I mean no? The have in could have is pronounced the same as of, but at least AFAIK no dialect explicitly says could of. Tell the other person to not mesh the two words together and they'll say have. I think.

It’s very much not recommended, and generally seen as an error. But this article puts an asterisk on it.

merriam-webster.com/…/whats-worse-than-coulda

Not when written

Yeah but “irregardless” is like “un-non-flammable”

“Literally” and “literally” are antonyms.

I always think of that one in the same sense of famous and infamous. My brain accepts that only as inflammable things are REALLY flammable.

Wh… What are you doing, step-toe?

Yeah yeah I know. But “set” (fun fact: it’s the word with the most meanings in the Oxford English Dictionary) is the transitive form of “sit”, so it’s more grammatical, more elegant and shorter than “step”. Which obviously comes from a mishearing by someone who didn’t read books, yet people will still get indignant and claim that it’s somehow better! I need to lie down. ;)

I say “I couldn’t care less”, but I used to think that “I couldn’t care less” was used in context where someone seemed like they don’t care and they give that as a snarky remark, implying that they can care even less.

Idk why hoes mad at you this is the cleverest way to mix up the saying while keeping it’s intent.

No

onto battle

Look, I've been speaking English for work and pleasure for thirty years now and I'm here to tell everybody that prepositions in English are arbitrary conventions and it's all mostly fair game.

Unless you are trying to precisely identify the position of an object relative to something else, the "correct" preposition is a few years of consensus away from changing.

I definitely understand that. But none of this thread is trying to hold non native speakers’ feet to the fire.

I hope you know of that phrase. I just realized that’s a saying that might not translate.

You’re right, English is dumb, but I’d say 95% of the time it’s native English speakers I hear getting this particular one wrong.

Our language is the offcuts of several others stitched together, to make some sort of coherent garbage.

Never feel bad about getting something wrong - most of the natives butcher it in their daily lives without a second thought.

The accents are wild too. I feel so sorry for new speakers that are confronted with Scots. The further north you go, the more unintelligible it gets to the basic English speaker.

I’m from Angus originally (not the very top, but close enough), but moved to Wales. There was a period of time where I could understand everyone, but found myself not understood by others.

Eventually my own accent settled into some sort of “Scwelsh” that works, but it’s difficult for listeners to place me geographically.

Have a few bonus Welshisms for your trouble:

“I do do that I do” - I also do this

Whose coat is that jacket? - Who owns this coat?

Now in a minute - Could be immediately. Could actually be in a minute. Could be an hour from now.

This, I can accept.