Do you say brought or bought when talking about something you have bought

thorsoak

I think people here are confusing local dialects with grammatically correct english!

of course there are differences in pronunciation - I hear those who cringe about somefing/somefink - what about "summat"? Do you say baRth or bath - grarss or grass? butter or bootter? Local idiosyncracies are one thing, but bad grammar is something else. Education is knowing the difference between the two - and also recognising the difference between what is spoken and what is written!

mumof3plusoh

The one that gets me is " I'm going to are house" instead of our!!!

By the way it's I bought you a present and then I brought it home.:rotfl:

SailorSam

So when you were little and your Mum came home from the shops,
what would you have asked her ?
What have you bought me ? Or
What have you brought me Mum ?

Something that people say around here, i'm not sure if it's just a Liverpool thing but when going shopping they'll say,
I'm going to THE Asda
but they don't say, i'm going to THE Tesco.

Poly,put_the_kettle_on

My soon to be ex husband was born & raised in the far south eastern corner. He uses brought instead of bought. Even more frustratingly, he also says "brung."

Another one of his favourites that appears to be worse here in the SE is "what I done was..." etc. He also says "skelington" and "hearsed." Oh, and pacific instead of specific.

And when he accuses someone of rudeness by incorrectly using the word "ignorant"...well, we just smile knowingly.

dibuzz

SailorSam wrote: »

Something that people say around here, i'm not sure if it's just a Liverpool thing but when going shopping they'll say,
I'm going to THE Asda
but they don't say, i'm going to THE Tesco.

Another one I cringe at is Asdas and Tescos, I go to Asda for my shopping not Asdas!
Most people round here can't say Derby/Derbyshire, it comes out as Durby/Durbyshire.

crutches

I always tell my children that enunciation is very important.
If you are playing cricket you need to know the difference between "Watch Out! Catch it!" and "Watch Out! Cats**t!"

scheming_gypsy

SailorSam wrote: »

Something that people say around here, i'm not sure if it's just a Liverpool thing but when going shopping they'll say,
I'm going to THE Asda
but they don't say, i'm going to THE Tesco.

i think it is just a Liverpool thing. Whenever I've worked in Liverpool and people say they're going to 'the Asda', I'll ask if they knew there's more than one Asda; and they look at me as though I've snogged their grandma.

Elelyn

SailorSam wrote: »

So when you were little and your Mum came home from the shops,
what would you have asked her ?
What have you bought me ? Or
What have you brought me Mum ?

Something that people say around here, i'm not sure if it's just a Liverpool thing but when going shopping they'll say,
I'm going to THE Asda
but they don't say, i'm going to THE Tesco.

This is not just a Liverpool thing. I'm in the Black Country and I constantly hear people talking about going to "the Asda". I find it very strange but it does amuse me.

krlyr

jamespir wrote: »

i think you all have too much time on your hands lets people speak how they like

I think you have too much time on your hands, let people post what they like


This is one of my pet peeves, my mum always says brought instead of bought and I constantly correct her, she still does it though :rotfl:
One that she's copied from my nan is "ast" instead of "ask", it doesn't even make sense. Pronounced the same but a "t" sound at the end instead of "k". "Can you ast her if she's brought it yet?" :huh:

maman

jackieb wrote: »

So do I. I know how the French pronounce it but I don't speak French. Honestly, if you said 'Renau' here people would think you're pretentious.

My MIL says Oddie for Audi.

I remember as a child, people drank 'Nescaff' probably for similar reasons.

thorsoak wrote: »

I Local idiosyncracies are one thing, but bad grammar is something else. Education is knowing the difference between the two - and also recognising the difference between what is spoken and what is written!

Well said thorsoak. I was going to add the local pronunciation of butter, with the 'tt' missing but the mods would of been after me.:D