how do you spell this word?

[Cool-Beans]

Since when?

Not picking on you, but this is a good example of how nowadays we get to pick which spelling is "correct". There is no right or wrong, just personal preference.

Since ever. Look it up. You'll see it in there.

This isn't "creative spelling." I didn't pull this out of my...hat.

There are correct and incorrect ways to spell words. But a few words have more than one "correct" spelling. It is confusing, but true. "Judgement" is one of them.

And I don't think you were picking on me. Even if you were, I'd get over it. If that's the worst thing that happens today, it'll be a good day.

 

[Todd&Copper]

As an attorney, I type that word A LOT. It's "judgment", not "judgement.

In fact, the latter will come up incorrect on Microsoft Word. It may not look right, but it is correct. Consider it one of those quirks of the English language.

WORD!

 

[Aisling]

The British spell it with the "E". In the US, without the "E".

I guess I'm British.

 

[wdhinn89]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/judgement

 

[Tartan Tigger]

With an E.

 

[rie'smom]

According to the DIS spelling police, it's judgment. I was issued a spelling citation for the word.

 

[luvsJack]

The dictionary says both ways are correct and my spell check shows both ways to be correct.

I prefer "judgement" too.

 

[Fintastic]

I spell it with one E. It may not look pretty, but it's correct.

 

[FayeW]

A post so nice I made it twice! Sorry!

 

[FayeW]

I had no idea there was more than one way to spell judgement. Any time I saw it written the other way I thought it was a typing or spelling error.

There are lots of words that are spelled differently in the United States than in other parts of the world: color/colour, neighbor/neighbour, check/cheque, etc. Commonwealth nations tend to use the British spelling of everything and some of the Americanized versions really, really irk me. Seeing/hearing the word "beers" nearly sends me over the edge. Now it is creeping into Canadian speech (probably the influence of all the American TV we watch) and I want to scream. Where I come from "beer", just like "deer" and "moose" are the same in both the plural and singular form. I had two beer, I saw two deer and three moose, etc.

 

[agnes!]

Both are correct and in professional work I don't use the extra "e" but on my own I do because I think it looks better.

You don't go to court to see a Judg, you see a Judge. You don't get Judgd, you get Judged. So why does a Judge somehow pass Judgment?

"Here come de judg! Here come de judg! Here come de judg!" It just doesn't work.

I say it should have the extra "e".

Absobloodylutely brilliant !
Hahahahahahahahaha, I am ROTFLMAO.

agnes!

 

[Cool-Beans]

I had no idea there was more than one way to spell judgement. Any time I saw it written the other way I thought it was a typing or spelling error.

There are lots of words that are spelled differently in the United States than in other parts of the world: color/colour, neighbor/neighbour, check/cheque, etc. Commonwealth nations tend to use the British spelling of everything and some of the Americanized versions really, really irk me. Seeing/hearing the word "beers" nearly sends me over the edge. Now it is creeping into Canadian speech (probably the influence of all the American TV we watch) and I want to scream. Where I come from "beer", just like "deer" and "moose" are the same in both the plural and singular form. I had two beer, I saw two deer and three moose, etc.

That's funny. I never knew Canadians "beer" in the plural form. Learn something new every day.

 

[luvmyfam444]

Sooo...then should dd be counted off if there are 2 correct ways to spell it in the dicitonary? HMMMMM????

She already knew how to spell the word before it was given as a spelling word..

 

[Anne34]

The dictionary says both ways are correct and my spell check shows both ways to be correct.

I prefer "judgement" too.

This is the way I've always seen it too -- I prefer it this way. (And I don't live in the UK)

 

[Cool-Beans]

Sooo...then should dd be counted off if there are 2 correct ways to spell it in the dicitonary? HMMMMM????

She already knew how to spell the word before it was given as a spelling word..

When I was a kid, we were instructed to use "judgement", but taught that it was correct the other way, too.

IMO, the teacher should have allowed either one. If you don't teach kids that there are two spellings, you end up with adults who don't that...as evidenced by this thread.

But, if the teacher said, "spell it this way," then that is the way you spell it on the test.

 

[nuttylawprofessor]

Sooo...then should dd be counted off if there are 2 correct ways to spell it in the dicitonary? HMMMMM????

She already knew how to spell the word before it was given as a spelling word..

"Judgment" is generally considered proper American English usage. Regardless of which spelling is technically correct, never forget the cardinal rule of writing: make the boss happy. If the teacher and the textbook ask for "judgment," your daughter should be marked off for spelling the word with an "e."

 

[georgina]

This reminds me of the aluminum/aluminium conflict! I didn't know until college that the IUPAC name is aluminium and we in the US are wrong.

 

[Diznygrl]

This reminds me of the only time I ever got a word wrong on a spelling test in school.

The word was 'theater' and I spelled it 'theatre'. Dang, I was so mad over that one!

I've always spelled it 'judgement', and I'm not British. I don't think I've ever even seen it spelled 'judgment' before opening this topic. I must not be paying close attention. Oh well, there is no dotted red line that shows up underneath either spelling when you type it in Firefox, so I guess it's all good!

 

[Pin Wizard]

I remember it changing way back there somewhere. And I remember that if we spelled it with an "e" in the middle during a class I was taking, it was marked as an error and points deducted. Learned that one fast! Along with hors d'oeuvres.

 

[EeyoreFan1]

Judegement. But I tend to spell everything the British way.. (colour, favourite, centre, towne, etc.)