Have any weird writing quirks?

As I’m typing articles on pregnancy tonight, I’m noticing my tendency to type fatigue as “fatique.” Strange! I have no idea where that came from, and it’s not something I normally do.

I do have some consistent spelling errors that have worked their way into my brain. Thank goodness for spellcheck or I’d still be writing definitely as definately and available and avaliable.

What are your little writing quirks?

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November 8, 2007 | Filed Under Uncategorized 

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14 Responses to “Have any weird writing quirks?”

  1. lornadoone (9 comments.) on November 8th, 2007 6:02 pm

    For some reason when I type the word “high,” I put a “t” on the end. Also, when I type “awesome,” it usually comes out “aweseome.” I have no idea why I do this, as I know perfectly well how to spell the word. Weird, eh?

    And “fatique” sounds like a tired, overweight woman who feels about 100 years old - perfect for pregnancy!

  2. Dr.Mani (1 comments.) on November 8th, 2007 6:12 pm

    Strange enough, I noticed this only after launching my series of ‘Internet Infopreneur’ programs.

    I tend to type the ‘N’ in infopreneur with a CAPITAL (upper case) - but not in the ‘Internet’.

    So…

    Internet INfopreneur!

    Know why? I don’t :)

    All success
    Dr.Mani

  3. courtknee on November 8th, 2007 7:04 pm

    Thanks for stopping by Dr. Mani! :) Isn’t it funny how little snafus like that appear. I do the same thing with INternet marketing!

  4. wordvixen (18 comments.) on November 8th, 2007 11:23 pm

    I thought fatique sounded french! I tend to put e’s on the end of everything. I think it’s from when I learned to write in cursive and just kept looping when I was finished. :)

    Although, my whole life I’ve randomly forgotten how to spell words like “and” and “the”. And once I forgot how to spell “I”.

  5. courtknee on November 9th, 2007 12:40 am

    LOL. Now that’s a good one wordvixen!

  6. wordvixen (18 comments.) on November 9th, 2007 5:19 am

    It’s funny now, but that was a very stressful 5 minutes!

  7. Mark - ProBloggers Matrix (3 comments.) on November 9th, 2007 6:24 am

    My personal quirk occurs when I place an apostrophe between the t and s in the contraction “It’s”, when I don’t really need to. It’s better to write “It is” than to write “It’s” and get it all wrong.

    One way I try to differentiate when to use the apostrophe and when not to, is to ask myself, “Would the phrase “It is” sound great in this sentence? If so, then use the apostrophe. If not, then just write “Its”.

    Brian Clark over at Copyblogger wrote a really fine piece about It’s and Its, I just can’t seem to recall where I put that link…….

  8. courtknee on November 9th, 2007 6:32 am

    Thanks for the visit Mark. I do the same thing…ask myself if “it is” fits. I think that and the their, they’re and there is probably one of the most common errors.

    I’d love to see that link!

  9. Mark - ProBloggers Matrix (3 comments.) on November 9th, 2007 6:47 am

    Hi there, courtknee! Nice blog!

    I found the link!! It was buried deep in one of my loooooong blogging lists!

    Five Grammatical Errors That Make You Look Dumb
    http://www.copyblogger.com/5-common-mistakes-that-make-you-look-dumb/

    Brian really breaks these grammatical errors down! I really enjoy his blog.

    You’re doind a super job with Web Writing Info! Keep it up!

  10. Mark - ProBloggers Matrix (3 comments.) on November 9th, 2007 6:50 am

    LOL @ my last post lol!! How many times have I typed ‘doind’ when I really meant to type the word ‘doing’?

    When will I ever learn? Aaarrgghh!!

  11. courtknee on November 9th, 2007 8:12 pm

    Thanks so much for the compliments and the link Mark! I just visited your blog.

  12. Nancy on April 25th, 2008 11:56 pm

    I know this is an old post, but I’ve been looking at your plr stuff, and I thought you’d get a kick out of this.

    About 10 years ago I was a medical transcriptionist, so I was typing as fast as I could for 10-12 hours a day. The errors I always hated were the ones that the spellchecker wouldn’t catch. My favorite is “doe snot” (does not). Hehe…

    Nancy

  13. Courtney on April 26th, 2008 12:08 am

    Ha ha! That is a good one. :)

  14. Free Word (1 comments.) on May 7th, 2008 5:55 am

    Mmm, yeah, when tired i have problems with “which”! Writing when tired is part of the game i guess, but it can be hard when it takes 3-4 times to spell a simple word correctly :)

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