Heh, You

I was looking over the list of words I struggle to spell on a consistent basis. Mostly because of a comment from a reader about mispellings and typos (!).

It was then that I realized that most of the words have an "a" followed by the letter "u".

"Eh, You". Get it? Not really much to add. I just noticed it; thought it was funny at a time past my bedtime; and that it would allow me to place a clever headline.

Ok Ok. So not every one of these posts is going to be a deep trip down intellectual lane (obviously). Not every post is an award winner (as I show every time I post).

Goodnight.

Words I hate - or - those that for some reason hate me

Well, hate is a strong word. Hate to spell maybe.

- Restaurant (believe it or not, I had to spell it wrong 3 times, then spell check it to get the correct spelling, here. I've had this problem dating back at least to my newspaper days, but probably much, much further).

- Beautiful (I actually pronounce it letter by letter in my head when spelling it ... be-a-ut-i-ful)

- Surround (I'm Ok spelling this one most times, and I'm OK with the beginning "s", and frankly, the "round" part by itself. But somewhere in the "urrou" part I get a tad bit lost and have to consult my mental map. Luckily I'm usually only one street over and a quick left or right has me back on course.) You know how if you say a word enough times, it loses all sense and meaning? It is like that, except that with surround, once I get by the "s" and before I get to the "ound," its spelling seems to have lost all sense and meaning.

That's it for now. Though I'm sure there are other words I have, um, words with, from time to time. I'll post them as I fight them. Or in groups. Its my blog, I kinda have say on how this goes.

Anyway, just kind of a light-hearted post while I get used to daily deadlines at work and put the finishing touches on two other posts I'm working on.