I noticed that in the UK and Australia, and maybe some other countries as well, that some of our words that we're use to, they have a "u" added in, and it took me a while to understand it was the way they spelled in their country of origin. Such as flavour, colour...I use to wonder why they did that, but then you have to look at our language with all the silent letters in them and you kind of have to wonder how any of us really learned to spell correctly with so many unnecessary letters in our words. I still get confused by "use" and "used". Like in the sentence above where I say "I use to...", I've had people tell me it should be "used". To me that's wrong, but I haven't taken the time to look it up or really worry about it..I still use "use".
My husband is a horrible speller. He doesn't let a lot of other people know about it, but he's always coming to me and asking me how to spell something, and sometimes he looks at me as if he thinks I'm pulling his leg and he'll ask me to spell it again 'cause he doesn't believe it's spelled that way. I've often wondered, too, if all this texting is really good for our kids. How are they going to learn to spell correctly with all those shortcut words? I saw a cartoon once where a child was participating in a spelling bee and they asked him how to spell "late". He spelled it "l8". Makes ya kinda wonder....
It's used, and the reason for the D is that you've already done it, or it happened in the past. We get so used to hearing it the wrong way that it starts to stick, I've caught myself saying on accident before and been a little mortified.
In the UK we use an s where an American word might have a z, for example realise or apologise, it's taken me a long time to get used to spelling them the American way. In Dutch they have ij instead of y. In Spanish they have two versions of n. Languages are cool, and weird!
enthused past participle, past tense of en·thuse (Verb)
- Say something that expresses one's eager enjoyment, interest, or approval: "they both enthused over my new look".
- Make (someone) interested and eagerly appreciative.
Dictionary.com:
[enthused]is used as a transitive verb meaning “to cause to become enthusiastic” ( The liveliness of the dance enthused the audience ) and as an intransitive verb meaning “to show enthusiasm” ( She enthused warmly over his performance ).
I speak Australian but I write/type in English. My spelling and grammar used to be almost perfect but I have discovered as I get older and older and older that I don't really care. Hubby picks me up on it at times and I just smile. If I spell a word wrong it is more likely to be a typing mistake but the lazy grammar is all me. Spell check is a pain in the a... if you are an Aussie as it does not know how to spell!
I am busy making homemade granola bars, so I don't have time to catch up, but I had another I wanted to add. I hope it isn't a copy, or the point of rushing to post it is "MOOT" not (for the Love of Pete!!!) MUTE!!! Mute people can't speak!
My kind of thread!
Errors in this thread that haven't been pointed out yet: a advertising/an advertising, proof read/proofread, notied/noticed, spent/spend, and shouldn't it be "poor" grammar (instead of "bad" grammar)?
These bother me the most: sneek/sneak, peak/peek, to/too, advise/advice, lose/loose, waste/waist, seperate/separate, definately/definitely, halarious/hilarious, dalmation/Dalmatian.
Unfortunately, there's more from CC:
(I can only guess at some of the intended words! You'd think that repeat offenders would catch on after a while! The more we see misspelled words, it makes us question which way is correct.)
Yes, there is. When my husband is telling me all about a new skate ramp he rode or some new (or old) album he LOVES or this new machine at his job. or whatever...and he sees the blank stare on my face, he asks me, "Ummm, you're not very enthused, are you?" And I reply, "Oh, no, I am terribly enthused ;-P "
The verb enthuse is a 19th-century back formation from the noun enthusiasm. Originally an Americanism, enthuse is now standard and well established in the speech and all but the most formal writing of educated persons, in both Britain and the United States. It is used as a transitive verb meaning “to cause to become enthusiastic” ( The liveliness of the dance enthused the audience ) and as an intransitive verb meaning “to show enthusiasm” ( She enthused warmly over his performance ).
My kind of thread!
Errors in this thread that haven't been pointed out yet: a advertising/an advertising, proof read/proofread, notied/noticed, spent/spend, and shouldn't it be "poor" grammar (instead of "bad" grammar)?
These bother me the most: sneek/sneak, peak/peek, to/too, advise/advice, lose/loose, waste/waist, seperate/separate, definately/definitely, halarious/hilarious, dalmation/Dalmatian.
Unfortunately, there's more from CC:
(I can only guess at some of the intended words! You'd think that repeat offenders would catch on after a while! The more we see misspelled words, it makes us question which way is correct.)
Where in the world did you come up with all that? But those are simple typos, for the most part. I am very guilty of those, myself....
Good catch... I didn't actually notice. (see what I mean about viewing misspellings so often?) Plus, I'm logged onto another computer... need to switch to Mozilla Firefox -- that would have caught it.
I once sent an e-mail to a co-worker, put the subject line in last, had my right hand on the wrong keys - forever after, just between the two of us, "work" was spelled "wirj" 
This isn't actually a spelling error, but the talk about spell check not catching words made me think of it. I use an app on my phone called swipe, every time I use it to write my name it comes out as 'herpes'.
I replied to a client's e-mail once with, "See you tomorrow! Herpes."
This isn't actually a spelling error, but the talk about spell check not catching words made me think of it. I use an app on my phone called swipe, every time I use it to write my name it comes out as 'herpes'.
I replied to a client's e-mail once with, "See you tomorrow! Herpes."
I wish you could see me sitting in the floor, with my laptop on the coffee table laughing and wheezing! That hits my immaturity bone really hard, and I am dying here, trying to be quiet, since everyone is sleeping! I am lucky mine name gets switched to "bomb" occasionally.
The other day I was replying "...is the correct.... but I had "coorect" ... I took a screen shot, hang on...
I've never understood the use of BIRFDAY (that's even difficult to type) or when someone says they LOVEDED something...
Spell checkers on auto pilot.....within a requiem mass funeral for a local priest the word Assassination was substituted for Ascension, so the wording came out "the glorious assassination"
Another bugbear is the use of less, rather than fewer. Fewer items are able to be counted, less isn't physically able to be counted.
eg there are fewer books on the table, there is less water in the bowl.
also the use of YOUNGEST instead of YOUNGER.
eg; I am the youngest of 3 girls. The Mother has 2 sons and the younger is very musical.
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This isn't actually a spelling error, but the talk about spell check not catching words made me think of it. I use an app on my phone called swipe, every time I use it to write my name it comes out as 'herpes'. I replied to a client's e-mail once with, "See you tomorrow! Herpes."
Swype* has a personal dictionary you can utilize for words you use a lot that the dictionary thinks are misspelled. I had to use it for my name; it always gets misspelled (although not as bad as herpes! Lol(literally))!
Ooh! That's another one that bugs me! The constant misuse of the word "literally!" I literally slept for a week straight. ... unless you were in a coma, no you didn't...
*No, I did not misspell Swype. ;) Swype is the app Swipe is a verb
i have been corrected many a time on CC for spelling CHEQUE incorrectly...
Australisns spell it CHEQUE
Americans apparently spell it CHECK.........is that correct?
I shall post your cheque tomorrow - when you receive it - please check to see if the ammount is correct...
Thats an example of how we use the two different *checks/cheques*
Never been sure if its a typo - one not knowing the correct spelling - or just how it is.
I speak Australian but I write/type in English. My spelling and grammar used to be almost perfect but I have discovered as I get older and older and older that I don't really care. Hubby picks me up on it at times and I just smile. If I spell a word wrong it is more likely to be a typing mistake but the lazy grammar is all me. Spell check is a pain in the a... if you are an Aussie as it does not know how to spell!
i used to get nervous writing to my daughter when she taught english but i got over that
beside losing* most of the grammar as it is- with apologies to and ah la e e cummings--- i love to make up words ♥♥♥
i just wrote 'uncouthly' in another thread
creating adverbs where none existed before is extremely gratifyingly fun...ly
*losing or loosing??? pick one ;) i even looked it up--can't tell which one
i have been corrected many a time on CC for spelling CHEQUE incorrectly...
Australisns spell it CHEQUE
Americans apparently spell it CHECK.........is that correct?
I shall post your cheque tomorrow - when you receive it - please check to see if the ammount is correct...
Thats an example of how we use the two different *checks/cheques*
Never been sure if its a typo - one not knowing the correct spelling - or just how it is.
It's not a typo. There are perfectly acceptable words that are spelled differently in America than in Britain/Australia, such as check, cheque. Another example is aluminum (American) and aluminium (Brit. Also Aussie?) along with all those words that Americans end in "er" and Brits end in "re" (theater, theatre), and the use or non-use of "u" (flavour, flavor; someone upthread mentioned the "u").
"Between you and I . . ."
NO, NO, NO!!!! It's "me". "I" can never be the object of a preposition.
"If you have any questions, please see Miss Manners or myself." Yourself what? "Myself" should never be used unless one has already referred to oneself in the same sentence. And these are supposedly intelligent, educated professionals. Really?
But I think the best one I've seen was a sign on a parking lot - - "Securitized for your safety."
It's not a typo. There are perfectly acceptable words that are spelled differently in America than in Britain/Australia, such as check, cheque. Another example is aluminum (American) and aluminium (Brit. Also Aussie?) along with all those words that Americans end in "er" and Brits end in "re" (theater, theatre), and the use or non-use of "u" (flavour, flavor; someone upthread mentioned the "u").
oh yes, how could i forget the *u* and *er*. lollll
great examples.
at least i can understand spelling mistakes - its the short txt talk that i have to think twice about...
welllll, except for lol, rofl, b4 and cya.
ohhh just remembered another one...
Marshmallows and MARSHMELLOWS.... lolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll - now thats funny - no actually - thats sad.... lolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Thank you all for the laughs today!!!! I love when my smartphone makes me look dumb! Everytime I try to sign my name "heather" my phone autocorrects to "heavier" (which used to make me mad because I WAS indeed heavy!!)
I have a beloved cousin who is in the LGBT community and when I would jokingly try to call her a "b" (rhymes with stitch) it would correct to "butch". Faux pas! Although we got more laughs from that than what it should have been!
I stopped at a gas station once and there was a sign on every pump that read, "prepay frist".
This reminds me of when I starting dating a senior jock, when I was a freshman in high school. He wrote on his English folder, "Anna is my gril" 
She wasn't for long after that, let me tell you what!
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