You are allowed to wipe a single word from existence

Pacifically

Loosing.
Have you got a bow in your hand? Or have you just set the hounds on someone?
No? Then it's 'losing' for FFS sake.

Lucien wrote:

Jenuall wrote:You hear this kind of thing a lot from Scots, using the past tense/past participle for something in the wrong context. My wife does it all the time, it can be a bit annoying!

"That dishes need cleaned"
"The car needs washed"

Just to point out - my wife doesn't just spend all her time telling me to wash and clean things!

It's Scots/Irish/Northern dialect; it's not wrong.

Something either "needs to be cleaned", or "needs cleaning" - "needs cleaned" is grammatically incorrect.

It may be common in many regions, and contextually it's fairly obvious what the speaker means, but that doesn't stop it being wrong.

Drew Talbot.

Two words but I'm claiming it as he is one (arguably sentient) being.

Jenuall wrote:

Lucien wrote:

Jenuall wrote:You hear this kind of thing a lot from Scots, using the past tense/past participle for something in the wrong context. My wife does it all the time, it can be a bit annoying!

"That dishes need cleaned"
"The car needs washed"

Just to point out - my wife doesn't just spend all her time telling me to wash and clean things!

It's Scots/Irish/Northern dialect; it's not wrong.

Something either "needs to be cleaned", or "needs cleaning" - "needs cleaned" is grammatically incorrect.

It may be common in many regions, and contextually it's fairly obvious what the speaker means, but that doesn't stop it being wrong.

It's like when Mancs say "can you borrow me" instead of "can you lend me".

Lotus wrote:

Jenuall wrote:

Lucien wrote:

Jenuall wrote:You hear this kind of thing a lot from Scots, using the past tense/past participle for something in the wrong context. My wife does it all the time, it can be a bit annoying!

"That dishes need cleaned"
"The car needs washed"

Just to point out - my wife doesn't just spend all her time telling me to wash and clean things!

It's Scots/Irish/Northern dialect; it's not wrong.

Something either "needs to be cleaned", or "needs cleaning" - "needs cleaned" is grammatically incorrect.

It may be common in many regions, and contextually it's fairly obvious what the speaker means, but that doesn't stop it being wrong.

It's like when Mancs say "can you borrow me" instead of "can you lend me".

I remember a schoolteacher I had as a kid that used to correct this sort of thing all the time. If somebody asked “Sir, can I lend a pen” he would answer along the lines of “Feel free but who are you going to to lend it to?”

Another couple of words I’d happily never hear again are mirror pronounced “mirrow” and monster pronounced “munster”.

Lotus wrote:

Jenuall wrote:

Lucien wrote:

Jenuall wrote:You hear this kind of thing a lot from Scots, using the past tense/past participle for something in the wrong context. My wife does it all the time, it can be a bit annoying!

"That dishes need cleaned"
"The car needs washed"

Just to point out - my wife doesn't just spend all her time telling me to wash and clean things!

It's Scots/Irish/Northern dialect; it's not wrong.

Something either "needs to be cleaned", or "needs cleaning" - "needs cleaned" is grammatically incorrect.

It may be common in many regions, and contextually it's fairly obvious what the speaker means, but that doesn't stop it being wrong.

It's like when Mancs say "can you borrow me" instead of "can you lend me".

Yep, and don't get me started on the Welsh and their "where to" business!

Jenuall wrote:

Lotus wrote:

Jenuall wrote:

Lucien wrote:

Jenuall wrote:You hear this kind of thing a lot from Scots, using the past tense/past participle for something in the wrong context. My wife does it all the time, it can be a bit annoying!

"That dishes need cleaned"
"The car needs washed"

Just to point out - my wife doesn't just spend all her time telling me to wash and clean things!

It's Scots/Irish/Northern dialect; it's not wrong.

Something either "needs to be cleaned", or "needs cleaning" - "needs cleaned" is grammatically incorrect.

It may be common in many regions, and contextually it's fairly obvious what the speaker means, but that doesn't stop it being wrong.

It's like when Mancs say "can you borrow me" instead of "can you lend me".

Yep, and don't get me started on the Welsh and their "where to" business!

"Over by there"

Dangerblade wrote:

Jenuall wrote:

Lotus wrote:

Jenuall wrote:

Lucien wrote:

Jenuall wrote:You hear this kind of thing a lot from Scots, using the past tense/past participle for something in the wrong context. My wife does it all the time, it can be a bit annoying!

"That dishes need cleaned"
"The car needs washed"

Just to point out - my wife doesn't just spend all her time telling me to wash and clean things!

It's Scots/Irish/Northern dialect; it's not wrong.

Something either "needs to be cleaned", or "needs cleaning" - "needs cleaned" is grammatically incorrect.

It may be common in many regions, and contextually it's fairly obvious what the speaker means, but that doesn't stop it being wrong.

It's like when Mancs say "can you borrow me" instead of "can you lend me".

Yep, and don't get me started on the Welsh and their "where to" business!

"Over by hyur strawberry floating English banana splits six nations manic street preachers sterophonics Dr who"

Ftfy