tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post2779631050911900061..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.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28403817987324197262018-07-07T20:57:58.726-07:002018-07-07T20:57:58.726-07:00Subpoena and Aladdin.Subpoena and Aladdin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-54406996834898876262018-06-27T10:58:13.016-07:002018-06-27T10:58:13.016-07:00Successful and referral.
Just now it took me ab...Successful and referral. <br /><br />Just now it took me about 10 times to get referral right. Is it two rs? Two Fs? Two Ls? All three?! Who knows!! <br /><br />I've got myself schooled on successful that it's "double everything" so I always try to add an extra L...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326484187960981481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56636590883663220062018-06-25T09:32:11.388-07:002018-06-25T09:32:11.388-07:00@DetroitGuy: Yeah, two Ns. Ha. That'll teach m...@DetroitGuy: Yeah, two Ns. Ha. That'll teach me to send a comment without proofreading! I caught another error of mine, too. I began my comment "I pride myself of being..." when I meant to write "I pride myself <i>on</i> being..."<br /><br />@Cap'n Bob: I also take advantage of misspellings when I do searches on eBay. For example, I've gotten some real bargains searching for "Orson Wells" items instead of "Orson Welles."The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62367199225273370282018-06-25T07:40:36.893-07:002018-06-25T07:40:36.893-07:00Parallel. I have to double-check that every time.Parallel. I have to double-check that every time.Brian Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485075283223444305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87782639731866944542018-06-24T23:09:29.012-07:002018-06-24T23:09:29.012-07:00I just did a book cover and showed it to the autho...I just did a book cover and showed it to the author. His comment was, "You misspelled Jeopardy."Joyce Meltonhttp://doppler.pressnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33100801259711194112018-06-24T19:37:09.291-07:002018-06-24T19:37:09.291-07:00not really a spelling error so much as mishearing ...not really a spelling error so much as mishearing or misunderstanding, but sometimes on craigslist I'll see ads for Chester Drawers. I used to think that was the name of the maker or a style...until I realized it was just how some people hear "chest of" drawers. I love that one. Pamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-42506483458083067902018-06-24T14:08:23.957-07:002018-06-24T14:08:23.957-07:00Busing
Honestly I really used to be a very good sp...Busing<br />Honestly I really used to be a very good speller. And honestly I still am. But yes there are a bunch of words that sometimes I speak to my tablet to get it to spell the word out for me. Sometimes it helps. Sometimes it's worse.<br />I can spell long complicated medical words and then I can't spell simple words. Unfortunately I can't think of them at this moment.<br /><br />But I did want to say something about the fact that you can't spell pigeon - do you think maybe it's because of Walter Pidgeon? I think my problem with guarantee probably has something to do with the word warranty.<br /><br />And I have finally figured out that Independence does not have an A unlike, say, pendant, which I'm sure comes from the very same root.<br /><br />There really are a bunch of words that mess with my head.<br />I just can't remember any of them now.<br /><br />Is it possible that one day we could talk about the reason why left and right are not as automatic to me as up and down? Without fail, if I do not stop and make sure that I'm choosing the correct direction: left or right, I could just as easily get it wrong. To the point of screaming at somebody that they should have turned left and why didn't they?? Because there was only a right hand, turn there. I still remember this, and I was 19 at the time. And I still have this problem.Pamela Jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135379188588301400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41952551897293069572018-06-24T08:26:17.058-07:002018-06-24T08:26:17.058-07:00I often have trouble with “remember”. When I type...I often have trouble with “remember”. When I type or write it, it usually comes out as “rember”.<br /><br />The other word that vexes me is “what”. I work at the Wharton School and I’m so used to typing “Wharton” that when I type the word “what” I automatically type “whart”.Philly Cinephilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882199549298409881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12319317774430422432018-06-24T04:56:34.825-07:002018-06-24T04:56:34.825-07:00occasionally occasionally Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01297711649331756246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39380008352995631092018-06-23T23:49:57.668-07:002018-06-23T23:49:57.668-07:00Threshold. It should either be pronounced thres-ho...Threshold. It should either be pronounced thres-hold or spelled threshhold. Maureennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90465936431823734312018-06-23T21:15:25.754-07:002018-06-23T21:15:25.754-07:00Convenience and calendar trip me up nearly every t...Convenience and calendar trip me up nearly every time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00646783278304166828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-57627231458661771472018-06-23T21:06:39.716-07:002018-06-23T21:06:39.716-07:00I am a University of Maryland alumnus, with two ye...I am a University of Maryland alumnus, with two years of graduate study at Iowa State University. (Ames is still in the Midwest, last I heard.) I merely was saying the suffix "-educated" almost always is linked to elite private institutions; I mean, when was the last time (if any) someone was described as "Berkeley-educated"? (Conversely, I bet the term "Stanford-educated" is fairly common.) Sorry if I came off snobbish. <br /><br />Oh, and my two favorite Ivy institutions are Princeton and Dartmouth. Why? Neither has a law school.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36203833195151184852018-06-23T21:05:32.804-07:002018-06-23T21:05:32.804-07:00Pseudepigrapha. I always want to start it with psu...Pseudepigrapha. I always want to start it with psuedo-. But Mark Twain said, "I don't care a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way." Or words to that effect. <br /><br />I collected toy soldiers and spent a lot of time on eBay looking for mounted soldiers, i.e., cavalry. After seeing entries for calvary, cavalery, and many others I started a list. Eventually I recorded 29 different misspellings of cavalry. <br /><br />Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85777912814311890932018-06-23T19:15:56.713-07:002018-06-23T19:15:56.713-07:00I once lost a spelling bee in high school because ...I once lost a spelling bee in high school because I couldn't spell the word antidisestablishmentarianism. Spell it? Heck I had never even heard of the word before. I learned to spell it immediately after though and I've never forgotten how, even though I've never needed to in over 50 years. <br /><br />How many of us learned to spell encyclopedia from The Mickey Mouse Club (the original) "e-n-c-y-c-l-o-p-e-d-i-a". Doug Thompsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61561303607796083322018-06-23T18:15:38.507-07:002018-06-23T18:15:38.507-07:00So, VP81955, you’re a snob? What University did y...So, VP81955, you’re a snob? What University did you attend? Harvard, Yale, or Princeton? Or is any University that isn’t in the Midwest acceptable? Alex Bellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-5158476387937927952018-06-23T17:39:30.893-07:002018-06-23T17:39:30.893-07:00"Guarantee" and "restaurant" g..."Guarantee" and "restaurant" get me every time. The "au" vs. "ua" conundrum. Myleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07139984409445302062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26352150228617570612018-06-23T17:21:18.488-07:002018-06-23T17:21:18.488-07:00I've developed a fondness for the word "e...I've developed a fondness for the word "eatery" because I can never spell "restaurant" correctly. I also hate the word "rhythm"...I used to have an issue with "tomorrow" but thanks to the old Kingston Trio song "To Morrow", I no longer do.<br /><br />I am so glad others have some of the same issues with some words..."recommend" is a word I lost with in a spelling bee..still get shivers when I have to use it...so I just use "suggestion" instead. There is one name I still have an issue spelling..Michael...the a before the e does not look right.<br /><br />..and Robert Forman..a huge THANK YOU to your admission of "Chick Fill Ugh"...as I do that all the time and it drives me mother nuts.<br /><br />Ken is right. That squiggly line under a word is painful to a writer.<br />sueK2001https://suek2001.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83614036029294945862018-06-23T17:19:15.584-07:002018-06-23T17:19:15.584-07:00For me it’s not spelling errors as much as typing ...For me it’s not spelling errors as much as typing errors. One hand is dominant. I always spell and as nad on a regular keyboard. The is always teh. <br /><br />On my phone the is almost always tge. That’s why I proof read. If I didn’t, what you are reading would be such a wreck. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16052986912066599837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-48728791861430976862018-06-23T16:58:28.595-07:002018-06-23T16:58:28.595-07:00The country that is now known as the Czech Republi...The country that is now known as the Czech Republic, and thank christ they changed it.Looseheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31666315028901341222018-06-23T16:55:47.750-07:002018-06-23T16:55:47.750-07:00I take great care to spell every word right, but s...I take great care to spell every word right, but sometimes I mispell 'LOSER'.RealDonaldTrumpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-5907619985351587292018-06-23T16:27:30.154-07:002018-06-23T16:27:30.154-07:00I always trip up on "convenient". I try ...I always trip up on "convenient". I try and remember the old "I before E" rhyme, but I still always somehow mix it up regardless. Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402693676500329364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20735135478056826712018-06-23T15:02:13.294-07:002018-06-23T15:02:13.294-07:00Not to mention the librarians. Not to mention the librarians. DetroitGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429351018490492648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-74036384996771534152018-06-23T15:00:36.231-07:002018-06-23T15:00:36.231-07:00Two Ns? Now THAT’S embarrassing. Two Ns? Now THAT’S embarrassing. DetroitGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429351018490492648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19338333149186594102018-06-23T14:58:36.819-07:002018-06-23T14:58:36.819-07:00I’ve always remembered this hint: “There’s A RAT...I’ve always remembered this hint: “There’s A RAT in separate.” <br /><br />And as for principle versus principal: “The Principal is always a PAL.”DetroitGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429351018490492648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29620670674537997262018-06-23T14:53:35.964-07:002018-06-23T14:53:35.964-07:00Occasionally is always hard for me to. Occasionally is always hard for me to. DetroitGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429351018490492648noreply@blogger.com