Anonymous
10/09/2023 10:38
Subject: Re:Words that you have a hard time spelling
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some of mine are on this thread. I feel seen!
My words are:
Separate
Definitely
Calendar
It drives me crazy every time I write these words I have to think about it.
These are mine too!
My 5th grade teacher wrote SepArate on the board and said, "See how the A sepArates the two halves of separate?" Brilliant!
Hors d'oeuvres for me.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 10:33
Subject: Re:Words that you have a hard time spelling
occasionally
Anonymous
10/09/2023 10:31
Subject: Words that you have a hard time spelling
Anonymous wrote:Hors d’Oeuvres
I had to Google it. I can never spell it correctly.
Oh gosh yes. That is one I have to look up every time. Or just say appetizers instead.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 00:56
Subject: Words that you have a hard time spelling
hors doevres
Anonymous
10/08/2023 23:34
Subject: Words that you have a hard time spelling
Anonymous wrote:Anyone else losing their ability to spell? I used to be pretty intuitive and had a decent memory for spelling. But not so much anymore. I'm assuming it's due to spell check, autocorrect, predictive text. Looking up a word in the dictionary forces you to focus on the word more. Plus as a minor lexophile I would also spend an extra few minutes looking at other words on the dictionary page every time I looked up a word. I miss that.
Yes. Spelling and driving skills. I blame Covid for the later.
Anonymous
10/08/2023 23:30
Subject: Re:Words that you have a hard time spelling
Anonymous wrote:license
Same. Perfect score on sat English portion, huge reader, large vocabulary and my brain refuses to remember who to spell this word and diarrhea.
Anonymous
10/08/2023 18:11
Subject: Words that you have a hard time spelling
rhythm
Anonymous
10/08/2023 17:42
Subject: Words that you have a hard time spelling
Deodorant.
I think I finally have it. But for a long time I’ve been autocorrected from deoderant.
I think I finally have it. But for a long time I’ve been autocorrected from deoderant.
Anonymous
10/08/2023 16:58
Subject: Words that you have a hard time spelling
Hors d’Oeuvres
I had to Google it. I can never spell it correctly.
I had to Google it. I can never spell it correctly.
Anonymous
10/08/2023 14:46
Subject: Re:Words that you have a hard time spelling
Anonymous wrote:Some of mine are on this thread. I feel seen!
My words are:
Separate
Definitely
Calendar
It drives me crazy every time I write these words I have to think about it.
These are mine too!
Anonymous
10/08/2023 14:18
Subject: Re:Words that you have a hard time spelling
I mess up homophones
Anonymous
10/08/2023 13:36
Subject: Words that you have a hard time spelling
Anyone else losing their ability to spell? I used to be pretty intuitive and had a decent memory for spelling. But not so much anymore. I'm assuming it's due to spell check, autocorrect, predictive text. Looking up a word in the dictionary forces you to focus on the word more. Plus as a minor lexophile I would also spend an extra few minutes looking at other words on the dictionary page every time I looked up a word. I miss that.
Anonymous
10/08/2023 12:31
Subject: Words that you have a hard time spelling
Accommodations
Anonymous
10/08/2023 12:28
Subject: Re:Words that you have a hard time spelling
Anonymous wrote:it is weird! Should be I before e except after cAnonymous wrote:Weird
Why isn’t it i before e like wiener or wield?
It’s like weight. But why?
I spell weird wrong the first try every time.
Anonymous
10/08/2023 12:05
Subject: Words that you have a hard time spelling
All of you have done a great job of documenting tricky words! It seems like double c, r, or s throws off many!