It's bought not brought!!

[TheBlairSnitchProject]

If you have purchased something - you have bought it.

If you bring something along with you - you have brought it.

Why do people insist on using brought when they mean bought? FFS!!

Feel better now. Thanks

I knew that

drives me mad too.But not as much as our local papers fave 'chest of draws!!!'

The worst one I ever saw was on an ebay listing:

bort .... i.e. bought!

"I only bort it 18 months ago"

Ive noticed it on here alot I think it's regional not sure where though.

Makes me gnash my teeth too!

It was in the first line of a thread on here that I read just a few minutes ago! Couldn't answer the Op because I didn't trust myself not to mention it!

Glad it's not just me

It's quite a common mix up round here (Buckinghamshire) I tend to say "Really, where did you bring it from?" if I know the person well enough.

never hear it here (edinburgh), i think it's weird.. but i'm sur we have our own regional quirks..

'amn't i?' rather than 'aren't i?' springs to mind - i can never decide if that's scots dialect or just wrong.

BlairSnitch, whereabouts are you? I'm quite near Chesham, and everyone there says 'brought'. Drives me insane.

I hate it too.
Where has it come from?

As for the chest of draws. I once saw in a furniture shop, a price on 'Chester draw's'
I kid you not.

I had to leave the shop immediately and have a sit down.

"I hate it too.
Where has it come from?"

Netmums?

I'm in MK Cregg. I hadn't heard it before I moved here...

Brought and bought rankle me too, as much as specific and pacific.

fluffles - afaik 'amn't i' is v common in ireland as it comes from the direct translation of the way questions are phrased in irish and so prob in gaelic too. Er, does that make sense?!

My personal bugbear is 'We was' and get off OF

Do chester draws go with a Chesterfield sofa?

Chester draw's.
At least get it right

Chester's draws is what he keeps in the chest of drawers surely.

I think they are "drawers" too.

Another one that bugs me - sorry, a bit out of the blue but I've just noticed it again on another thread is:

I text him and he said ...

It's texted, past fucking tense. Grrrrr.

"I done it" drives me crazy!

It's 'I did it' or 'I've done it' otherwise it's just wrong!