A number of misspelled words only seem to show up on the Internet for some strange
reason. I guess people read the misspellings by some other poster and conclude
that that is the correct spelling. This was almost Pit-worthy but in the end analysis
probably not.
“Definately” or “Definatly” for Definitely. The “i” in the correct spelling is a schwa,
but schwas usually sound like u’s, or e’s…so how the hey do you get an “a” sound out
of that? Do you really say “De-fin-AT-ely” in real conversation? Somehow I doubt it.
“Wreckless” for Reckless, as in “wreckless driving.” Well hate to tell ya but if you
are driving “wrecklessly” you are probably driving very defensively, at the speed
limit, properly yielding to other vehicles, etc., but of course they actually mean the
opposite.
“Hires” for Hi-res. First time I saw this (“Hires textures”) I thought, “Why are
textures for hire, and who is doing the hiring?” Hey dood you forgot something
important called a “hyphen.”
Have you seen heighth instead of height? People make that mistake orally all the time in the phrase heighth and width, but I’ve only seen it written on the internet.
No doubt, the infamous “your/you’re” is a popular one which needs no introduction … however, I’ve noticed more and more lately that the tendency for them to be mixed up is bordering on the blatantly intentional, meaning, every notable use of either word is reversed. I’m starting to wonder whether there’s confusion between them or if people are just doing it to intentionally provoke a reaction.
Personally, I think the phenomenon stems from poor annunciation of the two forms in American English. Many tend to say them the same way (“yore”) whereas the possessive form should be pronounced “you-er”, which results in butchered literary masterpieces such as these:
“Are you guys going out for you’re birthday?”
“Yeah, your going to have to come out with us!”
Noticable / noticably.
Aquire.
Cue / que for “queue.”
Tennie shows that have no where to the heals and souls. And are fuschia (pron: fus-CHEE-uh), or burgendy, bergundy, burgandy (take your pick). Or LaVander, or lavendar.
Peak (for peek)
