I've been gifted with a spelling aptitude that usually serves me well. But in the past few days I've been working on documents that have been driving my editorial prowess crazy.
privilege - I want to put a D in there somewhere. Please, let me use a D!
medieval - I want it to be 'midevil' or 'midieval' or 'mid-evil'.
wary - I want this to be 'wery'. Which looks ridiculous, but right.
receipt - that 'i before e except after c' rule never gelled with me.
Any ones that are annoying for y'all? Perhaps 'y'all'?
In other news...our internet has been down for a WEEK. To all potential Orange users: don't go there. Their customer service reps will tell you what you want to hear and you'll spend £10 for the privilege. (See me spell it right?!)
2 comments:
There are plenty that annoy me, but I had to search my twitter feed to remember them.
1) The word "troop" should not mean "one soldier".
2) Advertise should end in -ize.
There are more, but I can't remember.
Indicted is an awkward spelling, affidavit (I keep wanting to spell it affadavit), and I just don't like the word obfuscate. My fiance doesn't like people (guilty me) using 'Google' as a verb. Also, working in the corporate culture ~ if I hear the word 'proactive' one more time...!
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