Comments on: Conned By Constant Consonants

By: A

Fri, 02 Oct 2015 09:08:52 +0000

Does your phone not have a Swype style keyboard option?

By: A

Fri, 02 Oct 2015 09:07:41 +0000

In reply to Joel Watson. 'I' before 'e', except after 'c', guys.

By: Joel Watson

Joel Watson — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 22:33:40 +0000

In reply to toxicdelirium. I had the same problem until I worked in the satellite TV industry for almost a decade and had to force myself to spell receiver correctly.

By: toxicdelirium

toxicdelirium — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 17:15:42 +0000

In reply to rikonius. For me, it's always been receive or recieve, or whatever. Dang stupid word...

By: mahnarch

mahnarch — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:46:59 +0000

In reply to reynard61.

I say it like an Italian (plumber);

“Eh! Rest-a u rant.”
“It’s-a me, Mario!”

By: reynard61

reynard61 — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 02:46:19 +0000

In reply to Joel Watson.

A long, LONG time ago I had a little mnemonic device that I used to remember “restaurant”: “Sleep with a gold tantrum.” (i.e. “Sleep” = rest, “gold” = au, “tantrum” = rant.)

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 02:09:00 +0000

I have major problems with separate. I always start to spell it seperate, but then think ‘no that’s wrong,’ then I scribble an a over the e and it just becomes a mess, so I cross it out all together and hope people understand it when I write, “in a manner which is apart.” Of course, this is only on the occaison when I’m actually writing something. Shit, is it ocaison, occason, ocicsonaisno?

Fuck spelling.

By: Joel Watson

Joel Watson — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:34:37 +0000

In reply to {CB}Marsupial Vomit. Oddly enough, you can switch out all the lyrics to "Jesus take the wheel" with Garbage's "Queerest of the queer" and it's still the same song.

By: Joel Watson

Joel Watson — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:33:52 +0000

In reply to rikonius. That's an incredibly apt metaphor.

By: Joel Watson

Joel Watson — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:33:16 +0000

In reply to Matthew W Smith. YES! Me too, exactly.

By: Matthew W Smith

Matthew W Smith — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:02:12 +0000

That’s pretty much how I manage ‘restaraunt’. No, resteraunt. No, reasterant? Damn it!

By: icarusmiles

icarusmiles — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 18:05:00 +0000

=(
I have to remember how to spell the hard way like a sucker. My phone doesn’t do that for me.

By: {CB}Marsupial Vomit

{CB}Marsupial Vomit — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:54:53 +0000

Love the alternative text. You should record that…

By: nenslo

nenslo — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 13:28:09 +0000

In reply to rikonius.

I’m sure Joel will be OK with me linking to SMBC for this response: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2388

By: negativezach

negativezach — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 13:27:16 +0000

Amen, Brother!

By: rikonius

rikonius — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:59:40 +0000

I can never remember whether it’s neutral or nuetral. Both look wrong to me, like the linguistic equivalent of trying to plug a USB cable into my computer, it’s wrong, I flip it, it’s still somehow wrong, I flip it again it’s somehow right even though that exact thing was wrong before!
There’s a crack in the Matrix.