Glasseye Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 There are some words that even a third grader can easily spell. Yet I still have trouble with them. I'm talking simple, common words we use every friggin day. I still have to look them up. recipe vegetable
coxyhog Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 The usual one is loose instead of lose. Lose = mislay or fail to win or draw Loose = not tight 1
Krapow Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 Absolutley, or is it absolutely! For some reason i always type it out as the first, then have to correct it, then though i know how it's spelt. Sometimes i find myself making a post, then rereading it after posting, and realise i've completely left a word out! Early onset of dementia? 1
galenkia Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 11 minutes ago, Krapow said: Absolutley, or is it absolutely! For some reason i always type it out as the first, then have to correct it, then though i know how it's spelt. Sometimes i find myself making a post, then rereading it after posting, and realise i've completely left a word out! Early onset of dementia? I tend to spell the word 'Krapow' as C. U. N. T. 😀 1 6
Freee!! Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 1 hour ago, coxyhog said: The usual one is loose instead of lose. Lose = mislay or fail to win or draw Loose = not tight That one gives me some problems as well, not helped by (dis)similarities with "choose". My excuse is still that English isn't my mother tongue.
coxyhog Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, Freee!! said: That one gives me some problems as well, not helped by (dis)similarities with "choose". My excuse is still that English isn't my mother tongue. Well that is a very good excuse mate
Freee!! Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, coxyhog said: Well that is a very good excuse mate It is wearing a bit thin for someone of my age and mostly working in international environments (ICT for international banks). OTOH: Every time I hear senior management mangle Dutch (in speeches), I realise it isn't that bad. Edited December 23, 2020 by Freee!!
coxyhog Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Freee!! said: It is wearing a bit thin for someone of my age and mostly working in international environments (ICT for international banks). OTOH: Every time I hear senior management mangle Dutch (in speeches), I realise it isn't that bad. I was at RAF Bruggen from 1975-8,it was on the border of Germany/Netherlands and if you came out of the camp gate & turned left you soon hit the German border post.But if you carried on you were in Roermond where everyone spoke English and most people were very pro British.I had some wonderful times there! 1
nampla69 Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 Necessary and recussitation and embarrassing and endeavour .......... and fcuk me can I spell well. Mega spelling bore I am .... struggle with Galenkiqpra sometimes and that old Aussie half wit Grey Ray or is Grey Rey ......
Stillearly Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 Definitely is one that gives me trouble.... but with spellcheck these days not so much of an issue ... apart from occasional shopping lists I rarely write anything
Thai Spice Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 No real spelling issues, but more the use of some "tricky" nearly similar words : The use of either / neither (not to speak about the pronunciation, different in English and American) . The use of "nor" The use of quiet and quite And probably a few more
Scotty Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 Yacht, not that common but I need to check it any time I do use it. 1
Jambo Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Thai Spice said: No real spelling issues, but more the use of some "tricky" nearly similar words : The use of either / neither (not to speak about the pronunciation, different in English and American) . The use of "nor" The use of quiet and quite And probably a few more I recall having a real problem in spelling "misogynist" in one of my posts. 🤣 Joyeux Noël mon ami Edited December 24, 2020 by Jambo
Thai Spice Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, Jambo said: I recall having a real problem in spelling "misogynist" in one of my posts. 🤣 Joyeux Noël mon ami Merçi ! Not to be confused with "mercy" .... 😌😌😌 1
Lirchenfeld Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 Ohh were to start... I make a lot of mistakes both spellingwise as well as missing entire words. Often I can't bother to reread and correct what i wrote before making a post. And I promise I will continue to do that. 😜 Single words that I am aware of that gives me spelling problems..... Necessary - (Thanks nampla for writing it above, it saved me from having to look up the spelling) Empire - Often wanting to write it as impire. properbly - properply - proberply.... arggghhh f**k it! Diahhrea - diaorrohrea - diarya..... escrementi espressi 2
Murchie Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 Surveillance. When at work I type this word 3 or 4 times a day and still get it wrong all the time.
Freee!! Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 11 hours ago, Scotty said: Yacht, not that common but I need to check it any time I do use it. Luckily for the Dutch, that word is spelled nearly the same in Dutch (jacht) from which it is derived and that one is pretty easy (for Dutch at least).
Glasseye Posted December 24, 2020 Author Posted December 24, 2020 16 hours ago, fygjam said: The spelling mug for mug spellers. 55555555555555555
Glasseye Posted December 24, 2020 Author Posted December 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Murchie said: Surveillance. When at work I type this word 3 or 4 times a day and still get it wrong all the time. Yep.... That's the idea... Some word no matter how many times I have written it they still come out f***d up, even with spell check.
nampla69 Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 I struggle with phucking kunt ........ seems to work as spellcheck seems to quite like it. Anyway we've just got our fish back .... well sort of two thirds of it in five and half years. I never knew we had anchovy in UK waters. Jeroice jeroice .....
AJSP Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 1 hour ago, nampla69 said: I struggle with phucking kunt ........ seems to work as spellcheck seems to quite like it. Anyway we've just got our fish back .... well sort of two thirds of it in five and half years. I never knew we had anchovy in UK waters. Jeroice jeroice ..... 6EC8557F-B8FA-45B8-A83F-891860A5D1A9.webp
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