Mourning the apparent demise of electricity

[MontyDonsBlueScarf]

... but taking some small comfort in the thought of getting a shock from an electric bill.

Anyone else?

I think a more serious loss are the two words no one, which has become one.

Noone is an Irish surname and I cannot read it any other way.

I’m still wondering about the poster, on a thread I saw this morning, who had got off squat free from something or other.

Had a little look at the Facebook page of a favourite dog rescue, only to discover one of their long term residents had been sent to a foster home for some restbite. It’s been an interesting day, Granville.

Pret have a chocolate moose on their menu.

That's shocking!

Did they have to chop the antlers off to get it to fit in the pot?

Electric is a common regional idiom.

See: most of the South West of England. "Gas and electric".

We say gas and electric in the North East too.

Nothing wrong with it, imo. Language is and should be fluid.

I can't imagine the size of the pot!

I don't mind 'electric' but I dislike 'invite' for 'invitation'. A lone drum I tap quietly rather than bang.

I hate 'invite'.

It's amusing that people - often fairly young people- still refer to the 'gas board' - decades after privatisation.

Others:

Works do ( nearly always plural) but also
Work colleague
Come round to mine
I was stood
I text her yesterday

Oh I tap that drum too. Plus 'party' is not a verb - I shudder when I hear it. Even my 89 year old mum used it!

I'm with you, OP. It's used in the Home Counties and East Anglia too. Also fed up with 'ect' for 'etc'.

That is awful. Doesn’t anyone employ people who can proofread any more?

I work in a school. The number of children and young staff members who say, 'I need to go toilet,' or even, 'I need go toilet,' astonishes me.

My lovely new boss wrote the following today:

Changing tact instead of tack
I’m not adverse to instead of averse to
Rational instead of rationale

I hate myself for noticing. I would never say anything of course.

@Rabbitcar I don't hate you for noticing! I'm glad someone does!

You are not alone.

I dislike the way that books are now authored, rather than written. I hate the way students, or pupils, of tutors are now tutees. I was amused when a fashion expert suggested that one might brighten up a jumper by wearing a broach not a brooch.
*huffs on grammar/spelling nazi badge, polishes it on sleeve of sensible cardigan

Pretty sure this is on purpose - there are antlers on the packaging!

Off topic, but I've just Googled this - £3.90 for a tiny pot of mousse!

I love this thread. If pedantry was an Olympic sport we’d all medal.

Oh that explains it then, I haven't seen the packaging just the pot on their website,thanks for the update.

It’s a lovely desert, though.

Felicity Felicity you fill me with electricity.

Always makes me smile thinking of that line.

Tbf Tim is a genius with words.

It is my job to be a pedant and I love it.

My pet hates at the moment that I keep seeing on my company intranet are trainings and cross-boarder.