Growing up in Canada, I had to contend with learning two different spellings and pronunciations for words like “schedule”, “colour”, “omelette”, “zed” vs “zee”, “-ise” vs “-ize”, and so on and so forth, so I had to come up with some little tricks to remember how to spell things. Sometimes I’d put on a mental Quebecois or English accent.
Other ones like diarrhea was “Die-err-HEE-uh”, and now that I’m in Australia, it’s most definitely “Die-err-HOE-uh”. 😂
I also recite the ABCs more often than I should. I know a lot of you do, too.
What are some ways that you thought of to help you remember how to spell things? Any language counts.
When I was a kid, i was taught “Oh U Lonely Duck”, for Would, Could, Should.
It took me way too long to figure out what you meant and how this would be a help. I first thought it must be a song
I still don’t get it?
O-U-L-D
Took me a sec too
Ahhh lol I see now thank you Lemmy user 😍