Words that always look misspelled to me:
Misspell. Mayonnaise.
Words I enjoy saying:
Wisenheimer. Motherfucker.
Words I enjoy hearing:
Chutzpah. Love of my life. You should get some ice cream. Why not get both?
Abbreviations I dislike:
SME! I hate goddamn SME (subject matter expert), pronounced SMEEEE. And other work terms: JAD sessions. OP. SLA.
Proper nouns I enjoy:
Grace Kelly. Sigrid. Reykjavik.
Words I associate with happiness:
Cookie. Rob. Love. Music.
Words I always misspell:
Accommodate. Enunciate. Pronunciation. Mayonnaise.
Words I enjoy spelling correctly, every time:
Incorporate. Epiphany. Receive.
Words that, though I love their meaning, I’m too embarrassed to say out loud:
Croissant, because I hate saying it in full French pretension (kwa-sah(n)) and I hate saying it in American blah (kressent).
Words I can never remember the meaning of no matter how many times I look them up:
Capitol vs. capital.
Words that sound like what they mean:
soft. feel. snow. loft. craggy. speck.
Words that sound like something other than what they mean:
Breakfast. Pianist. Mediocre.
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