How Bored?

[naomi24]

I've always said 'bored with' but recently I'm hearing more and more people say 'bored of' - including those in the media.  What say you?

[andy-hughes]

I go with 'bored with' - the alternative is lazy speech.

[Peter Pedant]

erm bored by....

[davebro3]

bored with / tired of

[Tilly2]

With. 

'Bored of' really annoys me

[cashier]

Bored with. It's been going on for a few years now, and still grates on my nerves when I hear, or read, bored of.

[Tilly2]

'Different to' also annoys me.

[retrocop]

My wife informs me that bored people are boring people.

'Bored with' sounds better to me.

[Old_Geezer]

It's probably 'with' but I suspect I may use 'of' more often. I'd have heard that enough growing up.

[naomi24]

It grates on me too, cashier.

[ToraToraTora]

"I aint dun nuffink!" - so you've done something!

[Khandro]

"It's dead borin' "   Victoria Wood

[Khandro]

p.s. Thinking of Victoria Wood and the 'Dead Borin''  sketch with Julie Walters, made me think of the latter in the marvellous, Educating Rita. 

I then thought I love to see that again, & when I checked I find you can watch the whole film in HD as a YouTube.

I thought that was worth passing on 😃

[youngmafbog]

Bored with surely, but language does evolve so maybe bored of will win the day?

[gingejbee]

Strange that Americans say "on the weekend", whereas we tend to say "at the weekend"...or, at least, I do!

[jourdain2]

'Bored by' or 'bored with' for me.  You could use 'tired of', but 'bored of' sounds slovenly and careless.

[gulliver1]

I am Bored with this thread in fact I find this thread very very Boring.

[piggynose]

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