Words That Irritate You.

[Sherwood]

the pronunciation of the word "buoy" steam:

[walpurgis]

What's wrong with 'boo-ee'?

[Pigmy Pony]

Yesh, did you buy that pirate's eyepatch, like I asked you to?

Marco.

Yes but I put a tiny little pin-hole in it, so I can peep.

[Pigmy Pony]

What's wrong with 'boo-ee'?

When my friend up in Ullapool had a lobster fishing business (basically a boat), we always pronounced it 'boo-ee'.

[Marco]

Yes but I put a tiny little pin-hole in it, so I can peep.

Good lad, you should make it into the primo-perv squad in no time

Btw, next week's meeting is at 7.47pm in Asda.

Marco.

[Sherwood]

When my friend up in Ullapool had a lobster fishing business (basically a boat), we always pronounced it 'boo-ee'.

Personally I'm with Noel Coward and Dinah Washington on this!

[Pigmy Pony]

Good lad, you should make it into the primo-perv squad in no time

Btw, next week's meeting is at 7.47pm in Asda.

Marco.

Asda! Home of the chicken-lickers! Terrific!

[Barry]

And rowt for route

Or purse for handbag

Or "meem" for mime, or "aluminum" for aluminium.

Oh, and their peculiar way of pronouncing 'laboratory'.

[Joe]

I'm aware of the excuses used to try and legitimise it's use today.

Joe's first rule of internet pedantry: any attempt to point out a linguistic or grammatical error will invariably include such an error itself. The possessive form of its does not have an apostrophe.

[Bonky]

Joe's first rule of internet pedantry: any attempt to point out a linguistic or grammatical error will invariably include such an error itself. The possessive form of its does not have an apostrophe.

Exactly! See my previous post.

Thanks.