godofib Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 The worst one I have seen is when people keep misspelling 'believe'. People keep using 'beleive'. Conscious is another one people keep misspelling. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
powa2 Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 I can never spell manoeuvre, it's so annoying! I always get the -oeu- part wrong. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
balloon Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 liaison. People always forget the second 'i'. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 hahah that was totally me! until I looked up the lyrics to "The Remedy"awesome song =)separate! not seperate or some other combo of e's and a's Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiara Angel Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 I can't stand the way people write some words in their plural form. It's supposed to be mangoes not mangos! It's supposed to be mosquitoes not mosquitos! Whatever happened to the e? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Economist Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 DifferentiateMost of the times I get it wrong Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachez Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 Usually, the most commonly misspelled word for me is "disquasting" and "emerrass" and "vacuum"..Yes, i realize that they are probably misspelled right now.. :/ Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Economist Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 (edited) Usually, the most commonly misspelled word for me is "disquasting" and "emerrass" and "vacuum"..Yes, i realize that they are probably misspelled right now.. :/Vacuum is correct, but by saying "disquasting" you mean disgusting? Edited August 6, 2009 by Smid1345 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachez Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 Vacuum is correct, but by saying "disquasting" you mean disgusting?Yes, that is what I mean.See.. at least you understand what I mean Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feist Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Embarrassing.I always forget the second r, which is ironic since it's pretty embarrassing when it happens.I also hate it when I re-read something I write and find spelling or grammatical errors. And when somebody writes me on Facebook, for example, with a spelling error and I write back, specifically integrating the word correctly spelled and they still don't spell it right.For example,A: We should definatly get together.B: Yes we definitely should.A: ...Either way we're definatly going to see a movie.I realize that that makes me seem like kind of a spazz but at least I don't respond with just "Definitely" like I am tempted to. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruan Chun Xian Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 This amused me.Are misspelt CVs really carear siucide?Ariane Sherine guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 12 May 2009 12.30 BST A study of CV blunders found a 'pubic relations' officer and a 'prooficient' typist. Are linguistic pedants fighting a losing battle?Years ago, I was asked to sort through a pile of CVs from copywriters, and the first CV I picked up had the subheading "Copwriter". Unless the applicant wrote scripts for The Bill, this is the equivalent of applying for a job as an equality officer and listing "watching Bernard Manning videos" under "Interests".But last week, it turned out that the copwriter wasn't alone. He was joined, the Telegraph reported, by a "pubic relations" officer, a "prooficient" typist and an applicant who had "excellent poof-reading skills" – all typos apparently discovered by a career advice company in a study of 450 CVs. There were also sentences desperate for commas ("my interests include cooking dogs and interesting people"), statements with worrying implications ("while working in this role, I had intercourse with a variety of people") and unintended admissions ("I was responsible for dissatisfied customers"). Only 19% of the CVs were completely free from typographical and grammatical errors.This means that, unless these 450 CVs were commissioned from blindfolded orangutans with sticky keyboards, 81% of the population are being unforgivably cavalier with the English language. If I were in charge, the applicants might as well have scrawled on the envelope "SWINE FLU INSIDE!" for all the chance they'd have of being shortlisted.However, as over 19% of the population have jobs, there's clearly a school of thought that takes the view: "Unless they're applying for jobs that require writing skills, who cares?" Which is much like saying: "If you're applying for a job where you'll be working from home, why not turn up to the interview with a pint of sick all over your leotard?"Yes, dyslexia exists, but so do spellcheckers, dictionaries and other people's eyes, including those at the careers service this study was designed to plug (PCM, incidentally, which may or may not stand for Pedantic Correction-Mongers). And, in the examples given, the errors were due not to dyslexia but sheer laziness, meaning the CV owners deserve to eat out of bins until they realise their mistakes.And yet, by being a draconian linguistic obsessive, I'm aware that I cause myself more grief than the grammar-defilers will ever receive. By the time I file this piece, I'll have checked it through approximately 879 times (300 more times than usual, given the topic), while other writers are frolicking in the sunlight or cashing cheques generated by their extra productivity. "That's what subeditors are for!" they chorus joyously, as I grimly re-read articles until the words no longer make sense.Laissez-faire CV writers will be hired by bosses who are equally unbothered about slapdash literacy. They will never be tempted to quit a job after being asked to insert an apostrophe into "1980s", nor will they have to contend with word-based pedantry ruining other vital areas of their lives. Unlike them, I have (undoubtedly unwisely) declined the advances of potential romantic prospects who sullied my inbox with emails addressed to "Arianne", asked if I liked "nightclub's" and professed to be a "fellow athiest".This is because my (frankly alarming) thinking often goes "I intend to spend my retirement playing competitive games of Scrabble, and it would be easier to be able to do this with my spouse rather than bother other octogenarians at the old people's home. This should therefore surely be my main requirement in a prospective mate." I have, in the past, genuinely rebuffed the advances of heroic men who couldn't spell in favour of evil men who could.And so I remain single and pointlessly literate, when I could be exquisitely content with the person who, right now, is posting his CV claiming to be "inteligent and dilegent". I should resign myself to caring less about definatelys and seperatelys, given that we live in a mediocre world where Tony Blair became prime minister while unable to spell the word "tomorrow", and Dan Quayle became vice-president of the United States while unable to spell his own name (probably). As the 81% show, we linguistic pedants are fighting a losing battle; if we can't beat them, maybe we should join them in their indifference. Becuase theirs nothing wrong in being accomodating. 2 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avident Posted August 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Brilliant article, Ruan Chun Xian.Here's another word to the list: bureaucracy. Also, I'm seeing a rising trend of misspelled basic words such as ''awfull''. Ghastly.Don't you just admire the Americans with their spelling bees? Spelling should be an IB subject, seriously. I'd love it in Group 5. Imagine, no math - just spelling. And then all the IAs could be spelling bees! Such bliss. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Haha I think spelling bees are getting a bit ridiculous now. Kudos to them, truly. But my goodness! They're getting more and more difficult to keep up with a small minority of kids, leaving the large majority discouraged. but watch this: harassrecommend heroes[if only I didn't spell them incorrectly! ] Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachez Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 "Numbnut?""Oh! Numnah!"Man, I loved that video! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 Hahaha me tooo =)ooh one more word: irregardless. It's not a spelling issue... just that the word is regardless not irregardless! haha having those two endings like that is ridiculous! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Lc~ Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 This amused me.Are misspelt CVs really carear siucide?Ariane Sherine guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 12 May 2009 12.30 BST very interesting article Hien. Made me proof read my CV though I think she's a tad too nutty about the whole thing. I mean chosing a partner depending on spelling? someone needs to sort her priorities straight!please take any of the written words I misspelled to be my contribution to this thread I'm sure I have some! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruan Chun Xian Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 very interesting article Hien. Made me proof read my CV though I think she's a tad too nutty about the whole thing. I mean chosing a partner depending on spelling? someone needs to sort her priorities straight!I think it's sarcastic. Irregardless is a double negative, no? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 This amused me.Are misspelt CVs really carear siucide?Ariane Sherine guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 12 May 2009 12.30 BST very interesting article Hien. Made me proof read my CV though I think she's a tad too nutty about the whole thing. I mean chosing a partner depending on spelling? someone needs to sort her priorities straight!please take any of the written words I misspelled to be my contribution to this thread I'm sure I have some!I actually might just do that You don't want one thing bugging you for the rest of your life! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taigan Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 "Separate". I don't know why, but people in my class always spell it "seperate". This is a good thread, I'll check it out everyday. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avident Posted August 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 I'm sure someone mentioned metaphor, but that's worth repeating anyhow. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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