Am I getting old and pedantic?

Surely 'ter' and 'fer' are pronunciations, so not incorrect in any way?

Can you explain under what grammatical rule 'try and' is incorrect?

... without Googling the answer.

You would certainly be more fashionable starting your sentence with SO. Its use has evolved hasn't it? To begin with , in modern speech, it was used to preface a question..."So....what are you doing today then?" Now it seems to be used to open any sentence , particularly on the Today programme.

Yeah*, you prolly are.

*pronounced yer (as in there, not yer as in were). Just so's yer know, like.

Try saying 'try and' in the past tense. E.g. I tried and made a curry. You made a curry. You didn't try to make a curry.

But I am going to try and make a curry. One day. A gentle one.

I'm pretty sure I've heard "try and" quite a lot and I don't know whether I normally say "try to" or "try and". Could it be a north Lancashire thing, I wonder?

I'll have to try and trip myself up on it when I'm least expecting it.

Just to find out which I say most 'naturally'.

I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. Do say if it's uncomprehensible because of the risible grammar and I'll translate it for you ?

Can grammar be risible? <heads dictionariwards>

Please don't check this for spelling or grammar but in my experience when we start to ask "Am I getting old and pedantic?" it's a pound to a penny that we are

I hate the misplaced use of 'brought '& 'bought ' I try to get over myself but it really grates with me or should that be greats ?Lol

gracesgran
That said "brought" and "bought" are two entirely different words aren't they?
Like saying "I'm going hedging" instead of "sledging", or "working" the dog instead of "walking" or "frying" to the US instead of "flying"
Never understood that confusion

I hate it when people say 'I personally' or 'I myself' - I was brought up to believe 'the double' is totally unnecessary but I hear it all the time and I am trying to think well does it really matter in the great scheme of things .....

I'm sure it doesn't matter at all in the great scheme of things, but even the most tolerant and laid back surely find some things irritating.Here on Gransnet it's just a bit of amusement to see if anyone agrees ....isn't it??

...oops always say 'try and' think it may be a local.Lancashire thing!! In the grand scheme of things....does it matter?

It amuses me when people get upset about the use of 'gotten', complaining that it's an Americanism. I grew up in the Forest of Dean where it is an accepted past participle: 'He's gotten some sheep'. If you look up the history of its use, then it's clear that it was very commonly used in this country before the settlement of America by the British.

Aha! Another Lancastrian who says "try and". Yus!

My mum always corrected me when I said "different than". She insisted the correct form is "different from". I notice a lot of Americans say "different than" and a lot of
Brits say "different to". My mum's persistence got through and I only use "different from" now.

Another one used locally and makes me smile...using I and me in the same sentence...e.g...I'm hungry me!....?

'You know' is the phrase that drives me mad, especially when I don't, but this has been overtaken by 'So' especially when someone is asked a question and they reply starting their sentence with that word.

Yes, I am pedantic but we all need a hobby!

There's lots of phrases which grate on me...
*could/should/would 'of' instead of 'have'
*off of.. the 'of' is totally unnecessary
*'gonna' instead of going to. A lot of people in the media, including privately and therefore supposedly well educated ones like George Osborne, use it all the time. Maybe they think it improves their street cred!
* Also, using 'bit' to describe a liquid instead of 'drop'
These phrases do not fall into the arena of quaint regional dialects which are great, it's just plain laziness.

I will make sure I always say 'try to' from now on!!!!

There's lots of phrases which grate on me...

quizqueen surely you mean there're lots of phrases ...?

Have you seen the advert on TV for websites called Go Daddy? I couldn't understand why it was a bit 'different' as it catches my attention, but I just realised today that it is the way they speak - they actually pronounce their words properly! Look out for it and you will see what I mean.

I say gonna.

I also don't actually say "try and". What I actually say sounds more like "trine".

Gonna trine make a curry one day.

I am well educated and I speak clearly.

Are yous others really as precise in your ordinary everyday articulation as comments seem to suggest?

Yous is not incorrect. It's Scottish and I like it.