OT for Lia and other spellers

She left the first "n" out of Benjamin.

Nann Hilyard wrote:
How does one misspell Benjamin Franklin?

Nann


"Carey N." wrote in message
news:%a_3f.1535$Lb1.618@trndny03...

And how about axed for asked?

Tonight on Jeopardy, one young contestant lost in the final round, for
misspelling Bejamin Franklin, because "the spelling affects the how it is
pronouced" per Alex Trebek. Too bad it cost her $10,000 to learn that
spelling counts!
--
Carey in MA

"nzlstar*" wrote in message
...

my pet peeves a
separate vs seperate...... eeeeeeek.
oh and to hear folks say ec cetera, not et cetera.
what do they think the etc means. : /
oh, oh and pacific for specific. omg.
bought for brought.
ok, i do write online 'tho' for though.
i'm just a bit lazy about that one.
i figure that one is an obvious abbreviation tho and really ought to be
correct.
dem for them is really irritating too or free for three.
maybe some of those are dialectic but boy they sure can be irritating.
not that i'm poifect, eh. )
jeanne
--
san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz
nzlstar on yahoo msg'r
http://community.webshots.com/user/nzlstar

"Mika" wrote...
snipped
One of my pet peeves though is when people misuse Then and Than.

grrrrr.

Ok

off my soap box. lol.

Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms

Often times my fingers get in a hurry when I type and I'll hit the x when I
should hit the s keys when spelling especially so it comes out expecially.

Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms

"nzlstar*" wrote in message
...
oh great, now we cant expresso our opiniono?
well i never!!
someone pass me a hot laté (sic).
snorfle,
jeanne
--
san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz
nzlstar on yahoo msg'r
http://community.webshots.com/user/nzlstar

"AliceW" wrote...
My favorite is expresso

--
Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian
http://www.ourcyberfamily.us/
"Just about the time a woman thinks her work is done, she becomes a
grandmother." Edward H. Dreschnack

Bejamin

She left out the first n.

Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms

"Nann Hilyard" wrote in message
...
How does one misspell Benjamin Franklin?

Nann


"Carey N." wrote in message
news:%a_3f.1535$Lb1.618@trndny03...
And how about axed for asked?

Tonight on Jeopardy, one young contestant lost in the final round, for
misspelling Bejamin Franklin, because "the spelling affects the how it is
pronouced" per Alex Trebek. Too bad it cost her $10,000 to learn that
spelling counts!
--
Carey in MA

"nzlstar*" wrote in message
...
my pet peeves a
separate vs seperate...... eeeeeeek.
oh and to hear folks say ec cetera, not et cetera.
what do they think the etc means. : /
oh, oh and pacific for specific. omg.
bought for brought.
ok, i do write online 'tho' for though.
i'm just a bit lazy about that one.
i figure that one is an obvious abbreviation tho and really ought to be
correct.
dem for them is really irritating too or free for three.
maybe some of those are dialectic but boy they sure can be irritating.
not that i'm poifect, eh. )
jeanne
--
san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz
nzlstar on yahoo msg'r
http://community.webshots.com/user/nzlstar

"Mika" wrote...
snipped
One of my pet peeves though is when people misuse Then and Than.
grrrrr.
Ok
off my soap box. lol.

Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms

The grocery store had a sign up for fresh garlic, "39 cents a clove". I
did tell the clerk there were quite a few cloves in each head of garlic.
Don't know if he changed the sign.

Polly Esther wrote:
Jeanne asked did you call and tell them?
No, Jeanne, I didn't. Nobody is functioning at normal speed - whatever
that was. I saw some *manger's* specials at the grocery today. We'll get
better, it will just take a while. Meanwhile, we just laugh and cry and
keep scooping up mud. Polly

We had "Warshington Chickens" on the outdoor billboard at our
supermarket once......

Patti in Seattle

amblance is the one that bugs me. Mom always said 'libary' but
she was the one who called a Kodak camera a Kotex camera. She
also called Bastancherry road *******cherry. I think it had a lot
to do with a different first language. That and she was kind of
wacky : )
Taria

Carey N. wrote:

And how about axed for asked?

Tonight on Jeopardy, one young contestant lost in the final round, for
misspelling Bejamin Franklin, because "the spelling affects the how it is
pronouced" per Alex Trebek. Too bad it cost her $10,000 to learn that
spelling counts!
--
Carey in MA

Dh, from Kansas City always gripes about 'warsh'. That and
our/are.
Taria

Patti S wrote:

We had "Warshington Chickens" on the outdoor billboard at our
supermarket once......

Patti in Seattle

And then there is my DH who wrote on DD1s school payment envelope "$65 for
SWIMING". Sheesh!

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

"WitchyStitcher" wrote in message
...
I have this in my classroom. I tell my kiddies that a computer is good
but it's no replacement for a person.

My work is dun as yew kin sea
Its jest as find as it kin bee
Their our know eras hear yew no
My spell checker tolled me sew

Linda
PATCHogue, NY



On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:46:37 -0600, "Donna in Idaho"
(remove spam) wrote:

A few years ago, my computer tech had a new advertising flyer printed up
for
his business. The finished product had several spelling errors. He
asked
the company if they had spell check. The answer, "Yes, we use it on big
jobs." :-(

what about pasgetti instead of spaghetti? Or aks instead of ask? But what
about the plain old fashioned forgetting to say please and thank you????
Drives me nuts. mmm-hmmm, it does.

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

"nzlstar*" wrote in message
...
my pet peeves a
separate vs seperate...... eeeeeeek.
oh and to hear folks say ec cetera, not et cetera.
what do they think the etc means. : /
oh, oh and pacific for specific. omg.
bought for brought.
ok, i do write online 'tho' for though.
i'm just a bit lazy about that one.
i figure that one is an obvious abbreviation tho and really ought to be
correct.
dem for them is really irritating too or free for three.
maybe some of those are dialectic but boy they sure can be irritating.
not that i'm poifect, eh. )
jeanne
--
san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz
nzlstar on yahoo msg'r
http://community.webshots.com/user/nzlstar

"Mika" wrote...
snipped
One of my pet peeves though is when people misuse Then and Than. grrrrr.
Ok
off my soap box. lol.

Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms

LOL - I get into heaps of trouble over that (being from NSW and all). Tell
me is it "Incy Wincy Spider who climbed up the water spout" or "Itsy Bitsy
Spider"??? We all know he got washed out when down came the rain but cannot
agree on whether he was incy wincy or itsy bitsy.

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

"Dee in Oz" wrote in message
oups.com...
The worst one(s) I can think of at the moment is -there/their. That
really annoys me.

I was always corrected if my grammar was wrong but DH speaks just like
his mother ( I seen that etc)
I do correct occasionally but just make sure DD and DS use my grammar.
Even occasionally correcting their Victorian pronunciation to my South
Australian version


Dee in Oz