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Why is it so many posters, say they "brought" an item instead of they "bought" an item.

Is it spoken in the same way by the same people or it just written that way?.

Please, I am not having a go at whoever writes in this way, maybe it is their culture, their local dialect, or is it something to with dyslexia?.
 
say they "brought" an item instead of they "bought" an item.

They say "bought" more in Norfolk than "brought" have not got a clue why but the proper pronuciation of it is "brought"

Tony
 
Joe T said:
It seems to be a common typo on forums. Never quite figured out why.
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It can not be a typo as the r key is not near the b key or the o key:shrug:


andrewc said:
Ignorance.
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I would not say it was ignorance and you might get a few replies directed at you for saying it is in your one word response:nono:.
 
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Techno-Geek said:
say they "brought" an item instead of they "bought" an item.

They say "bought" more in Norfolk than "brought" have not got a clue why but the proper pronuciation of it is "brought"

Tony
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since when? i must have been asleep.

If you enter a shop to "buy" something, when you leave you have "bought" it.

When you leave for work you take your sandwiches with you, when you arrive you could be said to have "brought" your lunch with you.
 
Never heard anyone say brought in that context.. It's Bought
 
. . . and what's an "aperature"?
 
Galaxy66 said:
And we have lots of lens's not lots of lens:lol:
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No we don't, we have lots of fine LENSES. (Sorry if I've ignored the intent of your smiley.)
 
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Joe T said:
Agreed
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Anyway never mind lenses, lens's or lens or even aperatures or apertures :) what about brought/bought:)

Joe that quote was unintentional :thinking:
 
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Monkey said:
since when? i must have been asleep.

If you enter a shop to "buy" something, when you leave you have "bought" it.

When you leave for work you take your sandwiches with you, when you arrive you could be said to have "brought" your lunch with you.
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Up here the local scallies say " I av bringged my dinnor wiv me"
 
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You see this all the time now, seems to have started only 2 or 3 years ago, but folks are saying "I just brought a new car" etc.
 
puddleduck said:
You see this all the time now, seems to have started only 2 or 3 years ago, but folks are saying "I just brought a new car" etc.
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You have heard folk even say it.
 
Galaxy66 said:
It can not be a typo as the r key is not near the b key or the o key:shrug:




I would not say it was ignorance and you might get a few replies directed at you for saying it is in your one word response:nono:.
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Are you a school teacher perchance?
 
Monkey said:
since when? i must have been asleep.

If you enter a shop to "buy" something, when you leave you have "bought" it.

When you leave for work you take your sandwiches with you, when you arrive you could be said to have "brought" your lunch with you.
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Don't ask me, it's just the way they say it down here.......

they say "bought" down here.
 
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Could be an education thing, the general spelling in some papers I was helping a friend with was really bad.
Kids don't read as much now plus what they do read is often in text speak, parents (or teachers) don't seem to correct their spelling any more or teach children the meaning of or the difference between words. Parents don't seem to talk to the kids either as in a conversation rather than "Oi stop that you little ***" so any mistakes in grammar or pronunciation are never corrected. Over a period of time the children become parents...........
 
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Hmmm, well colonic insertation should be left to the experts, but I'm sure with your moderator powers you could insert one where required :lol:
 
My neighbour says brought all the time, and I don't have the courage or will to correct her (she gives me tea and biscuits regularly). Yesterday she told me she'd been in to town and brought what she was looking for in Denebhams.

My pet hate is lose and loose, but that's a written fault, not spoken.
 
fabs said:
That's where your confusing me. "bought" is correct in the OPs context, wherever you say it. It's not a dialect thing.
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Don't understand mate, lets just leave it now :thumbs:
 
Don't forget all these people that have cerstificates

and those who say somebody has borrowed them something
 
I'm only a tomato farmer, not an English teacher but I do remember this: The past tense of "buy" is "bought". The past tense of "bring" is "brought". It's common for the two to get mixed up.
 
Locally we generally say bought.
 
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