There Was a Time When I Could Spell !

I used to be a very good speller. When I was in grade school, I made it to the state spelling contest. I never had to worry about spelling anything wrong, but like you, that's just not so now. I have to continually second guess myself and use spell checkers as well as look up things that I'm unsure of. It's one of the perils of getting older, I guess!

My spelling is so bad sometimes even spell check can't figure it out. As far as my math goes, I can and do keep my cheque book balanced.

I am rather fortunate in that respect because spelling has been a problem to me. The fact that I am 63 years old has not changed that either. I have noticed that many people find spelling difficult, which I can understand because we have such an erratic language from that point of view. Several words sounding exactly the same can often have completely different spellings and meanings, which does not make it easier for a lot of people.

Thankfully, I'm a good speller. Now, I just said that and I will not be surprised if I submit this and I have a typo.

Like you, I have always been a good speller. I started reading avidly when I was nine years old. Throughout my sixteen years of schooling, I was a top student with top grades. Spelling just seemed to come easy to me. As I've aged, I've noticed that my brain isn't a quick as it once was. I was working on a crossword puzzle this week and knew that I knew some of the solutions but I had to go to another clue and come back to some of it later. The answers eventually popped in but I realize that I'm now slower than previously. I try to find brain exercises daily. Senility is a major fear of mine.

I have never been a goo speller! I have to look up words in the dictionary all the time! I wish i had spell check! Sometimes I can't think of how to spell a word and the dictionary isn't helping I will try to use a different word then I had planned. Something easier. I am fifty and feel my spelling as gottan worse! If it has or not it is frustrating!

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I am a LOUSY speller. However, there are a few words I CAN spell. I had an argument with a friend because she wrote something and misspelled "marriage" all the way through it. I told her it was misspelled, but, because she was such a great speller she didn't believe me until I showed her in the dictionary. Also, she went to ask me how to spell... "I'm asking the (me) how to spell something" she said. "What is it? I can at least try," I replied. "Personal," she replied. "One "n" and an "a"," I told her. "Are you sure?" she asked. Well, you see, at the time I worked in a unit called "Personnel" so I KNEW the difference! Also, when she was misspelling "marriage" I was having to type endless letters to District Clerks with the subject line "In the Matter of the Marriage of..." so I KNEW how to spell marriage. Also, one time she went to ask me - with the dictionary on her LAP - how to spell... and she repeated herself about asking me how to spell something. Turned out it was a certain yellowish brown color also known as khaki - and while I didn't know for sure how to SPELL it, I knew it started with something strange like "kh" "'Kh?' Nothing starts with 'kh'!" she said. I told her to look it up and there it was!

I always was and still am a good speller. When other children were out playing I used to sit and read the dictionary. I have always been interested in words and when I was your age I probably already read at least 10,000 books including all of the works of authors such as Shakespeare, Chaucer, Milton, all of the Bronte sisters, Dickens, and stateside from Cooper to Zane Grey to name just a few. I think being an avid reader helps one's vocabulary and spelling. What you say about typing is true. Similarly, I have always been able to spell faster by writing words down on paper than trying to say them. It is the same with math. I am very bad at doing math in my head, but can do simple computations without writing if the numbers are already on paper.

I used to be a great speller. I didn't need spellcheck even if it had been around then. I love words and am saddened that my being able to spell them has gone by the wayside. I am sixty and will be sixty one November 6th. My memory isn't what it used to be. Nothing is.

I'm not very good in spelling. It seems that the auto corrector has been made for me.

I am bad at spelling and now i am becoming better in mylot since we have to write the full form of the words. I used to use short cuts before. My brother had sent me a message on facebook and I found it so difficult to read because i am not using so much of shortened words. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.