100 most often misspelled words
yourDictionary.com – Including:
bellwether
daiquiri
dumbbell
fiery
gauge
humorous
judgement
kernel
maneuver
noticeable
occasionally
pastime
playwright
supersede
twelfth
{ Monthly Archives }
January 2004
100 most often mispronounced words
yourDictionary.com – Including:
| Wrong | Right | |
| card shark | cardsharp | |
| chomp at the bit | champ at the bit | “Chomp” has probably replaced “champ” in the U.S. but we thought you might like to be reminded that the vowel should be [æ] not [o]. |
| diptheria | diphtheria | The “ph” in this word is pronounced [f], not [p]. |
| Heineken remover | Heimlich maneuver | This term is mispronounced many different ways. |
| often | ofen | DON’T pronounce the [t]. |
| sherbert | sherbet | |
| spitting image | spit and image | The very spit of someone is an exact likeness. |
| tenderhooks | tenterhooks | Tenters are frames for stretching cloth while it dries. |
| ways | way | “I have a ways to go” should be “I have a way to go.” The article “a” does not fit well with a plural. |
Bush in 30 seconds
bushin30seconds.org – January, 2004. Finalists for political advertising contest sponsored by moveon.org
Web Page Development: Best Practices
Apple Developer Connection – December 15, 2003.   This article gives some practical hints on how to create standards-conforming websites, and to work around some of issues that will arise for Explorer for Windows.
