Words you *ALWAYS* spell wrong

[dolo amber]

Mine are privilege and miniature...both of which look wrong to me even if Jesus himself told me they were right. :shrug:

[NightTrain]

1. Believe it or not, "misspell."

I keep forgetting that it's "ss," not "s." :eyes:

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Me too! Me too!

:hi:

[candy]

21. Effect and affect---I can spell them but am never sure when to use them.

[BrainRants]

49. Does anyone have a brain cue

on how to remember which one of these to use? I'm never sure either.

You know, like "desert" vs "dessert" (two S's in Dessert, because you always want two helpings)

[candy]

60. Never heard that "dessert" memory aid before-----thanks!

I'm helping a grandaughter with reading and spelling and always love these little spelling helpers.

[Caoimhe]

61. another one

desserts is stressed backwards.

[candy]

67. I have one for you,now!

There is "a rat" in separate. God knows why I remember that all these years,but I do.

Thanks for your help.


Edited for spelling!!!!!!!

[Dorian Gray]

62. My desert/dessert

cue is that a Desert is Sandy (one s) while Strawberry Shortcake (2) is a type of dessert!

I don't use too many brain cues, but that one I always seem to think through.

Words that I always misspell? Lots, I'm sure. But, for some reason, I have a hell of a time pronouncing these words, even though they aren't too difficult:

Particularly, Apostalic, and Trastavere.

[BrainRants]

65. Trastavere?

Didn't he play for the Jets? :)

[joeybee12]

2. Misspell--which I probably just got wrong again.

[NightTrain]

4. Hey! Get your own bloody material.

;)

[joeybee12]

9. Actually, I need to just get a quicker computer! There were no responses

when I wrote that little ditty, hit "post" and you beat me to it! Damn you! :)

[Kenneth ken]

3. weird or wierd

it looks wrong to me either way; except on days when it looks right to me either way.

and of course, I never spell-check, so I really don't know which one is correct.

[dolo amber]

14. Weird is weird cos it doesn't follow

the 'i before e, except after c' rule...and that's weird. ;)

[Kenneth ken]

16. thanks wench

*ducks*

:P

[dolo amber]

18. Yo' mama

:7

[Kenneth ken]

22. Yo!

mama wench. Are you attempting to speak ill of my female parental unit?

I must rise to her defense, and state categorically that she is a fine woman, and should in no way be held liable for the way I turned out.

She done the best she could wit' the material she had to work from, ya know?

:7

[dolo amber]

25. She did a commendable job

:)

[Kenneth ken]

26. well

I helped! Don't I get any credit? jeeze, you uppity wenches just never give a guy any slack.

*ducks* - in a weird way, behind the lamp trying to make himself thin enough to not be struck by heavy, thrown objects. :D

[Spider Jerusalem]

32. That's because the "i" before "e" rule is useless...

Beige, codeine, caffeine, foreign, seismic, sovereign, society, science, and so on don't follow it. But then it's a rule based on pronunciation (words with long-E vowel sound spelt "ie", except after c), and British prnunciation at that, so it's essentially useless for speakers of American English.

[obreaslan]

37. Basically, it's "i" before "e" except after "c" or...

When ever we feel like changing the fucking rules, because we can, so shut up! :)

[Caoimhe]

64. sentense...sentence...defense...defence...definate...definite

what I really hate is words that are mispelled but are actually real words, so the spell checker doesn't catch them.

example:

I am write.

I knew a kid who actually spelled it wright. (I just had to wright you and say hi) haha

Which reminds me of simple word butchery, like Shrub does.
My mom has a way with words. Her parents were from Oklahoma and many words were just crucified.

-library becomes lie-barry
-ambulance becomes amblience
-wash becomes warsh, all things that start with wash too, like -Washington becomes Warshington. I just don't know where that rrrr comes from.
-garnish becomes garrinchee
-wolves becomes wooooves, singular wolf becomes woof

[Solly Mack]

6. Shorter list of words I spell correctly

I get my name right most days.

[slutticus]

7. Behaviour, recieve, and flourescence.

[Spider Jerusalem]

35. You got "behaviour" right, anyway...

[slutticus]

46. LOL...yes I know...but Microsoft Word doesn't seem to think so...

[NAO]

8. tomorrow, maintenance

[NV Whino]

10. definetly and furniture

See, I just did it: definitely
:grr:

[tuvor]

11. Manuver? Manoeveur? Manoeuvre?

No wonder they changed their name to OMD.

[dolo amber]

13. HA!!

:D:D

Good one. :toast:

[joeybee12]

17. Wrong! It's spelled "manure" Save yourself some trouble and just

call it horseshit! :)

[tuvor]

23. Hey, hey, hey, now!...

You can't say that about a band who blazed electronic music trails with Architecture & Morality, Organisation and Dazzle Ships!

Li'l whippersnapper!

[7th_Sephiroth]

12. Minute

for some reason it always look wrong to me

[tsakshaug]

41. Me too

minute, minuete..minite

[Runcible Spoon]

15. bureau..dunno why...

guess it's that vowel cluster fuck at the end...also fuel....I have to say "foo-el" in my head every time

[gtp1976]

36. I was the same way

until I started working with insurance companies in a job I had once, then I learned how to spell it because of Farm Bureau.

[notadmblnd]

19. appropriate

I always have trouble with appropriate

[RawMaterials]

20. to two too

:)

[peekaloo]

24. occasion and amendment

yes i used the spell check to correct. :dunce:

[dolo amber]

27. Wee sexy leetle mornin'

keeeek. :)

[Magrittes Pipe]

28. Just trollin' for attention, ain'tcha?

:eyes:

[SCDem]

29. license

[gingergreen]

30. alright

I always want to put two lls... allright

[alexisfree]

31. mandate or mendate?

[Misunderestimator]

33. Bureaucracy

oh well, I guess I do spell it correctly... never mind :D

[gtp1976]

34. antidisestablishmentism

Never can seem to get this one right the first time. :-)

[BrainRants]

51. I thought it was "antidisestablishmentarianism"

of course I have no clue what it means, and am probably wrong on the pronunciation also, but it's a fun word I'll never forget.

Kind'a like "Polymorphism" in the OO programming world (you know who you are)

[gtp1976]

55. It could be.

Like I said, I don't fucking know how to spell it. :-)

[BrainRants]

56. LMAO! Sorry, wasn't meant as flame.

You made me laugh though in your response! :)

I agree, I'm clueless too!

[gtp1976]

57. that was the intent.

Never took it as a flame.

[BrainRants]

58. No prob, now on to our mutual question!

I did a Google on it (and hurt my fingers typing it) to find out what it meant. Here's what I found at http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mantidis.html

Form the Oxford English Dictionary

antidisestablishmentarianism
“Properly, opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England, but popularly cited as an example of a long word.”

(Definition of redundant: See Redundant)

The link above also lists the longest word, and I'll admit I'm probably not going to use it in a sentence any time soon. :)

[babylonsister]

38. "Condolences" usually gets me; I've looked it up

more than once!

[Bunny]

39. Seperate. Or is it separate? I swear I cannot tell. n/t

[Phillycat]

47. God, ME TOO!!

I hate that word!

[Jean Louise Finch]

71. I'm desperate to spell separate right

they both kill me. and i'm pretty sure it's either

desperate and separate
or
desparate and seperate

which is just cruel, rude, and generally unwise.

[arwalden]

40. Rediculous? Ridiculous? Ridickulous? Redickyouluss?

[Left Is Write]

54. It's ridiculous.

:D

[MrModerate]

42. "Gentlement"

I can't stop my fingers from adding the final "t."

Of course, it's a silent "t," so this shouldn't interfere with comprehension. Bothers me, though.

[XNASA]

43. Lincoln.

I know how to spell it correctly, but for some reason my fingers always type "Linclon".

I usually catch it.

[Darranar]

44. Devastate. n/t

[BurtWorm]

45. manoeuver

(sp.?)

[the Princess]

48. I'm Dyslexic

So there are too many to list! :)

[BrainRants]

53. Dyslexics UNTIE!

(Best bumper sticker I ever saw)

[CO Liberal]

50. "The"

I'm constantly spelling it "teh".

[BrainRants]

52. Current President. I always type "Chimpie" n/t

[Zero Gravitas]

59. teh word "the"

[bettyellen]

63. calander, resruant ... the thing with the dates and where you go to eat!!

[deadparrot]

66. Restaurant. nt

[Droolian]

68. Manhatten.

[Liberalynn]

69. When I was a kid it used to be

people. I used to spell it pepole. Bureau used to be a problem too until I made myself write it out about twenty times one day and it finally stuck.

Now I constantly goof on your verses you're and their verses there, even though I know the proper usage, I just somehow automatically seem to use the wrong one. LOL.

[mtnsnake]

70. inuendo