Idiotic Spelling Errors :D

[gothicangel]

Today while research an essay on cultural anxieties in Jekyll and Hyde:

'Capitalisation: individuals were parasitic on each other.'

Duh! That should have been 'Capitalistation.'

:scared:

[alleycat]

It should?

[Wayne K]

I don't spell no good, nohow.

[shaldna]

Today while research an essay on cultural anxieties in Jekyll and Hyde:

'Capitalisation: individuals were parasitic on each other.'

Duh! That should have been 'Capitalistation.'

:scared:


Huh?

[gothicangel]

That's what the book said: the process of a state becoming Capitalist.

[Maryn]

Do we all get to invent words related to states of becoming? I am not yet fully coffeeized (that's coffeeised for you Brits and Canadians), but last night I was winified after a suitable dinnertudization.

I don't buy the word 'capitalistation' for the state of becoming a capitalist. It just seems silly.

Maryn, also silly

[Cranky]

That seems...sort of odd to me. Maybe I'm missing something, though.

[Jamesaritchie]

"Capitalisation" means "Writing in capital letters," but it also means "The act of capitalizing on an opportunity", which is how the word was used.

Many words have more than one meaning, so there's no spelling error with this one.

[Cranky]

"Capitalisation" means "Writing in capital letters," but it also means "The act of capitalizing on an opportunity", which is how the word was used.

Many words have more than one meaning, so there's no spelling error with this one.

It's the "capitalistation" that's getting me.

[alleycat]

It's the "capitalistation" that's getting me.
Would you like an explanatation?



;-)

[Jamesaritchie]

It's the "capitalistation" that's getting me.

Isn't that where capitalists catch the train?

[Libbie]

Isn't that where capitalists catch the train?

Waah-waah-waaaahhhhhh.

When I worked in finance (a life-force-draining job if ever there was one) I would repeatedly mis-spell "account" as "acocunt." Almost every time. I usually caught the error, but I frequently did not. I wonder whether it was my subconscious speaking out about what I really thought of my job.

[Jamesaritchie]

Waah-waah-waaaahhhhhh.

When I worked in finance (a life-force-draining job if ever there was one) I would repeatedly mis-spell "account" as "acocunt." Almost every time. I usually caught the error, but I frequently did not. I wonder whether it was my subconscious speaking out about what I really thought of my job.

There must be someway to work "acocunt" into the English langauge. That one is too good not to use.

[Maryn]

The erotica writers are going to snatch 'acocunt' away from her, pun fully intended.

[sunandshadow]

Today I typoed "typos" as "typose". @_@ I'm blaming that on lack of sleep...

[lucidzfl]

I have no idea what is going on in this thread.

[gothicangel]

Today I typoed "typos" as "typose". @_@ I'm blaming that on lack of sleep...

Typose, maybe we've discovered a new type of sugar today on AW. :D

[alleycat]

I recently noticed a typo in a play that I had already submitted. I put "blood-cuddling" rather than "blood-curdling". Maybe I've invented a new sub-genre: really sweet vampires. Next, My Little Pony, the Vampire.

;-)

[Aggy B.]

I have a hell of a time not spelling "teeth" as "teetch". I'm not really certain why.

[Cliff Face]

An Acocunt is an asexual ecocunt. They're good for you, and good for the environment too.

[Eddyz Aquila]

Asexual ecocunt? What the doodle?!

[shaldna]

I frequently spell my own name incorrectly.

Sometimes, its not even MY name.

[laurie17]

I typo 'My elf' rather than 'Myself' a LOT. Seriously. There are so many elves in my stories.

[wyntermoon]

Ever since That Thing You Do came out (Tom Hanks movie) I catch myself writing oneder instead of wonder. GAH. I'll get you TOM HANKS!

[Lady Ice]

For some reason I keep writing village as 'villiage'.

[ShebaJones]

Today, the word was "propped." What did I type? "pooped."

It kind of changed the scene.

[Cliff Face]

LOL, he pooped himself up on his elbow. :D

[Satori1977]

Thanks for this thread, I am still laughing. Most reps I have ever given in one thread, just didn't want to quote every other post.

[benbradley]

Isn't that where capitalists catch the train?
I don't suppose they took Amtrak...

[Midnight Star]

My word was "team" (as in crime scene team). I typed "tea". So now, the Brits' favorite drink is supposed to be solving a murder. That makes perfect sense.

[Jamesaritchie]

My word was "team" (as in crime scene team). I typed "tea". So now, the Brits' favorite drink is supposed to be solving a murder. That makes perfect sense.


Sometimes these things work out. Lawrence Block was writing a novel, and the tobacco shops of instabul played a part in the plot. But he goofed and write "Tobbo shops" isntead. He found the typo in the galleys, but, on a whim, let it stand to see if anyone noticed.

Many readers noticed, but didn't realize it was a typo. For years, readers wrote to Block, and to places in Istanbul, asking how to find the famous tobbo shops.

[maestrowork]

"Parallel" gets to my sometimes. Parelel, parrell, parelell. All those e's and l's are f***** up.

And don't ask me to spell defibrelator.

[Willowmound]

There must be someway to work "acocunt" into the English langauge.

It's when a woman has an extra one.