Probably a stupid question...

[BruceChatwin]

The one that annoys me is the use of the phrase "baited breath" instead of the correct "bated breath".

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bai1.htm

Mine is "I could care less" to mean "I could not care less," when it is logically necessary in that statement for you to care at least a little.

[Batch]

Mine is "I could care less" to mean "I could not care less," when it is logically necessary in that statement for you to care at least a little.

[kerry red]

Mine is the totally Bristolian pronunciation of idea as ideal

Also Registry Office as a place of marriage when it is Register Office

[Pete]

 

[BruceChatwin]

Edit: I like him.

[herthab]

The cynical contrarian in me feel like I should rail against the popular ubiquity of David Mitchell disseminated across all media platforms these days, but he always proves himself too eloquent a representative of my general world view to ever turn against.

Yeah. I like him too.

[Barry Scott]

Also Registry Office as a place of marriage when it is Register Office

Sounds like extreme pedantry to me. Surely they're both completely correct in every sense?

[Arriba]

The original question is up there with anything 4d has come up with. Even better the master of everything posed it.

[DMR]

What a Dry lunch.

Good one Bex