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to stress it is fucking spelled DEFINITELY. DEFINITELY DEFINITELY

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LadyMountbatten · 20/04/2013 11:03

grr

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Gerrof · 20/04/2013 11:44

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 · 20/04/2013 11:45

I can't do occasion. Tomorrow. Accommodation.

I rely on the puter

We will get lots of posts about sandles soon

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badbride · 20/04/2013 11:56

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

Gerrof · 20/04/2013 11:57

Tsk. Surely you mean nickers.

badbride · 20/04/2013 12:00

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

LadyMountbatten · 20/04/2013 12:06

Lol at loosers. Ace

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LadyMountbatten · 20/04/2013 12:06

RARR ! Grin

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Tanith · 20/04/2013 12:08

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' Grin

Startail · 20/04/2013 12:08

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 · 20/04/2013 12:14

Grin at 'dire rear', it's technically right Grin

Flobbadobs · 20/04/2013 12:15

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.
Blush

LadyMountbatten · 20/04/2013 12:23

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

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Salmotrutta · 20/04/2013 12:26

Diarrhoea is a nightmare to spell!

Much better to just write The Squits Grin

badbride · 20/04/2013 12:28

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 · 20/04/2013 12:32

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 · 20/04/2013 12:33

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 · 20/04/2013 12:36

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

LadyMountbatten · 20/04/2013 12:38

Bad bride. Thanks for that. Guilty!

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LadyMountbatten · 20/04/2013 12:39

Crazy is there an easy way to remember discrete

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almapudden · 20/04/2013 12:42

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

almapudden · 20/04/2013 12:42

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

sassytheFIRST · 20/04/2013 12:45

Have remembered!

Difficulties In Arse Region, Run Hard Or Else Accident Grin

LadyMountbatten · 20/04/2013 12:45

Oh that is good.

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Doubtfuldaphne · 20/04/2013 12:46

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 · 20/04/2013 12:48

Decision (?) always gets me.