For the love of god its drawer..

[hobbledyhoy]

...not draw.

Aaarrrggghhh!

Didn't want to be the arsehole and put it on the thread but I scream inside every time I see it. Feel a bit better now.

Wide birth (instead of berth) amuses me. Makes me think of child bearing hips.

Free reign (instead of rein) annoys me though. It means that you figuratively have hold of the reins, not that you are pretending to be a monarch.

Pack lunch, grrrr.

I am loving the condescending tumble dryer. I wonder if it sneers at Primark clothes.

I think autocorrect perhaps put an unnecessary S on the front of your word? 😜

Oh wait and we'll all take elocution lessons so we don't drive you nuts 😉

Eh?
Did you accidentally stumble into pedants corner? 😬

Would the naw maybe be a Scottish thing? That's how a some of us say and write no.

When someone is speaking how do you tell? I’ve just spoken the words out loud and I can’t hear any difference. Fazed/phased.

Sandles and even worse Healed Sandles.

It's Sandals and Heels/Heeled.

Are any of us here by accident? 🤔😆

And there's a comma missing 😄

Haven't read all 158 replies but has anyone mentioned "been" instead of "being" yet?! Also, the there/their/they're fiascos!! Honestly sometimes I think it's just laziness!

I get irritated by 'massed' instead of 'amassed'. Not that I see very often, but it's nearly always wrong. It was (wrong) in some information I read out to my son yesterday. I duly stopped and delivered a quick SPAG lesson which got me a lovely eye roll and 'yes miss' from my 12 year old😆

'Naw' is a Scots word meaning 'no', not related to 'now".

My friend knew exactly what a dinghy is and he most likely knew how to spell it, but he used to pronounce it 'dingy' on purpose. He also referred to fog as foj, deliberately.

"Naw" is also a feature of some US Southern dialects. "My Maw said naw."

I can hear that in my head! Along with a request for grits at breakfast.

We'd say soo-full for soufflé, just one of those little jokes you have in a couple. DH was once rabbiting on about the soo-fulls in M&S, unable to see the woman giving him horrified filthies behind his back, it was a highpoint of my year.

My husband does this! Whenever the ceiling is referred to he always calls it the roof 😂

Is he Scottish?

'Naw' is a Scots word meaning 'no'

I did say that 😊

Scottish people generally know the difference between roof and ceiling.

I wasn't insinuating that they didn't. Just asking a question.
It's very common where I live. I'm in the minority who call them their correct names.

"A women".
"Eating healthy".
Referring to anyone of any age as "a legend".

Apologies if these have already been mentioned; I haven't read all the posts.

lol so am I and yes I have to sit on my hands to stop myself correcting them!

But you write on Mumsnet, not speak!

... Ok, "when speaking or writing informally".