Incorrect but lovely.

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Sometimes I see words spelled in a way that just looks so much nicer than the correct spelling. My favourite today is "wroutine"

Does this mean I will never be a true pedant? Do pedants have to have a natural dislike for all things incorrect?

Oh no, I think you can still be a true pedant and feel like that - a pedantic aesthete, perhaps.

I always think 'conducive' would be much nicer as 'condusive'. And there are quite a few other examples that I can't think of offhand.

Oh I agree. My pet one is complexion. I reckon it should be complection, complexion seems far too American IYSWIM.

but "connexion" is in Jane Austen along with "shewed" and such other archaeisms.

My DH always spells grateful as greatful, which I always think is rather apt.

I get a lot of raised eyebrows on the pedant's threads because of my name

You could always change to Daisy Ashford.

Can anyone remember the wonderful misspelling from AIBU that was discussed here a while back? I think it was another ph/f one and it was beautiful.

This reminds me of a child's artwork I saw in a magazine one - it was a pic of frogspawn and the caption - "When frogs are born they are called frogsborn"

Frogsborn - it's just so perfect and beautiful.

Oo top marks Rosa! I could change, I know, but I quite like watching people get huffy.

I was on a Turkish airlines flight a few years back and their brochure began with the words,

"Dear You, our esteamed passenger in the sky"

When condensation started forming on the insides of the windows I did start to worry about how literal the esteaming might be.

On 'complexion', I have seen people being described as 'fair-complected', though it may have been in something like 'Anne of Green Gables', so probably not used these days.

I once went to a restaurant in spain with a menu translated into english, featuring "lamp stew"

Frogsborn

Frogsborn reminds me of DS2's claim that the school flag was going to be displayed at the top of the tadpole.

Frogsborn!

I just had an email from someone saying "I think if we did XYZ it would have more bight"

Also my sister (barrister) has just received an extremely naff CV from someone saying "I love the criminal law because it's so roar"

One of my DDs used to call the washing machine the washing washing, NDTH

ds1 will only let us use the hoover once he has put his 'ear offenders' on

Not quite the same either but I once told a very dippy friend that ice cream was called ice cream because when you ate it your eyes screamed (i.e. an ice cream headache)

My dsd also referred to her chickenpox as "chickenspots" - much more apt imo

or chickenpops

Apparently I used to call my hat a "haton" because I was always told to put my hat on.

And I used to say "I amn't" which is very grammatically logical, if not actually correct

my boys claim to not have done some thing because they were constracted - I am never sure if they mean confused or distracted - but I think it fits the situation perfectly.

DS calls eyelids 'eyelips'. Too cute to be corrected.

buntinglicious are you my ds1? if so you certainly type well for a 3yo

atcherly ds1 says this:

me: come downstairs ds1!
ds1: i'm am coming downstairs