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Spelling is my biggest weakness. I'd be lost without spell-checkers.
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I wish I could not be so anxious about it all.
I'm a decent speller but I have to see the word in print to tell if I spelled correctly. And I'm a big reviser. Revising rules.
The Scots invented spelling rules? I dinna know that.
Just to change the subject somewhat, but the rule "give the right away", where did it originate from and why should the car on the right always have the right away??
I think it's "right of way," indicating who has the right of way, or the right to go through. And you can't be serious about about why the car on right (at a multi-way intersection) gets to go first. You're just pulling our leg, right?
Maybe it's the car on the left in the UK?
I think I should always have the right of way.
Well, okay, Larry, let's see... Might makes right, and the pen is mightier than the sword... so just carry a pen around and you're golden!
I ALWAYS have a pen with me. Except, of course, when I don't.
I remember my Oma approaching me with her English book and shaking it at me for our strange rules. It made it VERY difficult for her to learn how to speak English. (btw my Oma is German)She said it was so confusing when there's silent letters and with the 'i before e' doesn't always happen. Poor Oma :(
It's because Americanized English is such a cobbled-together language from our "melting pot" society. We ran into the same issues with our daughter this year, trying to explain why rules were followed in some instances and not in others. I can't imagine being from another country and, as an adult, trying to learn this weird language of ours.
Without standardized spelling, how could we play Scrabble? There would be chaos. Anarchy.
Blame William of Normandy for a lot of it. The frenchy bastard.
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Spelling to cheese in 30 steps. Gouda work, everybody.
Fork me up, Bun!Uh, you know what I mean...
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Mmm. Melty chocolate on berries.TC Meetup at Melting Pot!
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