I constantly see people asking for "advise." It's a pet peeve, I will admit. I also frequently hear people saying "draws" instead of drawers. Sorry for my venting, I will see myself out.

[–] jadero@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In some accents and dialects, "draws" is exactly what you get, so it's not any more of a mispronunciation than "terlet" for "toilet" or any of thousands of other cases.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

The issue isn't how it's pronounced. The issue is how it's then spelled based on embarrassing guesswork never corrected.

And I blame the community for that. No one said "Marlon, what the fuck is a 'terlet', and did you pay attention when we were in school together?"

You can pronounce the letters how your neighbourhood, region, cult or clique dictates; just write them correctly.

#butEnglishEvolvesBecausePopularKids people can fuck themselves.

[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

It's laziness. Any text program worth using marks that usage as a grammar error. People are ignoring the blue underline. There's nothing you can do about people who ignore the blue underline.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Gotcha. I just didn’t understand what you were even venting about!

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

At least as often as "advise" in place of "advice," I see people asking for "advices."

(I haven't seen issues with "chest of drawers" or even "drawers" though.)