acyrologia

genkaku

Passed along in email and speaking for itself:

Vastmind

*raises hand* ...Can I ask a question??

I know I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed here and
I get the whole "trying to sound smart" thing...but is
incorrect spelling the same thing as using the wrong
word? Or not making sense?

For example...some words in that are spelled wrong...but
do fit the sentence....like the end of the second sentence
with the word diffeRent.....
BTW...I do get that this is funny...it is...
...I'm just a notorious bad speller.....
There are great spellers here....and I still have no idea
of what they are trying to get across...hahaha

Edit: Well, hold the damn phones...I opened another
tab, and diffident is a word. I never heard/knew it.
Guess I'm not 'shy and timid'...lolololol
Sounds alot like dividend....( I know what that is, hahaha)

My question still stands though.....
And yes, along with spelling.....apparently my vocab
is lacking...lololol What's the opposite of this coin?
I think I'm making myself sound more dumb...lolololol

Hamsaka

Supposably so, and eck cetera, eck cetera.

Bunks

My friend once asked me "what's a forx paz?"

"You mean a faux pas?"

Hee Hee...

poptart

Vastmind said:

is
incorrect spelling the same thing as using the wrong
word?

No. Substituting a similar word usually occurs when someone isn't sure which word is the correct one, due to a lack of education.

It's also called malapropism, after a character (Mrs Malaprop) in a Sheridan play.

Some examples here.

Vastmind

Ohhhh....ok...those examples explained it more....

At least I've never called lobster our crushed Asian instead of
our crustacean... lolololol

lamaramadingdong

Ate three bowls of alphabet soup last night...
This morning I had a huge vowel movement.