Where has the word "were" gone?

[Thirsty]

My daughter (who, God love us, is planning to attend one shortly) has taken to spelling it "collidge" ....

 

[Vanilla]

'Licence' versus 'license'.

Bargin instead of bargain! Very prevalent on gumtree.ie and donedeal.ie

 

[sidzer]

I know some of it can be carelessness, however a lot of people struggle to learn the basics despite trying very hard..

I personally like and find colourful the different ways people use language and hope the uniformers don't win out.......

 

[Bubbly Scot]

I know someone who always says "pacifically" instead of "specifically" and it is annoying - I wouldn't dream of correcting him though! Would anyone here correct someone who was using words incorrectly? (Not talking about correcting written words but rather in a face to face conversation).

Hands up. I mispronounce words all the time! I more than once used "emancipated" instead of "emasculated". I have to think about expedition/exhibition, only for "The Galway Girl" song can I now pronounce "Galway" correctly...the list goes on. It's a curious thing, I know the meanings and contexts of all words I use, I just tend to mix them up..and once I've done it once, it's stuck! Friends correct me, others rarely do.

The one I find weird in others though is the ommission of the word "to"..ie. I had to go school...think it's a local thing as I don't think I've heard it outside the South East.