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I hate haitch instead of aitch

Ooh i do sooooo hate 'haitch'

I've stopped telling my son to 'Drive carefully' since he said 'Thank goodness you said that - I had been intending to drive like a maniac.'

Just add misuse of apostrophes and you've covered everything that drives me nuts. Oh yes, mustn't forget 'your or you're'.

My pet hate is the use of a "k" instead of "ing" as in anythink, nothink, somethink etc grrrr

When leaving for the airport and people tell you to "fly safe "!!!!

I too REALLY can't stand people saying "haitch" - PLEASE STOP DOING IT if you are guilty!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank You!

Christinefrance I laughed when I saw your comment as it reminded me of myself and is how I would have reacted.

For me it is 'well they 'might' have said it'
There is no might have , they either did say it or they didn't say it..

I HATE that appeal on tv for a cancer charity (forget which one sadly) where the woman intones ....'every day someone gets the NOOOOOS'...grrrr ! the word is NEWS not NOOOOS ...it is a pity because the charity is a worthy one...I have to turn off the sound !

"I was sat at the table"?

Another one is when people say something is "for free". It's either free or for nothing.

I have a favourite TV channel and the presenters often say "very unique" or "extremely unique". It drives me nuts! As you say, something is either unique or it isn't, there are no degrees of uniqueness. Another example of dumbing down the English language?

My other pet hate is the misuse of plurals, as if simply adding "s" to the word always makes it plural. For example, the plural of stadium is stadia NOT stadiums. The BBC news is just as bad an anyone else in this regard.
The lack of the letter t in Essex schools - yes my kids are as guilty as anyone else but I did at least try to correct them when they were younger. I am sure all regions have their language idiosyncracies but some are REALLY annoying!

I hate that advert as well Violette it is annoying in so many ways.
The 110 % thing seems to be creeping in everywhere, why ?
One of my other pet hates is ' more easier ' or more wetter '
It's more easy or easier etc. Must stop now I'm getting hot under the collar.

use of apostrophes - my pet hate, incorrect use of there instead of they're. One that really annoys me is "do the Math", don't know about the rest of you but I studied Maths at School. Lots more things annoy me but I'm going to leave it at that.

Yes, the "for free" one drives me mad (free or for nothing) although it didn't bother me until someone pointed it out. Now I hear it all the time! AARRGGG!

Using " ......and I" when it should really be "......and me" also annoys. It may sound posher but it isn't always right! (Subject and object. .....)

The one that really grates is "Me and my friend were going down the street...." I can't stand it when people use the object pronoun when it should be the subject pronoun (ie My friend and I...."My Mum always taught me that you always put the other person first, not yourself, as it is polite.

I must be the most hated person on Gn, as I make all the mistakes mentioned in complete ignorance. English never was a subject i enjoyed or was competent in. Give me maths any day.

I agree with all these. We've been here before of course. Another annoying one is "myself" instead of "I" or "Me", as in "Myself and my friend are going out". What about: "The caller withheld their number"? What has happened to the third person singular?

Laying down ?? Its lying down. Also " He/she was laid down", should be lying down as before. Arghhhhhh.....

I think it's wonderful that we are all unique individuals - just like everyone else!

My box of Xmas biscuits had written on it ' Fox's Fabulously Biscuits' . I drove my husband mad saying " it should just be fabulous, or fabulously rich or some other description " until he refused to get the box out if I was around!

Oh no! I've just checked our tin. It's going to drive me mad now.

Yes! marionk I agree I cannot stand the use of 110% used all the time on certain talent shows.

I think it's perfectly acceptable to use an English plural form for a word that has long been adopted from Latin. Pedants can certainly say stadia for two of them, if they want to, but stadiums is equally okay. After all, nobody talks about two arenae – or do they? Of course, the root of stadium is actually Greek…

Which brings me octopi. That is just wrong and octopuses is perfectly acceptable and certainly more correct.