Please bare with me

[TheShellBeach]

See also "I am defiantly not pregnant".

[TheShellBeach]

"Fill out this form"

No - it's fill "in" this form.

[GerronBuzanDoThaWomwok]

@JenniferBarkley

"Just seen a new one on another thread : a "loan" parent!"

And:

Send help. Someone has started a thread with the title
"How do I find out who's number this is"
It cost me a good deal to type that, I can assure you.

I almost answered her with the remark "Don't you mean "WHOSE"? but I managed to restrain myself.

That poster was mentioned several times.

And:

I saw this a few minutes ago:
"I'm a bit battle warn".
Is there nobody capable of writing good English on this site?

And:

Add "huntch" for hunch.

I saw that one too 😬

And:

Gah. Someone has just mentioned "leak and potato soup".

And:

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

And:

Just seen viscous circle

Viscous circle bahahahahahahahaha

A number of these are OP's.

Multiple posts of people reading threads and then scuttling off to snigger at others' SPAG like mean girls. Dickish.

Would you prefer a thread of your own? How about
No-Dicks Pendants' Corner?

[TheShellBeach]

"Right of passage" has appeared........

[SenecaFallsRedux]

@TheShellBeach

"Fill out this form"

No - it's fill "in" this form.

In the US, either is correct, but "fill out" is probably used most.

[ortonym]

Just come across a review for a doorbell, that states that it needs to be attached using raw plugs, but beware because there are gaps where the water can treacle down.

[FluffyYucca]

I used to live somewhere with a multi-story car park.

Sadly it wasn’t the one that was next to the library.

[SenecaFallsRedux]

@FluffyYucca

I used to live somewhere with a multi-story car park.

Sadly it wasn’t the one that was next to the library.

"Story" is American English. I assume you are in the UK, so it is likely a mistake, perhaps by an architect/contractor who reads a lot of US based material.

[FluffyYucca]

Yes, in the UK. So a mistake, but you’d really hope that someone proofread for British English before signing off the sign.

[TheShellBeach]

@FluffyYucca

Yes, in the UK. So a mistake, but you’d really hope that someone proofread for British English before signing off the sign.

Quite right.

[Tessisme]

@FluffyYucca

Yes, in the UK. So a mistake, but you’d really hope that someone proofread for British English before signing off the sign.

It's so much worse when it's a permanent sign for something. Bad enough when someone has scribbled 'Alteration's, zip's replaced' on a piece of card and stuck it in the window of their premises (yup ...), but an 'official' sign for something should definitely be subject to more scrutiny!

[Sunbird24]

My post about slithers vs slivers was not something I’d seen on here, but prompted by my local (English owned) Chinese takeaway, who have a dish topped with the very unappetising-sounding ‘slithers of omelette’. But it was the second time I’d seen the same mistake in the space of a few days. Can’t now remember the context of the other one!

[ortonym]

A local taxi firm was having a new sign above the door. Parked outside was the van with "Smiths signwriter's" on the side. I kid you not. (Not their real name)

[LizzieAnt]

@EnyoClytemnestra

Yes, it is American. But with apologies, it is an ugly and unnecessary word (as is got), and English people thinking they are cool by adopting it (an other US phrases), are delusional.
I've 6 apples is gramatically correct (I have 6 apples) Saying I've 'got' is unnecessary

'Gotten' is not just used in America. It never died out in some parts of the UK. I'm in Ireland and it has also remained in use here.
It adds something to language I think.
In your example you said 'I've got 6 apples' is the same as 'I have 6 apples'. You're right, but saying 'I've gotten 6 apples' means something quite different (I've obtained or received 6 apples).
It's useful and it's not wrong, though I can understand it might sound odd if you're not used to it.

[SaintLoy]

Some years ago Bristol City Council put up new cast iron signs in the 'Bear Pit' (a pedestrian area near the bus station). They were painted white with the raised letters picked out in black. Must have cost a bit. One big one advised the reader, among other things, that the public toilets were CLOSED ON SUNDAY'S. I fired up MS Word and composed a letter to the council advising them that travellers arriving in our city from Cardiff (Bristol's rival) might well assume that we were all illiterate. I suggested that an economical remedy would be send someone with a little brush and some white paint and 'Tipp-Ex' out the offending apostrophe. Much to my surprise, I got a letter back thanking me for pointing out the error, and for the helpful suggestion, which had been acted upon.

[SaintLoy]

@Sunbird24

My post about slithers vs slivers was not something I’d seen on here, but prompted by my local (English owned) Chinese takeaway, who have a dish topped with the very unappetising-sounding ‘slithers of omelette’. But it was the second time I’d seen the same mistake in the space of a few days. Can’t now remember the context of the other one!

I've heard it often in speech. Slithers of glass, ice, etc.

[SenecaFallsRedux]

@LizzieAnt

'Gotten' is not just used in America. It never died out in some parts of the UK. I'm in Ireland and it has also remained in use here.
It adds something to language I think.
In your example you said 'I've got 6 apples' is the same as 'I have 6 apples'. You're right, but saying 'I've gotten 6 apples' means something quite different (I've obtained or received 6 apples).
It's useful and it's not wrong, though I can understand it might sound odd if you're not used to it.

I think gotten is also used in Scottish English.

[TheShellBeach]

"Incredulous" seems to be mixed up with "incredible" sometimes.

[SaintLoy]

'Literally' used to mean, er, 'non-literally' really gets my goat. When a daffy colleague said 'I literally froze to death waiting for the bus today' I said 'How come you're here, then?'.She just looked at me. She says 'obviously' about every three words as well. Also when people call getting a (non-lethal) electric shock 'being electrocuted'.

[ErrolTheDragon]

@SaintLoy

'Literally' used to mean, er, 'non-literally' really gets my goat. When a daffy colleague said 'I literally froze to death waiting for the bus today' I said 'How come you're here, then?'.She just looked at me. She says 'obviously' about every three words as well. Also when people call getting a (non-lethal) electric shock 'being electrocuted'.

'Literally' is so widely misused that it's made it into some dictionaries as a secondary meaning. This entry includes some discussion. D

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally

[TheShellBeach]

Someone's just mentioned the "route causes" of something-or-other.

I frequently see "straight jacket" on here, too.

[TheShellBeach]

Elicit and illicit get confused a lot.

[CrepuscularCat]

'Allude' and 'elude', 'accept' and 'except' seem to be regularly confused, and I can just about see why if I grit my teeth hard enough.

But where the hell does the confusion between 'huge' and 'hugh' come from? I swear I've seen it half a dozen times recently, including on the notice board at work. ("Hugh thanks to all who sponsored me...")

[ErrolTheDragon]

Huge and Hugh surely must be an 'autocorrect', perhaps particularly afflicting people who have friends of that name?

[CrepuscularCat]

Autocorrect has a lot to answer for, I agree, but the works notice was handwritten. I shouldn't be surprised, to be honest, as the same person put up a notice asking for staff to "Join are team".

[TheShellBeach]

"Anyhoo".
Just why?