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What word can you NEVER spell correctly without using spellcheck? (Original Post) Ferrets are Cool Apr 2022 OP
Kliptomania??? Stuart G Apr 2022 #1
Haleluiah. gab13by13 Apr 2022 #2
You got gipped on your spellcheck. hlthe2b Apr 2022 #11
Ummmmm... Totally Tunsie Apr 2022 #16
I have the same spellcheck. hlthe2b Apr 2022 #21
Thier no, their... MiHale Apr 2022 #3
I was taught that the word "the" appears within the word "their". Helps me remember. Midnight Writer Apr 2022 #15
Duhbveert Effete Snob Apr 2022 #4
I am a horrible speller Chainfire Apr 2022 #5
Join the "horrible spellers club"....I am a founding member.. Stuart G Apr 2022 #8
....."it"....thank you..............................oops.."..thaannk U" Stuart G Apr 2022 #9
Same here. No one told me spelling phonetically was wrong...uff mitch96 Apr 2022 #14
We can all blame smart aleck Mr. Webster for our spelling problems. Chainfire Apr 2022 #17
and And AND his partner..Merriam.. My Mom who's first language was not english mitch96 Apr 2022 #23
Restaurant vanlassie Apr 2022 #6
That is because it is a screwed up way of spelling it! Chainfire Apr 2022 #18
emphysemia KarenS Apr 2022 #7
The DFW Apr 2022 #10
spelcheck nevergiveup Apr 2022 #12
One that has long tripped me up True Dough Apr 2022 #13
Definitely. Totally Tunsie Apr 2022 #19
Believe it or not, it is believe. Polly Hennessey Apr 2022 #20
Sergent, Saparate... parkia00 Apr 2022 #22

Midnight Writer

(21,745 posts)
15. I was taught that the word "the" appears within the word "their". Helps me remember.
Sat Apr 2, 2022, 10:21 AM
Apr 2022

The whole "i before e" thing tends to foul me up.


















Chainfire

(17,530 posts)
5. I am a horrible speller
Sat Apr 2, 2022, 09:29 AM
Apr 2022

I have read thousands of books, so you would think that, in that process that I would have gotten spelling down, but nooooo. It is not only traditionally hard to spell words, but some rather simple ones too. Without auto correct I would be lost.

Stuart G

(38,419 posts)
8. Join the "horrible spellers club"....I am a founding member..
Sat Apr 2, 2022, 09:43 AM
Apr 2022

...........For many years I taught in the Chicago Public Schools......"History"

from time to time, I misspelled words I wrote on the blackboard, *students corrected me"...

mitch96

(13,892 posts)
14. Same here. No one told me spelling phonetically was wrong...uff
Sat Apr 2, 2022, 10:19 AM
Apr 2022

btw I spelled phonetically wrong..!
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Chainfire

(17,530 posts)
17. We can all blame smart aleck Mr. Webster for our spelling problems.
Sat Apr 2, 2022, 10:53 AM
Apr 2022

Before he came along, there was no one "right" way to spell. Then there are the spelling "rules" like I before E except after C, sometimes, but not always....Us non-believer have problems with rules like that. Then there are the ones who want to control us; You know what I meant, but you quibble with the way I spelled it. (Fascist bastards)

My surname is a good example of multiple options for spelling. There are dozens of ways to spell it, but we all came from the same tree. Now the people who spell it with and E instead of an A don't claim the others.

mitch96

(13,892 posts)
23. and And AND his partner..Merriam.. My Mom who's first language was not english
Sat Apr 2, 2022, 01:31 PM
Apr 2022

Last edited Sat Apr 2, 2022, 06:49 PM - Edit history (1)

said english is so confusing along with the spelling.
In Ukrainian and Slovak it's phonetic spelling..da?
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Chainfire

(17,530 posts)
18. That is because it is a screwed up way of spelling it!
Sat Apr 2, 2022, 10:56 AM
Apr 2022

Sometimes I don't get close enough for spell check to guess what I am trying to write.

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