# I have become a tarrible speler

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-become-a-tarrible-speler/787817>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 1, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-become-a-tarrible-speler/787817 "2017-06-01T04:08:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/race_to_the_bottom)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-become-a-tarrible-speler/787817/1 "2017-06-01T04:08:42Z")

</div>

When I was in school some decades ago, I was a good speller. Not now. I repeatedly misspell the same words over and over and let spell checker fix it. Sometimes I am even surprised when I spell a word correctly.

I have become a faster typist, though. I wonder if others have experienced this.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-become-a-tarrible-speler/787817/2 "2017-06-01T04:51:02Z")

</div>

Sometimes. Sometimes the frickin’ spell check changes things that don’t need changing, or changes them to a word I didn’t intend to use, and I have to correct it 3 times, and then I’m a much slower typist.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-become-a-tarrible-speler/787817/3 "2017-06-01T14:06:25Z")

</div>

It could be worse. You could become a terrible smeller.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-become-a-tarrible-speler/787817/4 "2017-06-01T14:40:54Z")

</div>

Do you have any examples of words you repeatedly misspell but were able to spell correctly before?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-become-a-tarrible-speler/787817/5 "2017-06-03T12:11:22Z")

</div>

I’ve lost my good spelling skills, too. I suspect age…