I know what the words bought and brought means but in NZ we typically say for eg "I went to the supermarket and 'brought' some oranges'.....I didn't realize it at the time that I was using the word wrong until my neighbour who's from overseas corrected me.
My neighbours from England, I've noticed that sometimes for eg that she says "I'm going up shop", I said to her, "you mean you're going to the shop".
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RE: misuse of words part 2
Whoops, sorry....I meant my neighbour hardly uses the word 'the'. I think she's from northern England, I'm not sure?