More Fun with Words

There are words that I fully accept I'll never be able to spell correctly without consulting the dictionary. Not on the first, fifth or even the seventh try. Frankly, "dictionary" is one of them. I always want to spell it with an "e" not an "a". Why? 

//shrugs// Here are some of the words that trip me up.

Accommodate – The double “c” and double “m” get me every time. Also, that second “o”? I want to make it an “a” every damn time.

Judgmental – I will always put an “e” between the “g” and the “m”.

Allegedly – Seems to me there should be a “d” should be before that “g”.

Privilege – *ahem* “d” before that “g”?

Refrigerator – WHERE’S THE DAMN “d” BEFORE THE “g”?

Acknowledged – THANK YOU!!!

Avocado – Okay, it’s a “v” this time. Why do I always want to put a “d” right after that first “a”?

Asthma – The "th" is there just to fuck me up. I KNOW it!

Ophthalmology – Just what the actual fuck?

Rhythm – Honestly now. 

Diarrhea – WHAT is the purpose of that second “r”? I suppose I should just feel lucky I don’t need to remember the British spelling – diarrhoea. What? They couldn’t fit a “u” in and make a clean sweep of the vowels?

Entrepreneurial – Does anyone even pronounce that first “r”?    

February – Again with the “r”. Does anyone actually pronounce it?  Also, unlike the other months, February wasn’t named for a Roman god. It was named for a purification festival called Februa. The “r” is pronounced in Latin. Okay fine.

Wednesday – ‘the fuck? I mean, I have no trouble spelling this day but it’s commonly pronounced “wenz·day.” What IS up with that spelling?

It all comes back to the Romans naming the days of the week after gods and the five, at that time, known planets (plus the sun and moon). Wednesday, which was associated for some reason with Mercury, was dubbed Wōdnesdæg – Wōden's day (AKA Odin).

Wōden, or Odin, was the ruler of the Norse gods' realm and associated with wisdom, magic, victory and death. The Romans connected Wōden to Mercury because they were both guides of souls after death. “Wednesday” comes from Old English “Wōdnesdæg.” (source) 

Okay then!

And we have a “u” flood.
Vacuum – sounds like va·kyoom
Continuum – sounds like kuhn·ti·nyoo·uhm
Muumuu – moo·moo

The English language – it’s just seven knife-wielding language families in a trench coat lurking in a dark alley looking to mug you for loose words and odd phrases.

Weird – I will always type the “i” before “e”.

Dingy is pronounced with a soft “g” sound but dinghy is pronounced with a hard “g”. It’s the “h”, right? The “h” is magic, right?

Canceled – Shouldn’t there be a second “l”??? 

Narcissistic – I certainly would have thought that, given the orange freak who’s the figurehead of our country’s destruction, surely by now I’d have no trouble remembering that third “s”.

Nauseous – maybe it’s just me but there seems to be too many vowels in the word. Possibly, it could puke a couple up?

Necessary – I find it necessary to slowly spell this, letter by letter, every time I use it in a sentence. If I don’t, I’ll def spell it with two “c” and one “s”.

Picnic and traffic can be nouns or verbs. Why do the gerund and present participle forms – picnicking and trafficking – require a “k”? Hmmmmmmm?

Queue – Every letter after “q” is silent.

Successfully – We’ve got a right surfeit of consonants here. I can’t keep up.

Prerogative – I always want to spell it perogative. 

And now I want a pierogi. Make mine spinach and artichoke with a wee bit of cheddar, thanks.