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homersimpson_esq -> RE: words you hate because you can't spell them (14/6/2012 1:03:51 PM)
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Humorous is a weird one, because you drop the second "u". Humourous just looks weird. Incongruous too. There is a word I can never spell, but I forget what it is at the moment. I'm fairly proud of my spelling, most of the time. I used to love spelling tests as a boy. Actually, when I applied for a job at a call centre some 10 years ago, one of the random day's worth of tests (seriously, a day of tests, for a call centre..? Anyway...) was a spelling test. Halfway through, the person taking the test said the word (and obviously this doesn't really work written down) "compliment". Or "complement". It was unclear, because THEY'RE BOTH PRONOUNCED THE SAME WAY. Anyway, everyone started to write it down and I was like, "uh, excuse me..." "Yes?" "...which one?" "Pardon?" "Which compli/ement?" Awkward pause "...umm..." "Do you mean compliment as in, to give a compliment, or complement as in 'that tie really complements that shirt'?" "...umm... the second one...?" They really didn't seem sure...
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