Words you never, ever spell correctly.

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  1. Charisma

    Charisma Transposon Contributor

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    I imagine that going awkwardly...
    "So, I can spell 'knife' now. And I can use it too. Right here, over the carotid artery. Wanna see?"

    :D
     
  2. thirdwind

    thirdwind Member Contest Administrator Reviewer Contributor

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    Ha! Based on that experience, I got the impression that women just aren't amazed by good spellers.
     
  3. Lemex

    Lemex That's Lord Lemex to you. Contributor

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    I can picture this very easily, haha. :)


    restaurant
    catalytic
    dactyl

    Words I just can never remember how to spell for some reason.
     
  4. Lewdog

    Lewdog Come ova here and give me kisses! Supporter Contributor

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    Well unless you are a mechanic or an English teacher, I think you can go the rest of your life now without learning how to spell the second two. Oh, damn it you are an English teacher.
     
  5. Lemex

    Lemex That's Lord Lemex to you. Contributor

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    That's right! :p
     
  6. KaTrian

    KaTrian A foolish little beast. Contributor

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    Gratuitious. I mean gratuitous. Sigh. :(
     
  7. jazzabel

    jazzabel Agent Provocateur Contributor

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    Entrepreneurial
    Bureaucracy
    :wtf:
     
  8. Selbbin

    Selbbin The Moderating Cat Staff Contributor Contest Winner 2023

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    If I can't remember how to spell something I either type near enough to sounding right and use spell check or think of an alternative. :oops:
     
  9. GingerCoffee

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    I can usually spell rhythm but it messes me up when I go to write algorithm and logarithm. I always want to put a y where the i is.

    I can have trouble with hemorrhage as well. Sometimes I still put 2 mms and 1 r but when I see the red line, I know what I've done.
     
  10. Garball

    Garball Banned Contributor

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    I can't think of the last word I've mispelled.:whistle:
     
  11. MainerMikeBrown

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    One word I often misspell is the word 'Indicted.'
     
  12. Wreybies

    Wreybies Thrice Retired Supporter Contributor

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    I must have done something to my spellcheck to offend it because as of late it doesn't help me unless I'm off by only one letter.

    Also, tommorrow. I may at some point have actually typed ttoommoorrooww... :confuzled:
     
  13. Thomas Kitchen

    Thomas Kitchen Proofreader in the Making Contributor

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    I keep wanting to spell restaurant as resteraunt, and separate as seperate. I'm sure I'll get there eventually. :cool:
     
  14. minstrel

    minstrel Leader of the Insquirrelgency Supporter Contributor

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    We'll wait until someone else notices...
     
  15. MainerMikeBrown

    MainerMikeBrown Senior Member

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    When I post comments onto forums, I usually have my pocket dictionary near my computer.
     
  16. Lewdog

    Lewdog Come ova here and give me kisses! Supporter Contributor

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    Oh I noticed it, but I know he's just doing it for attention, and I didn't want to encourage him.
     
  17. Charisma

    Charisma Transposon Contributor

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    Oh, this is a toughie. Wait, I got it! You're a grammarian! :whistle:
     
  18. KaTrian

    KaTrian A foolish little beast. Contributor

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    I used to have trouble with "separate", too, but now I remember it from the Finnish word separatisti. :D
     
  19. minstrel

    minstrel Leader of the Insquirrelgency Supporter Contributor

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    This would be very confusing if the Finnish word separatisti actually means "joined together." :D
     
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    Onomatopoeia always gives me trouble. It doesn't help that the local vernacular for that word is 'onomonopia'
     
  21. minstrel

    minstrel Leader of the Insquirrelgency Supporter Contributor

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    Well, if we're going that far, I have a hard time spelling "Worcestershire" because my mom always pronounced it "Wooster." :p
     
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    I have a hard time with that one too because I just say L&P:p
     
  23. Catrin Lewis

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    I loved my HS sophomore English teacher because she explained to us the Old and Middle English origins of silent letters like that. So even now I get cute and pronounce it "k-NEE-fe" in my head.
     
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    :wtf:

    You realize you've just painted a target on your forehead?
     
  25. GingerCoffee

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    I learned how to spell tomorrow by a nemonic of sorts: tom or row.

    February gives me trouble quite often.
     

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