Words you will never be able to spell.

Pherekydes · 16-02-2008 12:28AM

sueme wrote: »

The name Margarat..Margeret...Margret...? Mags will do.

No, no and no.

Margaret.

Manoeuvre. OMG, I got it right first time. For the first time. I'm cured. Hallelujah, I'm off to jump off the west link, now. I can die happy.

longshanks · 16-02-2008 12:43AM

Slow coach wrote: »

No, no and no.

Margaret.

Manoeuvre. OMG, I got it right first time. For the first time. I'm cured. Hallelujah, I'm off to jump off the west link, now. I can die happy.

and with your death make the rest of us happy

Silverfish · 16-02-2008 12:46AM

Dudess wrote: »

Silverfish: Humorous

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No, the correct spelling is 'humourous'.

Humorous is the US spelling, so if you're there I suppose it applies.

weeder · 16-02-2008 12:47AM

purpose

Pherekydes · 16-02-2008 12:49AM

longshanks wrote: »

and with your death make the rest of us happy

Just saw your post in time. I'm calling it off.

longshanks · 16-02-2008 12:50AM

Slow coach wrote: »

Just saw your post in time. I'm calling it off.

nnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Pherekydes · 16-02-2008 12:53AM

Silverfish wrote: »

No, the correct spelling is 'humourous'.

Humorous is the US spelling, so if you're there I suppose it applies.

I'm getting nothing in my dictionary for humourous. No wonder you have trouble with it. Dudess is right.

Silverfish · 16-02-2008 01:01AM

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/humourous

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/humourous

http://www.audioenglish.net/dictionary/humourous.htm

Maybe these are where I got it from. Won't be trusting these dictionaries again.

rainbowtrout · 16-02-2008 01:06AM

Egypt. I always go to put the y before the g and then think, that doesn't look right.

Steven · 16-02-2008 01:09AM

Slow coach wrote: »

I'm getting nothing in my dictionary for humourous. No wonder you have trouble with it. Dudess is right.

I suggest that you stop using an american dictionary, then.

Both are right; Regional variances apply. However, we are not in the US.

I'd be crucified in Spell Czechs if I were to use "color" or "favor".

DaBreno · 16-02-2008 01:11AM

Mister Mxyzptlk

unreggd · 16-02-2008 01:13AM

Indubitably

I always write Indubadably, then think, actually, maybe its indudabadly

16-02-2008 01:15AM

Weather or not.....frazzles my mind.

xOxSinéadxOx · 16-02-2008 01:27AM

"definitely" for me too. always spelt it wrong in different ways, now i just think, right "finite" is in it and that usually helps. OR i look at this website: http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/

Pherekydes · 16-02-2008 01:28AM

Steven wrote: »

I suggest that you stop using an american dictionary, then.

Both are right; Regional variances apply. However, we are not in the US.

I'd be crucified in Spell Czechs if I were to use "color" or "favor".

I never use an American dictionary, paper or not. Just checked my Oxford Reference English Dictionary (paper version) and it's humorous. That's good enough for me, but I'd imagine both would be acceptable to many people.

We're not talking about color, favor, or humor. We're talking about colour, favour and humour. So it's not a valid parallel.

Interestingly, and perhaps confusingly, humourless, humourlessness, humourlessly, etc., are all correct.

Jules · 16-02-2008 01:45AM

Have ya got all night..

scarcasim... or any other version of the word.

embarressment...

When i am typing i spell just - jsut, half the time i leave it and can't be bothered changing it, oh and diarrohria!

Dudess · 16-02-2008 02:28AM

RedorDead wrote: »

Ya big yank ya!

Humour = Irish spelling
Humor = American spelling

which means it should be humourous?? No???

Well the o can be dropped...

pickarooney · 16-02-2008 02:41AM

'Definitely' is related to 'finite'. Remember that and you won't spell it arseways.

I cannot spell those things that orbit the earth and pick up foreign TV channels.

I would vote for 'hypocrisy' as the worst spelled word on boards. That or per se.

'Humorous', like 'vigorous', is the only correct spelling. Using 'ou' twice in the space of five letters is vulgar and malodourous.

I'm typing like Cork now.

stardust_dublin · 16-02-2008 02:46AM

Supercalafragilistikexpealadoshis

St0n3d · 16-02-2008 02:47AM

Face it.. Anyone who texts on a regular basis is bound to become less intelligent. The speech part of the brain is reprogrammed with slang.

This applys for forums, games and just about everything online.. Think about in game with you LOL's and rofl's and bb - bye byes. Your pushing out all the real words imo

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nesf · 16-02-2008 06:01AM

Steven wrote: »

I suggest that you stop using an american dictionary, then.

Both are right; Regional variances apply. However, we are not in the US.

I'd be crucified in Spell Czechs if I were to use "color" or "favor".

It's not a regional variance. You drop the "u" as a matter of convention when forming the word. Vigour and vigorous is another example as pointed out above.

You should be crucified in Spell Czechs for making such a basic error tbh.

Xavi6 · 16-02-2008 06:27AM

'Rhyme' used to get me as a a kid.

Now it's 'restaurant'. I sometimes spell it 'restaraunt'. Other than that I'm pretty set.

Ekancone · 16-02-2008 10:03AM

Embaressed Embarassed

Aard · 16-02-2008 01:11PM

lolipops wrote: »

fish

It's spelled 'ghoti'. Sheesh.

Also: thorough.

Pherekydes · 16-02-2008 01:21PM

pickarooney wrote: »

'Humorous', like 'vigorous', is the only correct spelling. Using 'ou' twice in the space of five letters is vulgar and malodourous.

I'm typing like Cork now.

Very not clever using malodorous, there. Broke your own rule.

Ekancone · 16-02-2008 01:24PM

Recieve Receive

Aard · 16-02-2008 01:54PM

"I" before "E" except after "C" duh.

Except in "receipt". $:\$

Pherekydes · 16-02-2008 02:28PM

Aard wrote: »

"I" before "E" except after "C" duh.

Except in "receipt". $:\$

No, receipt is correct.

Some common exceptions:

species
science
sufficient
seize
weird
vein
kaleidoscope
neighbor

Dudess · 16-02-2008 02:44PM

nesf wrote: »

It's not a regional variance. You drop the "u" as a matter of convention when forming the word. Vigour and vigorous is another example as pointed out above.

You should be crucified in Spell Czechs for making such a basic error tbh.

Yay! I am s-smart, I am s-smart. S-M-R-T. I mean S-M-A-R-T.

Words you will never be able to spell.

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