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Spelling Bee should have been compulsory

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Ontheedgeofit · 22/08/2025 09:26

Just a little light hearted post to seek out fellow spelling nerds…

I have been scrolling through a second hand clothing / preloved items app and the number of times somebody has explained that an item has sequence and not sequins is mind blowing.

Such a lovely blue sequenced dress…. 😳🤣

Any other favourites?

PS I’ve had to double check my own post for any faults of my own 😂😂😂 but besides for my iPhone auto correcting favourites to favorites, I think I’m safe!

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Ontheedgeofit · 22/08/2025 09:46

WifeOfAGemini · 22/08/2025 09:37

So you like spelling but not a huge fan of hyphenation OP?😂

I actually would have loved a spelling bee competition as a kid! I was a word nerd. I cannot see it catching on though, curriculum space is already limited.

Ah, was waiting for someone to pick a hole in my post. I don’t profess perfection by any means. Some things are more obvious than others though and spelling just seems to have fallen by the wayside. And perhaps it’s not even spelling that is the problem, but more a compete misuse of words which sound the same but mean something completely different. What’s that called again?

Let us right a story together and we can sea how many people pick up the misteaks…

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Dancingsquirrels · 22/08/2025 09:43

Pacifically instead of specifically

Me and my friend instead of My friend and I

But, people are only as good as the folk who teach them, at home and school

UKisbankrupt · 22/08/2025 09:41

Generally instead of genuinely. Drives me mad.

PsychoHotSauce · 22/08/2025 09:37

I've never really had a problem with spelling but I do find myself typing a word that sounds like the word I want (along the lines of sequence/sequins) if I'm distracted and thinking about something else.

Sometimes it gets really bad. The other day I typed 'X lurch around would give anyone a fridge'

I meant 'X lurching around would give anyone a fright'

I didn't even realise what I'd done for ages.

I also spent far too long recently grappling with a mind block for the spelling of 'onus' - 'own-ness?? no, that isn't right wtf!'

MollyButton · 22/08/2025 09:37

The big problem with spelling and grammar is that if people aren’t writing much as adults the skill deteriorates over time. So maybe everyone needs to do some kind of annual brush up on the common mistakes.

WifeOfAGemini · 22/08/2025 09:37

So you like spelling but not a huge fan of hyphenation OP?😂

I actually would have loved a spelling bee competition as a kid! I was a word nerd. I cannot see it catching on though, curriculum space is already limited.

RedNine · 22/08/2025 09:34

Ah I love the sight of Muphry's Law in action.

McT123 · 22/08/2025 09:31

'Beside' or 'aside from', not 'besides for.'