what are some words you get mixed up? (other then they're/there/their and you're/your and such)

i get my "american" and english words mixed up a lot. i started thinking about it because of the whole realized topic.
i find myself using a lot of english words, even though i grew up in the US. (i'm 100% scottish)
my most common ones are color/colour and realized/realised.

I have a tendency to spell out "theatre" over "theater." Aside from the words, I had to get used to the American style of using punctuation marks, especially at the end of a sentence because I got used to the British style.

For example:

American: When it comes to periods and quotes at the end of a sentence, the American style requires you to put the last punctuation mark within the "quotations."

British: When it comes to periods and quotes at the end of a sentence, the British style requires you to put the last punctuation mark after the "quotations".

really? that's one i didn't know. my mom still uses the english way.

Oh gosh when I was in 5th grade I thought "emo" was "emu" so I would be like, "What?! That kid doesn't look like an animal"

I don't really get confused, but I hate alternative spellings that is "accepted" anyway.

Travelled/traveled
Cancelled/canceled

I think, after about junior high, people need to get "their/they're/there" down.

I also don't like it when Americans who don't speak French use French expressions AND MESS IT UP. It's painful to witness, and it's an insult to me. I don't butcher their language, and they probably should not do it to mine.

in canada the proper way to say "z" is zed. i always pronounce it the good ol' american way zee

also, i always say "h' as hey-ch, rather than hai-ch. people never fail to point it out. i mean how lame are you if you can pick out one tiny, barely noticable lisp? urgh. ha ha

For example, it's pronounced "Oh la la," NOT "Oooh la la."

There are so, so many of them that Americans screw up. If you don't know how to use it, then you probably shouldn't.

The most recent screw-up that was painful was a misspelling. "Crem de la crem," instead of "crème de la crème." Oh, it hurts and the error just made her look like a jackass. "Crem."

I always think that century is spelled centuary for some reason.

I am going to sound very dumb, but how do you get that special looking e like that? I have been trying to figure that out for years.

Alt + 0232, baby. I know it by heart.

I try to memorize some ALT codes here and there too.

For the record, I remember I had a real tough time spelling "purpose" in the 3rd grade. For some reason I always put down "porpoise" and the teacher always that I was trying to write a story about a dolphin.

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I don't even know how I write..
I guess I change all the time.. gets confusing especially for me.

oh! speaking of french and such!
i got a PM from a chick saying my signature should be Je rêve à toi, not de. which one is it?
i told her if she could find a website with a good explanation of it, i would change it. but i got the "quote" from a book and i looked it up (just to make sure it was right) and everywhere i looked assured me it was "de".

I don't know French but "de" sounds cooler.

Mmmm I concur =)

I am curious. What does it mean?

I mispronounce irrelevant. I usually say "irrevalent" the first time.

Especially words like "perspective" and "prospective", "perception" and "preception."

I don't know who this girl is, but tell her that she's absolutely wrong in her usage, and she should probably learn her English rules before she corrects someone's French. Oh, and that she's an idiot. There is no possible way it could be "à" unless "dream" was used in a different way as to describe a manner or characteristic. You're right, and it's de.

Show them who's boss!

Damned right. I get irritated when I see people who come out of high school with four years of foreign language and think they are hot shit.

my school only offers spanish. i do try to teach myself a little french every now and then, though. (don't hate me...? :] )




I dream of you. :]

You're cool with me.

I'm pretty positive, though, the girl who attempted to correct your French wasn't a native French speaker. Or she was in Year 3 and thought she knew it all.

i get mixed up with commas and the word and. for example:

for lunch i had a sandwich, coke, and a bag or chips.
or is it
for lunch i had a sandwich, coke and a bag of chips.

this thing kills me in school! because the teachers dont seem to notice, but when we take the state exams, you can get points off.
personally, i think the first one makes more sense.