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Same trouble every year as I can never spell this fvcking word at the first attempt. It also doesn't help that I'm an English teacher!

I had to double check the spelling and write it on the board before my students came into class this morning.

What words usually catch you out when it comes to spelling them correctly?

Well try pronouncing it correctly for a start: 'FebRuary'.

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This one gets me all the time. It doesn't follow the I before E except after C, should add or if it's in foreign.

Edit while we are on it Ocean used to trip me up. As did Received (I before E except after C again).

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Having a Gaelic name of indeterminate pronunciation is a bugger...

It's only indeterminate if you don't know Gaelic pronunciation.

What rips my knitting is folk making up their own Anglicisations of Gaelic names - Rury, Ruri, Ruariadh, Rhuaridh, Rooree. The name is Ruaraidh, it's a perfectly good name and if you want if for you child then spend five minutes on the internet to establish the correct spelling, leathann ri leathann.

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