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When, supposedly educated people pronounce Nuclear, Newkiller and pronounce Jewellery, Jewllerey

It's ooh so common,

I hate it when people swap TH for F - so, so annoying!

When my kids used to go to boarding school they were transported through London by a company called Universal Aunts. When I used to book an Aunty they always used to repeat my clear instructions to transport the kiddies from Kings Cross to Euston Station as Kings Cross to Huston.
I was always amased when they finally turned up at school in the North of England.

When people request a read receipt on a completely inconsequential E Mail

Hi, How are you doing, long time no speak! (request read receipt)

People say "S or Z" instead of "Th". Example, Father become Fazer . Its very common here.

Canned Laughter!

Text talk! It takes me twice as long to read it!
I especially hate the miss use of the words 'you are'.
ur! Grrrrrrrr.
Your. The word is 'you're'!!!! (take note Shafique!)

And worst of all is when a foreigner gives you English comprehension advice (take note Shafique!)

Dillon wrote:Canned Laughter!

Quick one here, will be back to you with more.

When someone who has never been to your country but seems to know more about it than you do. I had an Indian insist the US had 51 states. He actually argued the fact with me. How many times had he been to the US? Try none, not that one would really need to go to the US to know that. Even better is when someone thinks they know more about your government/laws but had never been there. The exception would be the well informed who actually has some knowledge the laws of the country they speak about.

Yes, BM, I find it highly amusing when English is a second language for some, yet they will correct you. I know some Arabic, but I certainly wouldn't correct someone whose first language is Arabic.

The Indian guy with the moustache and buck teeth that I see in the rear view mirror that has been tailgating me for the last ten years.

Are you sure he's tailgating you and not sitting in the back seat??

Bora Bora wrote:Are you sure he's tailgating you and not sitting in the back seat??

LOL!

Bora Bora wrote:Are you sure he's tailgating you and not sitting in the back seat??

Lol. Why did I not notice home before?

Thanks Bora now have a clear rear.

drewpeacock wrote:

Bora Bora wrote:Are you sure he's tailgating you and not sitting in the back seat??

Lol. Why did I not notice home before?

Thanks Bora now have a clear rear.

There's nothing worse than an Indian on your rear.

Flying Dutchman wrote:

Well spotted!

-- Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:29 pm --

When the checkout helper throws (literally) the soap powder in with the raw chicken and the tins of baked beans on top of the bread and my Marmite Crisps!

When your daughter texts to say she's been sent home from school due to rain gales and flooding and doesn't answer her phone when you try to call her to ask how she intends to make her way five miles through inaccessible roads.

Has she drowned? Been swept away? Who knows? Time will tell, I suppose.

Stress levels up.

Fingers crossed for you BM. The wait must be awfull. Keep us posted.

Do you know? It’s the same story every Year in the UK, I don’t know if it’s the dreaded Health & Safety Executive raising its ugly head again and the reason behind closing the schools during inclement weather for fear of litigation should anyone get injured, or the tutors angling for additional time off to play in the snow while getting paid, either way, it’s kind of irresponsible to evict the students and close the school without letting everybody know?

BM, I’m sure Beth will be OK, Kids eeh, who'd 'av 'em?

Update.

No word from the school so I decided to venture home at lunch time to see what was happening. The roads are horrendous. The water is running off the fells and running down the road like a river. I was driving Beths mini which I thought might blow over at any moment. No sign of Beth anywhere I got home to find her siitting by the rayburn drinking leek and potato soup. The local bus company had laid a special bus on and had taken all the rural kids home. The bus had stopped on the wrong side of the road due to the flooding and she had to alight onto the carriage way where the wind swept her off her feet. Needless to say there were dozens of noses pressed to the windows enjoying the sight of Beth on her bottom.
The kids who live in the country had to leave early as the bus company had said they did not intend to send any more buses into the wild blue wonder after 2pm. The town kids stayed at school.
I expressed my delight in seeing her home and said I had visions of that man, you know the one with the funny name, who ventured out from the North Pole.
Christopher Columbus? says Beth.
No Titus Oates says me.

Panic over, big sigh of relief.