It is a WAITING list...

[Theydogethystericalovertheslightestthing]

...NOT A WAIT LIST!

And those who serve you in an eating establishment are waiters and waitresses, not wait staff..
While I'm here, for any police perps, it is attempted murder/assuault/fraud, not attempt
Sorry, for the early rant, but these incorrect (sorry, American) pronounciations has tipped me over the edge today!

But aside from attempt instead of attempted (afaik) they're not incorrect, they're just not your preferred terms.

You spelt assault wrong.

OP, sorry to do this, but it's 'have' not 'has'.

You could also argue that 'while' is rather American. My preference would have been 'whilst'.

They aren't incorrect pronunciation. Or incorrect anything. They're US English. Even if they were incorrect, they'd be incorrect lexis not pronunciation.

But it's good to see Muphry quite so magnificently in action. I don't think I've ever seen so many actual English mistakes made by one OP complaining about things they don't like.

Waiting for someone to come and tell you it's 'Murphy'

And your final sentence has two more commas than it needs.

And those who serve you in an eating establishment are waiters and waitresses, not wait staff..
While I'm here, for any police perps, it is attempted murder/assuault/fraud, not attempt
Sorry, for the early rant, but these incorrect (sorry, American) pronounciations has tipped me over the edge today!

Er… glass houses and all that.

😂😂

It's nothing to do with pronunciation - wait list is pronounced correctly (at least I've never heard it pronounced incorrectly)
It's a term which has come into common parlance in certain contexts; eg: education when reporting numbers for oversubscribed schools or courses

And breathe!

rant over.

Waitlist can also be used as a verb

As others have mentioned those are correct in American English, except for attempt fraud, I've never heard that?

An Oxford-educated colleague from London once asked the office "what is 'whilst,' is that the American version?" so it's safe to say "while" is in common usage in the UK.

I really don’t understand your post, OP. You surely cannot be that pedantic if you also make spag mistakes. Are you okay with your own errors? Or do they tip you over the edge too?

Wrong thread!

Oh dear. The pedants are pissed/pissed off (delete as appropriate.)

Waiting list? Who is doing the waiting? Is it the list? I prefer wait list.

And no American ever has said "attempt murder/assault/fraud" instead of "attempted."

Can I add ‘serves’ to that list? I think it fits well. For example, ‘contains 2 serves’ versus ‘contains 2 servings’.

Bugger!
🤣

Next time, proofread before posting...

Hoist with my own petard all over the place!!
Sorry, everyone I ranted and posted without due care and attention. A flush (well, leak) of hormones
I am going to eat worms...
😊

What's a "spag" mistake? 😂

Spelling, punctuation and grammar

SPAG

It's hoisted, among other errors. I agree this has to be a windup.

Surely it would be more fun to make up an outlandish story in AIBU than something here but say la vee.