Grumpy Old B

[maggiebee]

Got to have my daily moan or I'll go nuts.

Steve Wright in the Afternoon - does it annoy anyone else that he says "skelington" instead of skeleton? Know it's supposed to be funny but just grates on me.

Wonga advert - TV and on here. Not going to say any more, blood pressure high enough.

[celeryman]

Yes but can you imagine Trevor Howard And Celia Johnson meeting on a Train station ..And what about Jenny Agutters epic The train children.

[looobylooo]

and when i hear people say 'cho'late' for chocolate,
and ba'rey' for battery.

[sasskins]

When people say 'brought' when they mean 'bought'.

[mrs_overall]

An elderly acquaintance of ours drives me mad when he talks about "sangwiches"

[zebo]

Jno, don't agree with whoever chewed you out about hampster for hamster, the only reference I can find to hampster is a dance or somethin.g

[DTCwordfan]

people who say arrrse when they mean ass and those who say ass when they mean arrrse.

people who say grarse for grass, people who say bath when it should be baath and those who say graaaph when it should be graph. And then there's that prat Tim Woonacot on Bargain Hunt with his "Orrfff" for off.

I must buqqer orfff, my teeee is waiting.

[Ann]

People who don't know that there is a le''er "T" in the alphabet - Much be'er at universi'y ................ drives us mad!

[NOX]

But those instances you cite DT are just old country upper class twit dialect, my wife's family being a perfect example of them- originally it was adopted as an affectation in Georgian times and in the country it's stuck- they also say 'gel' instead of girl etc, but it's very common round these parts especially amongst the older ones, likewise until fairly recently some upper classes would affect a slight lisp as well- which IS bl00dy annoying.

[jno]

zebo, I've found it in Chambers. Probably a Scottish thing.

[shoota]

'Hache' means mince in French - comment?