'The word pedants' top 10 | It's specific, not Pacific...' blog discussion.

Mobeer

I have seen "First august god of the Qin" and its not a date reference!

August = venerable, majestic, awe inspiring

kneelbeforezod

Devout_Miser wrote: »

Many commentators seem to be fond of saying "We are in unchartered waters/territory" rather than "uncharted".

A product of our materialistic society, I fear

kneelbeforezod

Some more misused words that have grated on me recently:

Rode instead of ridden;
Peddles instead of pedals;
Grill instead of grille (although I know they're fast being accepted as interchangeable);
Manor instead of manner;

...and possibly the weirdest convolution of poor phonetics I've ever seen, "interminterley" instead of "intermittently"

Flyboy152

kneelbeforezod wrote: »

Some more misused words that have grated on me recently:

Rode instead of ridden;
Peddles instead of pedals;
Grill instead of grille (although I know they're fast being accepted as interchangeable);
Manor instead of manner;

...and possibly the weirdest convolution of poor phonetics I've ever seen, "interminterley" instead of "intermittently"

One that I see often is minor for miner. I thought they stopped children going down the pits years ago.

Gilbertine

I can't stand over use and incorrect use of "absolutely" which occurs within moments of the start of most TV interviews and chats, used as in " I agree" or "extremely". They seem to think they are being profound but then they have no word left to refer to the absolute.:eek: I do yell at the TV.:eek:

jaydeebug

Accept and Except are always being used in place of each other, drives me mad! :mad:

Yorkiebargain

Aaargh - here's another one. Architec (are you trying to wind us up!) says... "I have taken lumps out of my tongue when sat in front of a very well educated young female client.."

Who sat you there? Or do you mean the continuous process of "sitting?"

kai666

Something that annoys me is the number of times something is rediculous. There is no E in ridiculous but that's the way lots of people write it

Barter

Yorkiebargain wrote: »

Aaargh - here's another one. Architec (are you trying to wind us up!) says... "I have taken lumps out of my tongue when sat in front of a very well educated young female client.."

Who sat you there? Or do you mean the continuous process of "sitting?"

See post #128

Flyboy152

Waiting in line to play snooker always raises a smile with me.