As mentioned upthread, ‘‘Rhythm.’’ When I was a kid I had a speak and spell and I can still hear its mechanical voice bleating, ‘‘Spell, ‘‘Rhythm.’’ Sorry, that is incorrect. No, you are wrong. The correct spelling of ‘‘rhythm’’ is… [insert elusive spelling]’’
These are always a crap shoot:
Disappear.
Beaureaucracy.
Hors’ Deourves.
Exercise.
Garauntee
Oh, c’mon OpalCat.
This has been in the FAQ since 2006, over 5 years.
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697100#post7697100
With your prolific posting to the site, you must have seen zombies being closed down left, right and centre and yet you have “people” telling you that it’s OK to go against the (formalised) etiquette of the site that has been in place for 5 years and probably (informally) in place for longer than that.
I’m not trying to junior mod, but I’m sure I’ll get reported for the it. I actually reported this thread about 10-12 hours ago as a zombie resurrection, but the report may not have been seen or if it was, it was dismissed.
:: sigh :: So much for rules and etiquette when only the prols are held to account.
Zombies are no longer just automatically closed, and this one isn’t all that old. Thank you for the thread report, but your interpretation of its effect isn’t particularly accurate. If you have a question about moderation or moderator decisions, please ask in ATMB.
Ironically, I always manage to spell “intelligent” (and “intelligence”) wrong. I usually leave out an L, but occasionally I’ll get more creative in my misspelling and swap the second E for an A.
Conscience. I will spell it wrong unless I sound out the words ‘con’ and ‘science’ in my head. One day I’m going to be speaking and I’ll say it like that and look like an idiot.
Vaccuum. *Every freakin’ time. *
No, seriously, in a recent thread I’ve been told by multiple people to find a similar thread to post to rather than starting a new one. I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t. Plus the newer interpretation of the rules says that if you can bump zombies depending on what the content is. I mean it’s bad if it’s a debate and half the people involved don’t even post here anymore, but a list type thread like this, zombie-status doesn’t really affect anything.
Also, I can’t even tell you how many pints I have donated at the… Blook Bank!
Prisencolinensinainciusol
(even copy pasted it incorrectly)
I recently wrote an 80 page report on austin. No, wait, it was on autism. I abbreviated it as ASD as often as I thought I could get away with.
Wow. I started this thing 2 years ago? Doesn’t seem like it’s been that long. I remember starting it but I would have guessed it was earlier this year.
aquisition
I work with initiative planners at my work. My fingers wish they’d change their title to iniative planners.
Thanks for the clarification, Ellen
Research. I know perfectly well how to spell it but my fingers produce reserach every time. Since I am a librarian, it’s a bit of a pain–I type that word a lot.