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Post by cyndijane on Nov 11, 2016 19:34:38 GMT
But you know they're spelled correctly? For me today, it was veterans. I know that's how you spell it, but my mind tells me it's wrong. Drives me crazy- especially since I know tomorrow it'll look fine.
Am I the only one this happens to?
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Post by Zee on Nov 11, 2016 19:38:31 GMT
Definitely is one that always gets me. I seen to want to spell it definAtely.
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Post by bianca42 on Nov 11, 2016 19:51:30 GMT
My husband's first name. He always goes by the shortened version. The full version has a couple ways to spell it and I always second guess myself when I'm looking at it. The good news is that he probably wouldn't notice. He asks me how to spell his middle name.  |
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Post by joelise on Nov 11, 2016 20:33:45 GMT
I think any word looks wrong when you've typed it several times.
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Post by lbp on Nov 11, 2016 20:39:36 GMT
Weird and guarantee.
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Post by bay63 on Nov 11, 2016 20:40:38 GMT
Definitely is one that always gets me. I seen to want to spell it definAtely. HEHEHE me too with this one. |
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Post by femalebusiness on Nov 11, 2016 20:43:50 GMT
When is the one that I sometimes think is wrong. Since I learned to spell that word in first grade it always makes me laugh when I doubt the spelling.
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Post by FurryP on Nov 11, 2016 20:48:16 GMT
Personally I blame my use of the internet. When I see so many people spell things wrong, I second guess myself sometimes.
But I am not perfect. Sometimes I am wrong.
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Post by anniefb on Nov 11, 2016 21:01:10 GMT
I think any word looks wrong when you've typed it several times. This. Happens to me all the time. |
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Post by melanell on Nov 11, 2016 21:52:10 GMT
This happens to me all of the time, especially if I am writing the same word over and over. I can remember moving out of my parents' house and boxing up box after box after box of books, and after the umpteenth time writing "Books" on the side of a box, I thought to myself "Am I spelling that right?", and then I had a good laugh at myself, because really, "books", for crying out loud? I'm pretty sure I mastered that particular spelling long before then!  But dang, for a moment there, the thought went through my head that the word just looked wrong to me. |
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Post by lancermom on Nov 11, 2016 22:32:37 GMT
I had this today. I drew a blank on customer. I kept thinking costume..er. Friday brain for sure!!!
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Post by breetheflea on Nov 11, 2016 23:00:47 GMT
Surprise. I cannot remember to add that first r in there, probably because I don't pronounce that r when I say the word out loud. And you would be surprised how many times I spell that one word wrong per week (I am writing a novel).
Canceled, labeled, and traveled also look wrong. I prefer the British versions with the extra "L's".
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Post by lesley on Nov 12, 2016 0:00:40 GMT
I made a Christmas card today and used a stamp that said "believe". I was so convinced that it was spelled wrongly that I discarded the stamped section. Later on I checked the spelling and realised it was correct after all. I am good at spelling, and don't usually have a problem with 'believe' but today it just looked wrong!  |
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Post by 950nancy on Nov 12, 2016 0:03:46 GMT
Definitely is one that always gets me. I seen to want to spell it definAtely. This used to be mine too. Now I have to think De-finite. |
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Post by smcast on Nov 12, 2016 3:46:09 GMT
I feel this way a lot. I used to be a pretty good speller but second guess myself as I am aging. Definitely was one of those for me too that I would want to spell defin ately too but thank goodness for auto correct and/or spell check.
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Nov 12, 2016 3:51:31 GMT
I can't think of it right now, but there was one I had to go type into word to make sure I was spelling it correctly. It looks perfectly fine on the computer (and I recall using it mostly at the start of a sentence, so I am used to seeing the first letter capitalized) but when I was writing it down, it looked completely wrong. The only conclusion I could draw after checking and rechecking (didn't want my journaling to end up messed up) was that it wasn't a word I wrote by hand very often.
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Nov 12, 2016 4:22:08 GMT
Definitely is one that always gets me. I seen to want to spell it definAtely. That's mine too! |
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Post by AussieMeg on Nov 12, 2016 4:30:58 GMT
Definitely is one that always gets me. I seen to want to spell it definAtely. That isn't a problem word of mine any more, I make sure I say finite in my head when I am typing it - de-FINITE-ly. I always chuckle when I see someone write "defiantly" instead of definitely eg. "I defiantly agree with you." Who are you defying when you agree with me LOL! Yeah, "guarantee" always make me stop and think. Also "relevant". I can never remember if it is relevent or relevant. Now I remember by saying "elephant" - 2 e's then an a. A lot of people write seperate instead of separate. Someone told me a trick for "separate" years ago that I have always remembered: You separate the e's with a's. Isn't English fun?!  |
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Post by mimima on Nov 12, 2016 4:34:39 GMT
Bulliten, memento, and committee always get me
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2016 6:04:50 GMT
Conscience and conscious. I have to pronounce them phonetically in my head in order to spell them correctly.
Have to do that with beautiful, too . (be-A-U-ti-ful)
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Post by scrappintoee on Dec 2, 2016 10:47:18 GMT
mine are : unneccessary and naive---I usually think I've spelled them incorrectly, and google to be sure it's correct. Oh, and it drives me CRAZY when people write Viola instead of Voila  |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Dec 2, 2016 11:28:23 GMT
Ha! You illustrated your own point. Calendar is my nemesis. I'll sometimes type -der and then realize it's not right. |
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Post by Fidget on Dec 2, 2016 13:58:10 GMT
For me it's pavilion, I always want to put to l's in this word. Oh and ophthalmology, I tend to forget that first h.
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Post by garcia5050 on Dec 2, 2016 14:59:50 GMT
I typed the word growth yesterday and stopped, because it just didn't look right. That's not even a hard one.
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Post by mimima on Dec 2, 2016 16:38:51 GMT
Ha! You illustrated your own point. Calendar is my nemesis. I'll sometimes type -der and then realize it's not right. Arg. Autocorrect failed me. |
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Post by breetheflea on Dec 2, 2016 16:43:38 GMT
Ha! You illustrated your own point. Calendar is my nemesis. I'll sometimes type -der and then realize it's not right. Arg. Autocorrect failed me. I do the same with lavender... I insist it's lavendar, now I realize why |
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But dang, for a moment there, the thought went through my head that the word just looked wrong to me. 
