I am the copy chief for a business-tech magazine--400,000 or so subscribers.
Even so, there are certain words I always, always have to double-check that I'm spelling correctly. One of them is scissor. Why is there a c in there? Why aren't there any zs? It just looks wrong.
I think we should all learn Esperanto--the artificial language with standardized spelling and pronunciation--if only because that way, we wouldn't need subtitles to appreciate the William Shatner film Incubus.
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Scissor...gauge...those are two off the top of my head. When my insomnia strikes, even the word "which" becomes a difficult one to spell.
refridgerator. REFRIGERATOR. Fridge. ARGH!
Mine are 'calendar' and 'privilege'. The are like the oven you are never sure you actually turned off - even when I've spelled them correctly, I feel like I'm screwing up.
I have a couple of those words. Slightly off topic, but when I was ten years old I couldn't think of how to spell "took" for a couple of days. I refused to try to write it down, frustrated that I couldn't remember such a simple word. I got over it, but it was strange.
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