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Lad I sit next to at work says literally all the time. He doesn't actually use it incorrectly, but there's no need for its use 99% of the time. Does my nut in.

 

Anyway, why the fuck do so many people not know how or when to use 'to' and 'too'?

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Lad I sit next to at work says literally all the time. He doesn't actually use it incorrectly, but there's no need for its use 99% of the time. Does my nut in.

 

Anyway, why the fuck do so many people not know how or when to use 'to' and 'too'?

 

 

So many people wouldn't be 'two' by any chance?

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Lad I sit next to at work says literally all the time. He doesn't actually use it incorrectly, but there's no need for its use 99% of the time. Does my nut in.

 

aye, that as well

 

"so, I was literally walking down the street when I saw John"

 

fuck off

 

oh and another one

 

mostly seen in football interviews, the increasing use of people asking rhetorical questions, then answering them themselves

 

"blah blah do I think it was a penalty? yes, would i have given it? yes, but the referee thought otherwise blah blah etc"

 

 

does this literally piss me off? yes it does.

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Also, why can't many black people pronounce 'ask'? Aks seems to be the norm these days

 

i know this one..

the 'ask' thing is because northerners (i.e., us) couldnt pronounce the correct "aks" and the mistake became the norm.

 

the word 'third' and 'horse' and 'bird' also are this way because of it.. theres loads..

 

i'm gonna have to google (erm, search on the internet) what its called.. metathesis ...

 

now i've remembered more...

 

bass fishing (barse) , maybe for not the same reason..

 

rooster , rabbit being alternatives once 'cock' , 'coney' became vulgar ...  

 

the Susie Dent brid on Countdown does rundowns on things like this in the programme.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Can I get a bacon barm?

 

No you can’t. This is a cafe, you dick - sit there and I’ll get it for you.

That’s one answer

 

Another is

 

Sure, there’s the bread, there’s the fridge

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i know this one..

the 'ask' thing is because northerners (i.e., us) couldnt pronounce the correct "aks" and the mistake became the norm.

 

the word 'third' and 'horse' and 'bird' also are this way because of it.. theres loads..

 

i'm gonna have to google (erm, search on the internet) what its called.. metathesis ...

 

now i've remembered more...

 

bass fishing (barse) , maybe for not the same reason..

 

rooster , rabbit being alternatives once 'cock' , 'coney' became vulgar ...

 

the Susie Dent brid on Countdown does rundowns on things like this in the programme.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This entire post has me confused

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Me to daughter - "What did you do at school today?"

Daughter - " Basically, i had Maths first lesson and then literally had English straight after"

Why didn't she just say "Maths and English Dad"

Or even " Oh just Fuck off Dad you boring cnut"

Anything other than trying to fit in as many "basically"(s) and "Literally"(s) into a sentence as she can.

Little turd.

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Me to daughter - "What did you do at school today?"

Daughter - " Basically, i had Maths first lesson and then literally had English straight after"

Why didn't she just say "Maths and English Dad"

Or even " Oh just Fuck off Dad you boring cnut"

Anything other than trying to fit in as many "basically"(s) and "Literally"(s) into a sentence as she can.

Little turd.

Haha, that literally made me laugh. :D

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This entire post has me confused

 

OK. heres more, by someone who's not arsing about quick on a phone...  but it , too, is kind of a list ..

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-top-ten-transpositions-of-sounds-in-words-9388466.html

 

theres good stuff all over on why words are the way they are..

 

some guy in canada wrote this book--

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Grammar_of_the_Dialect_of_the_Bolton_Area

 

.. which might be good , but its probably not about letter switching and 'eggcorns' or 'mondegreens' , or whatever ... 

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