If you are talking about cake, it’s sliver; if you’re talking about a snake it’s slither!!!

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Don’t want to derail a discussion, so just came here to say this, and now I can focus on the actual point of the discussion.

thank you for listening. I will not be taking questions at this time.

What if it's a cake in the shape of a snake?

Different word but am so frustrated with ‘underlining’ it’s ‘underlying’ FFS

Oh, gosh. This drives me mad too! I have a very intelligent and professionally qualified colleague who says slither when she means sliver.

So far I've managed to resist the urge to shoehorn 'sliver' into something I'm saying in the hope that she realises! She'd probably just think I have a speech impediment or something.

Are you asking for a small slice, or telling me it’s moving across the table?! 🤣

I know the difference, but I think slither sounds better. Probably because I’m more ‘slab’ than sliver.

I am my own worst enemy there, as despite knowing exactly which is which, when it comes to saying it out loud, I usually end up saying the wrong one.

in my defence, I do actually have a tongue tie that was not snipped as a baby, but I’m not sure that’s really a good enough excuse!

I also can’t say “schedule” as in “shed-ule”, and end up sounding very American by saying “sked-ule” - I just find it really hard to transition from the “shed” to the “ule” as a whole word. so it’s easier to say “skedule” instead

I like a good “wedge” - as my waistline will attest!

what’s the point of a sliver (or a slither) anyway? It always makes me giggle when people go “oh just a sliver, dear. Oh well, a bit more than that. No, go on, a bit more”

just have a wedge like the rest of us!

It’s like “sether” instead of sever. Grrrr

Or, to be even clearer: 'sliver' is a noun, 'slither' is a verb. I think the use of 'a slither of cake' is a false-genteelism by people confused by e.g. bovvered/bothered.

I have learnt something new today

Does Colin caterpillar count?

Colin's been a bad lad.

I’ve never asked for a sliver (or slither) of cake, ever. Go big or go home is my take on cake 😂

Expresso instead of espresso is the one that makes me cringe the most.

Or, a personal trainer I used to know said 'skelington' instead of 'skeleton'

Not if you want just a thin slice of roast snake.

Ok here's my brain itching list of errors:

Should of instead of should have
Could of instead of could have
Discusting instead of disgusting
Recourse instead of resource
Draw instead of drawer
Your instead of you're
Their/there used incorrectly
Of/off used incorrectly
Ain't it instead of isn't it
Weather/whether used incorrectly

Or, a personal trainer I used to know said 'skelington' instead of 'skeleton'

Hmmm, does the PT have a Caribbean background?

I think it's the V that makes people think it sounds incorrect and associate it with bovver, whevver, eivver, wiv, etc.

As in ‘That would be a teeny, tiny slither of cake for myself, Lord Sugar’?

Ugh.

That still wouldn’t slither.
Jellied eels, maybe?

Surely that would be a scoop of eels?!

Crimes against the English language:

Pacific when meaning specific
Another think coming instead of another thing (I am right, aren't I?!)
Very unique
Superlatives where an adjective is meant: 'incredible' instead of 'attractive', 'impressive' , 'memorable' or 'unusual'

Hmm. I can be a bit of a pedant, but I'm not sure I knew that. Just as well it's not something I'd say!

What, one that you bake with an ape on a lake?

Another think is correct