Bad English.

[TVC]

As a child I was always aware that ground was outside, and floor was what you had inside a building. Now apparently it is acceptable to call everywhere the floor.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

I cringe when people say "borrow me" instead of "Lend me"
And what really annoys me is the clowns who run the sign department in Hebdenbridge, as you leave there is a sign saying "That was SO hebden bridge"

 

[vernon]

That would be "That belongs to I and I", surely

'I and I' means we.

 

[Archie_tect]

I cringe when people say "borrow me" instead of "Lend me"
And what really annoys me is the clowns who run the sign department in Hebdenbridge, as you leave there is a sign saying "That was SO hebden bridge"

Just add a 'd' to 'so'... it'll soon be taken down.

There's a village off the A1 called Shilbottle... the locals enjoy adding a bit of paint and no matter how often they replace the signs, within days the sign's corrected.

 

[Fnaar]

'I and I' means we.

I and I hear you.

 

[swee'pea99]

"a myriad of..."

 

[Archie_tect]

Is that less than a cornucopia?

 

[Arch]

Just add a 'd' to 'so'... it'll soon be taken down.

There's a village off the A1 called Shilbottle... the locals enjoy adding a bit of paint and no matter how often they replace the signs, within days the sign's corrected.

A pub near my work has an opposite problem, a letter goes missing. They offer Poo and Darts.

 

[Archie_tect]

Unique is very specific... something can't be almost or very...it either is or it isn't.

....and you can't have a big or a small half of something...

 

[Fnaar]

at the end of the day...

as in "at the end of the day, it's morning, innit" or some such twaddle

 

[Adasta]

I had a manager that used to talk about "taking a quick 10 minute break".

 

[Archie_tect]

The indecisive "quite".... as in, "I quite like it" or "It's quite nice".

Look, you either do or you don't, it is or it isn't.....

 

[mog35]

A pub near my work has an opposite problem, a letter goes missing. They offer Poo and Darts.

There's a street near me which for many years has read 'Poo hole Lane'. I think the council have given up trying to replace the missing 'r'.

I hear lots of bad English from my students, but they are learning the language, so fair enough. There was an awkward but funny moment last year, however, when a French student wanted to say she liked rap, but what came out was 'I like rape'. The word 'beach' is frequently mispronounced too.

 

[Mr Phoebus]

Peleton... when there's a Brazilian footballer in the bunch.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

The book 1984 springs to mind