Help me to learn to spell a word...
Help me to learn to spell a word...
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geeks

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10,599 posts

156 months

Thursday 7th August
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Necessary - I have a complete block on spelling this fking word! Everytime I need to use it I have to use dictation on my iPhone to see how it's spelled and then copy as whenever I try to type it even spell check just gives up and shrugs.

I had the same issue with "because" when I was younger I am dyslexic and I had one good teacher who taught me

Big
Elephants
Can't
Always
Use
Small
Entrances

To this day I still use than pneumonic whenever I write it.

So PH, help me learn to spell necessary smile

dannnd

46 posts

83 months

Thursday 7th August
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One collar, two sleeves

Gary29

4,591 posts

116 months

Thursday 7th August
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I can spell necessary (when necessary), but I cannot, not ever, spell the word occasion(?) correctly. My mind always wants to single 'c' and double 's' it.

craigjm

19,590 posts

217 months

Thursday 7th August
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Its mnemonic hehe

anyways....

Never Eat Cucumber, Eat Salad Sandwiches And Remain Young

geeks

Original Poster:

10,599 posts

156 months

Thursday 7th August
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dannnd said:
One collar, two sleeves
Nope going to need more than that lol

Gary29 said:
I can spell necessary (when necessary), but I cannot, not ever, spell the word occasion(?) correctly. My mind always wants to single 'c' and double 's' it.
Yeah I have a similar issue with occasion as well, fortunately with most words spell check is able to see what word I actually wanted and gives me a sensible correction. But necessary completely screws me every time hehe

captain_cynic

15,562 posts

112 months

Thursday 7th August
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dannnd said:
One collar, two sleeves
He means one c and two s's in necessary.

And quite good sir.

sicarumba

409 posts

180 months

Thursday 7th August
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As a child I was taught how to spell necessary by a Brummie, so when he spelt it out loud the first part always reminded me of the NEC. "Enn Eee See Eee Double Ess Ayy Arr Why" combined with the National Exhibition Centre made it stick for me, don't know if that will help you.

He also taught the spelling of Rhododendron "R.H.O. with a rho, D.O. with a rhodo, D.E.N with a rhododen and D.R.O.N. with a rhododendron"

moorx

4,247 posts

131 months

Thursday 7th August
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captain_cynic said:
dannnd said:
One collar, two sleeves
He means one c and two s's in necessary.

And quite good sir.
I was going to say this - but I was taught 'one collar, two socks'.

illmonkey

19,264 posts

215 months

Thursday 7th August
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Set it as your password and type it 100 times a day!

TomTheTyke

435 posts

164 months

Thursday 7th August
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craigjm said:
Its mnemonic hehe

anyways....

Never Eat Cucumber, Eat Salad Sandwiches And Remain Young
It’s this but cucumber would be in a salad sandwich and help you remain young, so surely doesn’t make sense.

Our teacher taught us:

Never Eat Cake Eat Salad Sandwiches And Remain Young.

Warhavernet

272 posts

4 months

Thursday 7th August
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Narcissist is tricky but is rarely needed in everyday use, but occasionally useful to throw about on PH.

Skyedriver

20,929 posts

299 months

Thursday 7th August
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At 72 I've only just managed to spell solely correctly
What age will I be before I can say the same about manouovre (see, still can't get that one) manoeuvre!

captain_cynic

15,562 posts

112 months

Thursday 7th August
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illmonkey said:
Set it as your password and type it 100 times a day!
It'll help you memorise the help desk number as you'll constantly be calling to get your account unlocked hehe

LightweightLouisDanvers

2,586 posts

60 months

Thursday 7th August
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Manoeuvre
Always gets me. Never get it right.

The Gauge

5,264 posts

30 months

Thursday 7th August
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Yes, manoeuvre is a word often misspelt.

I'm not so good at spelling, but years ago when applying or a job where spelling would be needed, I started to read the broadsheet newspapers and every time I came across a word that I knew I'd have difficulty spelling, I spent time learning how to spell it. Manoeuvre was one such word.

On the interview selection test I had to spell 'secretaries' but in the context of 'it was the secretaries pen', (as in belonging to) I still to this day dont know how to punctuate that! biggrin

ajprice

31,034 posts

213 months

Thursday 7th August
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Restaurant for me, away from a computer, auto fill and spell check, I'm never sure whether it's restaurant or restaraunt. Saying out loud sounds like restaraunt, and that's the wrong way.

craigjm

19,590 posts

217 months

Thursday 7th August
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ajprice said:
Restaurant for me, away from a computer, auto fill and spell check, I'm never sure whether it's restaurant or restaraunt. Saying out loud sounds like restaraunt, and that's the wrong way.
Stupid French word hehe literally means restore to previous state

Missy Charm

1,187 posts

45 months

Thursday 7th August
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The Gauge said:
Yes, manoeuvre is a word often misspelt.

I'm not so good at spelling, but years ago when applying or a job where spelling would be needed, I started to read the broadsheet newspapers and every time I came across a word that I knew I'd have difficulty spelling, I spent time learning how to spell it. Manoeuvre was one such word.

On the interview selection test I had to spell 'secretaries' but in the context of 'it was the secretaries pen', (as in belonging to) I still to this day dont know how to punctuate that! biggrin
It was the secretary's pen - one secretary, one pen.

It was the secretaries' pen - multiple secretaries, one pen.

They were the secretaries' pens - multiple secretaries and pens.

MitchT

16,828 posts

226 months

Thursday 7th August
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Skyedriver said:
At 72 I've only just managed to spell solely correctly
What age will I be before I can say the same about manouovre (see, still can't get that one) manoeuvre!
Solely. Yep. Google it every time to see what the "did you mean..." says.
Naive. Same!

Mr R

111 posts

184 months

Thursday 7th August
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1 x Coffee, 2 x Sugars