It's "set foot", people, not "step foot"!

[BrightOrangeDahlias]

Yet another thread where this phrase has come up. It makes me want to scream into a pillow. Where has "step foot" come from?!? And can it bugger off back again?

Language evolves.

Step foot will be the new set foot.

Upmost will be the new utmost.

Perhaps ya'll need to chill out.

Yes, yes and more yes.
Latest common annoyance for me is ‘his’ for ‘he’s’

E.g. I’m meeting my husband later and his taking me out for lunch’.

Wallah

That is my contribution.

"change is underfoot" . A friend of mine wrote that when she was pregnant with a girl after having several sons. Yes, that is a change but it's "afoot". The baby is about 8 years old now and I still occasionally remember it and get annoyed.

I can't bear 'I was spitting feathers' to mean angry. Noooooooooo! No no no.

It's a good example of an eggcorn, isn't it?

Yes! Ditto “tow the line” and “free reign” 😬😱

Argh! I hate this too OP. I’ve seen it on a few threads recently.
It was I who started the thread about he’s / his.
I was going to write “it was me” but that felt wrong!

To-ing and 'throwing'.

Eee, I'm spitting feathers, love. Put kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.

Is this the dhobi wallah or the punka wallah or the French voila?

I think you are right with 'It was I who started the thread', but I would be pleased if someone would dissect the sentence and explain all the parts of speech there.

Sadly, it's the French. It's the new tadaah!

I hate the phrase 'to take accountability' instead of 'to take responsibility'. A lot of these phrases are Americanisms. People hear some gibberish on TV and copy it.

Just seen another one -

'Queue me/DH/whoever [doing something or other]

No, it's 'Cue me...'

The whole bring/take thing is Irish if I recall correctly from my time in Dublin.

I saw that on here the other day for the first time. Hope it doesn’t become as ubiquitous as “up most”.

Glad it's not just me that gets wound up by these things!

I hate the growing prevalence of 'it's not that big of a deal'. It's an American import and I absolutely loathe it. And it is that big a deal....

I had an American colleague once who said, in all seriousness, "let's get this document signaturised" * *

People do still read. Trouble is, they read stuff full of errors on the internet, and those errors sink in.

My manager said today something along the lines of "so and so has changed tact and now he's going to do xyz instead"

It's tack not tact 😡

This.

Has anyone else noticed a new one - people writing “yea” instead of “yeah”? I reckon this is one of those internet errors. It’s driving me mad though - when I see “yea” the sound in my head is “yay” not “yeah”.

Don’t even get me started on “I text him yesterday” with “text” as a past form instead of “texted”. I can’t bear it…

Don't you mean "it's not just I"?

Or even ‘it’s not just myself’?

Wallah!

To be fair to people, I think step foot does make sense in the context it’s being used. Also could of and could’ve sound exactly the same when spoken so I get it. It still grates on me though!