Slovenly speech, incorrect grammar etc.

That's a bit harsh hillwalker America has its regional accents too. There are lots of loud opinionated Brits as well.

One of my pet hates is rising intonation at the end of a sentence, which suggests that it’s a question when it’s actually a statement.
I’m always tempted to say “Are you asking me or telling me?”
Another annoyance is ’Ibeetha’ (Ibiza). When I learnt Spanish there was no ‘I’ sound in the language, just ‘ee’. It should be pronounced ‘Eebeetha’.
The use of ‘good’ in answer to “How are you?” is infuriating; have you been a good boy/girl, or do you mean you are well?!

I'm absolutely with woodlark on the 'haitch' pronunciation. I'd also like to add "mischeee-ve'us. It makes me want to curl up and cry. ???

What is really getting to me lately is leaving the "s" off.
"She weighs 8 stone" "It cost fifty pound".
NO!!! It's "stones" and "pounds".

Love this thread, thank you ladies for letting me know I am not alone ....

And how about people who use 'could of' instead of the correct 'could have' etc? I find that so annoying.

Speaking about a coffee date I did once say here on GN, " My friend and I meet up once a month".
I was roundly told off by a poster who accused me of utter snobbery.
According to her, no-one in real life would say that and it would always be "me and my friend" in normal speech!
Not in my normal speech!!

Although, like, I was tort Inglish gramma at school, like, I worked as an advertising copywriter, like, for sevral yeers. it was okay, like, to murda the langidge, like, but that's advertising for you!

Agreed, mcem. I am also irritated by the use of 'I' as object. The worst offender on TV is on Master Chef when the presenter, John Torode, invariably asks contestants to do such and such 'for Greg and I'. If he was talking only about himself, would he say, 'for I'? I shout at the TV every time, but he seems not to hear me.

I know this thread has been going for a while but I've just read Grammareto post 16/7/18 .
Where the poster talks about the Irish and the Scotch. Scotch is a beverage, people from Scotland are Scottish.

I was intrigued by someone online from Hull selling "Lots of varnul" with no accompanying picture.
My curiosity got the better of me and I sent a message asking what is meant by "varnul?"
He replied, " Mostly LPs but some singles"

Language and grammar change constantly. Currently most people under 60 are OK with things as long as the message is clear and understood. How it is phrased, spelled or spoken is immaterial.
Yes it will continue to annoy some of us. Probably best to accept that accents no longer matter , English is now ( and always was) a mix of different spellings , and American English will take over.

My pet hate at the moment is people getting on the property market. No, you can get on the property ladder or in(to) the property market.

Estate agent on TV said "the auction was literally full to the gunwhales". Another estate agent on Tv said "the shops are literally on your doorstep".

I accept changes to language as it is always evolving.. I do not like many of them but c'est la vie! I do find it extremely irritating when spoken grammar is poor e.g. 'They was..'
or ' get off of it' etc. but in the end the important thing is to be able to communicate and as long as meaning is understood then I can' t get too upset about it.

My pet hate is the use of 'of' instead of have!!! !!! For instance..........."you should of had a letter by now".
ARRRRRGGGGGHHH!

Hull has a very definite accent all of its own stree I can recognise someone from there as soon as they start to speak. That seller obviously spells phonetically.

I was taught the rule about not ending a sentence with a preposition , but my English mistress did admit that not doing so sometimes led to very involved sentences.

My pet hate is the expression "reverse back" used by drivers. An attempt to reverse forward would probably ruin their gear-box. However, an increasing number of people don't seem to realise that "to reverse" means "to go or move backwards".

Love all these examples, most of which I hate, too. I'm happy that language evolves, but not at the expense of meaning. The current bugbear is a mother who has 2 children talking about "my eldest/youngest". This tells me that she has more than 2 children...grrr.

Myself
Yourself
Him and I
Me and John/Monica (Greg Wallace)
Out the window
Any unfinished word or 'f' replacing 'th'.
All previous posters suggestions.
I'll leave it there.

It has little to do with poor education.
I left school with NO qualifications, not having sat any exams.

Typical...
*poster's.

posters' (plural)

Poster's (possessive)

posters' - plural possessive

suggestions of the posters (pl) - the posters' suggestions
suggestions of the poster (sing) - the poster's suggestions

The benefits of a Scottish education, mcem ?

And taught to me too..in suburban "sarf London" in the 60s at a secondary modern.