tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post1286384836801747525..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: What words kan't you spell?By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37044305860675518892014-10-28T19:06:53.154-07:002014-10-28T19:06:53.154-07:00Restaurant. I'm a fantastic speller, I pronoun...Restaurant. I'm a fantastic speller, I pronounce everything backwards in my mind except for one: tnaruatser. Weird. I spell it restaraunt. Catfishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51799349315083752132014-10-23T22:14:37.254-07:002014-10-23T22:14:37.254-07:00Both, but it *should* only be the first one (2nd a...Both, but it *should* only be the first one (2nd always scans as 'theatray')Dave Oldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13215102320199051371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14230921384604300382014-10-21T02:41:38.012-07:002014-10-21T02:41:38.012-07:00I always struggle with the word "receive"...I always struggle with the word "receive", no matter how much I concentrate on it I always flip the e and the i after c first time round. Patrickhttp://www.twitter.com/pswayne7noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89985722536988620912014-10-20T07:11:38.471-07:002014-10-20T07:11:38.471-07:00ConvenientConvenientEllennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14581772626269612312014-10-20T07:04:19.912-07:002014-10-20T07:04:19.912-07:00Hey Ken,
This is easy for me. The word is: conve...Hey Ken,<br /><br />This is easy for me. The word is: convenience <br /><br />Oh wait, i just spelled it right on first try! May be I'm getting better --LLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32295098796611477762014-10-20T06:30:20.716-07:002014-10-20T06:30:20.716-07:00anonymous
availability
accountability
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l...anonymous<br />availability<br />accountability<br />exacerbate<br />laissez-faire<br />unanimityThe Bumble Bee Pendanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782074071758250824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33705397761235545312014-10-19T18:54:52.165-07:002014-10-19T18:54:52.165-07:00reccomend
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Alohareccomend <br /><br />See.<br /><br />AlohaH Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12482221297668464504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3159347628825078162014-10-19T17:01:26.259-07:002014-10-19T17:01:26.259-07:00My brain always gets the e and i backwards in rece...My brain always gets the e and i backwards in receive. (I literally just did it as I typed.) I know, I know. "I before E except after C". Sigh. Stupid brain. <br /><br />I'm glad that even Emmy winning writers have these sorts of problems, too!Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85781041828757498992014-10-19T13:45:38.185-07:002014-10-19T13:45:38.185-07:00Some of the words I always have to look up in the ...Some of the words I always have to look up in the dictionary (which I just did to make certain they're spelled correctly):<br /><br />occurred<br />rhythm<br />vacuum<br />knowledgeable<br />accummulate<br />accommodate<br />connoisseur<br /><br />Spelling is an easy fix; the real challenge is writing something worth reading.RCPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251247613686669877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11251221248843116532014-10-19T13:23:33.757-07:002014-10-19T13:23:33.757-07:00"Anonymous said...
I have trouble with sarsap...<i>"Anonymous said...<br />I have trouble with sarsaparilla."</i><br /><br />But is the problem spelling?<br /><br />I have a problem with yogurt also. Not with spelling; I just can't stand the revolting mass of bacteria.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-73236915325993249332014-10-19T09:34:41.628-07:002014-10-19T09:34:41.628-07:00"Restaurant" is difficult, but the fact ..."Restaurant" is difficult, but the fact that it's "restaurateur" instead of "restauranteur" is just French. "Restaurant" means "restorative," and "restaurateur" means "one who restores."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68263576436010249192014-10-19T08:37:04.367-07:002014-10-19T08:37:04.367-07:00Derelict. My father worked for a company called T...Derelict. My father worked for a company called Tel-E-Lect, and to this day, my brain refuses to accept anything other than "derelect."<br /><br />Mt. Desert Island in Maine's Acadia National Park tends to throw me off at times. If they're going to pronounce it Mt. "Dessert" Island, the least they could do is have a Big Rock Candy Mountain. The desert deserted Mt. Desert Island.<br /><br />Capitol vs. capital has never tripped me up, but whenever I run across online record sellers who list The Beatles or Beach Boys on "Capital" Records, the accuracy of their visual grading for record condition becomes suspect. Yah Shurenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-15123008234621065822014-10-19T05:55:55.652-07:002014-10-19T05:55:55.652-07:00"Privilege" is my bete noire, and I was ..."Privilege" is my <i>bete noire</i>, and I was my school's spelling champ for four consecutive years.<br /><br />As for "judgment," I can recall Gerald Ford always saying it "judg-uh-ment," so I'm guessing that during his days in Ann Arbor, he added that second "e."VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-490562789347220092014-10-19T05:54:33.265-07:002014-10-19T05:54:33.265-07:00Generally, I am an excellent speller, but I can ne...Generally, I am an excellent speller, but I can never remember whether there's an "e" in the middle of "judgment." It's a judgement call for me. <br /><br />Also, I just spent a minute or so taking repeated stabs at typing "Belize." My fingers refuse to belieze there's not a third "e" in there somewhere. <br /><br /><br /><br />(PS - Yes, Internet grammar Nazis, the "belieze" was deliberate.)Pat Reederhttp://www.hollywoodhifi.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63158566404824248712014-10-19T01:05:15.343-07:002014-10-19T01:05:15.343-07:00Canda..."Everybody wants two desserts"
...Canda..."Everybody wants two desserts"<br /><br />Cap'n Bob--I think the station meant to say something like "Judge-Ment Day". That's a good tagline.Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19175881121189672062014-10-19T00:36:16.787-07:002014-10-19T00:36:16.787-07:00I have the opposite problem to some posters here. ...I have the opposite problem to some posters here. I can look at a page of text, and the misspellings just leap out at me, as if they were in a different font or italicised. I read a lot of comic books before I started school, and had a reading age of 15 when I was 8.Looseheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-91194828714837857722014-10-18T23:31:48.262-07:002014-10-18T23:31:48.262-07:00Marianne: it's yoghurt, obviously.Marianne: it's yoghurt, obviously.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-595777872900151822014-10-18T22:07:20.612-07:002014-10-18T22:07:20.612-07:00restuarantrestuarantXJillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81918753050511148592014-10-18T21:33:54.887-07:002014-10-18T21:33:54.887-07:00My biggest bugaboo is people spelling cavalry as c...My biggest bugaboo is people spelling cavalry as calvary. Another is Davey Crocket for Davy Crockett. <br /><br />And, RyderDA, it's unfortunately. I think you meant to get it right the second time.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71689361785770617032014-10-18T21:12:23.053-07:002014-10-18T21:12:23.053-07:00If yu lunrt to spel whith hookt on fonix leyk mee ...If yu lunrt to spel whith hookt on fonix leyk mee than yu wooldent need a spel chekker aneewhey.<br /><br />Cheerio,<br />JeffroJeffrohttp://kenlevine.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50478478032399460172014-10-18T21:01:23.075-07:002014-10-18T21:01:23.075-07:00The spelling police got me one time on this very b...The spelling police got me one time on this very blog. I laughed- more at him/her than at me. S it happens.mmryan314https://www.blogger.com/profile/03956737239500293977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-73565589106604364892014-10-18T20:44:06.154-07:002014-10-18T20:44:06.154-07:00I always spell yogurt, "yougurt"I always spell yogurt, "yougurt" Mariannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-52774954617832097742014-10-18T20:23:08.578-07:002014-10-18T20:23:08.578-07:00McGuffy, you need to read further.
Ford can use e...McGuffy, you need to read further.<br /><br />Ford can use either word acceptably.<br />First definition of further is farther. You must use further if you are expressing something other than distance, such as degree.<br /><br />Watching Finding Forrester would also work.<br /><br />Now 'Think Different' is another matter.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-84201109175069615112014-10-18T19:44:35.217-07:002014-10-18T19:44:35.217-07:00ManhattanManhattanSteve Mcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81735957523953624612014-10-18T19:12:47.466-07:002014-10-18T19:12:47.466-07:00I have trouble with sarsaparilla.I have trouble with sarsaparilla.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com