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Baffling words

September 9, 2008 - Ilima Loomis

I've been a professional writer for more than seven years, and there are still some words I spell wrong every time.

Actual Word                      Wants to Be
triple                                   tripple
judgment                           judgement
transparent                       transparant
putting (as in "to put")     puting (although that doesn't look right either)
apologize                         appologize
lieutenant                         leutenant? lieutennant?? lieutenent?!? ARRR!

 
 

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newsygirl

Sep-10-08 4:06 AM

"Bureaucracy" would be on my list too, except that a certain History teacher who terrified me in 11th grade made*****sure I got it right. Thank you, Mr. Armstrong. But really. "Bureaucracy"? Sheesh.

newsygirl

Sep-10-08 3:59 AM

Ha! Good call on "occasional," "maintenance" and "separate." Who can we blame for these?

omaopio

Sep-09-08 7:08 PM

All of your words look like they could be going into a current political party. Hmm...who should apologize for bad judgment, triple overspending, and lack of transparency? What does the lieutenant gov. have to say about it?

omaopio

Sep-09-08 7:06 PM

Oh yeah, and maitenance. Maitenence. Maintainance?

omaopio

Sep-09-08 7:04 PM

So funny! My words are: ocassional, restauranteur, and alot. Thank god my 10th grade English teacher told me that separate contains a rat, otherwise it would be seperate to me.

 
 

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