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  words I can never spell without spellcheck.
« on: February 27, 2009, 08:46:15 AM » by Mike Barrett
Maybe I am mildly dyslecksiixxic, but no matter how many times I try to memorize them, there are some that never stick, so I'm starting a list. Feel free to add your own.

Vehicle

Rhythm

Wow, those two piss me off; more to come, I'm sure.
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  Re: words I can never spell without spellcheck.
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2009, 08:59:11 AM » by brian_edwards
Broccollli, brocoli, brocolli ---- hence my yet to be written ode to green veg.

B.
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« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2009, 09:00:47 AM » by Mike Barrett
oh yeah, broccooollolly is a bitch.
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  Re: words I can never spell without spellcheck.
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2009, 09:09:01 AM » by Mike Barrett
just thought of another, bit obvious, but it gets me every time, see if i can get it here:

Necesssary

Neccesscary

Neccessary

Nesscessacdyeucnevao;uefr n[awerjoifbn;qewrfgnaew;r ona wer;fonjae ;pa fgnj;aeoifgjn ['g


oh, whatevr...
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  Re: words I can never spell without spellcheck.
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2009, 09:12:22 AM » by brian_edwards
That one's easy dear Michael

Never Eat Chocolate Eat Salad Sandwiches And Remain Young


Sound advice too.

;)

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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2009, 09:29:52 AM » by Mike Barrett
I'm sure I'll end up with some kind of ghastly chocolate and salad sandwich.
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« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2009, 09:49:45 AM » by StellaR

Try to remember broccoli by the double c

As a Canadian, I am well used to our proclivity for u's here and there but am puzzled by the following:

Humour is acceptable, humourous is sometimes tolerated, however, humourously is considered obsolete and most often spelled humorously.
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« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2009, 10:43:33 AM » by Lynn Doiron
judgment ... judgement
weird ..... wierd  [what happened to the i before e except after c rule?]

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  Re: words I can never spell without spellcheck.
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2009, 10:47:58 AM » by brian_edwards
Funny Lynn.

In school, we were taught "i before e except after c 'cos anythin' else is weird"


B.

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  Re: words I can never spell without spellcheck.
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2009, 11:33:50 AM » by Lynn Doiron
I'm so old, they may not have figured out that last part when I made the grades; OR, as with so much else, that part slipped off the radar screen.  Perhaps I'll remember it now . . .  ?  nah.
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« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2009, 01:01:25 PM » by milner place
Frequently used words I've problems with are prosenchyma and sphragistics. It's a real bind.

milner
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« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2009, 01:03:29 PM » by Sherry Thrasher
February or was it Feburary. 
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  Re: words I can never spell without spellcheck.
« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2009, 01:13:56 PM » by milner place
or maybe it was mrach?
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  Re: words I can never spell without spellcheck.
« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2009, 07:02:53 PM » by Sue Lozynskyj
beautiful
diarrhoea
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« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2009, 07:04:10 PM » by Jay Dougherty
Maybe I am mildly dyslecksiixxic, but no matter how many times I try to memorize them, there are some that never stick, so I'm starting a list. Feel free to add your own.

Vehicle

Rhythm

Wow, those two piss me off; more to come, I'm sure.

Yeah, rhythm is one of those words...

:)
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