A news correspondent this morning talked about “Gowl force winds” and “Network Rowl”.
Mind you, not as bad as one of them a couple of months ago, who said “we all know that misinformation is the scrouge of the internet” 
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Have given up getting irate or amused by mispronunciations and poor spellings, due to health reasons (specifically the use of the word “of” in statements such as “I should of…” or “I would of” started to give me minor palpitations).
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I keep telling my Grandkids that “of” is not a verb though it is my DIL that is the real culprit.
My favourite was PM Tony Abbott saying , He was not the suppository of all wisdom.
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I can’t recall the number of times that I of explained (
) that removing the word “should”, “could” or “would” ought to leave the remaining phrase correct.
Eg
I should of eaten that…
I of eaten that. (clearly wrong)
I should have eaten that…
I have eaten that. (clearly right).
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Now there’s an idea for educating the masses 
Me too Dex. Social Media is so filled with bad grammar, spelling and syntax, that it’s mostly like water off a duck’s back with me these days. But I do rather expect better from BBC news reporters.
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@Bathsheba , we’re pretty much of an age on here where we remember when there was very little TV and hence greater care and attention tended to be made to ensure that what was said or done was scrutinised more carefully before being broadcast, and thus was perhaps guidance/aspirational for the viewers.
Nowadays, the shear bulk of stuff makes this nigh on impossible, and no doubt the explanation/reason (or, in reality…excuse) is that the media ought to reflect what is, rather than what should be.
Curiously, I’m aware that there are grammatical errors in both of my preceding paragraphs which if I was writing on paper I would have corrected before publishing. As it is, no offence, but I can’t be ar$ed since typing on my phone is hard enough!!
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I know it winds a lot of people up and I can see why, but it never seems that important to me
When I talk to people in real life I’m not correcting their pronunciation, accent or grammar in my head.
It’s all about communication and if you understand what they mean, does it matter how they say or write it?
And language is evolving and changing all the time, I’m not sure insisting on strict adherence to a set of rules in all situations is useful.
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Well I for one would be stumped if people go around picking me up on my spelling and grammar…As it is, it makes confidence die in a split second.
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@Maree , on the whole I agree with you about language evolving and that providing the meaning is clear, then that’s good enough.
I guess it’s down to personal reactions as to what one considers a distraction within a conversation or some other means of communication.
On the whole, one would hope that most people do their level best to adopt the generally agreed rules and norms of a language.
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Would be worth reading this then… 
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Yes, I think it is about personal reactions, what distracts you, I don’t even notice! But it’s like a dog barking, once you do notice it, it gets more and more irritating.
I’m not sure about everyone trying to adopt the norms, sometimes people enjoy breaking them because it’s subversive and helps them bond with their tribe
Cockney rhyming slang, swearing, young people speak that oldies don’t understand, techie talk, emojis ……it’s a minefield!
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@Maree , all in all, I think we agree.
Interesting, since we might not of when one thinks about it😉
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Thanks all for your input.
@Dextrous I don’t blame you for not ‘being ar$ed’ - neither am I when typing on a phone. Life really is too short!
@Maree yes of course it’s all about communication and language evolving. It really doesn’t wind me up when I talk to people IRL, neither would I ever insist “on a strict adherence to a set of rules in all situations”. I was merely referring to poor pronunciation by BBC news reporters, and how this has changed since the days of BBC English and RP.
@DianneWoollie I would never, ever go around picking you or anyone else up on your spelling or grammar. See my reply to Maree above
I had hoped the ‘haha’ in my title would have indicated I was being lighthearted.
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I thought you had been watching Equus and was calling out for your horse god.
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I agree and it’s so ill mannered to correct another adult .
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I’d never even heard of Equus and had to Google it! A horse god, now that sounds like something I’d like!
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Marvellous film with Richard Burton. Can probably get it for free somewhere online.
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I shall look out for it!
ETA: when I Googled it, I came across a TV series called Equus, launched in 2019. I wonder if it’s the same story?
Well logan1, a good friend of mine…we were in fits of laughter at Dex’s post on another thread…In fact we thought his ears must have been on fire…
So yes…Which way to the dungeons… 
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