I thought I'd seen it all...

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...but over on Facebook someone has repeatedly used 'cart' instead of 'can't'. Not just the once, which I could overlook, but continuously.

I may have to delete Facebook. And then burn my laptop.

⬆️ almost fell out my chair 😂😂😂

Apologies!

i'm astonished how people in the public eye regularly make the 'ect.' blunder when speaking; always an attempt to utter the term in full: "eck cetera". Nigel Farage constantly does this (not trying to score any political points; i am neutral for the purposes of this thread). why doesn't someone tell him?

You and I could both write to him at the House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

It was a brilliant, inadvertent coinage! I’d love to adopt it, but I’m leery of starting a culture war!

Context matters, though. Infidel has a very specific, religious usage amongst Indians/other South Asians. And, combined with the level of writing in that post, it was an accidentally apt coinage at best. Even some of the other posters were confused about what was meant. It’s not even common in Indian English, which has developed some genuine gems which facilitate communication rather than hindering it. (E.g., let’s prepone the meeting.)

Common misspelling of 'voila'.

'Worse' and 'worst' often get mixed up for the same reason.

A brilliant post the other day (talking about an overheard conversation) started with ‘I was in the isle at the supermarket’ and ended with ‘can’t educate the ignorant’.

And someone else was advocating changing a name by deed pole.

But the one I find really painful is the ubiquitous replacement of ‘purposely’ with ‘purposefully’, as though the two words are interchangeable. I see it everywhere and it drives me demented.

This morning on here I have read 'I am on tenderhooks' and 'secertery'.

I have also seen 'secatory' written for secretary.

I've seen someone complaining about friend putting her child on a pedi-stool.

To cut his toenails, presumably.

Is they any after school clubs after....

Today on a local Facebook group.

I put 'secketry' in the same bracket as 'nucular' - most people using the words have literally NEVER seen them written down and are writing them as they hear them used on TV.

If I have to hear about the Home Seketry once more.... I used to be a SecRETARY and pronounce the word very very forcefully to make the point.

”alternate” instead of “alternative”
I know it’s common in American English, but it makes my hackles rise.

OMG 😂😂

Revert back is very common in the legal professions

That's kind of surprising given that you'd expect legal professionals to be using language clearly, precisely and accurately in order to convey clear, precise and accurate thinking.

I'm frequently astonished by the appalling level of English on this site. There was an OP the other day full of "he's" when they meant "his", and "meant" spelt as "ment" later in the thread. I realise not everyone has the benefit of an excellent education, but this is lower years of primary stuff, not university level, or even GCSE.

A common one round these is “puck” instead of “picked”. So “he was puck up” instead of picked up. Makes me clench so hard.

Please don't suggest it to him. He has enough crazy ideas already.
I can foresee many political and economic problems in the foreseeable future.

Often pronounced Seckertary !

Much as these errors make me twitch, I prefer cart/carnt to saying can when they mean can’t because at least you can usually work out what they mean!

An example I’ve seen recently: ‘Can someone recommend a cheap version of x? I can afford it.’ Cue everyone saying just buy that one if you can afford it because a cheap one won’t live up to it… and the OP getting cross and repeating ‘no I can afford it!’ 🙇🏻‍♀️

I particularly hate his instead of he's especially when nobody ever uses shis instead of she's. Just WHY??????

Oh and I've just seen the perennial 'to eek something out', implying that it's truly terrifying. The use of the word 'eke' is endangered.

I heard a news reporter say “he was iller”
Also “ unedible “ “ he seeked” “ he has went”