Cizzler Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Tariff. Again, it's the old English thing of where the double letters should be put. I always used to struggle with necessary too until somebody on here made it into an acronym for me. Never eat celery eat sausage sandwiches and remain young if you were wondering. Ahhhh, 'necessary'. My spelling nemesis until I was taught the 'one coffee, two sugars' mnemonic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitsend Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Leicester or Leicestershire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Recommend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2012 RecommendYou want to put two "C"s in it, don't you? But think about it: "style" + "re" = "restyle". "commend" + "re" = "recommend". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Ironically, I've always - and still do - wanted to write "spelt" instead of "spelled". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2012 Ironically, I've always - and still do - wanted to write "spelt" instead of "spelled". "Spelt" (as the past participle of the verb "to spell") is perfectly acceptable in British (as opposed to American) English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 "Spelt" is the way it's spelt... Unless you reside in a condominium with a walk in fridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted September 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2012 I almost always type vehicle as vehcile This! Was about to post this exactly! I also always struggle with Restaurant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa_shere Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 snap i always have to double check spelling restaurant as i tend to spell it restuarant. Also briefly is a common one i get wrong too i and e wrong way around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted September 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2012 colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 17, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2012 Some of these are habitual typos rather than not remembering spellings. More to do with brain/hand co-ordination than memory! For example, I invariably type "becasue" for "because". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Some of these are habitual typos rather than not remembering spellings. More to do with brain/hand co-ordination than memory! For example, I invariably type "becasue" for "because". Indeed. The ones I listed I do genuinely have trouble spelling. It's almost all of the long, double letter words, many of which have been listed already. I think I have just about got to grips with 'professionally' (1 f, 2 of the rest?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I have definatly improved my spelling of definitely recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 17, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2012 I'm still waiting for Dave Hill and Noddy Holder to contribute to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 17, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2012 "Separately" gets me on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 17, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 17, 2012 'Indictment' never looks right. It just looks like there's an 'e' missing i.e. indictement. Used to have a bit of trouble with 'embarrassed' i.e. embarressed. I'm not fond of 'Liquorice' either (har har). It does amaze me the sheer amount of people who have trouble with 'definitely' and in so many different ways too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 17, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 17, 2012 "Separately" gets me on a regular basis.I assume you trip up on 'seperately'? Just remember, there's a rat in separate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 17, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2012 "Separately" gets me on a regular basis.I assume you trip up on 'seperately'? Just remember, there's a rat in separate. Yep. So much so that when i first saw you'd quoted me I thought it was going to be to tell me I'd spelt it wrong. I think (and I'm aware the following paragraph will be thoroughly uninteresting) I have trouble because I used to automatically spell it "seperately", but then got into the mindset of it being spelt not the way I assume it to be spelt. But then I got used to "separately", so that mindset flips me back to spelling it "seperately", because now THAT'S not how I assume it's spelt. Confusing stuff this spelling malarky. P.S. embarrassed gets me too, but solely for the double R. Can never remember if it's one or two Rs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 I always make this mistake when typing fast- greta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 17, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2012 I always make this mistake when typing fast- greta :nod: Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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