Spelling mistakes that drive you nuts

The recent "spelling" topic and some recent posts had me thinking about words that are constantly misspelled around here.

Judgment ... not judgement

Definitely ... not definately

Ridiculous ... not rediculous

Anything else that seems to rear its ugly head over and over?

[DBowling]

moran is getting old

[masse75]

speeling.

[jacki]

your/you're

"could of" instead of could've

[Sheepscot]

cemetary

[miajag81]

alot...where do people get the idea that this is one word?

[gorie]

weird.

too many people spell it "wierd"

[miajag81]

also spelling "siege" as "seige"....mainly because it knocked me out of a spelling bee in 5th grade.

[spamuell]

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weird.

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That is how you spell it.

[Los Feliz Slim]

Spelling "separate" as "seperate" is very popular on 2+2.

[THATWACOKID]

I considar myself a good speeler and I have always speeled the word judgment judgement.

[gorie]

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weird.

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That is how you spell it.

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um, i know. but i hate when people spell that word wrong.

sorry, i'll edit it to not confuse people.

[Brain]

Can I say all of them?

And I want to strangle people that write "of" instead of "have."

(Not that I know what to do with those quotation marks and that period, but that's a different story.)

[mike l.]

i see a lot of people who spell lose: "loose". i hate that so much.

[Brain]

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Spelling "separate" as "seperate" is very popular everywhere.

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[BusterStacks]

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I considar myself a good speeler and I have always speeled the word judgment judgement.

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[DukeSucks]

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Judgment ... not judgement


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This one is mine too. I see this all the time. I'm not sure about other places, but in the south all the churches have "Judgement Houses" instead of haunted houses at Halloween. I have never once seen it spelled correctly.

[miajag81]

Cavalry/Calvary ... people say it wrong too.

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Cavalry/Calvary ... people say it wrong too.

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You are aware that "calvary" is a word, right? And I don't know where you live, but we don't talk too much about the cavalry in these parts. You must really have a thing for the Civil War.

[miajag81]

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Cavalry/Calvary ... people say it wrong too.

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You are aware that "calvary" is a word, right? And I don't know where you live, but we don't talk too much about the cavalry in these parts. You must really have a thing for the Civil War.

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I know that Calvary is a word. I'm saying people interchange them.

[shadow29]

Minimalize.

Not a spelling error, but whatever.

[THATWACOKID]

What's the highest possible IQ I could have if I don't know what either of those words mean?

[shadow29]

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What's the highest possible IQ I could have if I don't know what either of those words mean?

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115? Calvary I can understand (it's a good word, though, but you probably won't have come across it unless you've written poetry or fiction or done some intense literature reading). Cavalry, however, is pretty much a standard word, I think. Even if you just watch CNN on occasion.

[GMan42]

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Can I say all of them?

And I want to strangle people that write "of" instead of "have."

(Not that I know what to do with those quotation marks and that period, but that's a different story.)

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If I'm not mistaken, the period inside the quotes is only for quoting speech; with a single word like that, the period should be outside.

[syka16]

ect.

[Brain]

Hmm, sounds fair to me. Putting it inside makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever.

Brian said, "I think too many of the rules for English are stupid." /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Wozza]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Oh, and 'villian'...

just saw another old favorite ... grammar, not "grammer"

[mason55]

This thread has been done way too many times. Please lock this mods.

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This thread has been done way too many times. Please lock this mods.

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Keep drinking. Half of the spelling errors are from your posts.

[mason55]

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totally unnecessary

[mason55]

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totally unnecessary

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i agree, your post was totally unnecessary.

[CourtesyFlush]

"loose" when they mean "lose"

seriously, what is up with that...

[Sykes]

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Judgment ... not judgement



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90% sure both spellings are correct.

Also, country has a great deal on how you spell words.

I.E.

America - Color
Canada - Colour

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Judgment ... not judgement



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I'd be interested in the source that says "judgement" is proper.
90% sure both spellings are correct.

Also, country has a great deal on how you spell words.

I.E.

America - Color
Canada - Colour

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[Brain]

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Minimalize.

Not a spelling error, but whatever.

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Just like conversate.

That's only allowed on the Warren G album. Everywhere else, no good.

[Sykes]

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Judgment ... not judgement



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I'd be interested in the source that says "judgement" is proper.
90% sure both spellings are correct.

Also, country has a great deal on how you spell words.

I.E.

America - Color
Canada - Colour

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www.dictionary.com (http://www.dictionary.com)

[aaarrrggghhhhhh]

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i see a lot of people who spell lose: "loose". i hate that so much.

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what he said

[Nottom]

loose instead of lose

That is the one spelling error I see all the time on here that drves me nuts.

interesting, thanks for the link

[SmileyEH]

Spelling mistakes don't really bother me.

-SmileyEH

[Bulldog]

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Minimalize.

Not a spelling error, but whatever.

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Just like conversate.

That's only allowed on the Warren G album. Everywhere else, no good.

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I heard Phil Gordon say "courageousness".

[OtisTheMarsupial]

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alot...where do people get the idea that this is one word?

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a lot
a lot
a lot

It's really not that hard.

This is my all time biggest spelling pet peeve.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Judgment ... not judgement


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This one is mine too. I see this all the time. I'm not sure about other places, but in the south all the churches have "Judgement Houses" instead of haunted houses at Halloween. I have never once seen it spelled correctly.

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Judgement can be spelled correctly with or without the e (http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=judgement&x=0&y=0).

[OtisTheMarsupial]

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ect.

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Yes, this is a good one. But I understand if it's just a typo.

I have been known to spell it out on occasion, though, to emphasize it, make the reader hit all 4 syllables, for effect, to give pause, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera... heh... and people just don't get it.

[jakethebake]

Why the quotes around "spelling"? That's more annoying than actual spelling mistakes.

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Why the quotes around "spelling"? That's more annoying than actual spelling mistakes.

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I am sorry you are annoyed by proper grammer, er, grammar.

[OtisTheMarsupial]

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If I'm not mistaken, the period inside the quotes is only for quoting speech; with a single word like that, the period should be outside.

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There's debate on that. Source (http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm)
I, being the logical person I am, tend towards the British style. My former editor, however, reprogrammed me.

"In the United States, periods and commas go inside quotation marks regardless of logic."

"In the United Kingdom, Canada, and islands under the influence of British education, punctuation around quotation marks is more apt to follow logic."

I thought the recent style manuals here (US) have drifted toward the British method, supporting punctuation marks outside of the quotation marks in those instances.

[Victor]

people always mix up to and too. its annoying because when scanning a post i often have to go back and read more carefully.

[jakethebake]

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I thought the recent style manuals here (US) have drifted toward the British method, supporting punctuation marks outside of the quotation marks in those instances.

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that bugs me too, unless the quote contains a question.

[istewart]

People that say "due to." People that say "amongst" and aren't British.

[AZK]

Villian instead of Villain on this [censored] message board.

[biscuitman]

Not a spelling mistake per se but this annoys me.

The phrase as I use it is "I couldn't care less". In the US this seems to be used to mean exactly the same but the n't is dropped ie "I could care less about blah blah" which to me changes the meaning and makes no sense in the context it is normally used in.

If you *could* care less then you have some level of "care" above zero about the issue so therefore it does affect you!!!! Jeez its bugging the hell out of me just writing this. If you have no care about a situation you COULDN'T care any less. I am now on a mission to stamp out this nonsense from the world forever !!!!!

[jakethebake]

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Not a spelling mistake per se but this annoys me.

The phrase as I use it is "I couldn't care less". In the US this seems to be used to mean exactly the same but the n't is dropped ie "I could care less about blah blah" which to me changes the meaning and makes no sense in the context it is normally used in.

If you *could* care less then you have some level of "care" above zero about the issue so therefore it does affect you!!!! Jeez its bugging the hell out of me just writing this. If you have no care about a situation you COULDN'T care any less. I am now on a mission to stamp out this nonsense from the world forever !!!!!

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we covered that last week.

[Skipbidder]

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Judgment ... not judgement


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This one is mine too. I see this all the time. I'm not sure about other places, but in the south all the churches have "Judgement Houses" instead of haunted houses at Halloween. I have never once seen it spelled correctly.

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Both judgement and judgment are correct.
Judgement is the British spelling.
Noah Webster changed it to judgment for no particular reason.

Yes, yes. I should have read the whole thread before replying. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

[jakethebake]

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Both judgement and judgment are correct.
Judgement is the British spelling.
Noah Webster changed it to judgment for no particular reason.

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I'm glad our ancestors took advantage of the opportunity to fix all the things the Brits were misspelling. It would be really annoying to have to use -re instead of -er. And all those damn Cs, Zs, & Ss. When will the Brits catch on?

[biscuitman]

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Both judgement and judgment are correct.
Judgement is the British spelling.
Noah Webster changed it to judgment for no particular reason.

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I'm glad our ancestors took advantage of the opportunity to fix all the things the Brits were misspelling. It would be really annoying to have to use -re instead of -er. And all those damn Cs, Zs, & Ss. When will the Brits catch on?

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When you guys quit it with could care less.

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[stankybank]

your and you're.

wierd.

truely.

[-Skeme-]

Probably mentioned before, but judgement is spelled properly, as is judgment.

[hogua]

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truely

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DING! DING! DING!

[-Skeme-]

"mah"

[jakethebake]

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"mah"

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...with "RAWR" taking a close second.

[Rduke55]

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Minimalize.

Not a spelling error, but whatever.

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Just like conversate.

That's only allowed on the Warren G album. Everywhere else, no good.

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And LL Cool J

[masse75]

Oh, here's a classic you'll see on 2+2. "Sooted."

"I had AK sooted."

What? Were they covered in ashes?

It's SUITED!!!! Moran!!

[-Skeme-]

There's no such thing as AK sooted. It's 38 soooted or 59 soooted.

[Bulldog]

Both wrong. "s00ted"

[jakethebake]

payed

[Bulldog]

artical

[daryljobe777]

"Lose" as "loose."

[EliteNinja]

misuse of Their and They're

[Sheriff Fatman]

It niggles me to read the Americanised versions of words where the spelling has been dumbed down.

e.g
'color' instead of 'colour'
'check' instead of 'cheque'
'shammy' instead of 'chamois' (saw this one in Vegas last week!)

Purely a cultural thing but it drives me mad (in no small part due to the fact that Microsoft Word often tries to 'correct' these words to the American version).

I also get niggled by the use of 'math' instead of 'maths'.

I realise this is a minority view on here and most of you don't view these as mistakes, but to an English reader they are.

Sheriff

[Cyrus]

Loose

instead of

Lose

It will never disappear, for some reason.