Oh this thread has made me chuckle! There are so many verbal tics that drive me mad - the overuse of the word "like" is an obvious one. There's the nonsense of future intention "going forward" (politicians are the worst offenders I think). Then there's the constant mispronunciation of "dissect" - even on medical programmes. Diss (double consonant) rhymes with miss. You bisect (by-sect) an angle and dissect a body.
For all those of a nervous English "like wot it is spoke and written" disposition, I thoroughly recommend the book "Eats Shoots and Leaves".
Don't think I've ever heard anyone say 'spess', Dove. Although as you say, that's the correct pronunciation. 'Spek' seems to be pretty endemic. A bit like ground elder.....
They used to, back when I was involved in the building business ... standards dropped when I left ..........
“I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh
So it can be use in a similar way to rocking horse $$$$ but for obvious reasons can be difficult to collect as it is spread over a wider area of the comfort zone but it can have amazeballs results if use to the correct specks.
Why does my daughter say "so" so much? She was brought up in France, doesn't meet many English people, watches French TV and is an English teacher in a French school
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Oh this thread has made me chuckle! There are so many verbal tics that drive me mad - the overuse of the word "like" is an obvious one. There's the nonsense of future intention "going forward" (politicians are the worst offenders I think). Then there's the constant mispronunciation of "dissect" - even on medical programmes. Diss (double consonant) rhymes with miss. You bisect (by-sect) an angle and dissect a body.
For all those of a nervous English "like wot it is spoke and written" disposition, I thoroughly recommend the book "Eats Shoots and Leaves".
They used to, back when I was involved in the building business ... standards dropped when I left ..........
The hobby horses have left the stable and are running amok
Comfort zones
In the zone 
At the end of the day 
My daughter and her friends use the word 'safe' in place of 'good'.
I really like the image of hobbyhorses running amok
Do they produce anything useful for the garden, I wonder?
I think I prefer spec with the hard C.
So it can be use in a similar way to rocking horse $$$$ but for obvious reasons can be difficult to collect as it is spread over a wider area of the comfort zone but it can have amazeballs results if use to the correct specks.
- especially Fishy
Why does my daughter say "so" so much? She was brought up in France, doesn't meet many English people, watches French TV and is an English teacher in a French school
I didn't type it in bold