Monday, July 26, 2010

Words That Always Look Wrong

Everyone has them - words that just don't look right after you type (or write) them, even though you know they are spelled correctly. Here are some of my right-wrong words:

villain
rhythm
occurrence
cacophony
tomorrow
cylindrical

I put a shout-out on Twitter and here are some words that stymie other writers (Special thanks to Stacey I. Graham, Corinne Duyvis, and Grace Wen for tossing these words my way):

occasionally
commitment
Wednesday
segue
tongue
epiphany
twelfth
exercise
propagate
accommodate

Tell me, what words give you pause, even when you know they're right? And yes, I know this is sort of a silly post, but it is what it is.

4 comments:

William said...

Decision. Is it i before c except after e?

Anonymous said...

weird

Ronsonic said...

People

JBenoitFilm said...

Definitely, that one always gets me and i find myself just typing def