What words annoy you when used wrong or people don't know the meaning of?

Calendargirl

Draws instead of drawers.

I've seen 'Chester Draws' for sale a few times.

BlueBelle

To my ears the title should be what words annoy you when said wrongly not what words annoy you when said wrong
Now maybe that s being pedantic 🤣

My first response too!

BlueBelle

Yes Grandmafrench I said I was being pedantic why did you say ‘No’ when you seem to agree with me!!!

Look again BB - you somewhat ironically made an error in your post. That's why Grandmafrench highlighted the word "that's". I'm guessing yes, she agrees with you (as do I - it should be "wrongly" or "incorrectly" in the OP) but she was jokingly and gently pointing out the error you made while pointing out someone else's error.

When people say they made an educated guess, but it's clear from what they had said (incorrectly) that there was nothing educated about it

Plain wrong...bloomin typo!
(not a fonto - couldn't resist)

Haha! sarahcyn one lives and learns and the next time you see font instead of typeface you'll be superior in the knowledge it's just plan wrong!

A kid is a baby goat. Calling a child a baby goat is disrespectful. How can we expect children to have any respect for us (adults) if we persist in calling them baby goats; think of how goats are thought of generally to see what I mean.

Poor Chester, somebody is sick of him drawing.....

Calendargirl

Draws instead of drawers.

I've lost track of the number of times I've seen a "Chester draws" for sale!

Whilst. Pronounced as it is or even written down. For some reason if someone pronounces it why-lst I don’t mind it as much.

Unkept instead of unkempt. Draw instead of drawer, and the best one Chester Draws.

Irregardless instead of regardless

Referring to people as "that" instead of "who", e.g.: People that drive.

Talking heads on television who refer to themselves as "myself" rather than "I", e.g. John and myself are happy to be here. Drop John and what is it: Myself is happy to be here? Myself am happy to be here?

Expresso instead of espresso is used so frequently it has become acceptable usage despite being incorrect.

HATE could of, would of, should of!! Also, I work with people who say fetched instead of brought & that makes me cringe, but a big bug-bear I have to deal with daily is people not knowing what a hyphen is when I have to give out an e-mail address!!!! Seriously!!!!

AnythinK instead of anythinG. Them instead of those. Passed instead of died! I could go on and on!

BlueBell

CrazyUSA brought it on themselves!

I sort of cringe when I hear northern accents.
They always say “she were”, instead of she was.
She were there or she were going out for instance

Obviously it’s a northern thing.
But it just sounds so lazy to me.

BB and Gf: I was going to say exactly the same thing - it grated. Glad you mentioned it first!

Yesterday's mails had 'check' in lieu of 'cheque'!

Stationary for stationery. Even worse when it's a shop that actually sells stationery!

Doctor says I have thin blood
Doctor says I've got blood pressure.

When people say pacific instead of specific

It’s double negatives for me.
“I’ve not done nothing” or worse still “I’ve not done nofink.”

Another bugbear is when people, especially presenters, don’t pronounce the ‘t’s’ in a word. Warder instead of water, Tomah-o instead of tomato. 🙄

Oh and another - the American math instead of maths!

Being absolutely a ignoramus on words, I still cannot figure why lose is sounded looooose, yet loose is sounded very short 'o".
Choose is sounded a long oooooo and chose is sounded a short "o"
I am convinced I was taught the 'oo" meant it was a long "oooo" in both choose and loose. These two words confuse me even though I have learned to use the opposite sounds in loose and choose.

Incorrect use or 'yourself', instead of just using 'you', eg We'll look forward to hearing from yourself. Do people think it sounds posh?

Using what instead of which as in ‘what words’ !

My daughter in law says proberly instead of properly. My son says to all intensive purposes. For as long as I can remember I have tried to educate and correct them but they continue it doesn’t drive me mad, life is too short for that. I just smile wryly.

"I was sat" instead of "I was sitting"
Grand daughter frequently stumped me (former English teacher!) referring to grammatical terms I'd never heard of...then announce,"Mum and me are going shopping"

Perhaps it's another unwanted US import but frequent use of "wrack" not "rack"
Start with R for the torture, bodily pain, or place to put things, W only
for seaweed and shipping disaster cf wreck