Y'know, a while back I read an article on Spongebob/Buster

[conuly]

And the author mentioned that when he was growing up, a mom complained to him that "Sesame Street is just so horrible. I mean, it's teaching children Spanish".

Yeah. Guess that hasn't gone away yet.

Here's that article, if you're curious.

Comments

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

Ah, I'll commit that rule to memory.

I think using Microsoft Word has helped me improve my spelling. It used to be absolutely horid. Sometimes I have blank-out moments where I question everything, though. Usually it involves sufixes. -ible vs. -able, -ey vs -y, etc.

[conuly]

Oy vey.

It helps to be an etymology geek, of course. Know where a word comes from, and you can spell it quickly.