Words that annoy me

[Toky]

Seen on a Facebook local selling site..."wanted, chester draws". If it wasn't so pathetic, it would be funny
 

[Scunner]

The number of Manchester United fans who can't even say it - it's more of a "Manchernited".

[Marggie]

I prefer "Manky Urinals", that should be easy enough!!!  

[angela]

 newsreaders who say NUCULAR   

[mary62]

Gary Barlow cannot say performance. He says preformance.

[Lotty]

People who say perscription instead of prescription. Though I used to know a little boy who said his mummy had gone to the chemist to get his description!  Same little boy also used to call our apartment the department! So cute you hate to put them right!   

[Menthol]

And why do so many people have difficulty with pronouncing ibuprofen?

[WordBird]

And why do so many people have difficulty with pronouncing ibuprofen?

My MIL is one of them. She calls it 'ibrufren'.  :

My current annoyance is another random apostrophe with added random capital letter - so many people (a worrying number of them teaching assistants  ) keep writing Christmas Dec's.

Grrrr! 

[Scunner]

Slightly off topic but the last post reminded me of something. When it comes to writing end of term reports, it must get very boring for the teachers after a while.

When you have twins in the same classes you learn just how much of it is copy & paste

[angela]

I hear some hilarious pronunciations of tablet names, they think if they say it quick enough I won't notice.

Secketary instead of secretary irritates me too!!