It’s Tuesday, for some of you it’s back to school and others we’ve been out for a while. What words are you typically typing out wrong that your autocorrect saves you from?
@lseeber Yup. That’s because of that old mnemonic “I before E, except after C, or when sounded like A, as in Neighbour and Weigh.” But I have to remember that niece and weird are exceptions to the rule. (Having more than my share of weird nieces helps me to remember, but Grammarly remembers for me. )
Algorithm. Which is strange for someone with a boatload of training in math, computers, and programming. Before spell check programs, I kept trying to put a “y” in there somewhere.
Also certain contractions are a problem typing. My mind knows what to put, but the integration into motor skills is commonly lost. My mind works faster than my hands.
@rockblossom Luckily, people here, including the grammar nazis, have learned to completely ignore my grammatical fuckups - as there is no hope that it will ever change
Disappointment and address are ones that I sometimes have to think about. Luckily, I’m fairly decent at spelling. My grammar needs work. I got an A in college English, but everything went out the window after that, apparently.
My ex’s spelling was atrocious. His texts drove me crazy. Normally bad spelling isn’t a big deal, but with him… Maybe it was just a sign. There was probably a reason I couldn’t tolerate it. The next guy I dated briefly, just as bad. When I started dating my current, and he actually corrected text errors, I was relieved.
I think epitome is the epitome of words that are easy to mis-spell because they don’t follow the rules of pronunciation that the nuns pounded into our skulls as kids.
I almost invariably type jsut instead of just and frequently type t<space> instead of <space>t (leading tot hings liket his).
I tend to be good with visual memory of words. I may not remember how to spell a given word, but if I type out the variations of it, I’ll frequently “know” which is correct but I have to see them both to be able to judge.
I’m also dyslexic and have trouble telling the difference between lower case b and d, especially when I am tired. Years ago, I learned to use the word bed to tell the difference: I know a bed has a headboard and footboard (high parts when viewed from the side) at the ends and I remember that it is spelled b e d. This tells me that the letter that is high on the left and low on the right is the b and the one that is high on the right and low on the left is the d. This occasionally happens with p’s and q’s but not as frequently (while paq is an upside-down bed, I never found the need to come up with a way to figure out which was which between p and q).
There was once a professor of English, who took upon himself the task of verifying a certain fact about the spelling of words and the related pronunciations. For many years he toiled mightily, and (this being before the era of computers and widely available electronic dictionaries and indices), most of the work was done in libraries poring through dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and the like.
So it was with great pride that he called together other language professors, graduate students, and literary experts to announce his findings, to wit:
There is only one word in the English language, a noun, where the letter ‘s’ followed by a vowel is pronounced as ‘sh’, and that word is ‘sumac’.
Spoke a voice from the crowded auditorium: “Professor, are you sure?”
Today’s product made me remember that I used to spell fuchsia wrong. Even now it gave me pause. I read that it was named after/by a Dr. Fuchs so now I can remember it’s not spelled fuschia.
@RiotDemon I know Dr. Fuchs…but he pronounces his name like “FOX”. So now I’m super confused…Not only do I not know how to spell fuchsia, but I don’t know what it is either!! Aaargh!!
Restaurant…gets me every time. And disappointment sometimes.
@tnhillbillygal I use to have a problem with this. But my brain eventually figured it out and know just processes it visually as rest-au-rant.
@tnhillbillygal Know for now. My point for my post below in living color…ugh.
More often than not, autocorrect turns my correct words into not correct words.
Targaryen
@Barney but I’m right here.
@Targaryen And I’m glad you’re here. Now, how’d you spell your name again?
Lately, I’ve been swapping formally for formerly. I don’t know why. I know what they each mean, but my brain writes/types what it wants.
niece. Not if I’m handwriting… just when I type it for some reason my fingers just quickly go neice and transpose the i and e.
@lseeber Yup. That’s because of that old mnemonic “I before E, except after C, or when sounded like A, as in Neighbour and Weigh.” But I have to remember that niece and weird are exceptions to the rule. (Having more than my share of weird nieces helps me to remember, but Grammarly remembers for me.
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@rockblossom Yup… it happens with weird also.
refrigerator…although now I am questioning why i type that so much
Rhythm
@zachdecker
/giphy good answer
Algorithm. Which is strange for someone with a boatload of training in math, computers, and programming. Before spell check programs, I kept trying to put a “y” in there somewhere.
@rockblossom
If you make it curvy enough, you can hide it in the ‘g’.
Teh I mistype the as teh all the time.
There is only one word I misspell incorrectly every single time.
That word?
Incorrectly.
@PlacidPenguin Now I’m confused. Do you misspell it, or do you spell it “incorrectly”?
@rockblossom
If you’re only confused now, then you’re in better mental shape than most people who communicate with me.
@PlacidPenguin I think most of us around here live in a State of Confusion, just in different zip codes.
A few months ago I misspelled minute “minuet”. Ever since then my iOS devices try to autocorrect and replace minuet for minute.
Minute minuet:
Receive - see did it again, and was corrected.
Also certain contractions are a problem typing. My mind knows what to put, but the integration into motor skills is commonly lost. My mind works faster than my hands.
@mfladd I like to say that I think faster than I type, but really, my mind thinks one thing but my fingers have their own opinion.
@rockblossom Luckily, people here, including the grammar nazis, have learned to completely ignore my grammatical fuckups - as there is no hope that it will ever change
@mfladd Actually, we’ve learned to ignore you.
@Barney Hahaha…
@mfladd Exactly because what is that sometimes I leave out of the sentence but I’ll read and looks fine to me.
@mfladd in grade school they told us:
i before e except after c
I don’t think its universal but its a good rule to live by and be mostly correct, and it sounds out nicely when you say it so its a good mnemonic.
@duodec @mfladd wasn’t it technically, “i before e, except after c, or when it sounds “ay” as in ‘neighbor’ and ‘weigh’” …
@duodec @mfladd That’s weird.
@mfladd @moonhat That’s right, I had forgotten the second part! Good catch
@lseeber @mfladd
No, that’s just English…
@duodec @mfladd Twas a joke man. i before e except after c unless it sounds like ay.
Disappointment and address are ones that I sometimes have to think about. Luckily, I’m fairly decent at spelling. My grammar needs work. I got an A in college English, but everything went out the window after that, apparently.
My ex’s spelling was atrocious. His texts drove me crazy. Normally bad spelling isn’t a big deal, but with him… Maybe it was just a sign. There was probably a reason I couldn’t tolerate it. The next guy I dated briefly, just as bad. When I started dating my current, and he actually corrected text errors, I was relieved.
What a stupid pet peeve.
I can understand text type when texting, even if I don’t like it. However if “u r txt
like dis” and such like that outside of texting it bugs me.
While typing, I also seem to mix up:
form | from
not | now
Saying something is “not” when you mean it is “now” can cause significant issues.
Frome…never even read Ethan Frome, but I want to spell from with an e.
My spelling is purrfect.
I think epitome is the epitome of words that are easy to mis-spell because they don’t follow the rules of pronunciation that the nuns pounded into our skulls as kids.
Alot of the time it is alot!
At work I say Tanks for Thanks and Deon for Done. Both started as typos that I’ve adopted.
Misspell or mistype?
I almost invariably type jsut instead of just and frequently type t<space> instead of <space>t (leading tot hings liket his).
I tend to be good with visual memory of words. I may not remember how to spell a given word, but if I type out the variations of it, I’ll frequently “know” which is correct but I have to see them both to be able to judge.
I’m also dyslexic and have trouble telling the difference between lower case b and d, especially when I am tired. Years ago, I learned to use the word bed to tell the difference: I know a bed has a headboard and footboard (high parts when viewed from the side) at the ends and I remember that it is spelled b e d. This tells me that the letter that is high on the left and low on the right is the b and the one that is high on the right and low on the left is the d. This occasionally happens with p’s and q’s but not as frequently (while paq is an upside-down bed, I never found the need to come up with a way to figure out which was which between p and q).
@baqui63 That’s a pretty good idea/coping skill. I’m not lysdexic but I transpose a lot.
Apparently Ezekiel misspells thee.
There was once a professor of English, who took upon himself the task of verifying a certain fact about the spelling of words and the related pronunciations. For many years he toiled mightily, and (this being before the era of computers and widely available electronic dictionaries and indices), most of the work was done in libraries poring through dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and the like.
So it was with great pride that he called together other language professors, graduate students, and literary experts to announce his findings, to wit:
There is only one word in the English language, a noun, where the letter ‘s’ followed by a vowel is pronounced as ‘sh’, and that word is ‘sumac’.
Spoke a voice from the crowded auditorium: “Professor, are you sure?”
@duodec As sure as day, with sugar on top.
Libary
Oll ov dem.
Today’s product made me remember that I used to spell fuchsia wrong. Even now it gave me pause. I read that it was named after/by a Dr. Fuchs so now I can remember it’s not spelled fuschia.
@RiotDemon I know Dr. Fuchs…but he pronounces his name like “FOX”. So now I’m super confused…Not only do I not know how to spell fuchsia, but I don’t know what it is either!! Aaargh!!
@tohar1
/image fuchsia
The color. Apparently a group of plants? Now I’m confused about the pronunciation, lol.
/giphy fuchsia
Though I’ve definitely gotten better, I still catch myself on two words…College, and Refrigerator…I was always trying to add a “D” in both words!