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[Gene Honda Civic]

Found a couple links on Fark... I thought they applied nicely...

 

100 most misspelled words and phrases

I know I'm guilty of a few of them

 

I'd like to add a couple:

 

Ridiculous -- from the root Ridicule -- rediculuss, and rediculous are not acceptable.

Irregardless -- Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.

In other words you can't spell it wrong, because it's not a word. So stop using it.

 

100 most mispronounced words and phrases

 

Could of

would of

should of -- all should actually be pronounced as a contraction, e.g. could've, or two separate words niether of which is "of", e.g. could have.

 

There was one other mispronunciation I wanted to list but it has currently escaped my mind.

 

Feel free to list others which are often confused. I know none of us are perfect, but we can strive to be slightly better than average, cant we?

[Wise Master Buehrle]

daiquiri  Don't make yourself another daiquiri until you learn how to spell this funny word—the name of a Cuban village.

 

I never use this word.