Your most hated Mispronounced/Misused word?

[Birdie Boy]

All 3 of my kids say this and have for years even though I correct them everytime;

"I writ this today" ... "WROTE not WRIT!"

 

[Badger]

Half the people at my work seem incapable of pronouncing the word "schedule" correctly

 

[seagull_in_malaysia]

schedule when people say the "sch" bit with a "sc" sound and not a "sh".

 

[SK1NT]

A lot of black people tend to say "arks" instead of ask.
Certain elements in the youth of today have started copying this, it really annoys me !!!

Spot on

 

[CalebYule]

People using the word snide to mean harsh is really annoying...

 

[tinx]

I can't be bothered to read through all 11 pages to see if its been mentioned but my big one is using your instead of you'll. It seems to be more and more common especially on Facebook and Twitter.

for example:-

Do you think your be able to make it?

Its you'll as in you will.

 

[Barn Door Billy]

Football related - when Pompey sing "And it's Portsmouth City, Portsmouth City FC, we're by far the greatest team the world has ever seen" *cringe*

Ita also pisses me off when teams whose names clearly dont fit use that chant

 

[Simster]

Ita also pisses me off when teams whose names clearly dont fit use that chant

I know what you mean:

And it's Brightonove Albyun,
Brightonove Albyun FC
we're by far...

Brightonove Albyun haway away away

 

[The Large One]

'Advise' is a verb.
'Advice' is a noun.

So please don't advice me to look for some advise.

 

[Manx Shearwater]

Looser!

 

[SK1NT]

Looser!

arrrggghhhh see my post on the first page

The need to have to say 'YOU KNOW' after every other word

The pronunciation of ANYTHING to ANYTHINK or SOMETHINK

and the spelling ofthe word LOSE which I often see spelt LOOSE

 

[Surrey_Albion]

All 3 of my kids say this and have for years even though I correct them everytime;

"I writ this today" ... "WROTE not WRIT!"

Know how you feel there, My two do it aswell, gets right up my nose!!

 

[Badger]

Know how you feel there, My two do it aswell, gets right up my nose!!

 

[Surrey_Albion]

Oh shit! is that wrong? ? what makes it worserer (i know) is I didnt know that

 

[SeagullSongs]

Ita also pisses me off when teams whose names clearly dont fit use that chant

BUR-NE-LEY, BUR-NE-LEY, BUR-NE-LEY



Edit: Also, BARN-SE-LEY, BARN-SE-LEY, BARN-SE-LEY

 

[Steveapps71]

These are my two:

"I pacifically said to him.."

and

"I generally think that..."

What words like this get on your tits the most?

"who has stole my ipad" hehe only joking..

When Ricky Hatton & his brother say "lickle" instead of "little" really gets to me

 

[Super Steve Earle]

No, it's not.

"Hoist" is the past participle of the verb "to hoise", which means the same as "to hoist": to lift.

You'll find the verb used in the past tense - "they ... hoised up the mainsail" - in the King James version of the Bible - Acts 27:40.

Well yes it is actually. The expression is 'was Hoist...' 'Was' is clearly in the past.

 

[Aadam]

I am sure these might have been covered already, but these are some of my peeves.

Incorrect usage of: their, there and they're; your, you're; its, it's; affect and effect.
People that use loose(r) rather than lose(r)
Those that use i.e., when they actually mean e.g., and visa versa
The incorrect use of the word 'literally'. Although it seems to have become accepted. But if you mean figuratively, then say so.

Other than this I am pretty easy going.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Well yes it is actually. The expression is 'was Hoist...' 'Was' is clearly in the past.

"Was hoist" uses "hoist" as a past participle - which is what I said. For a verb to be used in the past tense certainly requires the action to have occurred in the past, but the verb you are quoting is "was" (which is the past tense of "to be"), not the participle, "hoist".

The expression I was discussing was "For 'tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his owne petar" - where the main verb phrase is " 'tis" - present tense.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

in an article in the paper on Sunday it contained the plural of armful as armsful whereas I would have used armfulls. I think I would have been incorrect.