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.
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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.
Oh I'm terrible with that word too.
Al ov dam.
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.
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.
"Amazingly". :(
None of them because I am a fantastic speller.
Using words that don't exist though, that's a different story.
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.
"arboretum"
"Judgment" is annoying because I keep expecting there to be an e in there, like judgement.
"annihlation"
I fecking hate that word/
Annihilation. That's the correct spelling. I will kill it. I will -annihilate- it.
There is if you're British!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rebellious Eagle
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.
You poor thing, having to learn English :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Pantz
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by PikeYou poor thing, having to learn English :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Pantz
Yeah, for a second there I was like "what the hell are you talking about there's no e in judgement?"Quote:
Originally Posted by The ManThere is if you're British!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rebellious Eagle
"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."
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Raistlin
Yup, this is how it always trips me up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raistlin
I remember I used to spell tomorrow as "tomarrow" for years xD
Almost no words.
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.
I always used to spell "arguement" until one day babe was like THERE'S ONLY ONE E STOP SPELLING IT LIKE THAT
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.
I see he handled it maturely :greenie:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shorty
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by noxious.sunshine
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
These two words can both smurf right off imoQuote:
Originally Posted by Raistlin
I did this for years too. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Raistlin
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,
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. :3Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Shauna
Stank.