Can 't anyone spell these days?

Sometimes as you get older, based on your brain health, you will find that you will forget how to spell simple words at random times. The word "home" might be spelled as "hoam", etc... The word "bowl" might be spoken as "ball". Memories fail and it has nothing to do with education or intelligence.

Bridie22

I am well educated, but find as I'm ageing I keep losing words and at times I just can't spell a certain word...very annoying !

Perhaps we don't do enough handwriting now.

I find that I've written words wrongly or made a mistake when writing cards which is annoying.

At secondary school I had one teacher for English Literature and a completely different one for English Language .

Does this still happen ? I'm doubtful.

Oreo

petra

This thread could be a goer. Nothing GransNetters like more than a bad spelling thread.😂

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Should that be gower?

petra

This thread could be a goer. Nothing GransNetters like more than a bad spelling thread.😂

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@ Celieanne86 - the version I was taught by an American friend was My Very Energetic Mother Just Shot Uncle Norman's Pig!

Surely, stalactites have to cling tight to the roof while stalagmites might eventually grow up high enough to meet them?

My absolute favourite spelling mnemonic is one that I'm told was thought up by a class of 8 year olds:
Dash in a real rush hurry or expect accidents!
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I am well educated, but find as I'm ageing I keep losing words and at times I just can't spell a certain word...very annoying !

Re stalagmites we always said it's about "sitting on an anthill" because the mites go up and your tights come down.

Due to my arthritic fingers struggling to type at times, I’ve started to use the microphone facility. Depending on the device used, punctuation needs adding afterwards. Perhaps some younger folk just send texts as they appear without pausing to check.

My class favourite was elephants in gloves have trouble
I displayed their artistic representations of that on the wall when it was on the week’s spelling list.

Any mistakes are due to my terrible typing, autocorrect and being too hasty to post 🙂

Well one positive regarding wrong spelling and punctuation it does alert you to a scam!
Hi to all you spelling nerds 😋

One of my 'most irritating' spelling mistakes is "your" and "you're". "You're standing on your high horse".

ExDancer

You start with the outside arch.

I know that now, it was a question on a quiz programme the other day - how did I not realise, or forgot, for all these years?

I have dyslexia, rubbish at grammar, hopefully come across as readable 😊

You start with the outside arch.

Cossy

kittylester

Er, why is this under webchats?

Because we’re on the web and we’re chatting??? 😜😜

I love it!😂😂😂

MiniMoon

For stalactites and stalagmites my Dad used to say mites grow up and tights hang down.
Sorry, I'm late to the party. Been in hospital.

I'd heard that stalagmites grow up with all their might whereas stalactites hang on tight.

Hope you're recovered now, MiniMoon.

Richard of York gave battle in vain (rainbow)
But which colour is on the inside of the rainbow?

Celieanne86

We were taught little reminders at school for spelling dont teachers do that now.
The girls put their costs over there. Two girls were going to the party too. Never eat cake eat salmon sandwiches and remain young.(necessary). Stationary is car. Stationery is paper.
Richard of York gave battle in vain (rainbow) and my favourite My very educated Mother just served us nine pickles 🤭 sounds like a spy exchange I love it and yes I went to a girls school but these mnemonics have come in so useful over the years.

Oh Celieanne

I too, learnt 'never eat cakes eat salmon sandwiches and remain young' for the spelling of necessary.

Not one other person in my adult life had ever heard of it, so thank you.

Ooooooo; I love seeing proper spelling and proper grammar but I don't know if I always kreep to those standards myself when I post here !!
My OH always asks me how to spell things when he is doing crosswords. I don't like doing the actual crosswords myself.
When I die I'll be a dead peasant and a dead pedant. RIP

Deedaa

The thing that really stands out is the poor spelling and grammar in posts from patriots wanting their country back. There, their, they're. To, too, two. The new favourite seems to be are instead of our. Added to this is the complete lack of punctuation and the inability to use upper case correctly. If one comments on it one is reminded that they might be dyslexic - but surely not all of them?

I hope you’ve got over your touch of the vapours when you read a post here where a comma wasn’t used. 😱

For stalactites and stalagmites my Dad used to say mites grow up and tights hang down.
Sorry, I'm late to the party. Been in hospital.

Who doesn't understand eazybee?

What don't they understand?

(Nat Curriculum was rubbish for spelling)

No, you don't understand.
It is all about communication; spelling, and grammar do not matter and anyway, machines, as known as computers, will do it for us so we won't have to bother.

This was the sort of attitude that was being peddled in schools in the 1980s; fortunately the National Curriculum arrived and spelling policies were reinvented and applied.

Unfortunately too many people still regard spelling as unimportant, until their job applications are rejected and they learn, with great indignation, that it signals a casual attitude to the employer.

'wring with a keyboard?'😱

writing of course