!

It is pique and not peak. It means to incite emotions, or sometimes to annoy slightly.

Take it as read, ie not needing further discussion or research, not red, which doesn't make any sense.

A few more I keep seeing are:

You've got another think coming, not thing. It means that something will happen to make you change your mind.

It is in one fell swoop, not fowl. This is in Shakespeare and describes a bird swooping down.

Don't know why I suddenly needed to include those, but there we are.

I know language evolves but some things I hear set my teeth on edge:
those ones, these ones....
he could of instead of could have
...and she was like, and then he was like...(Miriam Margoyles took on Will.I.am about this on a Graham Norton show...very funny)
...and then s/he went (what's the matter with 'said'

We have such an extensive language and yet we seem to be using fewer words

There was a Mumsnet article about getting children to eat healthy that used 'peak their interest' too, typically I can't find it now .

I thought it wasn't just me! Thanks all

'Would of' is my biggest gripe!

Or perhaps 'loose' for 'lose'!

One I see only on here is ‘can’t be asked’ rather than ‘can’t be arsed’. And @Giggorata I saw ‘another thing coming’ in a book recently! 😱 Standards are slipping…

Had a friend who self published the most wonderfully pompous book describing his trip to the Sahara where ‘ there wasn’t a sole to be seen’
Had me in stitches!

His instead of he's, ect instead of etc, their/there/they're
😡😡😡😡

It’s pique, no two ways about it.

The one that annoyed me is per say, instead of per se.

I think it’s because people don’t read anything other than social media any more…

Oh yes all these! Ect for etc is one I see all the time on here. Along with loose for lose.

Another one that I can’t stand is “yay or nay”. Although that’s actually pretty ubiquitous now - I almost never see “yea” so I think that’s a lost cause and I’ll just have to get over it!

Meh. While we're at it, I'm pretty sure it should be "getting children to eat healthily" as opposed to "getting children to eat healthy". Unless "healthy" is followed by a noun, such as snacks.

Definitely pique your interest, if you mean arouse your interest, curiosity, etc.

I suppose you could use peak to mean that this will cause you to reach the highpoint of your interest in something and then cause it to decline. For example, I might say that my interest in reading books with an unreliable narrator has peaked.

@Giggorata I had an argument on Quora with someone who disagreed with what I said and then corrected my use of the phrase "hoist with his own petard" because it should have been hoist by his own petard. I replied, complain to Shakespeare, not me. She did continue to complain about the usage of with and by in the context, ie, Shakespeare was wrong.

I could only respond if you're going to try to belittle someone by correcting them for a supposed inaccuracy, it's a good idea to try and make sure you're correct.

To eat healthily rather than to eat healthy, surely?

Definitely pique. It’s a great word/phrase. I think a lot of people hear it spoken and not written down.

It's definitely pique but I can see how people think its peak (i.e. 'heighten' your interest) if they're not familiar with the word.

I've seen many a debate here about 'another think coming' and it always seems really evenly split. I've never known which one it is for sure as when spoken the think/thing and coming roll into one, or at least they did when my mum used to use it when telling me off

It’s definitely think! As in you will have to think again and revise your opinion. Thing wouldn’t make sense.

@Brucebogtrotterswife

There was a Mumsnet article about getting children to eat healthy that used 'peak their interest' too, typically I can't find it now .

I thought it wasn't just me! Thanks all

'Would of' is my biggest gripe!

Or perhaps 'loose' for 'lose'!

Loose instead of lose is the most common one I see! Aaaargh

One that I keep seeing recently is 'going for wonder around town'. Surely they mean 'wander'? I see it so often that I'm starting to question myself!

Another think coming is correct.