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News & ArtsMonday, August 23, 2010
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz "Proselytize"
Posted by David Schmader on Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 5:41 PM
...has replaced "rhythm" as the word I am physically unable to spell correctly without consulting anything.
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I continue to have trouble with "restaurant" - as I have since the first round of the seventh grade spelling bee. My sympathies.
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decision. i don't have to consult anything, i just have to write it slowly and triple check it because it always looks/feels wrong.
ridiculous. i always want to spell it RE-diculous.
ridiculous. i always want to spell it RE-diculous.
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Forgo. I always want to put an "E" in there. There are a couple more I can't think of off the top of my head.
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Rhythm is my consistent spelling jinx...along with proper grammatical use of the theres and wheres.
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Y'all do realize that the words that cause you the biggest problem are the ones you aren't aware that you're misspelling, right?
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@10, I regret to inform you that you've misspelled the rhythm in your hypothetical (mis)spelling of algorithm...
As for me, every damn time I go to spell the plural of potato, I get this flashback about Dan fucking Quayle's spelling bee incident and the extra E, and I have to ponder for a second whether I've added an E unnecessarily to potatoes...
As for me, every damn time I go to spell the plural of potato, I get this flashback about Dan fucking Quayle's spelling bee incident and the extra E, and I have to ponder for a second whether I've added an E unnecessarily to potatoes...
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@11 I do the same thing! And now his idiot son is making attack ads...the Quayle family has a lot to answer for...
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rhythm will always be the toughest word for me, but I also have Dan Quayle-esque nightmares about the plural of potato.
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...not to forget ecstasy, sacrilegious and dilettante...not to mention the fear of running out of myrrh
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