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    Posted: March 26 2008 at 07:57
Just another silly poll to waste your time as if you aren't already wasting too much time on this site.

Is it just me or half the time when someone uses this word in a post or review it's misspelled?  For some reason I find myself almost always having to correct myself when I type that word. Tongue
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I know. I always rely on spell check with definitely. Writing is fine but typing this word is frustrating. 
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Just another silly poll to waste your time as if you aren't already wasting too much time on this site.

Is it just me or half the time when someone uses this word in a post or review it's misspelled?  For some reason I find myself almost always having to correct myself when I type that word. Tongue

"Definitely" is definitely (sic!) the second-most misspelled word in  the web, only being topped by "masturbate", which you will usually find as "masterbate". LOL


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Something I fail to understand is the whole "lose/loose" confusion in website posts.  Confused
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Points: 10094 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2008 at 13:52
lets see what spellcheck says

definitely
definately


the latter was underlined with red
the former is the champeen


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Originally posted by heyitsthatguy heyitsthatguy wrote:

lets see what spellcheck says

definitely
definately


the latter was underlined with red
the former is the champeen


A useful tool to help remember the correct spelling is that the word contains the word "finite".
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I notice that "definitely" misspelling a lot on this board and it always sticks out like a sore thumb, as do some others.  Because I don't pronounce it as "definately,  I, most definitely, am surprised by how often it is misspelled by different individuals.
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I don't pronounce this word at all, because I'm never certain of anything. Trust no one!

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ten, net, feel, feed, feet, lent, indent, deftly, lift, lifted, felt, fleet, lint, fine, tine, dine, dint, line, lined, deline, left, lefty, inlet, lend, tend, elite

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Definately the other one.
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As to spelling: There is a certain difference between American and British spelling; I go with the British one which I was taught at school; but as a former professional translator I am familiar with the US spelling too. You will find that Jean goes with the US spelling, which is not surprising since she is originally from California.


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^^ That's why we have a Grey Room and not a Gray Room - it was founded by a Brit.  Tongue
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

As to spelling: There is a certain difference between American and British spelling; I go with the British one which I was taught at school; but as a former professional translator I am familiar with the US spelling too. You will find that Jean goes with the US spelling, which is not surprising since she is originally from California.


Is definately an English spelling?  I know of color and colour  for example.
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

As to spelling: There is a certain difference between American and British spelling; I go with the British one which I was taught at school; but as a former professional translator I am familiar with the US spelling too. You will find that Jean goes with the US spelling, which is not surprising since she is originally from California.


Is definately an English spelling?  I know of color and colour  for example.


No, I think definately is wrong in both countries.

There's a wiki entry on American v. British spelling differences - I've just been reading it.  As you said, one of them is the -or/-our ending.
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Points: 10094 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2008 at 15:21
the computernets knows all
there's no more debate necessary in this thread


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Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

As to spelling: There is a certain difference between American and British spelling; I go with the British one which I was taught at school; but as a former professional translator I am familiar with the US spelling too. You will find that Jean goes with the US spelling, which is not surprising since she is originally from California.


Is definately an English spelling?  I know of color and colour  for example.


No, I think definately is wrong in both countries.

There's a wiki entry on American v. British spelling differences - I've just been reading it.  As you said, one of them is the -or/-our ending.

"Definitely" is the same in the UK and the USA. It comes from the Latin "definere", which means "drawing a border line". The Latin word "finis" for "end" is at the root of it.


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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Just another silly poll to waste your time as if you aren't already wasting too much time on this site.

Is it just me or half the time when someone uses this word in a post or review it's misspelled?  For some reason I find myself almost always having to correct myself when I type that word. Tongue

"Definitely" is definitely (sic!) the second-most misspelled word in  the web, only being topped by "masturbate", which you will usually find as "masterbate". LOL
 
All the w**kers spell it like masterbateLOL
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Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

Something I fail to understand is the whole "lose/loose" confusion in website posts.  Confused
Ha!, that's the one Peter tripped me up on. Embarrassed
 
Having an estuary accent, I tend to pronounce lose with a long "o" sound, but loose with a short "u" sound, hence my occasional slip when writing the words.
 
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NO WAY!
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^ I think you'll find that's spelt "Norway" Geek
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