Fazed vs phased

[LapinR0se]

I genuinely think that 90% of people on MN get this wrong and it drives me CRAZY and I want to SCREEEEEAAAAMMMMM when I read it, which seems to be several times a day. I have to sit on my hands so I don’t type “It’s unfazed UNFAZED UNFAZED!!!!”
Seeking refuge here as you all will understand and the others won’t.

Just brilliant 😂

@CurlyhairedAssassin , reign it in!
Today's favourites are 'fearsley' and 'pedalstool'.
If seen 'heals' many times before, but usually in Style & Beauty.

No, I refuse to accept your apologies. I love plenty of commas. I have a suspicion that some people write posts on Mumsnet without any knowledge of commas.
I'm starting a campaign - PUT COMMAS BACK INTO ADDRESSES ON ENVELOPES.

Yes, I actually want to cheer when anyone does use unfazed on here.

YANBU wrt 'phased'.

And YYY to 'uninterested' vs 'disinterested'.

So many people don't read. It's sad.

I have a suspicion that some people write posts on Mumsnet without any knowledge of commas.
I have a suspicion that some people write posts on Mumsnet without any knowledge of correct English.

Ect instead of etc. "Needs gone/needs done" 😬😬😬

I dislike “I text her” (when in past tense). I only ever see it on here.

Don't mind me, just writing these down...

In my minds eye, I've only ever seen it spelled as 'unphased', and it's not a word I've ever particularly used to be corrected!

Something that massively bothers me is the overuse of 'literally' in entirely the wrong context.

@Alami , I've heard people who I wouldn't expect to say 'I text ...' instead of 'I texted ...'.

I'm usually a real pedant about spelling and grammar, but only found out relatively recently that the "fazed" spelling even existed

I think it's a word I'd heard rather than read, so had no idea.

What would unphased in such a context mean?

@eandz13 , unnecessary use of the word literally irritates me too.

The one that bugs me is slither used for sliver:
“I get woken up by a slither of light through my curtains.”
“I just had a slither of cake.”
I seriously hope your cake did not actually slither!

the idiomatic use misses the point. Think of a delicious-looking pudding in front of you. You can't prove that it is delicious without tasting it. The proof isn't in the pudding, it's in the tasting.

@PedantScorner
Yes, I understand, but it doesn't need to be spelt out in detail. That’s my whole point. The shorter version has been around for centuries now and has accquired the status of idiom. People know what is meant by the expression.

“straight the way” makes my teeth itch. Just no.

I don't believe they do, @Rainydaysandicecream . There are other ones like “Money is the root of all evil” instead of “The love of money is the root of all evil” that miss the point too.

People often do not realise that what they are writing doesn't really make sense.
If something is phased, then it is performed in phases, so how could you b unphased by something?

Why would someone have a slither of cake, or be an escape goat?

@PedantScorner
I don't mean that people necessarily know the background to the expression, or that they know the longer saying - but simply that they know what is meant when someone uses the expression 'the proof is in the pudding'.
People know it means they'll have to see how something turns out - they won't know until it's done or completed.

I do agree that 'the love of money' isn't the same as 'money', but that's a different sort of error imho.

People often do not realise that what they are writing doesn't really make sense.I f something is phased, then it is performed in phases, so how could you be unphased by something?

Because words often have more than one meaning.

Are you going to keep arguing all night?
I do not agree with you.

The one I’m very confused about at the moment is the ubiquity of “lay” instead of “lie”. I can’t remember the last time I saw anyone on MN say they’re having a lie in (and not just because of lazy husbands).

What I can’t imagine is that anyone is saying it that way. Surely people just think it’s spelled “lay” but are still saying “lie”? I find it hard to believe that everyone in the U.K. now goes for a lay down instead of a lie down.

Likewise,@PedantScorner.
I'll agree to disagree though😀

AIBU is absolutely crammed full of split infinitives. I don’t think I’ve ever seen “AIBU not to …” rather than “AIBU to not…”.

I say and write lie @TheLeadbetterLife, but then I'm not in the UK. A 'lay down' sounds very strange to my ear, but then so do expressions such as 'I was sat' or 'I was stood', which I believe are acceptable in parts of the UK at least. (Maybe?)

Laying is what hens do.

Lie and lay have always confused me. I say and write ‘lie in’ and ‘going for a lie down’.

While I’m here, the one that annoys me is ‘off my own back’.