Talk:brought

Usage notes

The claim that the word "brought" is often pronounced "bought" in the United Kingdom and Australia in the usage notes of this article is completely untrue. I think it should be removed.

I concur. In fact I'm convinced that it's the Americans (if anyone) that have a problem with the word. They say (meaning past tense), "I brought the kids to school" when it should be "took" the kids to school. Above poster is right: it rather worries one that people are putting a dictionary together and just inventing things like that. Problem is that Wikipedia gets quoted by other websites, so some erroneous or ridiculous idea gets legitimised. And that's legitimsed with an "s".

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Yes, I agree, whilst the U.S. and the U.K utilise a difference in the English language, the individual person, (dependant on education) will use the words incorrectly. Even so, the message gets across because of KEY words. I will add however for U.K and Aus, pronouncing the the word Brought incorrectly with Bought, is not entirely true to everyone, once again only a few will make this mistake and also in the U.S.

There is also, a "Reduction word" for Brought which is Brung. Very Rarely used today, but still derives strongly in Yorkshire (U.K) and New Zealand. Teenagers are also commonly confusing the words Bought and Brought, simply through educational mis-guidance. ----

I've removed the usage note. - -sche (discuss) 23:26, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

The usage note was:

It is somewhat common to hear native English speakers (particularly in Australia, New Zealand and Britain) using "brought" when in place of "bought" (and vice versa) despite the fact that the two words mean different things [1][2]. Sometimes this variation makes its way into print[3], [4], [5].