We have a dirty little family secrete secret. Hundreds of years in the past, our ancestors did something so terrible and so grave that God parted the skies and proclaimed, “From this day forward you shall go forth unto the land and you will be unable to spell. And all your generations to follow shall also come to bear this curse.” So there you have it, to this day none of us can spell. You think I exaggerate but with spell check as my witness, trust me I know well of what I speak.
One day while writing an entry, I attempted to write the word “genius.” Spell check came back with the word “Guinness” as in the beer. (And of course at this very moment spell check has no idea what I’m trying to write!) I thought this was hilariously ironic. Often spell check just comes back with a huge sign that says, “What the heck are you trying to write Lady? Give me a break; I’m not a miracle worker!!!” So while spell check is a true gift from God, I still have to keep my handy dandy old school dictionary by my side. That way I can tell spell check what I’m trying to write!
I’ve used this dictionary for so long and so much that I’ve worn the back cover off!
Are you blessed with the spelling gene? Please say a little prayer of thanks if you are. And if you ever find a misspelled word on this site, please say a little prayer for us!
Okay your turn. What is the curse your family shares? You can’t dance, you can’t sing, you can’t add, subract or multiply? What is the one quirk you all share?
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My husband is the same way. He says sometimes he can’t get close enough for Spell Check to get in the ball park of what he’s trying to say!
For myself, even though I have a degree in Engineering, and have had many years of advanced maths – my stomach hurts every month when I have to balance the check book. If it’s within a buck or two, that’s close enough for me!
My Mother was blessed to be such a good speller, the spelling gene skipped me and went to my daughter. Sometimes I write things down so fast my spelling has become my own. I usually write like I hear it, put a whole new twist on creative writing.
I can spell, but a couple of my siblings are just like you! They are excellent writers – maybe the two go together?
This is the funniest post ever! I thought that my lack of spelling was due to the Krueger side, but at least the truth comes out, it is from the Soefje side.
I hope that our child gets the spelling gene from their Blaschke side because those people can spell like no other.
Well the bad spelling gene continues to curse our family with Mason. I know Lochlainn is a lost cause. His paternal side may have even a worse curse when it comes to spelling. Luckily both the boys are growing up in a world with spell check. I LOVE SPELL CHECK!!! It has done something I thought impossible; it has made me a good speller
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hahaha… this made me laugh. I have a sister who is like you!
Our family ‘curse’ is that the women in our family have a propensity to embelish or exagerate. It drives our husbands nuts!
We just stick to the idea that we are simply making stories mor interesting even if it’s a bit more fictionalized…
I do love spell check, but when typing or even texting, you never know what word the spell check THINKS you want to say. Our poor Websters Collegiate dictionary is from the 80′s and we use it weekly for homeschool. Kids dread it when I say “Look it up!” The boy I tutor is lost when it comes to the dictionary because his spelling is absolutely the worst! If you asked him to spell or find new in the dictionary, he may look under “g”, “k”, or “nu”. Thanks for the post. I loved it!