False Spelling Errors

[yearbook50]

Have you ever looked a word long enough that you swear its spelled wrong even though you *know* it is right?

I'm in the process of writing my review of literature for my senior project on the crystallation of chocolate. I keep staring at the word 'milk' and thinking how odd of a word it is.

Maybe I've just been writing too much in the past 2 days.

 

[KristiKelly]

Yep, I did this the other day with the word stradegy - I swear it still doesn't look right to me.


As far as odd words, I think the word Yam is odd.

Good luck on your project.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

Yep, I did this the other day with the word stradegy - I swear it still doesn't look right to me.

 

[beckanoah]

Is it strategy?

 

[binny]

Yep, I did this the other day with the word stradegy - I swear it still doesn't look right to me.


As far as odd words, I think the word Yam is odd.

Good luck on your project.

do you mean Strategy?

 

[kejoda]

This happens to me all the time when I'm tutoring reading with kids. I felt so stupid until I mentioned it once to one of the teachers. She just laughed and said they all go through it.


I tell you some kids can be so convinced that they are spelling a word right that they can convince me.

 

[KristiKelly]

do you mean Strategy?

Yep, no wonder it didn't look right. I asked DS10 - he knows everything and he said it was right so I went with it.

 

[KristiKelly]

This happens to me all the time when I'm tutoring reading with kids. I felt so stupid until I mentioned it once to one of the teachers. She just laughed and said they all go through it.


I tell you some kids can be so convinced that they are spelling a word right that they can convince me.

DS had me convinced on STRADEGY!!!

 

[aplejax76]

Have you ever looked a word long enough that you swear its spelled wrong even though you *know* it is right?

I'm in the process of writing my review of literature for my senior project on the crystallation of chocolate. I keep staring at the word 'milk' and thinking how odd of a word it is.

Maybe I've just been writing too much in the past 2 days.

I have no idea why but I always look at the word FROG and think the same thing.
What an odd little word that is. Does not seem right to me.

 

[yearbook50]

yay, at least I'm not the only one with these thoughts.

 

[KimR]

I was helping DD with her homework the other day and I told her lizard was spelled with 2 z's: lizzard - that looks right, doesn't it? It wasn't until we went to the bookstore later that evening and I saw a big sign with 'LIZARD' written on it that I realized I was wrong. Even now, I look at it and I think it should be lizzard. Also, I always want to spell congratulations with a 'D'. I'm usually a good speller though (despite prolific typos in my posts), it's just certain words trip me up.

 

[rie'smom]

This happened to me when I wrote the word "people". I thought it looked like pee-op-le. I had to use my dictionary to check.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

I get completely hung up on the word "criticize." I remember I used to also have trouble with "kept," I say kept, I know it's kept, but I want to write keeped.

 

[Jennasis]

Some words that look adn sound funny the longer you stare at them:

Scuba
Emergency
Ambulance
Antidisestablishmentarianism
Floccinaucinihilipilification

To this day if I have to spell the word "Friendly", I have to sing the jingle to the commercial for Friendly's restaurant (where spelling the word was part of the song).

One time I forgot how to spell "was" and "who" for about 10 minutes. I kept insisting it was "wuz" and "ho". I was in college at the time.

 

[RickinNYC]

Some words that look adn sound funny the longer you stare at them:

Scuba
Emergency
Ambulance
Antidisestablishmentarianism
Floccinaucinihilipilification

To this day if I have to spell the word "Friendly", I have to sing the jingle to the commercial for Friendly's restaurant (where spelling the word was part of the song).

One time I forgot how to spell "was" and "who" for about 10 minutes. I kept insisting it was "wuz" and "ho". I was in college at the time.

Oh man, for some reason that really made me choke!

 

[FroggyinArk]

I have no idea why but I always look at the word FROG and think the same thing.
What an odd little word that is. Does not seem right to me.

me too.

 

[ajk912]

Mine are accessory (is that right?) and height. When I am tired I get hung up on the toos, too. (two, to, too).

 

[wowsmom]

I was helping DD with her homework the other day and I told her lizard was spelled with 2 z's: lizzard - that looks right, doesn't it? It wasn't until we went to the bookstore later that evening and I saw a big sign with 'LIZARD' written on it that I realized I was wrong. Even now, I look at it and I think it should be lizzard. Also, I always want to spell congratulations with a 'D'. I'm usually a good speller though (despite prolific typos in my posts), it's just certain words trip me up.

You have to wonder why lizard is one z while blizzard has 2 and gizzard has 2.

 

[KelNottAt]

"Tomorrow" always stumps me.

Also, and this is embarrassing, sometimes I forget what to do at traffic signals. You know, I'll find myself stopping on green or going on red. That is SOOO dangerous I always yell at myself afterward.

 

[wowsmom]

"Tomorrow" always stumps me.

I always remembered it by saying "tom" "or " "row".