tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post5557639023918841518..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Spelling BeeGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-68186657202155624052018-04-04T09:15:34.291+01:002018-04-04T09:15:34.291+01:00Beverley, I have just solved the riddle of your mi...Beverley, I have just solved the riddle of your missing comment ie this one. It was in Blogger's spam folder and I missed it.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-26728691720687112342018-03-06T10:14:43.291+00:002018-03-06T10:14:43.291+00:00Thanks for that lovely comment Mrs S. Envelopes an...Thanks for that lovely comment Mrs S. Envelopes and cars is how I remember stationery v stationary. Again apologies for not commenting earlier but I’m in Glasgow and in hospital. Seems to be the story of my life these days. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-23514781172214841572018-03-06T09:30:34.325+00:002018-03-06T09:30:34.325+00:00I am sorry for the delay in responding, Beverly. S...I am sorry for the delay in responding, Beverly. Since our recent correspondence I have found myself back in hospital. I have therefore been out of Blogland for longer than anticipated. Unfortunately trying to write blogs etc on the phone is rather labourious.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-3475996613894583322018-02-22T14:53:06.186+00:002018-02-22T14:53:06.186+00:00My father was a newspaper man. Oddly, he couldn&#...My father was a newspaper man. Oddly, he couldn't spell worth a farthing. He made up for it by being riotously funny, and spelling things wrong on purpose (in personal letters, not in his newspapers) so no one would know which words he just couldn't spell. My mother, on the other hand, was a spelling bee champion from way back. <br /><br />This combination of having grown up proofreading for my father's spelling mistakes, and having my mother proofread all my school papers, has made me somewhat formidable in the arena of words. I started reading at a very young age, and my mother encouraged me and was always there to tell me what words meant when I ran across new and exciting ones that I hadn't heard of yet. We didn't have computers, or home entertainment systems, and my television watching was limited to one or two child-appropriate shows a week. My summers were spent reading, reading, reading everything I could get my hands on. The library was a treasure trove to be regularly plundered! <br /><br />I am, somewhat to my chagrin, a grammar and spelling "nazi". I find it nearly impossible not to proofread everything I see, from store signs (there's one in my town that proclaims "STATIONARY STORE" - and I agree, it's not going anywhere fast) to newspaper articles, to online posts, to emails sent by managers at my place of employment (which make me shudder to think that they are getting paid so much more than I am and can't write a correct sentence).<br /><br />As far as I know, I don't spell anything incorrectly, but I often spell words they way they do in England - which confuses my American friends. Practise instead of practice, flavour instead of flavor, etc. (Even as I type this, my computer is underlining the British spellings with squiggly red lines.) <br /><br />There is a freebie word game called "Bookworm" that I play online, and one reason I love it so much is that it accepts British spelling! As my grandmother was born and raised in Surrey, and I have some very dear friends who live across the pond, I feel an affinity for that part of the world. I suppose spelling the way they do over there makes me feel a bit closer to them somehow. Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-8034598876520359312018-02-21T16:28:08.389+00:002018-02-21T16:28:08.389+00:00I love your header photo too. It is beautiful and ...I love your header photo too. It is beautiful and deserves a spot on the tv.Beverleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977484822968582847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-22334805327901628322018-02-21T15:35:07.278+00:002018-02-21T15:35:07.278+00:00My earlier comment seems to have gone walk about s...My earlier comment seems to have gone walk about so I will try again.<br />My husband is a traditional sign writer and a good number of years ago he sign wrote a van and he spelled confectionery with “ary” at the end. This van was on the road for a long time and I did wonder if the van driver ever got fed up with people telling him that the spelling was wrong.<br /><br />I often see signs with stationary when in fact it should say stationery.<br /><br />There you go, the English language is not always easy when it’s your first language.Beverleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977484822968582847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-21121036186478602762018-02-21T09:55:03.439+00:002018-02-21T09:55:03.439+00:00My husband is a traditional sign writer and years ...My husband is a traditional sign writer and years ago he sign wrote a bakery van but spelled confectionery “ary”. It went around like that for a long time. I wonder how many times the van driver was told that it was misspelled (misspelt). It’s not easy even when we think we are good at spelling is it.<br /><br />I too love your header pic Graham. It deserves a larger audience. Congratulations.Beverleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977484822968582847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-66990056637685943222018-02-18T13:14:22.786+00:002018-02-18T13:14:22.786+00:00Unfortunately, Lynda, mine has deteriorated. I won...Unfortunately, Lynda, mine has deteriorated. I wonder which is the better of the two scenarios.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-91333535913719482702018-02-18T13:12:31.869+00:002018-02-18T13:12:31.869+00:00Thanks Jill.Thanks Jill.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-63985074189418250672018-02-18T04:36:41.826+00:002018-02-18T04:36:41.826+00:00Beautiful photo Graham. I do so love rainbows.
Sp...Beautiful photo Graham. I do so love rainbows.<br /><br />Spelling was not my forte in school & I hated spelling bees. Thankfully my spelling has improved with age.<br />CountryMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14761724941259576940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-80578905187026636682018-02-18T00:18:04.493+00:002018-02-18T00:18:04.493+00:00The photo is a perfect backdrop for the weather fo...The photo is a perfect backdrop for the weather forecast ... happy for you.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791018174075586241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-1694265900595222362018-02-17T19:36:28.303+00:002018-02-17T19:36:28.303+00:00I'm rather pleased to say that the photo at th...I'm rather pleased to say that the photo at the top of this post make the BBC Scotland weather forecast backdrop.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-3609951347111671182018-02-17T19:20:02.362+00:002018-02-17T19:20:02.362+00:00Jenny, I try and remember which words don't co...Jenny, I try and remember which words don't conform to the 'i before e except after c.' As it happens niece conforms to that rule but I've discovered that the more I try and remember it with a particular word the more confused I get. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-67551794859426629412018-02-17T18:50:59.117+00:002018-02-17T18:50:59.117+00:00I am always stumped by niece. Or is it neice. No, ...I am always stumped by niece. Or is it neice. No, niece.... Or, do I mean....???????Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-9786826784665047712018-02-16T08:59:25.367+00:002018-02-16T08:59:25.367+00:00Nice story as always Kay. As for gunwale that'...Nice story as always Kay. As for gunwale that's not one of my <i>bêtes noir</i>.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-8456972051902725752018-02-16T08:58:10.280+00:002018-02-16T08:58:10.280+00:00Oh dear Robyn. I'd have found it easier to spe...Oh dear Robyn. I'd have found it easier to spell the word than remember the acronym.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-21458600531266646862018-02-16T08:57:20.405+00:002018-02-16T08:57:20.405+00:00That's good to hear Amy. There are so few gram...That's good to hear Amy. There are so few grammar nuts around now. Even I've given up some of my campaigns.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-9310687691092673412018-02-16T08:56:16.462+00:002018-02-16T08:56:16.462+00:00Helen that's one I do enunciate properly and I...Helen that's one I do enunciate properly and I can always spell Parliament because that is how I pronounce it.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-36886382556409878032018-02-16T08:54:40.419+00:002018-02-16T08:54:40.419+00:00That's an interesting one Bob. It's more u...That's an interesting one Bob. It's more understandable than my accross.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-17398848265976872792018-02-16T00:34:30.007+00:002018-02-16T00:34:30.007+00:00"Gunwale"! That was the word that I go..."Gunwale"! That was the word that I got in a spelling bee and it was down just to the final two people...me and one other guy. When I got that word, everyone just assumed that I couldn't spell it since I am sure that most of them had never heard of it! When I spelled it correctly and won the spelling bee, my classmates AND teacher were all amazed!<br />Our son came in 2nd in the school spelling bee in 5th grade. When I asked him if he felt bad because the other guy had beaten him, he said that no, he had beat him 3 times earlier in practice, he just beat him when it counted. (What a great kid!) C. was able to go to the county spelling bee as an alternate, and get out of school for the day, he was happy!<br />Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-79000046496758945232018-02-15T22:23:20.404+00:002018-02-15T22:23:20.404+00:00Necessary always got me until I was told -
N ever...Necessary always got me until I was told - <br />N ever E nter C hurch E ating S picy S ausages A nd R aspberry Y ogurt<br /><br />Works for me and I know always recite that under my breath while spelling the word out very carefully! Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175531371914205163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-48612635172200005122018-02-15T21:02:50.147+00:002018-02-15T21:02:50.147+00:00Yes I remember being part of spelling competitions...Yes I remember being part of spelling competitions at school, mostly primary school though, these days I'm still a bit of a grammar and spelling nut.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076349937962262361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-68704212108933327502018-02-15T19:15:06.117+00:002018-02-15T19:15:06.117+00:00I have trouble spelling 'Emperor', because...I have trouble spelling 'Emperor', because I always think I'm saying 'Emporer' Actually when I think about it I'm saying something more like Em puh ruh.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624194722106155800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-83579472716010233992018-02-15T15:57:30.176+00:002018-02-15T15:57:30.176+00:00I have been a very good speller for my entire life...I have been a very good speller for my entire life, but one word I always have to think about before writing is commemorate. My first inclination is to exchange the mm and the m.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-29236179985787493052018-02-15T12:48:13.841+00:002018-02-15T12:48:13.841+00:00Frances, I think your problem and Meike's prob...Frances, I think your problem and Meike's problem seem rather more structures. My errors are totally random.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.com