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Monday, January 29, 2007

Spell Check

Do you spell it wierd or weird? I always understood it to be wierd since the old rule from school "I before E except after C."

Andy thinks I am incorrect! Am I? Honey...your argument? And anyone else's?

posted by Paige @ 7:58 PM  

5 Comments:

  • At 11:14 AM , Blogger Zhubin said...

    Letting go of the fact that you had internet access to type this, and thus could have checked Google, Webster.com, dictionary.com, or a variety of online sources for the correct spelling, did you notice that Blogger itself comes with a spellchecker?

    At first, I thought this was a weird (or, for you, wierd) lapse of judgment for you, but then I remembered who you voted for the past two elections, and it aaaaallll made sense. :-)

     

  • At 11:34 AM , Blogger Paige said...

    I admit it was strange.

    Have I been wrong all these years since my junior year of high school...because of Ms. Ball POINTING OUT spelling rules...in english? I vividly remember her making us memorize spelling rules from the english language (even though she was the spanish teacher). She made us cry, ask Allan Weir...the woman was threatening.

    It's a hard word, ok?

    Ms. Ball was a democrat Zhubin (she was quite loud with her political affiliations and raved how she was voting for Al Gore in the 2000 election). I may be more conversative and make spelling errors...but at least I don't TEACH errors to the upcoming generations...like some political parties. So who is actually making America dumber? huh??

    :-)

     

  • At 2:42 PM , Blogger BG said...

    It isn't a teaching error on her part, and she wins again since we all know how Bush has worked out. This must have been a bad day for you. Also, let me add that you could have loaded up word and spelled it "wierd" and had it fix it.

    ~Brian

     

  • At 3:30 PM , Blogger Paige said...

    so what is the deal with the saying "I before E except after C"...is it receive or recieve? Nevermind...I'll check it myself. It wasn't really the word itself, just the rule that I lived by.

    My whole spelling education has gone out the door.

    My life is in shambles...

     

  • At 5:13 PM , Blogger BG said...

    It is just a general rule, I can think of a few words off the top of my head that don't follow it either: Their, Foreign, vein.

     

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