My friend uses the wrong words...

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My very good, kind and lovely friend uses the word "pacific" rather than the correct term "specific". My fellow pedants, what do I do? I have turned a blind eye (or deaf ear) to it thus far, but it drives me crazy. Another lovely friend responded to my ds saying "How do you do?" (he is 18 mths - very cute!) by saying "Very well thank you and how are you?"!

Am I going straight to hell for being so judgemental?

vipers nest or vipers' nest?

Is that you, Lapin?????

Do you mean me, or Lavender Mist?

I meant you. Are you?

Or do we have a whole bunch of grammar..er...I want to say fetishists....

No! I am all bear and no rabbit.

I've paraded my sad pedantry all the way up this thread (or is it down?) - just look.

dh can't say salary

he substitutes with celery

or it may be the other way around

I rather like the idea of being a grammar fetishist...

Oh dear GOD I've just noticed where I am!! I've stumbled into the Pedants own den [horror]

Should we ask MNHQ to change it to Grammar Fetishists' Corner?

I rather think you have to, don't you?

Hmm, not sure. Suddenly all this picking over words and apostrophes seems a little sordid.

...but I'm sure you could stop it if you wanted to Iorek?

you made me laugh!

The thought that from now on every time you all pick over something you're going to feel slightly dirty is oddly satisfying.

Lapin is going to KILL me for sullying pedants' corner....

I do feel dirty.

Not in a saucy way, you understand, just a bit grubby.

like you've just had a pot noodle, you mean??

A little, yes. Or crabsticks.

oooooooh, crabsticks. they're a little dirty too, aren't they? I could just go for some crabsticks, now you've mentioned them. Or a fried egg sandwich.

They are very dirty.

I often wonder about the dark art that is the creation of the crab stick, and the mysterious surimi that stands in for the crab.

Now I have to go and fry some eggs Hecate!!
dh has one that annoys me:
He says 'otherwords' instead of 'otherwise' If I have to correct him once more through gritted teeth......

Dp often tells me to stop being so pedantic (and pronounces it pee'dantic). I obviously correct him and consequently prove his point. He also uses it completely out of context which really irritates me

I've noticed loads of people use "draw" instead of "drawer"

The letters pages of Private Eye have a bit of a debate going as to whether it should be Pedants' Corner, or Pedants Corner?

Has there been a similar debate here?

Do you mean that they spell it "draw" or pronounce it "draw"?