Words you misspell

Frisbee

Are there any words people tend to misspell alot when typing? I mean personally, like and for you guys.

Just wondering coz I noticed that about 50% of the time I tend to type the keys in the wrong order when using the word 'just' and it comes out as jsut.

Anyone else ever experience anything like this?
Or do I just have a wierd mental block / am crap at typing

Captain Ginger

Not so much now with the spell check, but I always spell tomorrow as "tommorow".

nevaeh-2die-4

Frisbee wrote: »

Are there any words people tend to misspell alot when typing? I mean personally, like and for you guys.

Just wondering coz I noticed that about 50% of the time I tend to type the keys in the wrong order when using the word 'just' and it comes out as jsut.

Anyone else ever experience anything like this?
Or do I just have a wierd mental block / am crap at typing

same with me.

thank god 4spell check

Tar.Aldarion

That's just a typo, happens with a lot of words, especially the, they etc

Pompey Magnus

Not when typing but a word I always have trouble with is scizzors / sissors / sizzors / scissors.

When I see it typed out I always know that "scissors" is obviously the right spelling but I pretty much have to try all combinations before I hit the right one.

gogglebok

When I want to know if people are busy, I frequently text to ask whether they are busty. It's just as embarrassing whether it's accurate or not.

Alanstrainor

manoeuvre...that is all:pac::pac::pac:
I'm awful at spelling, thank god for spell check!

Sam Vimes

i'm starting to think that i'm the only person in the country who knows the difference between loose and lose

people, the verb "lose" is used when something has gone missing. The adverb "loose" is used when your trousers are too big for you.

sharkDawg

For anyone that needs it - http://www.wikihow.com/Spell

javaboy

Sam Vimes wrote: »

i'm starting to think that i'm the only person in the country who knows the difference between loose and lose.

You're not alone Sam. There are lots of us. The only spelling mistake that really annoys me in when people misspell grammar as grammer. The irony is that they usually do it while trying to point out someone else's spelling mistake.

Mossy Monk

Sam Vimes wrote: »

i'm starting to think that i'm the only person in the country who knows the difference between loose and lose

people, the verb "lose" is used when something has gone missing. The adverb "loose" is used when your trousers are too big for you.

Another common one is quite and quiet.

I on the other hand have perfect spelling.

carveone

I have a tendency to use 'e's instead of 'a' in places where phonetically they sound similar. Seperately is an example - the right spelling is separately.

Plus, a spell checker won't save you from homophones; one that drives me completely spare is people who use "affect" when they mean "effect" and vice versa.
eg: "this will effect the environment" - ughhhh.

Sherifu

I spell marriage as marraige.

carveone

Sherifu wrote: »

I spell marriage as marraige.

Those are slightly easier to correct. It's marr-I-dge not marr-A-ge so the i is always first. Carriage is another one.

Also drives me spare - writers who use 'I' to sound posh. "Bob met Jenny and I". Ehhh, No. How does "Bob met I and Jenny" sound? It's "Bob met Jenny and me".

Man, I can vent on this thread

cance

cnut

ejmaztec

My keybraod is dslyexci, but I'm not.

javaboy

Sherifu wrote: »

I spell marriage as marraige.

OT. This thread is about words you misspell. Marriage is not a word it's a sentence.

KatCookie

I would say Bob met Jenny and I..
My spelling has completely went down the drain since around Sixth Class in primary school.
Maybe there should be compulsory spelling classes for adults?

javaboy

KatCookie wrote: »

I would say Bob met Jenny and I..
My spelling has completely went down the drain since around Sixth Class in primary school.
Maybe there should be compulsory spelling classes for adults?

You're grammers are wrong their. You should have said "gone" down the drain.

Don't waste your time looking for the thanks button. It's disabled in AH. :cool:

carveone

KatCookie wrote: »

I would say Bob met Jenny and I..
My spelling has completely went down the drain since around Sixth Class in primary school.
Maybe there should be compulsory spelling classes for adults?

If you leave out the other person, it becomes "Bob met I" and is more obviously incorrect. How about "Bob met Jenny and myself". Who is this "myself" person! Man, I'm a pedant.

One way to solve the problem is to write. Write a blog, or essays or a book. Or go to the States. After hearing "I'm very good today" or "I'm good and yourself?" for the 10th time, you too will become more pedantic

PS: I'm assuming the second sentence was deliberate irony. I really hope so!

Steve

Tara Le d'Arion wrote: »

That's just a typo, happens with a lot of words, especially the, they etc

For some reason, a lot of the time I type the word "you", "toy" appears. must be the placement on the keyboard or something.

Alanstrainor

carveone wrote: »

It's marr-I-dge not marr-A-ge so the i is always first. Carriage is another one.

Where'd that d come from?

Toto Wolfcastle

I can't spell 'broccoli'. I can never figure out whether there are two cs or two ls or one of each.

Other than that I think I'm usually OK!

carveone

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Where'd that d come from?

Um. The pedant fairy? Ok, it was an accident - I was being phonetic!

Jimbo

Does anyone else use google as a spell checker?

Dun laoire

Rhythm can be tricky enough :pac: go on ask someone close by to spell it out see how they get on.

Caoimhín

Togeather (together)

ImDave

Resevered / Reserved

Dord

Apparently I've been spelling the Spanish word ciudad (city) wrong for a while. Just found out today.

chopperbyrne

Sam Vimes wrote: »

i'm starting to think that i'm the only person in the country who knows the difference between loose and lose

people, the verb "lose" is used when something has gone missing. The adverb "loose" is used when your trousers are too big for you.

Thank you.

Not for the lesson in the correct use of those two words, but for being just as annoyed at their misuse as I am.

pirelli

I have an ongoing problem spelling the word character, I keep spelling it characther.

Loopy

believe - beleive

godamn - goddamn

KnifeWRENCH

Dun laoire wrote: »

Rhythm can be tricky enough :pac: go on ask someone close by to spell it out see how they get on.

For some reason I spell used spell rhythm as "rhytmn" - I thought there was a silent n, like in autumn? I was very very wrong.
Another one I mess up is occassion/ocassion/occasion - I actually don't know which of those is correct

I don't bother correcting typos. Other than that I've always been pretty good at spelling.

Pigwidgeon

i used to always spell business as buisness...
until in 3rd year and i got knocked out of the spelling bee we had in english class for "fun" because of it.

Agonist

square_igloo wrote: »

Another one I mess up is occassion/ocassion/occasion - I actually don't know which of those is correct

I always do that too. I know it's in bad taste but the word I can never get right is diarrhoea.

I say, "If I was" when I'm speaking but when I'm typing I write, "If I were" to pretend I speak properly, heh.

jimbo78

jimbo78 wrote: »

Does anyone else use google as a spell checker?

Frequently, I usually missplace the space after th eword th eas I type too quickly.

jaffa20

wierd/weird

I can never get it right. It's that stupid "i before e" rule that confuses me.

foxy06

Can't spell appriciate......you know the word I mean

tech77

carveone wrote: »

Also drives me spare - writers who use 'I' to sound posh. "Bob met Jenny and I". Ehhh, No. How does "Bob met I and Jenny" sound? It's "Bob met Jenny and me".

Without doubt the most retarded and annoying grammar mistake people make.
It's worse when used in speech though.

As you also rightly point out, ironically people do it because they think "you and i" makes them sound sophisticated.
Grrr.
Always feel like pointing out what a pretentious dolt they are.

leninbenjamin

parralel

parallel

always forget whether its two r or two l.

tech77

Ironically, misspelt.
Edit: Maybe that should read "coincidentally, misspelt".
Edit 2: No, should be "suitably, misspelt"

snowdaze

I think that the most commonly public spelling errors are on shop signs ar giant billboards!!!!!!!!!! ...and plent of spelling errors in newspapers too nowadays....

The one for me that I see everywhere nowadays is where folk don't know the difference between

licence and license


You can have a driving licence

You can buy wine in an off licence

you need a licence for your dog

these are all nouns

.............................

but everywhere I see the verb used in the incorrect place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:


lots of places in the press they print about driving licenses!!!!!!!!!!!!!


and plenty of places that sell booze have great signs above them saying they are Off-Licenses!!!!!!!!!!!


....................................


Because they sound the same it is tricky I admit but all folk need to remember is the situation with advice and advise where they do sound slightly different

and of course there is the same situation with practice and practise


well, rant is now over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

leninbenjamin

snowdaze wrote: »

The one for me that I see everywhere nowadays is where folk don't know the difference between

licence and license

guilty. I ****ing hate those words.

tech77

One that always grinds my gears:
Those who spell "elicit" as "illicit".
Nothing more cringeworthy tbh.

As in "i tried to 'illicit' whether he was serious or not".

I've seen journos do this as well.

Perfect example of someone relying purely on phonetics to spell when semantically/morphologically at least the two words are fairly different.

dfx-

Tara Le d'Arion wrote: »

That's just a typo, happens with a lot of words, especially the, they etc

This really really bugs me when I do it. Other than that, nothing else I can think of...me is good at spelling.

Though my handwriting style can't handle writing aluminium without the letters after l becoming an unintelligible scribble.:(

BraziliaNZ

ghey

Mimikyu

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hussey

Solitaryman666 wrote: »

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My neighbour is weird and feisty

vektarman

Frisbee wrote: »

Are there any words people tend to misspell alot when typing? I mean personally, like and for you guys.

A lot of people spell a lot as one word

HungryJoey

Only recently I have realised how my spelling has gone down the drain. There is typo's and there is the lack of ability to spell certain words.

The most annoying typo's I find my self doing are "Jsut" "Teh" and several others along them lines. I think that's down to typing too fast and the lack of ever looking at a keyboard to type - Brain overload!

It's becoming a common thing now, having to leave google open in another window to type in words I can't spell correctly, it will correct it for me. Lazy eh?

Mimikyu

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