I know this should probably go in the Spelling Forum...
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:16 am
Though this strikes me as interesting:
I was emailing my cousin in Georgia and he typed me a message about how his girlfriend's grandmother is very sick. He got into this long story about how she doesn't want her grandmother to die (like any normal human being wishes their relatives a long life) and, of course, I sympathize (I think I spelt that wrong but I'm a bit lazy to check , being it's a quarter passed one in the morning), but I noticed one thing in his spelling that I would never notice unless I paid particular attention to it...
He makes double-letters EVERYWHERE- but never where they need to be.
Now, I don't want it to sound like everyone from Georgia does this, but I noticed that my other cousins in a different part of the state do the same thing and I just don't know why...
Just in case you're wondering, words I noticed from emails, letters, etc. that were spelt oddly ranged from simple to semi-difficult (that is, depending who you are). "Lily" to "Lilly", "Dilemma" to "Dillemma", "Felon" to "Fellon", etc.
This just bothered me for whatever reason...
Maybe I'm just tired and cranky because I can't sleep...
O yea, and if you're wondering why I mentioned the whole thing about his girlfriend's grandmother, it's because I first realized the spelling of "Lily" was wrong when he said that her grandmother wanted a "Lilly flower" to be in her hands when she's to be buried.
Sorry for being so random, but that's who I am, I guess!
I was emailing my cousin in Georgia and he typed me a message about how his girlfriend's grandmother is very sick. He got into this long story about how she doesn't want her grandmother to die (like any normal human being wishes their relatives a long life) and, of course, I sympathize (I think I spelt that wrong but I'm a bit lazy to check , being it's a quarter passed one in the morning), but I noticed one thing in his spelling that I would never notice unless I paid particular attention to it...
He makes double-letters EVERYWHERE- but never where they need to be.
Now, I don't want it to sound like everyone from Georgia does this, but I noticed that my other cousins in a different part of the state do the same thing and I just don't know why...
Just in case you're wondering, words I noticed from emails, letters, etc. that were spelt oddly ranged from simple to semi-difficult (that is, depending who you are). "Lily" to "Lilly", "Dilemma" to "Dillemma", "Felon" to "Fellon", etc.
This just bothered me for whatever reason...
Maybe I'm just tired and cranky because I can't sleep...
O yea, and if you're wondering why I mentioned the whole thing about his girlfriend's grandmother, it's because I first realized the spelling of "Lily" was wrong when he said that her grandmother wanted a "Lilly flower" to be in her hands when she's to be buried.
Sorry for being so random, but that's who I am, I guess!