in 422589 20150822 100117 John Hall wrote:
In message , Bob Martin
writes
Mine is that no-one seems able to say "brought" any more. They all say
"bought" as past tense of "bring". (yet no-one says "bing" :-) )

Good grief! Thankfully I haven't yet heard that one.

First heard on Classic FM : "the weather forecast is bought to you by Powergen".
Then Princess Michael of Kent : "our son wasn't bought up to ..."
So common on the soaps now that my wife can hardly bring (bing?) herself to
say "brought" any more!