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  • Blankford, on 11/09/2007, -21/+1166thats why they invented spell cheque
  • SurrealDream, on 10/29/2007, -10/+486I'm defiantly going to stand up for this cause.
  • imikedaman, on 10/29/2007, -9/+420Now honestly, who will remember the exact URL for that website in order to see that?
  • davidsmero, on 10/29/2007, -14/+369D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-X

    damnit, almost got it.
  • Xavier1012, on 10/26/2007, -11/+3001.Find out word that most people misspell
    2.Make website about that word with dashes in between letters
    3.AdSense!
    4.PROFIT!!

    this guy stopped at step 2...
  • sparks2, on 10/26/2007, -10/+190I feel bad... i'm one of those that "definately" contributed to the creation of this site.
  • blobzorz, on 10/26/2007, -9/+171Mos' def'.
  • mhuggins, on 10/19/2007, -1/+157"I'll bet alot of people could use this."

    We obviously need one of these sites for "a lot" as well...
  • ajb2015, on 10/29/2007, -0/+142Just remember the word "finite," and you shouldn't have any problems.
  • TurboFool, on 11/07/2007, -6/+100I love it. We need a site like this for "your" and "you're", as well as "there," "their," and "they're." Also one for "of" and "'ve."
  • MSTK, on 10/26/2007, -3/+87Hey, look! Haha, some guy already registered http://www.g-u-l-l-i-b-l-e.com ... this misspelled-word-into-a-url fad might be catching on.
  • Reziarfg, on 10/15/2007, -1/+84I vote ridiculous. spelled too often as "rediculous" for when one diculous isn't enough, re-diculous.
  • dieinafire, on 10/12/2007, -3/+81you mean UNpossible...
  • retral, on 10/12/2007, -4/+75I'll let a few "definitely" mistakes go if it means people getting your/you're & their/they're/there right.
  • xXRobbyXx, on 10/16/2007, -6/+70me fail english? thats umpossible!
  • Mengoxon, on 10/29/2007, -4/+671 1 was a race horse,
    2 2 was 1 2,
    1 1 1 1 race,
    2 2 1 1 2.

    Wanwan was a race horse,
    Tutu was one, too,
    Wanwan won one race,
    Tutu won one, too.
  • mtcow, on 10/14/2007, -10/+70I don't know why people misspell "loose" and "lose" so often. It's easy to remember.

    Lose as in you are a lose-r. Loose as in your mom is loose.
  • drouk1556, on 10/15/2007, -1/+60You, sir, may be on to the next Web 2.0 startup with remembr. It could be like delicious meets flickr. Write that one down, I'll be expecting due compensation.
  • slythfox, on 10/29/2007, -9/+67Yeah, Firefox spell checker is so helpful.
  • opiv421, on 10/12/2007, -2/+58It's also PWN not OWN. Where did the O come from?
  • imakecomments, on 10/12/2007, -1/+56Some people incorrectly write "could of" instead of "could have" or "could've".
  • TheWorm, on 10/29/2007, -1/+53I'm usually a pretty good speller, but I can never spell "necessary" to save my life. Good thing I'll probably never have to save my life by spelling "necessary".
  • UnnDunn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+52@theworm:

    Just remember: One collar, two sleeves. One C, two Ss. neCeSSary.
  • neonic, on 10/26/2007, -3/+48But *****, How am I going to get to this site when I need to remember how it's spelled?
  • bitcloud, on 10/29/2007, -0/+45Most spelling mistakes are due to the "whole word recognition" thing they teach at schools...

    If kids learned some basic latin, or at the very least learned how words are contructed they wouldn't spell "definitely", they'd spell "de-finite-ly" (they'd develop an intuitive understanding of the words meaning too)
  • Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -4/+47Only a looser would mispel Definately.
  • dieinafire, on 10/12/2007, -2/+43don't forget to, too and two
  • ellimist, on 11/12/2007, -0/+40Google Fight:

    http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=definitely&word2=definately

    22.3 MILLION "definately"s

    *****.
  • Daddaluma, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39Fail. You mean Ralph Wiggum.
  • JoCliMe, on 10/12/2007, -7/+42No, I'm pretty sure it's "Lose" (i.e. Loose)
  • Fordi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+34@mtcow:
    That works until you realize how many people spell 'loser' 'looser'.

    ***** morons.
  • atillatheliger, on 10/12/2007, -26/+57Aoccdrnig to rseearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is that the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
  • converge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30So is "misspelled".
  • nubnub, on 10/12/2007, -5/+33Firefox spell check ftw
  • greymarketbrain, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31clockwork, please don't correct yourself, we can easily judge you by your (or anyone's) inability to master the language and completely disregard what you have to say.
  • WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -13/+38"don't forget to, too and two"

    One, won
    Two, to, too
    Three, tree
    Four, fore, for
    Five
    six, sicks (?)
    seven
    Eight, ate
    Nine, nein (OK, that's German)
    Ten

    America had a perfectly good language, 'till the Brits came along and f**ked it up.
    I kid, i kid.
  • Fletchnuts, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26I think the word "lose" is one of the most misspelled words as well!

    I can't stand seeing people spell it as "loose"... so frustrating.
  • kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -10/+32yeah, ive resorted to putting "yeah i'll def. go!" (just an example).
  • Sivvy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+231 1 was a race horse,
    2 2 was 1 2,
    1 1 1 1 race,
    2 2 1 1 2.

    Bet you can't figure it out (unless your oldschool :p).
  • Dunadan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23I know you were joking, but for those interested the actual root is ridicule, with ridiculous meaning having the quality of being able to be ridiculed.
  • Philodox, on 10/12/2007, -7/+27wtf I went to www.d-e-f-i-n-a-t-e-l-y.com and it said my spelling was just fine.
  • tantalos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Alrighty another pet peeve:
    thAn is a compArative
    thEn is used for timE

  • 1310nm, on 11/12/2007, -1/+20Hear hear! Next up - domains with apostrophes.
  • Wamzlee, on 10/15/2007, -1/+19Definately worth a digg....


    *****!
  • Kenji32, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17You're boring.
  • mywhitenoise, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18rediculous is ridiculous.
  • PSPon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19Firefox 2 spell check is like a party in my comments and Digg spelling nazis aren't invited.
  • muffinmanpoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17What loosers.
  • Nickerz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17all words have nothing on TOMORROW
  • sctechguy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15@purple: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn

    How long have you been on the internets?
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