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Pumpkin
06-21-2013, 02:45 PM
I can't spell definitely. The only reason it's spelled properly there is because of spell check. And no matter how many times I see it spelled definitely I continue to spell it definetly.

Pike
06-21-2013, 02:49 PM
Oh I'm terrible with that word too.

Faris
06-21-2013, 02:51 PM
Al ov dam.

Jinx
06-21-2013, 02:51 PM
I've always been good with definitely! I still think your way of spelling it is better than people who spell it "defiantly."

No no no no no no.

My problem words are separate and sequel. I always want to put seperate and sequal.

Agent Proto
06-21-2013, 02:56 PM
Separate is one of the words I have the most problems with. In my mind, it's spelled "seperate" but I'm aware it's spelled separate.

Chris
06-21-2013, 03:25 PM
"Amazingly". :(

Shauna
06-21-2013, 06:13 PM
None of them because I am a fantastic speller.

Using words that don't exist though, that's a different story.

Shlup
06-21-2013, 06:31 PM
I was bad with "definitely" too until I realized it has the word "finite" in the middle. Now I just need to conquer restaurant and refrigerator. Both of which I spelled right just now, but I tell you it was tense.

Jowy
06-21-2013, 07:26 PM
"arboretum"

Rebellious Eagle
06-22-2013, 05:16 AM
"Judgment" is annoying because I keep expecting there to be an e in there, like judgement.

noxious.sunshine
06-22-2013, 05:55 AM
"annihlation"

I fecking hate that word/

Annihilation. That's the correct spelling. I will kill it. I will -annihilate- it.

The Man
06-22-2013, 06:21 AM
"Judgment" is annoying because I keep expecting there to be an e in there, like judgement.There is if you're British!

Rantz
06-22-2013, 06:42 AM
When someone spells "definitely" as "defiantly", I imagine them being an elcor.

I'm worse with my pronunciation than with my spelling, but I would prefer if pronunciation was spelled pronounciation. I'm not a big fan of random inconsistency.

Pike
06-22-2013, 09:59 PM
I'm not a big fan of random inconsistency.

You poor thing, having to learn English :(

Tardar Sauce
06-22-2013, 10:30 PM
There is a word I can't spell properly, but I can never seem to remember what it is until I go to use it... then I stare are the word vexedly and use spell checker.

Also definitely used to be a trouble word for me till I broke it down one day and now its de-fi-nite-ly.

Rantz
06-22-2013, 11:47 PM
I'm not a big fan of random inconsistency.

You poor thing, having to learn English :(

A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed: You betcha, Pike.

Slothy
06-23-2013, 03:24 AM
"Judgment" is annoying because I keep expecting there to be an e in there, like judgement.There is if you're British!

Yeah, for a second there I was like "what the hell are you talking about there's no e in judgement?"

Raistlin
06-23-2013, 04:28 AM
"Separate" used to give me some trouble. And I thought people only misspelled "definitely" as "definately."

Words that still give me problems no matter how many times I've used them: "bourgeoisie" and "bureaucracy."

Pumpkin
06-23-2013, 04:36 AM
Words that still give me problems no matter how many times I've used them: "bourgeoisie" and "bureaucracy."
I've actually never had problems with those because they're both very French to me. Bureaucracy for example has the word bureau right in it, which means desk, and just add a cracy at the end :jess:

Pike
06-23-2013, 10:19 AM
"definately"

Yup, this is how it always trips me up.

I remember I used to spell tomorrow as "tomarrow" for years xD

Mirage
06-23-2013, 12:14 PM
Almost no words.

DanielCLFFF13
06-23-2013, 01:45 PM
For me I guess every words that I have never heard before. Yeah that kinda words.
Not just wrong to say it, but I also wrote it wrong.

Shorty
06-23-2013, 05:51 PM
I always used to spell "arguement" until one day babe was like THERE'S ONLY ONE E STOP SPELLING IT LIKE THAT

Pike
06-23-2013, 05:54 PM
Semi-related: there are lots of words that I know the meaning of and how to spell correctly, but that I have no idea how to pronounce because I only ever encounter them in text.

Pumpkin
06-23-2013, 05:55 PM
I always used to spell "arguement" until one day babe was like THERE'S ONLY ONE E STOP SPELLING IT LIKE THAT

I see he handled it maturely :greenie:

Værn
06-23-2013, 06:07 PM
"annihlation"

I fecking hate that word/

Annihilation. That's the correct spelling. I will kill it. I will -annihilate- it.
Some words become surprisingly easy once you identify their roots. For example, nihil means "nothing." Thus, annihilate means to turn something into nothing and annihilation is the process by which something is turned into nothing.

Raistlin
06-23-2013, 06:44 PM
Semi-related: there are lots of words that I know the meaning of and how to spell correctly, but that I have no idea how to pronounce because I only ever encounter them in text.

This happened to me a lot growing up, because most of my vocabulary was from reading. For example, when I was in middle school, I pronounced "epitome" as "ep-ih-tome" and "facade" was "fah-cade." Most of them have been corrected over the years.

Madame Adequate
06-23-2013, 06:51 PM
"Separate" "bourgeoisie"

These two words can both fuck right off imo

Pike
06-23-2013, 08:13 PM
I pronounced "epitome" as "ep-ih-tome"

I did this for years too. :(

Dat Matt
06-23-2013, 11:15 PM
I am pretty bad at spelling, but when I was younger I couldn't ever spell the word "Great". It is like most things where you say the words enough that they don't sound like words anymore. Was like that.

The pronunciation of "Variety" though killed me. I gave it a double "R" when saying it, so it sounded like "Var-ri-ety". My dad always made fun of me for it,

Shauna
06-23-2013, 11:35 PM
The pronunciation of "Variety" though killed me. I gave it a double "R" when saying it, so it sounded like "Var-ri-ety". My dad always made fun of me for it,

I think after this comma there was supposed to be the addition of being made fun of to the point of tears by his family when he was young. :3

Alive-Cat
06-25-2013, 04:39 PM
Stank.