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

meritaten

my aunt always says 'chimbley' instead of 'chimney' may have sounded cute when she was four but she is in her sixties now! and if I hear one more rendition of 'When Santa came down the Chimbley' I really will SCREAM!
my mum gets so many words wrong its unreal! if anyone remembers an old actress called Hilda Baker - well, thats my mum only she has a welsh accent! mum actually says 'people shouldnt cast nasturtiums' she mispronounces 'Pianist' as Penis, Certificates are Sistificates .............I could go on and on and on!

candygirl

meritaten wrote: »

my aunt always says 'chimbley' instead of 'chimney' may have sounded cute when she was four but she is in her sixties now! and if I hear one more rendition of 'When Santa came down the Chimbley' I really will SCREAM!
my mum gets so many words wrong its unreal! if anyone remembers an old actress called Hilda Baker - well, thats my mum only she has a welsh accent! mum actually says 'people shouldnt cast nasturtiums' she mispronounces 'Pianist' as Penis, Certificates are Sistificates .............I could go on and on and on!

Sounds like Mrs Malaprop out of "The Rivals":D:D:D

jackomdj

As a child in the late 70's I thought it was coldslaw as that is what my gran called coleslaw. She also talked about funrals and orderments (ornament). One of my cousins says brought for bought and borrow for lend.

Like many others it does annoy me. Having said that although my verbal English is great I am awful at spelling and people probably look at that and comment upon it!

claire16c

madrhino wrote: »

I couldn't convice my 7 yr old nephew that it is aitch and not haitch when referring to the letter H. His mum (my sister in law) had told him that it was haitch and that his teacher had got it wrong when she said aitch! It was a difficult one because I could see that he would get upset to believe his mum was wrong but at the same time I didn't want him miseducated as things stick with you at that age.

that is one of my pet hates.

JodyBPM wrote: »

I'm really surprised that we southerners are being blamed for this poor grammar! I live in the SE, and I don't use any of the examples given here. I'm sure that some southerners might, but that is because they are poorly educated, but not because they are southerners! I'm sure that lack of education is equally prevalent in the North as the South, and there must be people making these errors all around the country...

Yeah I dont say them and neither do my friends or family. coming on here is like reading about some parallel universe or something :rotfl:

candygirl wrote: »

It's bought if you buy something, and brought if you bring:D Also why do Southerners say "off of" instead of "off?":D

Just would :rotfl:

claire16c

jackieb wrote: »

I say bought. I don't think I ever say brought something. For example, if I was bringing a bottle to a party i'd never say i'd brought a bottle, or even that i'd taken a bottle. It's words that aren't used in our dialect.

What would you say then? How else can you convey you brought something somewhere without saying brought? What if you hadnt purchased the bottle?

Gigervamp

MERFE wrote: »

I particularly hate a west country phrase 'where you to' instead of where are you?

Similar here in Wales. I'm English and my 20 year old son was born and lived in England until he was 10. He came to ask me where something was recently by saying "Where's it to?"

I had no idea what he was saying because it made no sense to me! It was like he was speaking gobbledegook.
I said "Pardon?" and he repeated it. Still not understanding I looked at my husband (he's Welsh) and he explained that it means "Where is it".

Still doesn't make sense to me! :rotfl:

angeltreats

I don't know anyone who actually saysbrought instead of bought, but I see it written/typed all the time. It winds me up!

My mum, bless her, gets all sorts of words and sayings wrong. Some that spring to mind are cutterly (cutlery), albin (album), hut (hot). Be careful, the water from that tap is very hut.

jackieb

claire16c wrote: »

What would you say then? How else can you convey you brought something somewhere without saying brought? What if you hadnt purchased the bottle?

I'd say either 'i've teen a bottle' or 'i've brocht a bottle'.

Lots of dialects have stuff that doesn't make sense to people from outwith their area. We say a lot of things which would be deemed wrong, but I know the difference. I know how to say it correctly to someone who isn't local and I know how to write it down (I hope!)

ali-t

madrhino wrote: »

I couldn't convice my 7 yr old nephew that it is aitch and not haitch when referring to the letter H. His mum (my sister in law) had told him that it was haitch and that his teacher had got it wrong when she said aitch! It was a difficult one because I could see that he would get upset to believe his mum was wrong but at the same time I didn't want him miseducated as things stick with you at that age.

I pronounce the letter H as 'itch' rather than 'aitch' but never 'haitch'. Maybe it is a dialect thing as I have just tried saying it in different accents and it seems to be 'aitch' in most of the English accents but Scottish ones (in my head anyway ) could be 'itch' or 'aitch'

jojo_2012_2

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.

^^ I agree with this. I've been looking for a word to describe people who purposely act thick. Who can get to adulthood and not know the difference between bought/brought :mad: Now I shall call them "inverted snobs" :T