# What words are spelled wrong, in your opinion? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 24, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660 "2017-02-24T19:44:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/41 "2017-02-25T20:37:00Z")
II kan git beehiind draping the “e” in “-el” and “-le” construxuns - and also, “-tt-” in the middl ov tuu-silubl werds shud bee “-dd-”, az faloz: “waddr”, “boddl”, “beddr”, “uddr” (hah), “fladdr”, “maddr”, “kwiddr,” and uthrs uu kan prably figyr owt foor yoorself. Hel, uu kud probly drap wun ov thee reepeetd ledrs, and go with “wadr bodl” wen uur thurstee. Notis, II also advoocaat uuzing aa dubl vowl tuu indkaat the long vowl sownd, and a singl vowl foor the shoort vowl sownd. (Yes, II noo that ther ar intermeedyaat vowl sowndz az wel; II’m wurking on thee flii heer; giv mee a braak!) Goo on! Trii this at hoom! ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/42 "2017-02-25T20:44:45Z")
Mist thee edit windoo; “notis” shud bee “nootis,” uv coors! And “ov” shud bee “uv.” Dang! This iz hard! ---
**Author:** ![Flughund4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@Flughund4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flughund4)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/43 "2017-02-25T20:50:49Z")
> [@Totenfeier](#): > > II kan git beehiind draping the “e” in “-el” and “-le” construxuns - and also, “-tt-” in the middl ov tuu-silubl werds shud bee “-dd-”, az faloz: > > “waddr”, “boddl”, “beddr”, “uddr” (hah), “fladdr”, “maddr”, “kwiddr,” and uthrs uu kan prably figyr owt foor yoorself. Hel, uu kud probly drap wun ov thee reepeetd ledrs, and go with “wadr bodl” wen uur thurstee. > > Notis, II also advoocaat uuzing aa dubl vowl tuu indkaat the long vowl sownd, and a singl vowl foor the shoort vowl sownd. (Yes, II noo that ther ar intermeedyaat vowl sowndz az wel; II’m wurking on thee flii heer; giv mee a braak!) > > Goo on! Trii this at hoom! O, I se, Dutch iz fin, but German iz not? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/44 "2017-02-25T20:59:41Z")
UU noo, wiil II waz dooing this, II waz thinking, This iz gooing Duch on mee! 😃 And, bii thee waa, it wud bee “II see, Duch iz fiin.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/45 "2017-02-25T21:06:14Z")
Well, “wrong” is certainly spelled wrong. W-r-o-n-g. ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/46 "2017-02-25T21:06:17Z")
> [@Totenfeier](#): > > Mist thee edit windoo; “notis” shud bee “nootis,” uv coors! > > And “ov” shud bee “uv.” > > Dang! This iz hard! You pronounce “window” as “win-doo”? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/47 "2017-02-25T21:11:29Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > let’s work out the whole “cough, bough, tough, through\*” thing before we get too crazy. > > \*That last one is just cheating at Scrabble. /Eddie Izzard Reminds me of the old bit about “ghoti” being pronounced “fish” – the “gh” in “laugh,” the “o” in “women” and the “ti” in “vacation.” ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/48 "2017-02-25T23:32:09Z")
> [@HowSoonIsThen](#): > > You pronounce “window” as “win-doo”? Noo, noo, noo! Undr mii proopoosd speling sistm, thee fiinal silabl uv yoor “window” wud maak thee xakt saam sownd it duz now - thee tradishunl long “o” sownd in English wud bee repreezentd with tuu "oo"s - thus maaking it _longr_ than aa _singl_ “o.” “ow” wud bee liik thee “hurt yoorself” sownd. See? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fruitbat2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fruitbat2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fruitbat2)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/49 "2017-02-26T04:00:40Z")
@Dolores- Now THAT is an answer. Wow! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/50 "2017-02-26T04:17:56Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Screw Webster’s-“receive” should be spelled “recieve”, “environment” should be spelled “enviroment”, and the less said about “colonel” the better. I bet you don’t say “enviroment.” I bet you say “enviorment.” ---
**Author:** ![Majestic\_Lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Majestic\_Lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Majestic_Lee)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/51 "2017-02-26T06:48:10Z")
Maybe this [Initial Teaching Alphabet - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_Teaching_Alphabet) could make a comeback? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/52 "2017-02-26T13:32:44Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > All those silent gh’s in words that have ght: eight, fight, light, might, night, right, taught, thought, etc. > > Drop all the gh’s and spell them phonetically: eiht, fite, lite, mite, nite, rite, taht, thoht, etc. See, this right here shows how phonetic spelling doesn’t work for English. For a lot of people, “taught” and “thought” couldn’t be distinguished by spelling them as “taht” and “thoht.” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/53 "2017-02-26T13:37:55Z")
I have some fantasy race spelling rules which contradict each other but I nonetheless hold them both at once. The plural of “dwarf” should always be “Dwarves”, even when you’re talking about non-Tolkien dwarves. Even Snow White and the Seven Dwar[del]f[/del]ves. On the other hand, non-Tolkien orcs shall always be spelled “ork” to distinguish them from the Tolkien version. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/54 "2017-02-26T20:37:52Z")
Salmon ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/55 "2017-02-27T05:14:07Z")
Privilege should be privlidge ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/56 "2017-02-27T19:33:18Z")
Fiery should be firey. Tongue should be tung. If college has no “d” in it, why should "knowledge? I have studied and taught English for nigh onto 40 years, and I still have to either look up, or try to write down (to see if it looks right) “license.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/57 "2017-02-27T19:38:18Z")
> [@Totenfeier](#): > > If college has no “d” in it, why should "knowledge? Creating words with two or more silent letters in them should be a capital offence. ---
**Author:** ![Fruitbat2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fruitbat2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fruitbat2)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/58 "2017-02-27T19:45:53Z")
“Chaise longue.” No, really, I just want some chairs you can lay down in to go around my pool. It does not involve France, chasing, or anything that rhymes with “tongue.” Kind of vulgar, really. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/59 "2017-02-27T19:46:39Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > let’s work out the whole “cough, bough, tough, through\*” thing before we get too crazy. > > \*That last one is just cheating at Scrabble. /Eddie Izzard Yes. Simplified spelling went too far, but “thru” “tho” and others was a good start. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/60 "2017-02-27T19:48:59Z")
> [@Totenfeier](#): > > “gray” should be “grey.” “Gray” doesn’t look like the color to me; “grey” does (synesthesia). Both are acceptable, right?😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660.md?page=4)