words; Options

[Smarmosaur]

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.

[MissHygienic]

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.

[tokyo-rose]

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.

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

[MissHygienic]

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."

[DoubleJ]

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 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.