To think that broccoli and diarrhoea . . . .

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are the most difficult two words to remember the spelling of?

Dash in a rush, really hurry, or else accident.

That's diarrhoea. Trouble is, I have a problem remembering it without seeing the word first.

despite working in HR and Payroll for many years, I still struggle to spell Personnel and have to double check it every time..

I run an aerial and satellite company now, and frequently spell both of those wrong as well!

Omelettes?

Mozzarella always confuses me (the spelling not the actual cheese as that would just be weird)

spaghetti?

Freud gets me every time. I just sent an essay about him to my tutor last night having forgot to spellcheck and the eu/ue was a disaster!

Up until I was about 20 I had to say 'big elephants can't always use small escalators' to myself or I couldn't spell 'because'. My mum drilled I into me when I was young and struggled with spelling it and I just couldn't shake it off.

I opened this thread expecting a thread about pooing out broccoli. And yet I still opened it! I think I need to sort my life out.

I always get mixed up with licence and license, never know which one to use and spellcheck is no help since they're both words.

Judging by common errors on message boards.... 'loose' and 'lose', 'hungry' and 'hungary', 'counsellor' and 'councillor'... have to be near the top.

INeverFinishAnythi, I also thought the same and also opened it

I am a weirdo though...

I struggle with broccoli but I spell diarrhea like this.

Is broccoli hard then? Never had a problem. The d word (which seems to have beens spelt several ways on this thread so I don't want to copy) yes that is a toughie.

I would add stationary/stationery to Cogito's list.

Bolognaise/ bolognese? Mmm, I'm Hungary now

INeverFinishAnythi - I think about advice/advise when using licence/license or practice/practise - the use of the c or s is the same as with advice/advise, so as they're pronounced differently it helps!

INeverFinishAnythi

I too am confused at why I would want to rad a thread about pooing broccoli.

Sweetcorn on the other hand is a classic

I could never spell diarrhoea without looking it up in the dictionary until I had a toddler. Now it's one of my most used words.