to stress it is fucking spelled DEFINITELY. DEFINITELY DEFINITELY

[LadyMountbatten]

grr

[Gerrof]

Mind you I always type separate wrong. Writing I spell it correctly but something happens when I type.

Perhaps I am a bit thick an all.

[LadyMountbatten]

I can't do occasion. Tomorrow. Accommodation.

I rely on the puter

We will get lots of posts about sandles soon

[badbride]

Honestley, people who get their knickers in a twist about spelling are such loosers

[Gerrof]

Tsk. Surely you mean nickers.

[badbride]

Pfft. Next thing you'll be narking me about my grammar. I can't imagine anything fewer interesting.

[LadyMountbatten]

Lol at loosers. Ace

[LadyMountbatten]

RARR !

[Tanith]

I loved the misspelling in one of Gervais Phinn's books (he used to be a teacher, then a school inspector).

A mum had written a sick note to explain her daughter was ill with 'dire rear'

[Startail]

If spell checkers had one word definitions poor dyslexic sods like me would stand a chance, but they don't.

Apple autocorrect is particularly awful, it frequently suggests the wrong word.

Google search is brilliant, it gets what I mean when apple and word have both given up. DD1 and I suspect it compares what people write and which result they choose and since English is not many web uses first language, it learns to cope with our outrageous guesses.

[AgentZigzag]

at 'dire rear', it's technically right

[Flobbadobs]

I am so guilty of that one and I piss myself off doing it! Have to spellcheck every single time. It's just a blind spot for me for some reason.

[LadyMountbatten]

I can never ever spell dire rear. And the puter suggest the Us spelling

[Salmotrutta]

Diarrhoea is a nightmare to spell!

Much better to just write The Squits

[badbride]

My pet gripe is folk who claim to have been "phased" by something. If that is true, then they have ended up like Captain Kirk following his transporter mishap in The Tholian Web

Somehow, I think they mean "fazed"

[ivanapoo]

The reason definitely becomes "defiantly" so often is because spell check corrects "definatly" to "defiantly".

I love it when people say they will defiantly come to lunch...

As for definitley, gah so close! I remember learning the basic rule that it's always -ly aged 5.

I also can't bear loose/lose, recipie, reccomend. Let's not even start with your/their.

[sassytheFIRST]

Someone told me a great acronym to spell dire rear recently. I can only remember the last bit though - useless emoticon.

Run Hard Or Else Accident

[crazypaving]

discrete vs discreet. argh argh argh. and faze vs phase. gah.

[LadyMountbatten]

Bad bride. Thanks for that. Guilty!

[LadyMountbatten]

Crazy is there an easy way to remember discrete

[almapudden]

Doesn't It Always Run Really Horribly Over Each Ankle :D

[almapudden]

Yes - when discrete means separate or individual, the T separates the two Es!

[sassytheFIRST]

Have remembered!

Difficulties In Arse Region, Run Hard Or Else Accident

[LadyMountbatten]

Oh that is good.

[Doubtfuldaphne]

I hate that at work, all the doors have a huge sign on them saying 'insure this door is closed at all times' argh
Also biiig 'dinning furniture' sign on a shop sign in Bristol
So sad

[BobblyGussets]

Decision (?) always gets me.