The parallel parking thread spurred this memory.
A teacher once told us that “parallel” has two Ls in the middle, because they are parallel to each other.
The guy who runs the school is the “principal”, because he’s your pal.
I before E in “friend”, because the last part of the word is the end.
Did your teachers give you any of these tricks?
A PIEce of Pie
“i” before “e” except after “c” ?
Wow, cool!
I once asked my dad how to spell banana. He said it was B-A-N-A-N-A-N-A-N-A-N-A. I asked him how to know when to stop. He just gave me an odd look. I’ve never had a problem with it since.
…or when sounded like “ay”, as in “neighbor” or “weigh”…
…except for eight exceptions. Weird height, foreign leisure, neither seize nor forfeit, either.
Yeah. That one.
Sep-a-rate it out for separate; I’m weird not wired
“A friend is a friend 'till the END.”
Fluorine is NOT made from flour.
Phosphorus- Who’s the phos phor? US!!
(I used these teaching physical science. Anybody got ones for sulfur or nickel?)
stationary car
stationery envelope
A desert is barren and empty - not enough s’s
A dessert makes you full - full of s’s
There is “a rat” in the middle of separate.
I don’t have anything to contribute, but I really could use one for ‘necessary.’
Nice. This would work well for fluorescent, too.
Phosforus? This makes no sense.
When two vowels go a-walking, the first one does the talking.
I before E except after post number 3.
I always break tomorrow down into three words - tom or row - so I don’t misspell it as tommorow or tomorow.
We’re going to-get-her. Really, that’s how I pronounce that word in my head even to this day.
Francis with an I for Him
Frances with an E for Her
It’s busi-ness because you’re busy, not buis-ness.
Good one.
To add to that, punishing someone is to give them their “just deserts.” It’s pronounced “desserts” but is spelled “deserts.” Think of promissing somone an ice cream sundae but delivering dry sand.
With a tasty scorpion in it. And no cherry on top.
weird.
mmm