Grammar talk: misspelled words and other confessions

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Everyone makes mistakes and I’ve made many over the years. Misspelling or misreading words can certainly get us into trouble, but they are also good opportunities to laugh at ourselves. Here are my top five:

  • I went a long time before I knew how to spell Connecticut correctly: it wasn’t until I was nineteen and got a job in a bank on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C. – that’s when the head teller set me straight!
  • I always thought the proper way to describe my neighbors in the next house was to say “next store neighbors.”
  • When I had my own desktop publishing business, I designed a brochure for a small trust company, with a lighthouse as their logo, and misspelled “Beacon” on the cover.
  • Once I took a shower at a summer rental, misread the shampoo label and washed my hair with dog shampoo.
  • Recently, when serving applesauce at dinner, I put the shaker of cumin out instead of cinnamon.

What funny mistakes have you made? Leave your best ones in the comments section!

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35 thoughts on “Grammar talk: misspelled words and other confessions”

    2. At least you tried to read ‘shampoo!’ I wanted to remove my under-arm hair with ‘No-Hair’ and was wondering why it didn’t work! When my husband asked me if I’m still at it, I told him: “I’ve no idea why the ‘No-Hair” doesn’t work anymore… have tried twice already.” He chuckled and said, “Are you sure you didn’t use toothpaste?” I got mad at him, “I’m not stupid…” – and then I realized he was right.

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  5. The cumin one reminds me of a recent one of mine – I wrote in a blog post that my Culinary Queen had flavoured a dish with cardamon – when she poof redd it the morning after publication she pointed out that it should have read cumin.

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  7. I am forever befuddled by trying to spell “conscious” and “conscience.” Also, for some reason my brain halts when I have to write out the word “fourteen,” and ponders anew why “four” has a “u” but “forty” does not, so what does “fourteen” have? English is weird.

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  9. I love your examples!

    My grammar really needs work. I also have a problem mixing words up. I always get the words baklava and Balaklava mixed up. I told my friend that the criminal was wearing gloves and a baklava. She said, “He was wearing a fancy dessert on his face?”. 😉

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  12. My spelling is atrocious so there are too many things to list for that one! But I actually use Mane and Tail shampoo as my regular shampoo even though its meant for horses 😂😂 you can buy it in the pet section at Walmart and it has directions on the back for horses, dogs and people 😂 I know its weird but it works really well!

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  15. Thank for your candor, Barbara. Where do I even start with my mistakes?! I definitely mix up song lyrics and get some odd results. My family loves to point these out. I am sure specific examples will come to me in the middle of the night:)

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