{"id":5617,"date":"2006-11-20T13:08:59","date_gmt":"2006-11-20T18:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5617"},"modified":"2010-07-15T21:18:39","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T01:18:39","slug":"words-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5617","title":{"rendered":"Words Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a fun meme that I got at Semi-colon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Words that always look misspelled to me:<\/b><\/p>\n

cemetery
\nrestaurant
\npastime<\/p>\n

Words I enjoy saying:<\/b><\/p>\n

twilight, elixir, evensong, bullshit, Turkmenistan, nonsense, epistolary, spheres<\/p>\n

Words I enjoy hearing:<\/b><\/p>\n

“God, you’re pretty.”
\n“Forecast: 5 straight days of rain.”<\/p>\n

Abbreviations I dislike:<\/b><\/p>\n

Number one pet peeve in this arena: TWP for township. What the HELL is that? TWP??? Gimme a break. It literally makes me ANGRY when I see it on highway signs.<\/p>\n

I’m also not wacky about “lb” to be honest with you.<\/p>\n

Proper nouns I enjoy:<\/b><\/p>\n

Glendalough
\nNarragansett Beach
\nAlexander Hamilton
\nOrion
\nMr. Darcy
\nJames Joyce
\nMilky Way
\nMac Cosmetics<\/p>\n

Words I associate with happiness:<\/b><\/p>\n

music, theatre, family, books, beach, peace<\/p>\n

Words I always misspell:<\/b><\/p>\n

“embarrass”. I had to spell-check that. I just never get it right, it is not in my head, the way most other words are.<\/p>\n

Other than that, I’m a terrific speller, but I always get stuck on that one.<\/p>\n

Oh, and “recommend” sometimes gives me pause as well. Two c’s? One m?<\/p>\n

Words I enjoy spelling correctly, every time:<\/b><\/p>\n

Versailles<\/p>\n

The whole it’s\/its thing. I NEVER get that wrong. EVER. And if I do? It’s a typo. You’ll have to take my word for that. There are other grammar rules I’m not so confident of, in terms of mastery (uhm … I\/me …) but that one I have down cold.<\/p>\n

medieval<\/p>\n

Words that, though I love their meaning, I\u0092m too embarrassed to say out loud:<\/b><\/p>\n

I actually don’t really have this. I’m not embarrassed by much – at least not when it comes to language. If I love a word’s meaning – then I’m sayin’ it. Critics and fragile egos be damned.<\/p>\n

I guess, though, that I am embarrassed (*spell-check*) every time I am forced to use the word “plether”. It makes my skin crawl. Thankfully, it doesn’t come up that often.<\/p>\n

Words I can never remember the meaning of no matter how many times I look them up:<\/b><\/p>\n

bimonthly
\nentropy<\/p>\n

Words that sound like what they mean:<\/b><\/p>\n

sneer
\nmud
\ngloomy<\/p>\n

Words that sound like something other than what they mean:<\/b><\/p>\n

enervating<\/p>\n

What are some of your favorite words? <\/b><\/p>\n

mahjong
\nelixir
\nhalleluia
\nblueberry
\ncalculus<\/p>\n

Your least favorite?<\/b><\/p>\n

Scone<\/p>\n

Plether<\/p>\n

hat-tip (you’ll never find the words “hat-tip” on my blog. I just cannot. STAND. IT.)<\/p>\n

Oh – and I don’t like “Meh” either – but that’s just blog-speak. (More blog-speak terms I cannot stand: Well, first of all: “blogosphere”. Ew. I have hated that from Day One. Can’t stand “money quote” either. Ick. I can’t stand any of it.)<\/p>\n

How much I despise blog-speak should be another post altogether … so I’ll let it go for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a fun meme that I got at Semi-colon. Words that always look misspelled to me: cemetery restaurant pastime Words I enjoy saying: twilight, elixir, evensong, bullshit, Turkmenistan, nonsense, epistolary, spheres Words I enjoy hearing: “God, you’re pretty.” “Forecast: 5 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21403,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617\/revisions\/21403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}