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Have ya ever had trouble spelling certain words??
I read a couple of message boards on the net and have noticed that some words seem to be consistently hard to spell.
I'll start my list with vacume, tounge, Carribean and sattelite. LOL (seriously, know they are mis-spelled but even if I get lucky and spell em right they still look wrong!!!)
Anyone else have favourites?? (or is that favorites???) hahahaha
Of course being Canadian there are the colour/color..cheque/check... differences between Canadian and U.S. spellings. I'm thinking about those simple everyday words that are so tough to spell right.
Posted by Bob Burns (Member # 268) on :
ACCORDIAN(?)
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
EXACTLY Bob..how does ACCORDION look to ya?? (just spell checked it)
I like your spelling better! Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
if pool is pool what is pull? if roll is a roll and poll is poll then what is role and pole???? and rule should be rool not rule. cause cool is cool and kool is not???? lead is lead then what is leed? then their is feed, weed, deed, seed,and need. then why is not fed not fead, and dead got nothing to to with deed? iam i confusing you, u, ewe, younze? recommandation(is it 2 mm's and 2 c' or 1 and 2?) comming???? 2 m's? REN-DEZ-VOUS how do you get RON-DA-VOU from that? jewl-er-ry or jewl-rey????? commitment....2 m's/and or 2t's and not only is the spelling a problem....
[ December 19, 2003, 11:33 PM: Message edited by: old paint ]
Posted by Steve Barba (Member # 431) on :
necsassry(???????) licsence(????????)
There are a few others that I can't think of right now.
Whats funny- I used to pride myself on my spelling, before 20 years of the military makin me abbreviate EVERYTHING.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
L.I.F.E.R.S............ P.R.I.D.E....................S.A.C A.S.A.P......C.Y.A..... just a couple i remember
Posted by Steve Barba (Member # 431) on :
Hey you forgot a good one
D.I.N.K.
(dual income, no kids)
Posted by Bob Burns (Member # 268) on :
to....too.....two......too-ta-doo
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
Restaraunt
Thier
"I" before "E", except after "C", neighbor! (so much for that rule! )
Receipt (just doesn't look right to me )
Ask me again tommorrow... Rapid
Posted by Sunny Holtzlander (Member # 4012) on :
Sherrif, or Sheriff? They both look wrong to me!
Posted by John Weber (Member # 226) on :
"I" before "E" except in Budweiser...
Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
LOL Ray you DID spell restaurant rong!!
I always have trouble with apparently or is it appearently or is there only one p? I ferget about library, february and wed-nes-day and teusday or tuesday? I like to spell werds wrong on purpose to hopefully, (see, is that 2 ll's?) distract from the real stupidity of not keepin' a dictionary right beside the computer. ...an' what's up with that orderves word...hor's d'voures or whatever that fancy word is for olives an' cheese on a toothpick.
I have no idea why I spell colour that way or why it is a "grey" day outside.
why do some "'ett" words have an "e" on the end and some don't?
"I can barely bear to bare the bear" That's not a sentence I will use everyday but it is grammatically correct . . .is grammatically 2 m's and/or 2ll's . . or is it even a word?
What's up with that word "loo"? Ain't that an english toilet? So what is that song "skip to the loo my darlin'" about?
I know you gotta let people know if you're comin' the the party or not, but to me, you are ridin' in high cotton if you know what "R.S.V.P." stands for exactly.
...an' see, I still hav'ta edit the post....
[ December 20, 2003, 09:54 PM: Message edited by: Sheila Ferrell ]
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Sheila, the aussie answer for RSVP is "Reply So Very Promptly" ! The one word that gets me is Mystrey, but the rest of the world spells it mystery, but they pronounce it mystrey.
I used to know a poem called "Ough- a Phonetic Fantasy" that went: The baker man was kneading dough, And whistling, softly, sweet and lough, And yet, ever anon he'd cough, As though his head was coming ough! Then there are a few more verses or line which I can't remember, ending with: "And I'd rather drive", said he,"a plough", "Than be a baker anyhough!"
best wishes
Posted by Diane Crowther (Member # 120) on :
Someone posted this on Letterheads a few years ago. It seems a good time to resurect (or is that resurrect?) it.
Owed to a Spelling Checker
I have a spelling checker. It came with my PC. It plane lee marks four my revue Miss steaks I can knot sea.
Eye ran this poem threw it, Your sure reel glad two no. Its very polished in it's weigh. My checker tolled me sew.
A checker is a bless sing. It freeze yew lodes of thyme. It helps me right awl stiles two reed, And aides me when aye rime.
Each frays come posed up on my screen Aye trussed too bee a joule. The checker pours o'er every word To cheque sum spelling rule.
Bee fore a veiling checkers Hour spelling mite decline, And if we're lacks our have a laps, Wee wooed bee maid too wine.
Butt now bee cause my spelling Is checked with such grate flare, There are know faults with in my cite, Of nun eye am a wear.
Now spelling does knot phase me, It does know bring a tier. My pay purrs awl due glad den With wrapped words fare as hear.
To rite with care is quite a feet Of witch won should bee proud, And wee mussed dew the best wee can, Sew flaws are knot aloud.
Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays Such soft wear four peas seas, And why eye brake in two averse, Buy righting want to pleas.
Posted by Cheryl Lucas (Member # 1656) on :
I'm 'familure'(familiar)with this hear spelling delima, or is that delimma? Congradulations or congratulations? What is that read sauce ya put on yer french fries? Catsup, Katsup, Ketchup? What about boloney or bologna? It's a minute detail that'll take a minute (60 seconds) to sink in. Then, will I be in sync? Don't know why, but I always want to spell yacht, like this: Yaucht, neither looks right to me... Never understood the pronounciation of XeroX or XanaX. Something else; is it a porch, patio or a lanai? Couch, sofa or davenport? Oh phooey!
My New Spell Checker
Eye halve a spelling chequer It came with my pea sea It plainly marques four my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a key and type a word And weight four it to say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait a weigh. As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long And eye can put the error rite Its rare lea ever wrong. Eye have run this poem threw it I am shore your pleased two no Its letter perfect awl the weigh My chequer tolled me sew. -Sauce unknown-
Share/Chair (Cher.)
Posted by Robert Richards (Member # 3244) on :
Some peeple hav jus too must thyme on there hands.
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