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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 100 most common... #62443 03/27/02 05:05 AM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia H hev OP addict OP hev addict H Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia I'm not sure how they came up with the statistics, but here's the 100 most common misspellings, and mispronounced words in English not endorsing it, just listing it here for y'all to look at. http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html Sorry Jackie, but Miscelleny isn't on the list. Hev Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 most common... #62444 03/27/02 11:10 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky 100 most common misspellings...Miscelleny So, love, are you making it the 101st? [broad grin e] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 most common... #62445 03/27/02 01:23 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Nice one1 It includes all of my bêtes noires - which include most words with double let[t]ers in them. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 most common... #62446 03/27/02 01:32 PM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 A Angel addict Angel addict A Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 So many words we have discussed here are on the "100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English". Maybe its a moot point to mention that I say the "t" in often but isn't that a woman's prerogative? And I, for one, was surprised to learn that the phrase is correctly spit and image rather than the spitting image! And Connie, do you wanna pronounce Tijuana for us? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 most common... #62447 03/27/02 01:43 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA My most common mistakes are just not thinking. I always mix up there, and their and they're. It's not that I don't know the difference. I just get a little screenblock and I can't see the most obvious things. Next to that my most commonly misspelled word is desiccated. I think I saw it spelled incorrectly on a Chinese food label once and it just stuck in my head. (Yea, dat's da ticket.) cacographically yours, k Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 most common... #62448 03/27/02 01:59 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US S slithy toves enthusiast slithy toves enthusiast S Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US Interesting lists, Hev. A couple that I would have included, probably on both lists: ophthalmologist genealogy Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 most common... #62449 03/27/02 04:56 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 I, for one, was surprised to learn that the phrase is correctly spit and image rather than the spitting image! Other sources indicate that either one is correct, and the former is only a bit earlier than the latter. http://www.bartleby.com/68/73/5673.html http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxspitan.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 most common... #62450 03/27/02 05:44 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass In the late nineteenth century the full cliché developed: He’s the very spit and image of his father, followed by the folk etymology that replaced spit and with spitting (or spittin’ or spitten) image.[E.A.] http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 most common... #62451 03/27/02 05:50 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Genealogy I get right most of the time. But for years I systematically misspelled it because I never knew the correct spelling. k Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 most common... #62452 03/27/02 07:32 PM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada M modestgoddess old hand modestgoddess old hand M Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada Thanks for this, hev - I enjoyed browsing the list. However, I noticed they got two things wrong: license and principal/principle. License is the verb; licence is the noun. (Hence "This restaurant is licensed to sell liquor," but "I need to renew my driver's licence next month.") Principal is both a noun (as in the case of a high school principal) and an adjective (the principal actor in a production, for example). You could even have a principal principle..... 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