Please bare with me

[TheShellBeach]

See also "I am defiantly not pregnant".

[WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll]

"What option are you choosing for your starter, Janice?"

"I'm going to take a leak and potato soup."

"Sounds lovely. Hey where are you going?!"

"As I said, I'm off to the toilet and then I'm hoping my potato soup will have arrived!"

[LaPerduta]

@IglesiasPiggl

I do find the anglicisation of foreign words interesting. Someone on my local FB page was offering a "sheec shayslon" which upon inspection of the photo turned out to be a rather chic chaise - longue.

Someone in my local area was recently selling a 'chez long'.

[WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll]

Yep, Mr & Mrs Long putting their gite in Bordeaux on the market? Nothing wrong with that!

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

@FramboiseRoyale

Cross-post with Mamette, who explained it very well.

I have never heard anyone use mortified for anything other than deeply embarrassed.

I keep seeing it used instead of something along the lines of appalled/shocked/horrified.

I can't find an example in a thread now, but this sort of thing.

[Pyjamageddon]

Tommorow.

I can't help but say it in my head the way it has been written, with the emphasis on tom.
TOMMorow. Instead of toMOrrow. A colleague keeps writing it like this and I can't say anything.

[SaintLoy]

@Abracadabra12345

I know! I mean, where did that even come from? Are you literally talking behind each others’ backs and have to turn round so you can see each other? Then turn round again?

There is such an overuse of “terrified” eg “I’m terrified he’ll forget to deliver the milk again“

DP from Wigan really notices Bristolians saying 'He turrned round and said', and say they make it even worse by saying 'turrrnt'.

[TheShellBeach]

@FramboiseRoyale

It depends. "Anymore" and "any more" have different meanings.

Yes. I meant the misuse.

[ortonym]

@CaroleFuckingBaskin

"I turned round and said".

I imagine rooms of people spinning and it makes me feel giddy

Slightly different, but it gives an example of the vagaries of the English language...
I was talking to a friend in the pub when they suddenly said: "Don't look now, but d'ya see who's behind you?"

[RestingMurderousFace]

I saw “sez” yesterday on here. Much more rock and roll than dull old, says. 😐

[halfsiesonapotnoodle]

@SaintLoy

DP from Wigan really notices Bristolians saying 'He turrned round and said', and say they make it even worse by saying 'turrrnt'.

I'm always thinking if people would only face the right way to start with, before speaking, none this turning round crap would be necessary! 😄

[ErrolTheDragon]

Isn't 'turned around and said' often metaphorical, used in situations where something unexpected is said, where you think a conversation is going in a particular direction but the other person throws your expectation?

Maybe it's just become a habit for some, but I think that may be how it arose.

[ortonym]

@RestingMurderousFace

I saw “sez” yesterday on here. Much more rock and roll than dull old, says. 😐

Probably me. I also use "cos". Considering the DH OH DS DC DP etc that goes on in MN, I can't see how anybody can complain about abbreviations.
But "rock and roll" ? Really? REALLY??

[ErrolTheDragon]

But "rock and roll" ? Really? REALLY??

Should be rock'n'roll, obviously.

[SaintLoy]

@RestingMurderousFace

I saw “sez” yesterday on here. Much more rock and roll than dull old, says. 😐

I've seen 'Sez you!' as a sarcastic rejoinder in material, e.g. novels, going back to the 1950s, and my great-uncle used to say it

[SaintLoy]

I hate it when people (and I'm afraid it's mainly women in my experience) who invariably appear to start their own thoughts with 'Ooh', at least when recounting them to others, e.g. 'I thought "Oooh, I'll buy some potatoes".

[ortonym]

@ErrolTheDragon

But "rock and roll" ? Really? REALLY??

Should be rock'n'roll, obviously.

😂
It's still a bit David Brent, innit?

[QueenSmartypants]

@SaintLoy

I hate it when people (and I'm afraid it's mainly women in my experience) who invariably appear to start their own thoughts with 'Ooh', at least when recounting them to others, e.g. 'I thought "Oooh, I'll buy some potatoes".

Sorry, guilty. Sometimes I find potatoes quite exciting.

You should see me when I decide to buy sweet potatoes!

[SaintLoy]

@QueenSmartypants

Sorry, guilty. Sometimes I find potatoes quite exciting.

You should see me when I decide to buy sweet potatoes!

I think it also bugs me when people tell you their thoughts as direct speech. Why can't they just say 'I decided to buy some potatoes'? That's what mostly do.

[teaandtoastwithmarmite]

Just seen viscous circle

[TheShellBeach]

@ortonym

Probably me. I also use "cos". Considering the DH OH DS DC DP etc that goes on in MN, I can't see how anybody can complain about abbreviations.
But "rock and roll" ? Really? REALLY??

I also use "cos" sometimes when I'm typing laboriously on my phone.

Naturally, I also use "cos" when referring to the lettuce.

[TheShellBeach]

Viscous circle bahahahahahahahaha

[ortonym]

@TheShellBeach

I also use "cos" sometimes when I'm typing laboriously on my phone.

Naturally, I also use "cos" when referring to the lettuce.

I find your lettucian use of the word praiseworthy, but a bit, well, orthodox.

[TheShellBeach]

@ortonym

I find your lettucian use of the word praiseworthy, but a bit, well, orthodox.

"Orthodox" is another word which is misunderstood on here.

[SenecaFallsRedux]

I think that we need to remember that many of the mistakes or usages (not everything cited in this thread is a grammatical mistake) are the result of learning difficulties, like dyslexia or auditory processing disorder (two of the many that my son has), lack of educational opportunities, or having English as a second or third language.

paintingthegreyarea.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/literacy-privilege/

[RestingMurderousFace]

@ErrolTheDragon

But "rock and roll" ? Really? REALLY??

Should be rock'n'roll, obviously.

Obvs.