Brought not bought

[beautifuldaytosavelives]

Inspired by a thread I’ve just seen where the OP had brought herself a new car. When did this begin? Do people say brought out loud instead of bought?

And to get it off my chest while I’m here:
Xmas
Gotten
Upping
To be fair (as a nonsensical filler rather than any kind of balanced judgement)

To be fair, you're not wrong!

Being not been

I'm sick to death of seeing brought used instead of bought. Lots of reviews online contain it too. It's just so basic to get right.

Just seen 'walked passed' in another thread. That's becoming ubiquitous too. Sob!

I get minor shivers at homophone mistakes, but they are understandable and social media has meant everyone communicates in writing now, when perhaps it’s not their strongest suit. However brought and bought sound nothing like each other. I am baffled anew every time I see it.

DH gets them confused, I detest it and pick him up on it, mainly so the DC did carry on the tradition.

It boils my piss too OP, although, not as much as Pacific instead of specific!!

Confusing brought/bought, draw/drawer, lose/loose etc is a bit odd and very wrong. However, gotten us perfectly correct in certain dialects such as hiberno English.

I've never heard of Upping and have no idea what it means?

I would have to agree but given some English accents throw in r's all over the place (drawring for example) and others abandon them (cah for example), I assume there are a accents where they sound the same.

When I was a Saturday girl at Boots, way back in the 1970s, filling the shelves was known as "fill upping". Even as a 16 year old, it set my teeth on edge.

Upping is what you do to swans, isn't it?

Personally, I don't get anywhere near enough to swans to do anything to them. They're vicious if provoked.

But yeah, I'm none the wiser.

I actually like that😁

What’s wrong with Xmas? X is long established as short for ‘Christ’ - see also xtian - it’s the Greek chi from Christos rather than Latin x. Xmas has been in use since the 18th century.

Of course , but also the ante, and the pressure…lots of things can be upped. No idea what usage would make it deserving of being put in this corner.

Upping has become the new alternative to increasing. One must try upping one’s protein, for example.

Probably more of a personal bugbear.

My dd has taken to saying " on accident" instead of "by accident". It really really winds me up

Accept the use of gotten in some dialects; do not accept it in the bizarre American style it seems to have been adopted lately…I’ve gotten to the end of my tether! 😆

So tired of hearing or seeing...
"EverythinK. AnythinK. SomethinK. NothinK".
Me Either. Instead of Neither
A apple. A ounce
"I watched it back"?!
Bring. Instead of Take
Paycheck
Season. Instead of Series
"No drama"
Poop. Instead of Poo
Your. You're, used incorrectly
There. They're. Their, used incorrectly
Our. Are, used incorrectly
To. Too. Two, used incorrectly
I could go on!! 🙃🙃

It’s always been an alternative in some contexts, and isn’t inappropriate in that example.

That should obviously be I've reached the end of my tether.

My English teacher in secondary school forbade the use of the verb 'to get". She said it was lazy and there was usually a much more appropriate word and we should figure out what that word was.

You forgot about the incorrect use of "and I". It is the most egregious grammatical error but is, unfortunately, ubiquitous.

But how do you know whether someone is using it because they picked it up from YouTube or because their parent/grandparent was Irish or Scottish?
Unless they’re your own child of course.

Sometimes there are multiple small annoying words thrown in, e.g. sentences that start with "so", followed by the inappropriate use of the word "actually".

"So, we were both surprised and actually exploded."

Genuinely/generally - to be fair it is mainly z list reality tv stars but I cannot bare it 😜

eta my boss once did ask me to bare with her and I told her that I thought it was a highly unprofessional request 🤣