Grammar pedants - help please.

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fraggle Jul 2016 9:29am, 17 Jul 2016 813 posts	0 fraggle New block of flats near the pool where #2 son trains is advertising that "All have balcony's "
LindsD Jul 2016 10:09am, 17 Jul 2016 10,951 posts	0 LindsD sigh
swittle Jul 2016 10:17am, 17 Jul 2016 39,923 posts	0 swittle high
fraggle Jul 2016 12:14pm, 17 Jul 2016 814 posts	0 fraggle makes me shudder every time I go past it
Columba Jul 2016 5:27pm, 17 Jul 2016 10,632 posts	0 Columba "baked potatoe" (in a cafe where I stopped for lunch last Thursday). (spelling, not grammar, admittedly). I do find that if one points things out politely and almost apologetically to people, they are sometimes quite grateful. Other times, they just look at you uncomprehendingly.
ferret Jul 2016 7:10pm, 17 Jul 2016 603 posts	0 ferret Potatoes, potatos. I can see how that happened 😀
Columba Jul 2016 8:13am, 18 Jul 2016 10,639 posts	0 Columba It often happens.
Winded Aug 2016 4:21pm, 19 Aug 2016 4,577 posts	0 Winded I noticed a headline earlier - the front page of a US newspaper displayed on morning telly. It said "Liar liar speedo on fire." I always talk about speedos - though they say speedo. I imagine this is just me; should it be speedo or speedos or should the Americans just learn to behave properly?
Frobester Aug 2016 4:30pm, 19 Aug 2016 26,173 posts	0 Frobester Maybe it's like their "math" to our "maths". I've never heard them referred to as "speedo" in the singular before though. It's as if they said "I like a pant", and you gave them one leg of a pair of trousers. Although my mum used to wear trouser suits in the 70s. On balance I'd like to think it's our cousins getting out of line, but I have no idea.
McGoohan Aug 2016 4:31pm, 19 Aug 2016 25,273 posts	0 McGoohan Or speedoes? Potatoe, potata, speedo, spotata let's call the whole thing off.