Words that you tend to misspel mispell misspell

[Borek]

Whenever I write "learnt" I can't understand why spell checker marks it as incorrect.

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

Whenever I write "learnt" I can't understand why spell checker marks it as incorrect.

Broke, spelchequers ar poyntlis.

 

[cobalt124]

Whenever I write "learnt" I can't understand why spell checker marks it as incorrect.

It's an American spellchecker? That'll learn you!

 

[physics girl phd]

Just thought of this one yesterday as I wrote up the grocery-list:

BANANA

I used to spell it "bananna" until I noticed the spellings in little E's books seemed consistently incorrect. (At 1 1/2, she doesn't say it right yet. She asks for a "bee-ah" instead. She'll eat a whole banana in one sitting though.)

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

Bananas... makes me hungry.

Oups. I mispeled it rong.

Banananananananananananananananananas.

 

[rootX]

Learned is American, learned is British.

I didn't know that, I thought they were used for different reasons depending on the sentence. I'm with the U.S. version here though, learned just looks wrong to me.

I thought it goes like
learn (first) -> learned (second form) -> learned (third form)

And same for dream:
dream -> dreamed -> dreamt

 

[Evo]

I thought it goes like
learn (first) -> learned (second form) -> learned (third form)

learnt\ˈlərnt\
Definition of LEARNT
chiefly British past and past participle of learn

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/learnt?show=0&t=1300407408

Also spelt in America has nothing to do with spelling, in American it's spelled. Spelt is an ancient variety of wheat.

 

[jhae2.718]

I almost always spell behavior as behaviour.

I also mess up with o's, but that's just because the O key on my laptop gets stuck...

 

[lisab]

I don't know why, I always want to put a "p" in dreamt - dreampt. Dreampt? Where the heck does that come from ?

Luckily I'm American and can proudly use "dreamed" .

 

[rootX]

I only use dreamt or learned when I want to make it sound very special or bring lots of emphasis on what I am talking about.

 

[jhae2.718]

Also, I frequently write ration instead of ratio.

 

[DaveC426913]

Not 12 hours ago, I FB'd a request for a pneumonic to help me remember the difference between discrete and discreet.

Not 1 hour ago, I FB'd a request for a mnemonic to help me remmber the difference between a mnemonic and a pneumonic.

True story.

 

[lisab]

Not 12 hours ago, I FB'd a request for a pneumonic to help me remember the difference between discrete and discreet.

Not 1 hour ago, I FB'd a request for a mnemonic to help me remmber the difference between a mnemonic and a pneumonic.

True story.

 

[Proton Soup]

m for memory, p for pressure

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Misspell is one of 100 most misspelled words.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html

Here is one that I would haves never spelled correctly: daiquiri

I remember being surprised to realize that bellwether is not bellweather. I always assumed that the word referenced the weather, not sheep!

 

[nismaratwork]

Not 12 hours ago, I FB'd a request for a pneumonic to help me remember the difference between discrete and discreet.

Not 1 hour ago, I FB'd a request for a mnemonic to help me remmber the difference between a mnemonic and a pneumonic.

True story.

My Greek ancestors weep.

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

The Greeks resulted from the alliance of the Geek tribe and the Reek tribe.


Wait, this isn't lame jokes...

 

[nismaratwork]

The Greeks resulted from the alliance of the Geek tribe and the Reek tribe.


Wait, this isn't lame jokes...

Hey! We're a complex people with a rich history, that unfortunately often seems to involve young boys. *sigh*... but hey, you like western civiliation right?

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

but hey, you like western civiliation right?

East, west, its all relative.

Einstein said so.

 

[nismaratwork]

East, west, its all relative.

Einstein said so.

He also said, "Wow, that Pamela Anderson is a total prostitute!"


I think he said that.

Well, he would have... smart guy!

 

[Pythagorean]

Wasn't he also there when they stopped the siege at Middle Eath?

 

[nismaratwork]

"Vell.. vee could just drop a hydrogen bomb on that big evil eye. Hey, I bet it would do for the zee ring too, ja?" (Legolastein)

 

[Kenneth Mann]

"Vacuum" and "Continuum"

In my head, when I type or write "vacuum" I pronounce it (internally) as "vack-you-um" to help me remember.

In the same way that when I type "Wednesday" I pronounce it (internally) as "Wed-ness-day."

Actually, the way you pronounce vacuum "internally" is also the way we should pronounce it "externally". It is a three syllable word.

I actually like pronouncing Wednesday as a three syllable word also.

One pet peeve of mine is the way people in the public eye (commentators, ad announcers, etc.) pronounce the word "vegetable". It is a four-syllable word. These public faces, however, pronounce it either as "veshtable" or "vetchtable", and sometimes use both mispronunciations.

KM

 

[Kenneth Mann]

Learned is American, learned is British.

Generally, I see nothing wrong with the distinctions between American and British word spellings.

There are a couple of cases, however, that have always puzzled me, and this involves the differences in the pronunciation of the words "been" and "again". Americans pronounce "seen", "green", "spleen", "queen", "keen", "teen" and many others as the British do, so why did we drift off in our pronunciation of "been"?

The same holds for the word "again". (re: "rain", "Spain", "plain", "main", "refrain", etc)

KM

 

[TylerH]

I usually botch words that end in -uous like "continuous" the 'u' and 'o' get repeated and swapped.

That's probably an artifact of the Qwery keyboard layout.

I constantly misspell "theorum." I guess I'm writing with dialect,

 

[DaveC426913]

That's probably an artifact of the Qwery keyboard layout.

I constantly misspell "theorum." I guess I'm writing with dialect,

Do you mean theorem?

 

[TylerH]

Do you mean theorem?

Yes, didn't you catch the irony?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Yes, didn't you catch the irony?

You mean ironi?

 

[DaveC426913]

Yes, didn't you catch the irony?

I thought you were transposing the 'eo'.

 

[Ben Niehoff]

I scarcely misspell anything. However, I have letter-color synaesthesia, which makes any misspelled words look glaringly out of place.

Apparently, I borrow a few British-isms, such as the "ae" in "synaesthesia", which Firefox has underlined. On the other hand, many other British-isms seriously annoy me, such as using "-ise" when it should be "-ize". For the most part, "-ise" should be for Latin-derived words (e.g. "advertise"), and "-ize" should be for Greek-derived (e.g. "philosophize"). One exception is "prize", but "prise" is also a word and your spellcheck will do nothing for you there.

Oh, and the worst things I see rampantly used online are:

1. "Defiantly" for "definitely". Because "defiantly" is a perfectly good word, and it's amusing to see everyone doing things so defiantly all the time...

2. "Everyday" when you mean "every day". "Everyday" is an adjective, it means "commonplace, ordinary". Most of the time, it's not what you meant to say. "Every day" is an adverbial phrase that means "daily". This one even appears in print by semi-respectable sources...editing must be a dying art.