Just recently I was in a conversation with a number of UK mainlanders and we had a debate over what “tories” meant, apparently disproportionately ordinarily it refers to a political party and it’s not usual to use it as short for “territories” as I’ve used it (according to how the debate ended, it was half and half between them). And once again I’m reminded of how people feel to look back at their usage of a word/phrase over the years and cringe.
More tragically, me and a friend were embarrassed once upon realizing everyone was confusing “encephalitis” with “hydrocephalus” when talking to someone about their kid with hydrocephalus. Awkward because encephalitis is caused by HIV.
I used to say “worth nothing” while, obviously, the correct way is “worth noting”.
However, given how many Google results are there about the wrong spelling, I’m clearly not the only one.
“Congratulations, you won the lottery!”
“Worth nothing.”
“Uhm… alright.”
Honestly, I would just see you saying two different things without context.
Unless as part of a sentence, like “it’s worth nothing that it will be extremely hot during the picnic” at which point I’d probably ask you to rephrase the sentence