sr71plt
Literotica Guru
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2006
- Posts
- 51,870
Yep, that's the way it is.
Problem Spelling
- Thread starter sr71plt
- Start date
Yep, that's the way it is.
Morning wood/morning glory/any northern UK expressions for a morning boner?
Got a spot of writer's block.
Only ones that I can think of are "Dawn Horn" or "Piss Proud" I'm not sure how common the latter is outside Preston though. Also I suspect it's more prevalent amongst the lower orders
redzinger
Literotica Guru
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2007
- Posts
- 1,234
Only ones that I can think of are "Dawn Horn" or "Piss Proud" I'm not sure how common the latter is outside Preston though. Also I suspect it's more prevalent amongst the lower orders
Ta, think I'm going to use 'Dawn Horn' with one of the others.
Ta, think I'm going to use 'Dawn Horn' with one of the others.
Little Boy Blue
Woke up in the morn
With a bloody great horn
Which he used to call the cows in for milking...
robertreams
Literotica Guru
- Joined
- Jul 17, 2007
- Posts
- 1,993
success, occurr, seperate, separate. Capitol, capital
oggbashan
Dying Truth seeker
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2002
- Posts
- 56,017
One of the improvements to Literotica is the spell-check red underline hint when writing a post.
But it doesn't recognise 'Literotica' and it is set for US English.
When I want to emphasise a post I might use a colour. It tells me I should use color. Sorry. I write UK English.
But it doesn't recognise 'Literotica' and it is set for US English.
When I want to emphasise a post I might use a colour. It tells me I should use color. Sorry. I write UK English.
elfin_odalisque
Literotica Guru
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2004
- Posts
- 10,056
Nonsense, nonsense. The word is 100% French, meaning strength or skill. Why is it the 'pianoforte'? We have dropped the accent but the '-ay' ending lingers on. The convoluted claptrap that confuses 'fort' - a building for soldiers - with skill and ability is nonsense.
sr71plt
Literotica Guru
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2006
- Posts
- 51,870
Don't really give a rat's ass what you make up about it, Elfin. We're talking about English usage here, not French. And, in fact, The French version is le fort (no "tay" on it at all). The "for-tay" pronunciation crept in from the Italian version. When you can afford it and can get over yourself on what you don't know, I suggest you buy a Webster's dictionary. It's all explained there, with the first preference pronunciation in English given as "fort."
Gina_in_Orange
Virgin
- Joined
- Nov 19, 2013
- Posts
- 14
Mediterranean is a word I have had to type several times recently and always seem to get wrong. It look so much better with that second 'd'.
Restaurant and occasionally (restaraunt and occaisionally) are some other ones that I always kick myself when I spell them wrong.
There's a few others that bothered me for a long time, but I eventually managed to commit to memory: embarrass, amateur, separate, excellent, ridiculous. Nowadays I tend to just over pronounce them how they're spelled when I think to myself.
Restaurant and occasionally (restaraunt and occaisionally) are some other ones that I always kick myself when I spell them wrong.
There's a few others that bothered me for a long time, but I eventually managed to commit to memory: embarrass, amateur, separate, excellent, ridiculous. Nowadays I tend to just over pronounce them how they're spelled when I think to myself.
sr71plt
Literotica Guru
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2006
- Posts
- 51,870
Me too. And Caribbean. And I write a lot about both of them.
beachbaby179
pearls go with everything
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2013
- Posts
- 30,907
My issues aren't with classic misspellings - spell check utilities have gotten very good at helping out with that. My problem are the words that are actual words, just not the ones I meant to use. For example, I consistently type pursue instead of peruse. It's maddening.
robertreams
Literotica Guru
- Joined
- Jul 17, 2007
- Posts
- 1,993
how about fullfilling? successes? invinci(a)ble? what is ible? I know what able means. Double els double cees, double esses all confound me.
redzinger
Literotica Guru
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2007
- Posts
- 1,234
I've noticed myself doing similar recently. I'll be on autopilot and write completely the wrong word. Most strange.
sr71plt
Literotica Guru
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2006
- Posts
- 51,870
It may not be all you (although I do the same thing). If you have autocorrect on, that will do all sorts of strange changes to what you were typing.
Hypoxia
doesn't watch television
- Joined
- Sep 7, 2013
- Posts
- 28,080
I'll even slip on your and you're, but I manage to catch those. I never slip on peak, peek, and pique. But flutes and flouts sometimes trip me up.
Autocorrect is the enemy. Or the comedian.
Similar threads
