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SnoopZ 12-03-2019 11:56
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
Never used the word inventer before, even my Firefox spell checker says its wrong even if it isnt.

Carth 12-03-2019 12:14
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
Loose & lose, there & their . . the ones that annoy me the most.

My wife just cannot, however many times it's explained to her, get 'been' and 'being' correct :)

SnoopZ 12-03-2019 12:19
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carth (Post 35986196)
Loose & lose, there & their . . the ones that annoy me the most.

My wife just cannot, however many times it's explained to her, get 'been' and 'being' correct :)
Loose & lose are not the same words, atleast not to me.

mrmistoffelees 12-03-2019 13:10
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
Centre & Center

Maggy 12-03-2019 13:59
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35986197)
Loose & lose are not the same words, atleast not to me.
They are not. One means to lose something, the other something that is not fixed in place or baggy clothing/skin/morals.

Jimmy-J 12-03-2019 14:21
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
to and too

mrmistoffelees 12-03-2019 14:33
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy-J (Post 35986230)
to and too
Different meanings...

Mr K 12-03-2019 15:15
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinky (Post 35966767)
Color and colour
One's right, the other's wrong as a daft American misspelt it and they won't admit their mistake! . It annoys me most when American spellings slip back into our language; often see defense instead of defence on these forums !

Maggy 12-03-2019 16:10
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35986247)
One's right, the other's wrong as a daft American misspelt it and they won't admit their mistake! . It annoys me most when American spellings slip back into our language; often see defense instead of defence on these forums !
It's because people don't change the the settings on their OS from american to UK..

RichardCoulter 12-03-2019 16:48
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35986257)
It's because people don't change the the settings on their OS from american to UK..
Is one spelling of inventer/inventor correct (in England) and the other incorrect Maggy?

I couldn't find a definitive answer, so it would be interesting to know.

JPAC 12-03-2019 16:57
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
Flammable and inflammable?

Carth 12-03-2019 17:03
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
Aluminium - Aluminum

and the English spelling is the one underlined here as wrong for me :D

heero_yuy 12-03-2019 17:15
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
And you have us engineers to blame for (computer) program and (linear) analog. :D

Tinky 12-03-2019 18:25
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
Program and programme perhaps?

heero_yuy 12-03-2019 18:27
Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
 
Programme is a broadcast item. Program is what we code for computers.


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