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* Those who misspell “lose” as “loose” grate on my nerves, so I guess I’d better stay out of Wisconsin…

The fact that Texans can’t spell “normal” is hilarious.

* The Question: What words do you have the most trouble with?

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:00 pm

Comments

1. Definitely

   Comment by Because I said so.... Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:09 pm

2. Texuns don’t need no spellun tips from yankees.

   Comment by Dotnonymous Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:09 pm

3. Recieve. Receive. And I know the “I before E except after C”. Correct way just doesn’t look right to me.

   Comment by Papa2008 Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:10 pm

4. Remember. It somehow got shortened to “rember” in my head and has carried through from printing to cursive, manual typewriters to electric. It’s so nice to be able to make corrections without an eraser, or putting in a caret, or whiteout or correction tape. Even if we don’t all get to have jetpacks, it’s really nice to be living here in the future.

   Comment by Earnest Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:13 pm

5. Occurrence has plagued me since the 1964 episode “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” on The Twilight Zone. It was based on a short story by Ambrose Bierce and our sophomore English class read it. Our teacher also required us to watch it on TV so we could discuss it in class.

   Comment by Nearly Normal Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:15 pm

6. algorithm

   I always want to put a Y in there.

   Comment by Michelle Flaherty Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:15 pm

7. Go ahead then and stay out of Wisconsin. Your lost, not theirs.

   Comment by Groucho Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:15 pm

8. Not a problem for me, but so many in my circles talk about a “mute point” instead of a “moot point”.
   It bugs me and it is hard for me to stay mute about it.

   Comment by Jake From Elwood Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:18 pm

9. I’m dyslexia-adjacent, so I have trouble with words like “dyslexia” and “adjacent”…

   – MrJM

   Comment by MisterJayEm Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:18 pm

10. ===lost===

    Loss.

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:21 pm

11. Is West Virginia ok?

    Comment by NotMe Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:22 pm

12. ==Definitely==

    I had an old coworker who always misspelled it as defiantly. It was a fun running joke around the office about them being resistant to everything.

    Comment by twowaystreet Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:23 pm

13. A new thing for me is always spelling constituents wrong. I keep typing without the second T.

    If I see it spelled wrong, I can spot it but for some reason my lizard brain keeps skipping it when I type it.

    Comment by twowaystreet Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:26 pm

14. temperament. I’m often leaving. out the a.

    Comment by Amalia Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:28 pm

15. == Is West Virginia ok? ==

    Absolutely hilarious.

    Comment by Lakefront Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:34 pm

16. I always spell “restaurant” correctly, but I usually say to myself, “Oh, this is a word people often get wrong.” Maybe that’s just a me thing

    Comment by Torco Sign Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:37 pm

17. Restaurant–if the blog didn’t have spellcheck, I’d have misspelled it here.

    Comment by G'Kar Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:40 pm

18. I won my local grade school spelling bee and advanced to the county competition. I made it to the final round and lost on the word assessor. Believe it or not I was so ashamed to spell A-S-S in front of an audience and on live radio that I spelled it ASESSOR. I lost, of course. I’ve had to spell that word a lot in my adult life and almost every time I do, I think of that day.

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:43 pm

19. I have never once spelled “accommodation” correctly in the first round.

    Comment by Anon Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:43 pm

20. Super-nerdy wordsmith type thing, but perseverance. Once though it was spelled perserverence.

    Comment by Grandson of Man Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:46 pm

21. Embarrassed. I always start with one R.

    Iowans having trouble with cousin explains a lot.

    Comment by Excitable Boy Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:47 pm

22. Words ending in “el” or “le”

    Comment by Anyone Remember Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:47 pm

23. I always spell ‘GRAY’, but isn’t ‘GREY’ also an acceptable spelling?

    Comment by May soon be required Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:49 pm

24. People who say “then” when they should be saying “than”. And people who say “in one fell swoop” instead of “at one fell swoop”, which is the way Shakespeare wrote it. One should never try to improve on Shakespeare.

    Comment by Better than plumb Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:50 pm

25. I always type “form” when I want “from.” I know the difference, but my fingers just insist on typing the wrong word.

    Comment by MSIX Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:50 pm

26. Knowing I didn’t have a chance, I would tank every spelling bee, go out in the first round, then sit at my desk and read my book.

    – MrJM

    Comment by MisterJayEm Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:50 pm

27. Juxtaposing “there,” “their,” or “they’re” are my frequent errors when I’m quickly typing a Twitter of Facebook post.

    Comment by Norseman Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:52 pm

28. ==I always spell ‘GRAY’, but isn’t ‘GREY’ also an acceptable spelling?==

    That’s the American and British versions so both are correct. Same thing as color vs. colour. And there’s a bunch of other similar words in England there is an extra u between o and r.

    Comment by twowaystreet Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:53 pm

29. >Believe it or not I was so ashamed to spell A-S-S in front of an audience

    Could one of the more clever commenters make some kind of joke about how Rich’s life would be different if they’d asked him to spell “bite me” instead?

    Comment by Earnest Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:54 pm

30. Search warrant has always been problematic. One word, two words, hyphenated?

    Indictment is an even bigger problem. Seems like there should be a silent g in there. I mean the g seems to be in everything these days.

    and then there’s conviction. Lotta problems. I just avoid at all costs.

    Comment by Michelle Flaherty Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:56 pm

31. I trip over lots of words that start with a vowel and cc, but “occasion” is my real enemy. The single s just doesn’t seem right.

    Comment by vern Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 3:56 pm

32. Separate… always want to spell it as “seperate”.

    Comment by Anon221 Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:09 pm

33. I ditto “Definitely”. Can never get that right. I am pretty much a terrible speller so I could have a long list. But I do try to make sure I write words correctly and I am one of those that actually love google correct except when I am trying to write like I talk.

    Comment by Been There Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:09 pm

34. similar always gets me. Restaurant and vacuum are others that I always have to triple-check.

    Comment by wowie Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:11 pm

35. ====I won my local grade school spelling be and advanced to the county competition. ====

    As I just noted above, I am not the best speller. But I always thought it was “spelling bee”. Google seems to agree but correct me if I am wrong.

    Comment by Been There Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:11 pm

36. Appears Utah has the best spellers since no one can spell boutonneire, much less know what it means.

    Comment by Sir Reel Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:13 pm

37. What’s up with Idaho? Are that many people actually looking up Tokyo?

    Comment by Been There Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:13 pm

38. ===But I always thought it was “spelling bee”===

    It is. Ironic, no?

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:14 pm

39. “lable” instead of “Label”; I have a constant battle with auto-correct.

    Each time I look at the map I find another word to smile about.

    Comment by What's in a name? Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:16 pm

40. I’m a dyslexia atheist-
    I don’t believe in Dogs

    Comment by Drake Mallard Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:22 pm

41. My students struggle with attach (attatch) and the already identified separate (seperate). Personally I cannot spell accommodate or recipient without the help of autocorrect.

    Comment by Merle Webb’s Jump Shot Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:23 pm

42. I have always been a poor speller. I think that caused me to have a good vocabulary because I would find an alternate word and it also made m have horrible handwriting. Always ask does spelling count on a test then I figured if teacher couldn’t make out all the letters in a word because my writing so bad maybe she would not see the misspellings

    Comment by DuPage Saint Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:24 pm

43. Somehow it doesn’t surprise me that Texans can’t spell “normal.” Most of them probably have never heard anyone use it in conversation about that state.

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:25 pm

44. “Sheriff.” Does it have two r’s or two f’s? I can never remember until I type the word out and see whether it looks right or not.

    Comment by charles in charge Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:29 pm

45. Judgment.

    Did I spell it right? I’ll never know if there’s another e in there or not

    Comment by Joe Bidenopolous Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:30 pm

46. I was wishfully thinking that maybe Texans get confused by NORML, the cannabis reform group. Doubtful, but I can still dream.

    Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:30 pm

47. Over all.

    When sports radio hosts are talking about when a particular player was drafted they will use words like “… was picked 12th over all …”

    The only player picked “over all” was the number 1 draftees. Everyone else were picked afterwards.

    Drives me screaming nuts.

    Comment by Huh? Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:31 pm

48. “Attorneys General”

    Comment by Zoomer Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:33 pm

49. Moot vs mute.

    The first is debatable. The second is speechless.

    It is a moot question that Rich Miller will be mute if the Sox will the world series.

    Comment by Huh? Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:35 pm

50. Judgment. I always want to include an e.

    Comment by Demoralized Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:37 pm

51. My problem word is aesthetic.

    Comment by Wensicia Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:39 pm

52. …see whether it looks right or not.

    That’s how I spell, too. Sometimes I may not know how to spell a word correctly, but I can look at it and tell you if it’s wrong.

    “Thoroughly” and “sleigh” are the words I went out of the spelling bee on in successive years. I neglected to ask for a sentence for sleigh, and spelled ’slay.’

    Comment by Teacher Lady Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:40 pm

53. Mississippi, reported to be one of the most obese states in the country, ironically has trouble spelling exercise.

    Comment by jackmac Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 4:53 pm

54. Someone should introduce Montana, Nebraska, and South Dakota to the movie Bruce Almighty.

    “Guarantee” is a word that I have butchered so badly that even spell check doesn’t know what I have attempted to say…

    Comment by Misplaced Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 5:05 pm

55. = Judgment. I always want to include an e. =

    Including an “e” is correct - if you’re British.

    Comment by JoanP Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 5:13 pm

56. This blog has ruined me on rein vs reign. I see “free reign” so often that I struggle with which is which.

    Comment by Soccermom Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 5:45 pm

57. Wednesday doesn’t make sense
    Also why is it spelled Favre but pronounced Farve

    Comment by Frank talks Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 5:54 pm

58. @jackmac looks like you may have trouble with geography

    Comment by Frank talks Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 6:04 pm

59. My word is right at the top of this page. I always get Capitol and Capital mixed up.

    Comment by In_The_Middle Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 6:58 pm

60. Acknowledge always has to be spell corrected for me (even here).

    And it bugs me when someone drops the R in surprise.

    Comment by Slugger O’Toole Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 7:25 pm

61. Pleaded.

    Comment by Alex Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 7:31 pm

62. Loose lose is a major irritant, almost as bad as c/w/sh/ould “of” instead of “‘ve.”

    It would’ve been easier to write that without spell check.

    Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 7:48 pm

63. During Desert Storm my Father would address letters to me using Dessert Storm.

    People I served with there when writing Saudi Arabia would write Saudia Arabia.

    Comment by FormerParatrooper Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 7:51 pm

64. Subpoena–the silent “b”, prairie–the “ir”

    I used to have an email address with “prairienet as the domain name. I commonly flubbed it up. This is a long time ago when things didn’t autofill.

    Comment by Radio Frequency Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 8:58 pm

65. Vacuum. I can never remember if it’s one c or one u or two of each.
    I used to get tripped up on “license” but now I just think that c comes before s in the alphabet.

    Comment by Proud Papa Bear Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 9:14 pm

66. Rich - clearly you don’t know how to spell “facts.”

    Comment by Just Me 2 Friday, Jun 3, 22 @ 7:41 am

67. Giannoulias. Sometimes I confuse the spelling of Alexi’s last name with that of the former RI County Dem chair’s last name (Gianulis IIRC).

    Comment by Just Sayin Friday, Jun 3, 22 @ 8:32 am

68. Effect versus Affect. I have trouble figuring out which word to plug in there.
    Also, how does anyone misspell “gray?”

    Comment by Da big bad wolf Friday, Jun 3, 22 @ 11:37 am

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