Your most hated Mispronounced/Misused word?

[Manx Shearwater]

Use of the word 'Till'

I won't be there till 12 O'Clock.

A 'till' is a machine with cash in it. You won't be there 'til 12 O'Clock.

'til being an abbreviation of 'until'

 

[Woodchip]

Prehaps instead of perhaps.

Sounds so chavvy.

 

[Notters]

Use of the word 'Till'

I won't be there till 12 O'Clock.

A 'till' is a machine with cash in it. You won't be there 'til 12 O'Clock.

'til being an abbreviation of 'until'

Wrong, till is perfectly acceptable.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

of

As in should have.

As seen on NSC.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

of

As in should have.

As seen on NSC.

I don't see why NSC doesn't auto-correct all the 'should of's and 'would of's. It could of prevented a lot of threads turning into spelling and grammar, to the annoyance of the OP.

Also, at what point did 'of' become 'ov'?

 

[Waynflete]

The misuse of 'reactionary' instead of 'reactive'.

Reactionary means wishing to return to the past, not reacting to something.

 

[mr sheen]

Woman in my workplace who continually says pacific for specific. Very annoying once you notice it.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

As a nation, we are getting lazier and lazier with our language. Any shortcut is greedily absorbed and quickly becomes everyday usage. The growth of ' Estuary English ' has spread throughout the Country and is highlighted by the use of the letters ' d ' and ' f ' instead of ' th '. ' Other ' becomes ' Udder, thought/fort, think/fink etc. You even here some people saying ' der ' instead of ' the '.
It is also fashionable to mix in a bit of slight ' mid-Atlantic ' accent. Frank Warren, the boxing promoter, is a prime example of this.
Eastenders takes a lot of the blame with all the young actors deliberately dropping their ' th's ' to try and sound cockney. ' Fink ' and ' Fort ' crop up all the time. It sounds forced and painfully unnatural but young kids growing up will copy it unless they have strong parental guidance. Whichever voice coach or scriptwriter is influencing the cast in this way has got it all wrong. Cockney is not all about dropping your ' aitches ' it is about a way of speaking. Out the corner of your mouth, in a sort of confidential whisper.
It seems it is too much bother now for a lot of people to stick their tongue between their teeth and pronounce words properly.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

These posters who can't even get ' hear ' right. I ask you!!!

 

[Woodchip]

As a nation, we are getting lazier and lazier with our language. Any shortcut is greedily absorbed and quickly becomes everyday usage. The growth of ' Estuary English ' has spread throughout the Country and is highlighted by the use of the letters ' d ' and ' f ' instead of ' th '. ' Other ' becomes ' Udder, thought/fort, think/fink etc. You even here some people saying ' der ' instead of ' the '.
It is also fashionable to mix in a bit of slight ' mid-Atlantic ' accent. Frank Warren, the boxing promoter, is a prime example of this.
Eastenders takes a lot of the blame with all the young actors deliberately dropping their ' th's ' to try and sound cockney. ' Fink ' and ' Fort ' crop up all the time. It sounds forced and painfully unnatural but young kids growing up will copy it unless they have strong parental guidance. Whichever voice coach or scriptwriter is influencing the cast in this way has got it all wrong. Cockney is not all about dropping your ' aitches ' it is about a way of speaking. Out the corner of your mouth, in a sort of confidential whisper.
It seems it is too much bother now for a lot of people to stick their tongue between their teeth and pronounce words properly.

Dis, innit.

Oops, sorry... I meant "this".

 

[Cappers]

Like. As in every sentence an under 18 year old speaks

"Innit"

 

[stugbhafc1]

Pacifically without a doubt highly irritating

 

[brightn'ove]

The letter H.

 

[FamilyGuy]

the use of "off" when it should be "from" - as in "I got it off the internet" when it should be "I got it from the internet"

and also the use of "regularly" when people mean "frequently" - as in "he regularly scores goals from that position" (no he doesn't, unless he scores from the same place at the same time every match) it should be "he frequently scores goals from that position"

 

[Mutts Nuts]

These are my two:

"I pacifically said to him.."

and

"I generally think that..."

What words like this get on your tits the most?

Seaford, the R is not silent

 

[Woodchip]

Seaford, the R is not silent

Correct. Now that I can agree with you on.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

perogative for prerogative
perscription for prescription and
libary for library
.......grrrrrr

 

[Mutts Nuts]

Correct. Now that I can agree with you on.

f*** me no, i`m not having that

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Correct. Now that I can agree with you on.

Incorrect. Now on that I can agree with you.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Can we stray into the world of malt whisky (without an "e", by the way)?

When ordering at the bar, the correct form of words is "I'd like a The Macallan", not "I'd like a Macallan".