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Let\'s make a list of (pro-level) words that are difficult to spell.
Thread poster: Lia Fail (X)
Lia Fail (X)
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Spain
Local time: 16:39
Spanish to English
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Jan 17, 2003

Hi everybody







I want to compile a short list of genuine spelling traps for PROFESSIONAL translators and writers in English (i.e., not the typical ones recieve*, difference between effect and affect, etc). I haven\'t found anything at the professional level on the Internet (yet).







These are the ones I have come across:



accommodate



inoculate



supersede



desi... See more
Hi everybody







I want to compile a short list of genuine spelling traps for PROFESSIONAL translators and writers in English (i.e., not the typical ones recieve*, difference between effect and affect, etc). I haven\'t found anything at the professional level on the Internet (yet).







These are the ones I have come across:



accommodate



inoculate



supersede



desiccate



privilege







Can you add more? I can forward a list once completed to anyone who\'s interested.







Thanks in advance!









MORE:





imminent


anaesthesia


abscess


allotted


battalion


cirrhosis


embarrass


idiosyncrasy




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Marcus Malabad
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Canada
German to English
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some lists Jan 17, 2003

I\'ve boomarked some of these sites a long time ago. Here are some of them:



http://www.mauigateway.com/~donjusko/finalsp.htm



http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/sp/mslessons/grade8/index.shtml



(a discourse on how to pron... See more
I\'ve boomarked some of these sites a long time ago. Here are some of them:



http://www.mauigateway.com/~donjusko/finalsp.htm



http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/sp/mslessons/grade8/index.shtml



(a discourse on how to pronounce English words and be right 85% of the time):

http://www.zompist.com/spell.html



And I recommend the ff site to everyone:

http://wordsmith.org/awad/index.html



(Once you subscribe, you get one word a day in your inbox. Fun way to learn new words. Just learned a new word today: adscititious)

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Let\'s make a list of (pro-level) words that are difficult to spell.






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