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

vickiem30

thorsoak wrote: »

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!

Whilst people think summat is a contraction of something, it originates from the middle English some ought; just thought I'd throw that in!!

dogstarheaven

but how do you deal with yourself when you hear this from your family/friends? i've only ever mentioned this to my OH about his use of some think (aaarrghh!! most intolerable one for me!) and brought when he meant bought. it riles him but not enough for him to take in why i have to say it to him (prob 30% of the time I dare myself to correct him). It's horrible, I know, but it really gets to me, and i can stop myself from wincing.

kelloggs36

I am a teacher and now some children spell something as saink as this is how they say it! It drives me crazy. My theory on why some people can't spell is because they don't speak properly - I don't mean plummy but at all! Muvver, farver, saink, fink, fort are common spelling errors!

Tilly1810

Accept or except is what gets to me...

BitterAndTwisted

kelloggs36 wrote: »

I am a teacher and now some children spell something as saink as this is how they say it! It drives me crazy. My theory on why some people can't spell is because they don't speak properly - I don't mean plummy but at all! Muvver, farver, saink, fink, fort are common spelling errors!

Well, some of this confusion could be interpreted as that new-fangled phonetic spelling young ones are encouraged to use. Or some teacher's reluctance to correct bad spelling.

I reckon in adults these kinds of crazy spellings are due to the vast numbers of people who don't read. Ever.

My mother once had a lovely friend who wasn't very proud of her northern working-class roots. She used to pronounce the word curtains as "curtings", bless her.

Tilly1810

I think a lot of it is dialect rather than mis-pronouncing the words...

I've lived in the South East, West Midlands, South Wales and now in the North West!!

Have heard allsorts, along the way...

Love the poster who picked out Buzz as Bus as from Wigan

I guess we all live and learn...

K

claire16c

Ive just seen someone use the word 'brought' on another post on this board for meaning bought Im trying so hard not to say anything
:rotfl:

Especially as they also used another word in the same sentence which makes no sense either.

Sally_A

Oops, noticed that I am guilty of the "Where's it to?", "Where are you going to?".

People up north have not understood what I mean when I ask them to "Give me a tinkle".

I don't say I'm going to THE Asda, but I do say I'm going to the Co-Op - is that because deep in my brain I know it's short for the Co-Operative?; I also say going to Tescos, and it's never even struck me before about the s on the end.

Gigervamp

Tinkle to me means a wee! So, give me a tinkle would mean, give me a wee!

Torry_Quine

Gigervamp wrote: »

Tinkle to me means a wee! So, give me a tinkle would mean, give me a wee!

To me it means a phone-call!