Exasperated!

I think I need to get off this thread - I can feel the blood beginning to boil.

Went for my flu jab yesterday and was reminded how it annoys me that when I use the touch screen to check in at the GP surgery I am asked to click on 'arrive me'.

rockgran that's my strongest hate also.Politicians frequently do it.
I can hear my English teacher saying ' It's fewer coins -less money'

You could be my late uncle Reg rosesarered!

sec-er-tary instead of sec-re-tary

esculator/esculated instead of escalator/escalated

probly instead of probably; Febuerry instead of February.

Fith instead of fifth

my DH says catchup instead of ketchup and (bizarrely) sulveneers instead of souvenirs. Bless him

A young friend who, amazingly, has a degree in english and drama obviously has a problem with the verb 'to have' and writes 'could of' and 'should of'. It drives me {{{mad}}}

I suspect that an EnglishandDrama degree might not include studying the structure of the language.

Here's my bugbear: recodnise.

News presenters talking about the breakdown of Laura Norder get me going...

Alooominum - I know it's the American way of pronouncing it but surely it is spelt ALUMINIUM, not by any stretch of the imagination can it be pronounced Alooominum!!!!!

That's the way they usually spell it in the US, aluminum.

Kil-OM-eter, eye-dyllic, somethink.

I could scream very loudly, and yes, even at GN'ers who use "of" when it should be "have"

fLOWER so totally with you on that one! Would you care to share my pain over "labratory" that should be laboratory?

Oh got it Ana, I apologise then to all of my friends in the US of A.

anyfink, nuffink
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Pain shared phoenix

Agree with everything on here but believe I may be guilty of 'fith' so will try harder.

hmm maybe have been practising my fiths and fifths and come out with fith all the time. Must get me teef fixed

Oh I love these threads! All my worst hates keep coming up - thank you all!! Less / fewer and I / me are probably joint top of my list.

KatyK - Ketchup pronounced 'catchup' isn't so bizarre - the condiment can also be spelled 'catsup' after all.

Gally - Perhaps your contact with the 'could of' ans 'should of' should give his flaming degree back to whichever diploma mill he purchased it from!

Apologies, I spelt 'kilometre' wrong (pronounced KIL-o-metre!)

I also say KIL-o-metre, Daisy. After all, it's an exact analogy with CENT-i-metre and MILL-i-metre.