Dear Gah,
Beginning today, the official spelling of friend is firend. OK? Thanks. This way Bossy won’t have to keep correcting herself and sister mercy why is it always this word?
It’s not so much a matter of dyslexia as it is exlyasdi.
Also Gah, if it’s not too much trouble, can you change the word just to juts? And how about obviously to obviosuly.
Seriously. Seriosuly.
P.S. Bossy’s council may have more words to add to this Name Change Edict, dear Gah, so please read Bossy’s comment section. Not that you don’t always! Because: Gahhhhh!
Little Miss Sunshine State says
November 11, 2009 at 10:38 amI’m changing the name of facebook to FACEWOOK.
I really need to bookmark facvebook. faveniil.
Whatever.
monnik says
November 11, 2009 at 10:46 amBecause needs to change to becasue.
I type it wrong every. single. time.
The Great Getzby says
November 11, 2009 at 10:47 amMy life would be infinitely easier this semester if bureaucracy were spelled breuacuraycy. Because that’s what I normally get from my fingers on the first try.
Laurie says
November 11, 2009 at 10:53 amI work in an accounting firm ….can we plseas (that was totally spontanious (!) right there) ….danm didn’t know how many typos I make when I don’t correct them!! …….change it TAX RETRUNS??? I type it like that every time. Makes me wonder how many RETRUNS have slipped through.
BOSSY says
November 11, 2009 at 10:55 amWait – Gah – greta! Please change great to greta! How could Bossy forget! Thank you, gah. You’re so greta.
p.j. says
November 11, 2009 at 10:59 amHow about ocasion, because, as my Grandpa insisted, double consonants are wasteful? And I can never remember which one gets doubled when I write occasion . . .or ocassion. Praises on spellcheck.
BOSSY says
November 11, 2009 at 11:00 amOh, and dear gah: bedsides. Instead of besides. Despite what P.J.’s grandpa says, the extra ‘d’ just seems to make so much visual sense there, eh?
No dissresspecct, P.J.’s Grandpa.
FL Liz says
November 11, 2009 at 11:03 amGoofed more often than anything else for me…………the should = teh.
Kristi Young says
November 11, 2009 at 11:06 amCan we please change any word with the “for” group – like “for” and “form”?. My left hand must be a little faster than my right, because I get “fro” and “from” every time!
Sissy in Texas says
November 11, 2009 at 11:07 amMy life would be so much easier if my mother had named me Shaorn.
Acher says
November 11, 2009 at 11:08 amWierd and weird should be interchangable, because I just can’t ever remember which is which.
But really? Iron should be irno.
krg says
November 11, 2009 at 11:17 amthe end of friend is end.
anne marie in philly says
November 11, 2009 at 11:22 amthought = thouhgt, please = plaese, fight = fihgt, like = liek, first = frist, giant = gaint, truth = turth, and = adn (and so on into infinity)…thank gah for spellchecker!
Meg at the Members Lounge says
November 11, 2009 at 11:32 amAn idiot boss from another era used to write that his employees were so “conscious” in their yearly reviews.
I was extremely conscientious about not correcting the toad.
g says
November 11, 2009 at 11:43 amI am a pretty good speller – but why aren’t my fingers?
Amy says
November 11, 2009 at 11:46 amIn my frequent reading of blogs, I’ve seen “teh” so often that I wondered if it was a secret, special blog thing that I just didn’t understand. I see now that it is merely a typo. Or is it?
ris says
November 11, 2009 at 11:47 amthe=teh every. single. time.
Sheri says
November 11, 2009 at 11:54 amvacum and restaraunt! Can not spell them EVER!!!
The end!
Smalltown Mom says
November 11, 2009 at 12:10 pmI vote for TEH, too!
ScottsdaleGirl says
November 11, 2009 at 12:16 pmfor = fro maybe = mabey and I am sure there are more but those popped out of my head first.
Melissa says
November 11, 2009 at 12:17 pmdefinitely the = teh
and for me WISH should iwsh. I ALWAYS spell that one wrong the first go-round.
joeinvegas says
November 11, 2009 at 12:33 pmSorry, after you change the spelling you’ll find your fingers messing the new way up too.
tina de luxe says
November 11, 2009 at 12:33 pmThe german word “nicht” (meaning “not”) is what I need to be changed, cause it always comes out as nciht. And I think it might be a kind of Freudian slip not to be able to say no more insistently.
Martha in Kansas says
November 11, 2009 at 12:49 pmPlease add “univresity” to our dictionary. Also can we change “united” to “untied”. My students would be happier. (“I live in the Untied States and I fly on Untied Airlines.” Kind of apt at times.) Anothre (oh, there’s one!) student calls Applebee’s “Apple Pies” and I’m ok with that one too.
La Suzette says
November 11, 2009 at 12:55 pmhospital = hosptial
or hopsital
They are close enough, Gah. Also, I vote for liek, frist, teh. Let’s just make form and from interchangeable and be done with it.
Pam says
November 11, 2009 at 1:06 pmAnd Always offcie…change that one as well.
Nancy says
November 11, 2009 at 1:14 pm“Public” = pubic. Very unfortunate, as I use the word a lot in my professional life. “Public,” I mean. Not “pubic.”
Zannah says
November 11, 2009 at 1:24 pmyeha for yeah. It’s sometimes appropriate (and I can’t count how many times it just took me to get “appropriate” right just then!), if you pronounce it “yee-haw”.
The Other Laura says
November 11, 2009 at 1:26 pmCould we please use the words form and from interchangeably?
Carroll says
November 11, 2009 at 1:56 pmSilly Bossy. It’s not “juts” it’s “jsut”. And I should know…I teach wirting to college kisd!
Avitable says
November 11, 2009 at 1:57 pmI keep typing “I fucking hate you” instead of “Sincerely” in business emails. My damn clumsy fingers!
Dana says
November 11, 2009 at 1:57 pmWhat about organe for orange? Something my grade four teacher taught me that has stuck this long. If you ‘fri’ your FRIend, it will be the ‘end’ of your FRIEND.
Jacquie says
November 11, 2009 at 2:04 pmWell, there’s teh obvious. Also, I can’t write “sushi” without typing “sushit”, which doesn’t sound nearly as appealing
Tree says
November 11, 2009 at 2:18 pmProbably should be “prolly”. The way my co-worker pronounces it. Much easier to type.
janny226 says
November 11, 2009 at 2:19 pmI’m soo with monnik on becuase. And teh. Adn. And then the embarrassing little ones I usually miss in emails to DB’s etachers like “of” for “on” and stuff like that.
Connie Harbor says
November 11, 2009 at 2:25 pmAnd don’t forget: teh/hte, hosue, adn, ect., taht, and the ever popular, taht. Studies have shown that our minds read the words correctly, so WTH? H’it don’t make no nevermind nohow!
klcrab says
November 11, 2009 at 2:28 pmtaht teh left hand is soo mcuh faster than teh right hand.
It makes mcuh sense.
thakns,
BossysMom says
November 11, 2009 at 2:31 pmI don’t want to commmit.
Big Dot says
November 11, 2009 at 2:32 pmPlease, ‘inot’ – it’s not much to ask.
kelly says
November 11, 2009 at 2:43 pmClient = clinet. I have even taken to speaking it that way, and said it to my dad, who is now completely unable to type it correctly.
BH says
November 11, 2009 at 2:58 pmabd, adn
teh (of course)
How about Gerogia?
BH
GrandeMocha says
November 11, 2009 at 3:24 pmaffect and effect – can’t keep ’em straight
appriciate instead of appreciate
Dash says
November 11, 2009 at 4:25 pmThree words: wurd, wird and werd.
Jen W. says
November 11, 2009 at 4:43 pmI’d like to change the name Brian to Brain. I don’t think too many Brians would mind.
Christine says
November 11, 2009 at 5:16 pmOh my gosh! I had no idea these were such common typos! I alway thought it was just me typing faster than I think. Since so many other people are also typing teh, adn, taht and from, maybe we need to change the keyboard order. Because it’s obviously the fault of the layout, not our fingers!
Rorrington the Fireman says
November 11, 2009 at 5:47 pmAnyone else get “Thnaks” when meaning “Thanks”? And I thnak everyone (Wow. And THAT wasn’t even intentional!) when I sign off my e-mails and they’ve helped me out in some way. So, “Thnaks” for asking, Bossy!
BOSSY says
November 11, 2009 at 6:47 pmWould andyway be too much to ask?
jp says
November 11, 2009 at 7:19 pmBEST THING EVER………..
spell chk on The Well Read Hostess’s Blog!
saves my ass everytime so I don’t look so stoopid!
p/f says
November 11, 2009 at 8:11 pmMy husband made Detroit DETRIOT in a commercial – – – that was aired.
Chesapeake Bay Woman says
November 11, 2009 at 8:50 pmMy list is too long, but a high school friend of mine had a boyfriend named Brain, except he was really Brian and there was no brain anywhere in the equation.
Serena says
November 11, 2009 at 10:30 pmOh yeah, Thnaks is a good one! And how about throwing in prenatal instead of parental? Your Ten Word Tuesday post just brought that one to my attention – I clearly see “Parental” but I read “Prenatal.” Ah, but this is not a spelling issue, is it? Maybe that migraine I just had scrambled things up in my brain. Thank you for your good wishes, BTW!
Shelley says
November 11, 2009 at 10:32 pmI think we should change the word “lose” to “loose.” Everyone else on the interwebs already has. As in, “Oh my gah, I really need to loose some weight.”
Cupcake Murphy says
November 11, 2009 at 11:08 pmI want to change the spelling of AnnCoulter to Jack Ass.
CJ says
November 11, 2009 at 11:39 pmteh, adn, taht, fro, ot, jsut, untied and thnaks. ‘Type’ often ends up as ‘tpe’, my finger just doesn’t reach far enough to get the y. Any word that ends in ‘gh’ comes out as ‘ght’. I had to backup and fix the word ‘enough’ in the previous sentence and this one. A word I type a lot is ‘environment’ and it comes out as ‘enviornment’ every time.
Melanie @ Mel, A Dramatic Mommy says
November 11, 2009 at 11:45 pmLOL at Avitable! I think excercize should be spelled as it sounds. Not that I use the word a lot, but still.
Brenda says
November 12, 2009 at 12:05 amand I thought it was just my dyslexia….LOL
I agree–my right hand is much faster than my left hand. The mistakes I make are usually right handed mistakes.
An easy way to remember restaurant=there is no U in rant. I have had to learn a lot of little “tricks” to remember how to spell things. It’s one of the major problems I have with my dyslexia.
maria from nj says
November 12, 2009 at 12:10 ammeterologist. And I have a friend who is one!
Kate says
November 12, 2009 at 12:27 amDefinetly!
Sissy in Texas says
November 12, 2009 at 1:31 am#53 – that made me laugh, but I refuse to type L O L.
Dawn in Austin says
November 12, 2009 at 2:07 amI loev that Bossy is getting some words changed around here.
Amy says
November 12, 2009 at 2:45 amI thougth I was the only one with typing dyslesxia. Love not chanigng anything when typeing. Hmmm. Ok, I don’t love it much. My foe is from/form because then spell check doesn’t catch it.
Lis says
November 12, 2009 at 3:10 amteh (the), fro (for) and, my favorite at work…agreeemnt.
habanerogal says
November 12, 2009 at 6:55 amI’m with Avitable on this one. If only our fingers did what we wanted them to all of the time. But for the love there are 3 forms of the word to (two and too) but nobody ever uses them correctly anymore The End
Helen says
November 12, 2009 at 8:12 amI’m the world’s worst typist so commonly make almost all of the mistakes mentioned about. Also Spet for Sept. Always. Grrr.
Gail K. says
November 12, 2009 at 10:47 amlet’s add Thrusday to the list. Because by THURSDAY I am THRU!
Sewmouse says
November 12, 2009 at 10:58 amI work for a company that makes screws and bolts. I hereby annonce the propler spelling is “Farsteners”
That is all.
Dharmamama says
November 12, 2009 at 12:35 pmyourube
“Youtube” always comes out like that first when I type it. And, I think it could make for an entertaining site on its own!
Jen says
November 12, 2009 at 3:26 pmDefinitely ‘taht’ and ‘Royal Aok’ instead of ‘that’ and ‘Royal Oak’. It’s very sad – my fingers obviously work much faster than my brain.
Sue says
November 12, 2009 at 10:11 pmAww come on the word is wen. Who needs the stinkin H
krazy kris says
November 12, 2009 at 10:13 pmWithout even trying, I will now type the words that for over 30 years have eluded my ability to type correctly unless I really focus (like, who the heck does that anyways?)
hte brown fox nda the red bull all went fro a drive. Form the way they were headed it wlodu seen that they knew hwat they were doing. But alas, it was not to be. They drove off a bridge nda were killed instantly. Hte nde
Kate says
November 12, 2009 at 10:58 pmOh geez, I have several of these I have to retype EVERY TIME. The most common – students: studnets. Every.single.time.
Sandra says
November 19, 2009 at 8:09 pmThank you for making me feel less alone in my mispoelled world. I hate double constantns too. Oh, and can we please get rid of their there and they’re. I often type the wrong one.