to think you are NOT weary

[DontPanicMrMannering]

DH and everyone else. You are not in fact tired of something that concerns/elicits caution of you. You are WARY of it.

Ok OK? I'm right and in no way unreasonable

[WallyBantersJunkBox]

Unless you've been wary of it for a prolonged period? Then you could be weary of being wary?

[timidviper]

Nope, I've never heard anybody say this myself but would hate it too

Not at all unreasonable part from the fact you have crossed your arms but forgotten to hoik your bosom!

[YesterdayI]

Weary means you are tired of something - that it bores you.

Wary means you are nervous or scared of something.

OP YANBU and you should be weary of your DH's ongoing mistake. Your DH should be wary of repeating his mistake in front of you.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

DH used to say irregardless, as do all his family.

[DontPanicMrMannering]

I am indeed weary which should make him wary but he just insists he is correct.





MrsTP I refuse to believe my beloved TP would commit such a crime

[MrsTerryPratchett]

Bwahaha, good point about my NN. No. MrTP would never say that, just my other DH. The bad one.

[innermuddle]

This is nearly as annoying as people who claim to be 'unorganised'! ! Makes me unreasonably angry.

[TheSmallPumpkin]

Yes I hear this more and more often. It's not hard to differentiate between the two but people do it a lot. My biggest bugbear is people saying words like assume, presume, insulation etc. with an 'sh' sound. It's horrible, please stop! listen here

[Snargaluff]

Yes! Or 'Leary' which I have also heard

[Snargaluff]

Oh. Apparently leery means suspicious or wary. Well.

[WheresTheHoneyMummy]

My friend uses reprimanded when she means demanded, and she has "laminated" flooring.

[RustyBear]

Sorry, where'sthehoney, but your friend is right - laminate flooring is laminated. It may not be what most people call it, but it's a perfectly accurate description.

[TEErickOrTEEreat]

Well, I've had very little sleep so I am weary.

But I'd be wary of someone who said they were weary when they meant wary.

[ShotgunNotDoingThePans]

Well I'm both wary and weary of so-called pedantic OPs who mis-spell their own nns: assuming you're referring to Dad's Army, it's Mainwaring.
Just saying.

[CombineBananaFister]

my mum says 'pacific' instead of 'specific'. makes my teeth itch and is endearing all at the same time.
My dad just makes words up as he goes along if he can't remember which one he needs or just misses words out altogether. He is from rural Yorkshire though so that's just how it is.

[ChunkyPickle]

How do these things get confused?

Where I lived it was normal for people to ask you to 'revert to them' at the end of an email (they meant reply or respond)

The one that really, really winds me up, that I've had quite lively discussions with DP and his brother about is nuclear - it's new-clear not new-queue-ler.

[DontPanicMrMannering]

Shotgun it's a nn that is written that way for a personal reason, there are a lot of them that don't reflect the original. And if you are going to pull me up on it you really should have mentioned it's Captain not Mr.

I also never claimed to be an expert on the English language just one irritated by this pacific word.

Mrs TP glad to hear it!

[Littleredsquirrel]

I see (and use) revert in that context a lot in legal letters. What's wrong with it?

[HeywoodMonkey]

My aged father keeps referring to the Equestrian Centre as an Aquarium. I know his eyesight is poor but he should be able to tell the difference between horses and sharks. Surely?
My neighbour says reaching instead of retching ...in fact she malaprops all fecking day. I think she does it to wind me up.
Anyway, I have got to go and saddle up a shark...... Laters.

[lastnightopenedmyeyes]

One of the best shirty emails I ever received from an old colleague simply said 'to be quiet frank, I don't care what you do'

It's become a bit of an in joke with dh and I since then.

[UsedToBeNDP]

Otherwise well spoken senior person at work - "Fursday" (Thursday).


Arghhhhh