Heard on TV this week

My pet hate is TV announcers saying bought when they mean brought. Have even seen it in print in a very well known national newspaper. Grrr!

Can you give an example, nannieroz? I don't think I've heard that one!

Now that its been pointed out you will notice...... I promise.
Example: I have bought my pet dog into the studio!!!!!!!

Sorry Ana, I meant to add your name after notice.

Really? How odd!

(that was in reply to your post about the dog, of course )

Yes I've heard the brought and bought one and sometimes in reverse. Also pacific instead of specific, nucilar instead of nuclear. I'm on a roll now.

SouthHampton and NorthHampton, they`ve been bugging me for years!

The spelling or the pronunciation?

Only everyone in Southampton called it SouthHampton, that we knew when we lived in nearby Winchester. And DBH used to live in Northampton and his family always call it NorthHampton.

Or just everyone in SouthHampton and NorthHampton?

That's a possibility!

I shout out at the TV when a presenter (who should know better) gets his or her language wrong.

If I hear the word skedule again I will lose the will to live.

NorthHampton drives me mad too - I've lived here quite a few years now, and I'm sure this pronunciation has become much more common in recent years.
Not long ago, I looked at several online dictionaries to see what pronunciation was given, but of all the ones I looked at, only the BBC dictionary gave NorthHampton. That explains why their presenters are the biggest offenders!

All the older people I know here (over 60) pronounce it without the H. They tend to be the ones who have quite a pronounced regional accent, and to be honest I think that the accent makes it almost impossible to put an H in the middle. For that reason, I am tempted to think that NorthAmpton is the traditional pronunciation. Younger people, on the other hand, don't tend to have the same accent, allowing the superfluous H to creep in. Hypercorrection, maybe! That's purely my personal theory, of course - I've no proof whatsoever to back it up.

In this house it is people who say THE HMS Ark Royal (or whatever). HMS stands for Her Majesty's Ship, therefore one cannot say THE in front of it! It is either HMS Ark Royal, or the Ark Royal.
(I quite enjoy a good rant. )

I`ve moaned about this in here a couple of years ago, Auld Lang Syne. I`m not Scottish, but I do know that Robbie Burns DID NOT write "for the sake of auld lang syne", but just "for auld lang syne", it grates with me nearly every time it`s sung, so it must annoy all you Scots!

Unpresidented instead of unprecedented.

And of course pronounciation instead of pronunciation. I was really surprised to hear Alexander Armstrong using the former on Pointless. Most people who pronounce it that way would also misspell it, but somehow I don't think that someone as well-educated as Alexander would make that mistake. It puzzles me.

Again on day time TV but cannot think of the name of the people who should have known better- I should of gone there instead of I should have.

With you there Charleygirl It's even worse in print! I have seen "of" instead of "have" in quite a few novels lately, makes you wonder who does the proof reading.

I don't mind if they put "would've, should've" etc because that is often how it is used in speech, but to see something like " he should of known what would happen" is annoying!

"Joolery" instead of jewelry; "droring" instead of drawing. Just two that drive me potty!

Richard Bacon: 'varify' instead of 'verify'.

Oh yes, Greyduster "joolery" annoys me too! Especially when used by the expert in the subject on the Antiques Roadshow! I shout at him!

Another is if I was you, rather than if I were you.

Another glaring error but it was not a presenter it was a guest- I should have went there instead of I should have gone there. The latter sets my teeth on edge.

Mebbee I should of been teaching elocushion lessons in my past life?