Using the wrong words....

Rocker

I thought I was mishearing things but recently on this very forum I have been reading those same things!  So nothing much wrong with my hearing.

The use of the word 'pacific' when the context  suggests it should be 'specific'

Any more.....

starwarsnosebleed

'Brought' instead of 'bought'

joeyowen

Literally using the word literally when it blatantly isn't

boogieman

joeyowen said:

Literally using the word literally when it blatantly isn't

There was a guy being interviewed on the Olympic coverage yesterday who said "I'm literally speechless". 

Hootsmon

 using the wrong worms

CabbageCat

I only recently learned that "dissemble" meant something entirely different to "disassemble".

It is interesting to note, however, just how many people think that they are special because they can spell OK or know how to use an apostrophe. I suppose what's the point in knowing stuff if you can't be all superior about it, right?

thecolourbox

Rocker said:

I thought I was mishearing things but recently on this very forum I have been reading those same things!  So nothing much wrong with my hearing.

The use of the word 'pacific' when the context  suggests it should be 'specific'

Any more.....

Maybe they meant the affordable Yamaha guitar series and predictive text let them down?

Hootsmon

"Doctored, I peep getting my worms ring"

Dr Tae (  Chinese  Doctor ....from China )

" Don't worm you'll liver"

richardhomer

'Your' and 'you're' seem to confuse people more than I'd like. "I was sat" annoys the bejesus out of me too....

thecolourbox

richardhomer said:

'Your' and 'you're' seem to confuse people more than I'd like. "I was sat" annoys the bejesus out of me too....

What's wrong with "I was sat"?

richardhomer

thecolourbox said:What's wrong with "I was sat"?

"I sat" or "I was sitting"....

octatonic

Irregardless.

RandallFlagg

While in the US over the last few trips at several airports I have heard the term 'deplane' announced by the staff at the gates as in 'Delta 406 has arrived at gate and we are currently waiting for passengers to deplane'

Is that a real word? 

RandallFlagg

Apparently it is:

VERB

[NO OBJECT] North American

Disembark from an aircraft:we landed and deplaned

Ref. Oxford English Dictionary.

When did we start allowing North American terms into the OED? Shameful!

siremoon

In honour of this subject a thread has been started with the title:

"Did MTV really effect rock music or was it just the 80's"

kjdowd

People at my work use "gleam" for "glean". Drives me bananas. 

octatonic

My mum described the Brazilian shanty towns as "felafel's" the other day.
She also thought Spain was in South America, because they speak Spanish there.
She never travelled.
Or read, apparently.

octatonic

Squid Pro Quo: The use of molluscs as currency.

TheBlueWolf

Saying 'axe' instead of 'ask' makes my teeth itch.

thecolourbox

richardhomer said:

thecolourbox said:What's wrong with "I was sat"?

"I sat" or "I was sitting"....

Unless somebody else sat you down

scrumhalf

There's a difference between regional/local forms of words or sentences which may be fine in one part of the country but are unknown and therefore viewed with suspicion in other parts of the country, and outright wrong forms of words or sentences.

Quite often these misuses are down to plain laziness. The use of "could of" instead of "could have" comes to mind. If you actually think what the words themselves mean then it's obvious.