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

cat04

My ex is an !!!! and had and still has problems with getting anything correct lol. He was an assistant headteacher and his grammar was shocking (now 'just' a 'normal' teacher). He's from Sheffield if that makes a difference.

air/hair
brought/bought (this one used to really hack me off and I (and my mum bless her!) would always correct or mock him
their/there/they're
borrow/lend
teach/learn (yep, I did say he was a teacher, and he just couldn't get the context right for either word)

little/likkle and as another person posted hospital/hospickle (that's probably just because he was an !!!!, but I think he really does think he's saying it correctly!)

There are probably many more, but as we're now divorced I've erased the memories
Oh, I'm from Yorkshire too (Leeds) and if I had purchased an item I'd have bought it. My mother instilled correct grammar into me from a young age and it really gets on my wick when people don't speak/write things correctly grrr. That said, there are probably errors in my post

make_me_wise

Greener_Grass wrote: »

why do people say brought instead of bought?! do they not know the difference or is it just the done thing in certain areas of the country? :think:

They are probably just a tad thick and didn't listen in school

I tell the kids in my class that the correct word to use to describe buying something is 'bought'. To get this to stick I say there is no 'r' in it same as there is no 'r' in 'buy'.

barbiedoll

It's not a Southern thing......it's a stupidity thing!

It's funny to hear that people say "I'm going to borrow my book to her"
Here (Sarf London), I'm always hearing..."Can I lend a tenner off you?"

No, but you can BORROW a tenner FROM me.

(On second thoughts...no you can't! :rotfl:)

Other common ones here...

chimley (as in "that Battersea power station has four massive chimleys")

pacific (as in "I pacifically asked him to get me a 50" telly when he looted Currys")

and my mum's favourite...skellington ("that Victoria Beckam is so thin, she looks like a walking skellington")

Aaarrrrggghhhhh!!!!

JC9297

SavingPennies wrote: »

I've seen several post on the housebuying forum where people say they have "brought" a house. I couldn't understand how they could get something like that wrong, I've never heard anyone say it "in real life" though.

I have - but they are seven years old, and I do correct them and explain the difference.

RichGold

clearing_out_my_pockets wrote: »

Bought

Born in London, raised in Kent. Really gets on my wick too....

Want to know what gets on my wick?


People who say "anythink" or "somethink". I've even seen supposedly educated people do this, and only this week saw my first instance of it typed by someone on another forum.

These people should be shot.

make_me_wise

thistledome wrote: »

That's no excuse. I used to live in Essex and I know the difference between bought and brought.

And loose and lose and all the other lazy mistakes that people make because they're either too stupid to know it's wrong or too lazy to care or they're inverted snobs who aspire to sounding like a f@ckwit because they think it's cooler.

:T

Cool, now I understand the seven year olds I teach a whole lot better. My school is in a very affluent area so they must all fall into the latter category.

redbull5

Alot of people say it on here, its most annoying. same with there and their. Im pretty sure most people have gone through school to realies what the difference it.

adelight

I say "bought", because I bought it! I come out with some awful brummy/black country nonsense and say stuff like youse and phrases noone outside of my extended family or area seems to understand, but I at least try to be clear about what I mean. Bought and brought mean completely different things!

Cherry_Bomb

thistledome wrote: »

That's no excuse. I used to live in Essex and I know the difference between bought and brought.

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Clearly I don't know the difference, thank you for educating me on the matter :cool:

sloppychops

It's bought not brought.I know a few people who say fundrel instead of funeral and samwich instead of sandwich.