Exasperated!

I also say KIL-o-metre, Daisy. After all, it's an exact analogy with CENT-i-metre and MILL-i-metre.

Apologies, I spelt 'kilometre' wrong (pronounced KIL-o-metre!)

KatyK - Ketchup pronounced 'catchup' isn't so bizarre - the condiment can also be spelled 'catsup' after all.

Gally - Perhaps your contact with the 'could of' ans 'should of' should give his flaming degree back to whichever diploma mill he purchased it from!

Oh I love these threads! All my worst hates keep coming up - thank you all!! Less / fewer and I / me are probably joint top of my list.

hmm maybe have been practising my fiths and fifths and come out with fith all the time. Must get me teef fixed

Agree with everything on here but believe I may be guilty of 'fith' so will try harder.

Oh got it Ana, I apologise then to all of my friends in the US of A.

anyfink, nuffink
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Pain shared phoenix

I could scream very loudly, and yes, even at GN'ers who use "of" when it should be "have"

fLOWER so totally with you on that one! Would you care to share my pain over "labratory" that should be laboratory?

Kil-OM-eter, eye-dyllic, somethink.

That's the way they usually spell it in the US, aluminum.

Alooominum - I know it's the American way of pronouncing it but surely it is spelt ALUMINIUM, not by any stretch of the imagination can it be pronounced Alooominum!!!!!

News presenters talking about the breakdown of Laura Norder get me going...

Here's my bugbear: recodnise.

I suspect that an EnglishandDrama degree might not include studying the structure of the language.

A young friend who, amazingly, has a degree in english and drama obviously has a problem with the verb 'to have' and writes 'could of' and 'should of'. It drives me {{{mad}}}

my DH says catchup instead of ketchup and (bizarrely) sulveneers instead of souvenirs. Bless him

Fith instead of fifth

probly instead of probably; Febuerry instead of February.

sec-er-tary instead of sec-re-tary

esculator/esculated instead of escalator/escalated

You could be my late uncle Reg rosesarered!

rockgran that's my strongest hate also.Politicians frequently do it.
I can hear my English teacher saying ' It's fewer coins -less money'

Went for my flu jab yesterday and was reminded how it annoys me that when I use the touch screen to check in at the GP surgery I am asked to click on 'arrive me'.

I think I need to get off this thread - I can feel the blood beginning to boil.

I agree that people are reluctant to use "Me" even when it would be correct. Apparently "I" sounds posher.

I also hate "less" when it should be "fewer".