Spelling Bee should have been compulsory

[Ontheedgeofit]

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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!'

Generally instead of genuinely. Drives me mad.

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

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…

Pacifically is not even a word. Its actually quite a nice sounding one though.

Yes it is.
It means calmly, soothingly. From "pacific" meaning peaceful.

Specially instead of especially is another.

A FB group I'm in has a lot of members using the word 'assistants'. The amount of people that spell it 'assistance' blows my mind.

Or I love you more then anything instead of I love you more THAN anything.

It’s not spelling it’s mishearing or not having read the word. Or having read it but not heard it and mispronouncing it.

Homophones not homophobes 😂😂😂

My DS's school is involved in spelling bees. They happen internally and the winners represent the school in a regional competition.

My DH ex-wife would annually send us the kid’s stationary list. I always felt a little bit of smug satisfaction when I read the message. She was not very nice to me but at least I knew the difference.

You used should have, instead of should of, you wonderful person!

Aloud instead of allowed winds me up.

I know ! But some of my family say it

Spelling bees don't help some people with spelling.
I spent hours and hours getting DS to learn his spellings for primary spelling tests. He could drill them enough to pass the test on a Friday, but not a chance he'd get them right in the story he wrote the next week.
Let's just say we didn't try very hard when school wanted a spelling bee for all the MFLs taught!

I'm not a grammar expert but I thought that there were times when "me and my friend" was correct, for example "Sophie invited me and my friend to tea"

Isn't Spelling Bee just a way for kids who are already good at spelling to show off?

All schools teach spelling. Some people are better at it than others.

Yes, I had a friend at school who always got 10/10 for every spelling test but couldn't spell for toffee. She worked harder than anyone else and would spend hours revising for each spelling test, but her brain just couldn't retain it afterwards.

Spelling is probably the wrong word in this context.

It is strange how our brains work and are wired differently. I think I recognise words and their correct placement in a specific context, spelling is more phonetic and sounding out the different parts that make up a word.

I just know the difference between stationery and stationary. My DH wouldn’t. They sound the same, mean different things and are spelt very slightly different. This is more knowledge than spelling.

I'm not a pedant at all but I am really noticing how common the incorrect use of 'yourself' is becoming. My very intelligent, experienced manager changed you to yourself on a letter I was working on recently. I changed it back before sending it