tricky words

warning: pretty pointless post ahead. 

When I was little, there were certain things that always confused me.  I always got "fair" and "circus" mixed up.  I could never remember which one was which.  For a while, I had a hard time with collar and leash - but that one got better after we got a dog.  Of course, right and left took me forever to get...and I didn't really feel confident with them until I broke my left arm and could always use that as a reference. 

Then there were the verbal things.  Crayon and Crown.  I said them both like the latter.  Then there was the day that my 2nd grade teacher spent a good 10 mins with me in front of the whole class trying to teach me that "whale" was pronounced differently than "well"  I said them the same....blame the southern accent.   

Spelling has never been a strong suit.  I took the same spelling test 4 times in 3rd grade when I kept spelling "indian" "indien"  Phonetics.  Ugh.  I also had a hard time figuring out if words should end in "le" or "el"  Maybe I was supposed to be French.  To this day, there are things I always misspell and second guess.  I'm hoping that by flushing them out, I'll finally overcome these silly words.  Here they are.

1.  Minute. As in 60 seconds.  I always read that word as minute, as in very small and I often misspell it as Minuet if I don't think about it.  Most of the time, you'll notice, I just substitute the abbreviation, "min."

2.  Definitely.  I always misspell this as Definatly.  Then I realize its wrong and change it, but I rarely get it right the first time.  I also tend to read it as "defiantly" Go figure.

3.  Each Other.  I always alway always want to type this as one word.  They hugged eachother. It just seems so much more natural. 

4.  Mathematics.  Why is there an e there?  I guess you're supposed to pronounce it. :)  I don't though, and so I have to think about it. 

5. Calendar. I always try to write "calender" Again, because that's how I spell it. 

Ok, I think that's enough self flogging for now.  

I don't know why these words refuse to melt into my permanent knowledge base - but they just don't.  I bet most people have a few words that trip them up.  Right?  Sure they do.  Well, except my sister.  I'm pretty sure she's perfect.