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Give me a C. Give me a T. Are they hard? Are they soft? Throw an S into the pot.
I feel a bit like Sesame Street meets Dr. Seuss.
Council. Counsel. Those two words annoy me. I’m always guessing if I want the C or the S.
Suffixes:
-sion as in confusion, depression, tension
-tion as in attention, caution, fascination
S or T? Let me see…
And by the way, what is the deal with the sc combo in fascination?
Throw in a silent G and I’m ready to take a long walk off a short pier.
What letters/words annoy you?
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Laura, no letters/words annoy me. Years and years of reading have forced me to overlook the incongruities in the English language and enjoy looking them up if I need to — and seeing what their story is all about again. I guess I love linguistics.
That’s a good attitude to have, Ron. I only get frustrated when I find myself looking up the same words over and over again, afraid I don’t have them right!
Advisor/Adviser….considering I’ve had to use it quite often in recent months (due to colleges, high schools, you-name-it), I’m getting rather annoyed with the word. Word says “advisor” is misspelled, yet when I’ve looked it up, the spelling really is interchangeable.
Therefore, I give up.
Word has a few sneaky flaws like that, Yvonne! Its grammar makes you roll your eyes at times too.
Hey, the counsel/council one just threw me in my latest manuscript!
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That one really bugs me, Alex. I talk about councils quite a bit in my books. You’d think it’d be a snap for me by now.
I’m so excited to launch Wish!
I don’t like trying to figure out if I should use the word “passed” or “past”. I get really confused. LOL.
That’s another irkesome one, Michael!
I’m in. Oh, I have major homophone issues. It’s part of an LD. I sometimes have to spell the words on paper to realize they are different. I don’t catch them on the computer.
I’ve found paper vs computer issues like that with editing too, Ciara. I guess that’s why I write first draft longhand.
I tend to forget the words that bug me until I run across them again except for lay/lie. I’m getting better, but there are times I will write around the issue because I can’t figure it out..
Lay/lie is the bane of my existence, Carol. I have the rules tacked up on my wall and still have problems!
I have in issue with vowels. I can’t keep them straight — ible or able?
Vowels have so many different sounds too, Mary. They’re maddening!
English language – mongrel species of olde French that got chewed up then spat out by the British. Now we are forced to scramble around with a language which has the toughest spelling in the world. Love this post! There is too many to list here. Take it easy. Cheers
And don’t forget the German thrown in for good measure, Clayton! It really is a hodge-podge.
It’s not so much words but phrases. ‘At the end of the day’ or ‘So basically’ – really annoy me!
I agree, Ellie. Phrases like that come across as so trite and boring – very overused.