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Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by excomarow(m):
Dial

It suppose to be Dail
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by PrimadonnaO(f): 7:39am On Sep 25, 2018
BonkoINC:
Hire.
Higher.... Why?

Not
Knot..... Why?

Knight
Night.....why?

Highland
Island ...why?

Why is it biscuit instead of biskit? grin
Disguise instead of disguys... Or thisguys. grin
Physique instead of fysik . (Ok this one dost follow , lol)

Now there are some words we can disagree with their spellings


Mortgage.. why not morgage..

Colonel... For real? Colnel nko?

Queue..... grin

chasm chaos chord chorus character ache echo school (where is the 'K' in these words?).
"Chasm" has no "k" in its pronunciation.
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by Kaydeexotic(m): 7:40am On Sep 25, 2018
Remunerate..
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by oglalasioux(m): 7:41am On Sep 25, 2018
English still retains germanic, french and latin words. English itself was an old rural language. German, French and Latin gave it life and these words still retain their original spellings from those languages.
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by dangoteinlaw: 7:41am On Sep 25, 2018
So much ingorance in this thread
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by Kayharry(m): 7:41am On Sep 25, 2018
Fridge
Freege
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by Christafarian(m): 7:41am On Sep 25, 2018
If BUS is BUS, as in BOSS

...Why should BUSY become BIZZY?

Why USELESSize the "U"?
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by Kx:
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Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by kuffy05(m): 7:42am On Sep 25, 2018
Psycho
It should have been syco
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by Kayharry(m): 7:43am On Sep 25, 2018
Christafarian:
If BUS is BUS, as in BUS

...Why should BUSY become BIZZY?
bus
Boss
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by Offpoint: 7:44am On Sep 25, 2018
BonkoINC:
Hire.
Higher.... Why?

Not
Knot..... Why?

Knight
Night.....why?

Highland
Island ...why?

Why is it biscuit instead of biskit? grin
Disguise instead of disguys... Or thisguys. grin
Physique instead of fysik . (Ok this one dost follow , lol)

Now there are some words we can disagree with their spellings


Mortgage.. why not morgage..

Colonel... For real? Colnel nko?

Queue..... grin

chasm chaos chord chorus character ache echo school (where is the 'K' in these words?).
Dem be travel wen dem dey fine dem to put inside de wordscheesy
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by sleekdre: 7:48am On Sep 25, 2018
Choir
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by vastolord4(m): 7:51am On Sep 25, 2018
Les:
Bouquet, should it not be bookay? undecided
Honor, it should be allNor
Honest, it should be AllNest
And so on tongue
Are you related to falz? undecided
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by policysamuel(m): 7:51am On Sep 25, 2018
Anaximander:
Mine is biscuit. It should be biskit
Hordeh
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by tony360: 7:52am On Sep 25, 2018
boutique should have been butik ��
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by Nobody: 7:53am On Sep 25, 2018
ch3ckm8:
I've always had an issue with Phoebe
Phoebe is not an English name

It's Greek
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by maursatt: 7:53am On Sep 25, 2018
Laugh should have been larf
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by phoexix: 7:54am On Sep 25, 2018
Pseudonym.
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by Nobody: 7:55am On Sep 25, 2018
Lombrozo:
House


should have been *Aouse.
And if it’s spelt ‘Aouse’, you’d still pronounce and want it spelt ‘House’.

You tongue tied Afonja.
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by phoexix: 7:56am On Sep 25, 2018
Malign
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by zabuur: 7:59am On Sep 25, 2018
The thread makes no sense
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by maxiuc(m): 8:00am On Sep 25, 2018
Les:
Bouquet, should it not be bookay? undecided
Honor, it should be allNor
Honest, it should be AllNest
And so on tongue
why are you putting yellowbar tongue in it

Honour
Honest are correct

Allnor and Allnest are yellowbar tongue
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by Nobody: 8:00am On Sep 25, 2018
Queue.

It suppose to be
Kue or que does other word is unnecessary.

Cospicious. Wrong spelling it's meant to Cospicious


Our pidgin language will solve most of this errors but we have leaders that can never be creative
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by Nobody: 8:01am On Sep 25, 2018
Queue.

It suppose to be
Kue or que does other word is unnecessary.

Cospicious. Wrong spelling it's meant to Cospicious


Our pidgin language will solve most of this errors but we have leaders that can never be creative.
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by Demogorgon(m): 8:01am On Sep 25, 2018
Why is Lieutenant pronounced as Lef ten uhthuh
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by Antara0503(m): 8:03am On Sep 25, 2018
queue should be qu,
catarrh should be cata.
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by mubeela(m): 8:05am On Sep 25, 2018
Dtunes001:
MY OWN IS BUHARI
U seriously need dis drug.

Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by chanx: 8:05am On Sep 25, 2018
Photo should have been foto .
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by chiscodedon(m): 8:09am On Sep 25, 2018
If /in-fant/ is spelt infant Why elephant can't be spelt elefant... They scammed us
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by uwa1(m): 8:10am On Sep 25, 2018
FADIOZ:
olodo

Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by autonomous22: 8:11am On Sep 25, 2018
Les:
Bouquet, should it not be bookay? undecided Honor, it should be allNor Honest, it should be AllNest And so on tongue
You must come from Yoruba
Re: Fun Time: Name That English Word You Totally Disagree With Its Spelling by autonomous22: 8:11am On Sep 25, 2018
Les:
Bouquet, should it not be bookay? undecided Honor, it should be allNor Honest, it should be AllNest And so on tongue
You must come from Yoruba
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