Idiotic Spelling Errors :D

gothicangel · Mar 4, 2010

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 · Mar 4, 2010

It should?

Wayne K · Mar 4, 2010

I don't spell no good, nohow.

shaldna · Mar 4, 2010

gothicangel said:
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.'

Huh?

gothicangel · Mar 4, 2010

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

Maryn · Mar 4, 2010

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 · Mar 4, 2010

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

Jamesaritchie · Mar 4, 2010

"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 · Mar 4, 2010

Jamesaritchie said:
"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 · Mar 4, 2010

Cranky said:
It's the "capitalistation" that's getting me.

Would you like an explanatation?

;-)

Jamesaritchie · Mar 4, 2010

Cranky said:
It's the "capitalistation" that's getting me.

Isn't that where capitalists catch the train?

Libbie · Mar 4, 2010

Jamesaritchie said:
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 · Mar 4, 2010

Libbie said:
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 · Mar 4, 2010

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

sunandshadow · Mar 4, 2010

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

lucidzfl · Mar 4, 2010

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

gothicangel · Mar 4, 2010

sunandshadow said:
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.

alleycat · Mar 4, 2010

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. · Mar 4, 2010

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

Caitlin Black · Mar 4, 2010

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

Eddyz Aquila · Mar 5, 2010

Asexual ecocunt? What the doodle?!

shaldna · Mar 5, 2010

I frequently spell my own name incorrectly.

Sometimes, its not even MY name.

owlion · Mar 5, 2010

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

wyntermoon · Mar 5, 2010

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 · Mar 5, 2010

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

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