Manoeuvre that Broccoli!!!!!

Thank goodness for spell check. I try so hard to ween myself off of it, becoming ashamed when I see those red squiggly lines appear under words. At least I still make the effort to type like a normal human being and not LyKe A 15 Yr oLd MySpAyZe AdDIcT. We all make mistakes, and a new study has caught us in the act of misspelling.

The most misspelled English word is.... 'definitely'. Most people spell it 'definately'. This surprised me somewhat since I do know how to spell it but I will admit to shortening it more often than not to 'def' or 'defs'. I am single handedly dumbing down the English speaking population. Oopsies.

The top ten misspelled words are less surprising, give or take. Here they are:
1 Definitely;
2 Sacrilegious
3 Indict
4 Manoeuvre
5 Bureaucracy
6 Broccoli
7 Phlegm
8 Prejudice
9 Consensus
10 Unnecessary

Just like everything else, our lack of spelling expertise is blamed on technology. Text messaging has corrupted us and we can never look back. Ya tech has shortened our words but who the heck is using 'sacrilegious' or 'phlegm' when sending texts to their friends?

"Oh ya, that party was sooooo sacrilegious. OMG I cannot believe the prejudice I endured from Tommy. So unnecessary. We should totally indict him!"

Come on; brushing up on our spelling should be on a to-do list but our lack of skill is more likely due to our limited vocabulary.

I suggest getting a library card.