Medalling!

Can I ask, what is "Trending" ??

Here's another one that seems to be creeping in: 'summit(t)ing' as in "I've summitted Everest three times".

Re. the 'aitch' discussion - I don't think it's regional - just poor education.

As for the poor child who corrected the uneducated teacher, it still rankles that many years ago a teacher took me to task for writing in an essay on my favourite books 'Noel Streatfeild' (a popular children's author in the Fifties). I was a timid child so didn't have the courage to show her a book cover to prove I was right.

Haitch does.seem to have growing usage. Where did it come from, not American even.? Teached is just incorrect English!!!!!!

We must remember that language is changing all the time. I remember when I first heard 'parenting' that it really jarred but I have no problem with it now. Perhaps hitch and medalling will be the same in 20.years time.( even my Kindle is asking me if I want to add medalling to my dictionary. QED)

Totally agree about haitch.
I absolutely hate it when people say 'And where is X in all this?'

Yes i agree and i find it most condesending.Drs receptionists are the worst

jayh I think it's the confusion between the sound of the letter and how it's spelled. People wrongly think it's"haitch" because the letter makes a "h" sound. But "h" is spelled "aitch". I think there's further confusion because people tend to drop the "h" when speaking, and kind of assume that "haitch" is correct because you have to kind of make an effort to say it. "aitch" sounds as though you've dropped the "h", ironically.

I've never heard the alphabet (English) taught with "haitch" as a letter.

I don't think anyone teaches haitch. Over 60 years ago my primary school teachers waged a losing war against it.It seems to go hand in hand with leaving the aitch off words that should have it. "I've told you not to say Haitch aven't I?)

I was taught to say aitch. Where does haitch come from? It must be taught in some parts of the country. Anyone?

jayh "haitch" is incorrect, afaik. It doesn't make sense, anyway. It's spelled "aitch".

I questioned the very peculiar usage of "treaded" and "would have treaded," which are BTW WRONG just as others have question teached,sunk, and medalled.
I did not involve anybody else (ilrina ) or inspire * cherrytree* to offer odds.
2 to 1 is out and out bullying but it isn't the first time you have had a go at me and I hope it gives you satisfaction.
Outta here?
As if.

Haitch or aitch? I think it is a regional pronunciation.
Tomayto, tomato? Zeebra, zebra? I don't care
But I do cringe at dove for dived.

I'm outta here!

And your remarks to Obieone Are???? What????

Yeah right.
I thought I had left the playground bullies of my primary school 60 years ago behind me.

I hate "haitch" instead of "aitch".

I wish I had ever been good enough at anything to be "medalled" for it. Or even "gonged".

Oh Daphne. Are you looking for a shoulder to cry on?

I'm just glad so many of our athletes are "medalling"! Especially Bradley and his team last night.

One of the worst I've heard recently was "teached" instead of "taught" - and this was said by a teacher! If objecting to that makes me an old fart, so be it.

Daphne, am now wearing colander on head to ward off blows ....

Well I got well and truly jingled bo**ocked for commenting on obieone's use of "treaded" and "have treaded" earlier today, so would don protective headgear if I were you!

It started in 2012. As did Team GB.

Sometimes we do come across as old farts - remember when we were young and all the phrases we introduced and used.

It's the inability to use the proper past tense that makes me see red. "The boat sunk" - no it didn't, it SANK! And don't get me started on "I was sat...."

And I don't think we who care are being pedantic. It's all very well and good that language evolves but not out of laziness or ignorance.

Totally inappropriate Juggernaut, same thing happened to my DD about 23 years ago now. She was accused of being cheeky and she was so shy and polite! However what really irked was a mother of another child in the class ringing me up to tell me about it before my child could. As a former teacher this sort of punishment is Dickensian, fully accept that if she was cheeky then she should have been reprimanded but like that, no. We have a good laugh about it now.

You're right Maggymay, one of our local forecasters also says ' toasty temperatures. I.I also cringe when my dil says ' come to mine' or ' I'll come to yours'

Sheilasue, medalling meaning winning a medal, meddling meaning interfering.