Win: eyewant that eyetv HD!
WIN! eyewant that eyetv HD!
Apple lead the capitalization revolution with that whole letter-at-the-front thing with that whole lowercase "i" stuff, but not everyone fell for its shenanigans. Just look at the eyetv, which not only spells out "eye" but keeps the lowercase all through the word. So why is this interesting to you? Because you like to win stuff!
In this month's Win! we’re honoring spelling things out by giving away an eyeTV HD Video Recorder. This shiny silver box looks perfect alongside any Mac, and it’ll let you watch, record, and edit all of your favorite HD shows. How do you win this multimedia awesome box? Simple, just enter a comment telling us about which words have always been notoriously difficult for you to spell.
Only one entry per person!
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Mac|Life "eyewink that eyetv HD” Contest rules: One entry per person. The winner will be chosen at random from qualified entries. All entries must be received no later than May 31, 2011. By entering this contest, you agree that Future US, Inc. may use your name, likeness, and website for promotional purposes without further payment. Employees of Sponsor, its respective parent, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, and agents, and foregoing employees¹ household or immediate family members (defined as parent, spouse, child, sibling, or grandparent) are NOT eligible to enter Contest. All prizes will be awarded, and no minimum number of entries is required. If two or more people enter identical designs and that entry is selected as the winner, the entry received first will be awarded the contest prize. Prizes won by minors will be awarded to their parents or legal guardians. Future US, Inc. is not responsible for damages or expenses the winners might incur as a result of this contest or the receipt of a prize, and winners are responsible for income taxes based on the value of the prize received. A list of winners may also be obtained by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Future US, Inc. c/o Mac|Life Contest, 4000 Shoreline Court, Suite 400, South San Francisco, CA 94080. This contest is limited to residents of the United States. No purchase necessary; void in Arizona, Maryland, Vermont, Puerto Rico, and where prohibited by law.
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iam4pe
June 03, 2011 at 8:23am
Hmmm...judgment or judgement? The second won looks better and spellcheck says their both write but apparently its the first one that is the winner.
ProfessorFox
May 31, 2011 at 4:46pm
I lost my sixth grade spelling bee on the word ALPHABETIZE. I said V instead of Z. Tragic.
brianw630
May 31, 2011 at 1:05pm
I still get caught up on Where and were on occasion. Not sure on the correct spelling at times.
But can spell HD :)
ALampman
May 30, 2011 at 3:11pm
Aluminum. No idea why, but my mind just won't wrap around it even though I work in a metal shop and deal with it daily.
kmjimac
May 28, 2011 at 1:06pm
"You're, Your, You are" arrrrgg. I tend to always misspell "You're" i.e. " I am glad your feeling better today!" When of course it is " I am glad you're feeling better today!" not sure why I have this bad habit. I guess this would qualify as grammatically incorrect, but it's actually mis-spelled too, right?
db
May 27, 2011 at 7:36pm
phenomenon (phenomenomenon) and curriculum (circlium)
My spelling and pronunciation is in the parenthesis. If I can't even pronounce them properly, what hope do I have to spell them?
mrgeef
May 25, 2011 at 2:50pm
The word the FUSTRATES my wife most is my use and spelling of the word "frustrate". I dont know where I got it wrong along the way but I have always dropped that first R. even when I am talking it goes by the way side.
connnorb
May 25, 2011 at 12:36pm
ACcidentally typing the first AND second letter of a word in caps. GUess I hold down shift to long. An eyetv will make me immediately let go of the shift and play with it though!
ayers111
May 19, 2011 at 9:39pm
gazebo and gautier are two words that always look wrong even, or perhaps especially, when spelled right. And they are pronounced unphonetically (make that three words)...
skott
May 19, 2011 at 6:12pm
definitely and sometimes I misspell friend whenever I'm typing quickly.
cliffhanger
May 17, 2011 at 5:08pm
I've always had a problem spelling genealogy... I always forget there is an "a" in there somewhere, and only one "o"
ThisIsAdamB
May 10, 2011 at 6:50am
When I was a kid, I always wanted to spell because "beacause" because of how Aunt Bea spelled her name on the Andy Griffith Show.
Oh, and as far as that long word some people have been mentioning, I spell it "supercalifragilisticalidocious". I leave out the "xp".
davidtuerk
April 22, 2011 at 5:41am
hippopotamus-atmosphere-chimpanzee-feline.
yes those are hard to spoke :D
woodman82
April 16, 2011 at 12:42am
Although the "ie" and "ei" words tend to give me some difficulty, I have another one that may seem simple enough, but forget to make a mental note of it and it is the word "zerox", when it should be "xerox".
msT
April 15, 2011 at 5:24pm
SURPRIZE SURPRISE
I even sent out invites to a party with a misspelling of the word and people thought I was just being funny..... Little did they know.....
Lydilove
April 12, 2011 at 4:19pm
I am always running form this place to the next. In fact when i cat tech calls form clients adn the machine tkaes the message, I have the darndest time getting myself understood by email or text.
le
April 12, 2011 at 7:07am
Spelling is always hard for the lexdysic...I mean dyslexic. I seem to be more of a visual learner. I think I may have a touch of dyslexia! Thank god for auto correct and computers. Typing on an old fashion typewriter was a nightmare for me.
ssj152
April 07, 2011 at 9:56pm
I have always had difficulty with "episode" - I used to put a "t" in it -"epis_t_ode" and pronounce it "epistoad". That is what it sounded like to me...
This is funny because I otherwise have excellent spelling skills and made it to the state finals in the spelling bee competition as a kid and got to 14th place. I was stopped before being given my word and commanded to do the sponsors commercial - during which I for got "Pepsi" and was soundly rebuked for my oversight. When given my word I couldn't have said my own name. Oops, too bad! I was so rattled that I don't remember the word I missed.
And no, I don't drink "Pepsi".
toadliy
April 04, 2011 at 5:53pm
My spelling is actually pretty decent, but for some reason I've always had trouble with "Massachusetts."
thebuzzyman
April 02, 2011 at 2:22pm
antidisestablishmentarianism is an easy word to get tripped up on.
johnnywho
March 31, 2011 at 7:57pm
Ok, can you SPELL IT? I may need some after trying to wrap my brain around that.
yankeeboy1996
March 29, 2011 at 4:40pm
Although its not very common to use this word I had to on a test once because I'm majoring in Psychology and there was an extra credit question which was to name the your favorite phobia. Mine is Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia which is the fear of long words. It's my favorite because of the irony.:)
theoldiesdon
March 28, 2011 at 4:39am
Words I have trouble spelling are View as in New and many more since I got this short wireless keyboard!!
Apple 26.2
March 27, 2011 at 9:31am
iHave trouble spelling weird words... you know, eye before Ǝ except after see?
;)
Eighthman
March 26, 2011 at 8:15pm
I've always had some odd problems with spelling. I remember as a child embarrassingly asking the teacher how to spell "of." (I knew it wasn't "ov.") It's curious that I wound up going into writing and editing. Nowadays, it's not so much that I don't know how to spell a particular word, it's that my fingers keep spelling quite different words. When I mean to type "second," often I find that I wrote "section." Spellcheck doesn't help with finding those mistakes.
Jeffhcarter
March 26, 2011 at 7:33am
I have this funny sort of dyslecsic confusion where I substitute g for b, and there are other combinations, but that crops up most often, so I spell: out pops bargabe, but I can see its wrong so correct to garbage.
WigWag Workshop
March 25, 2011 at 7:36am
I have always had trouble spelling necessarily - also have issues saying it
sykomac
March 18, 2011 at 8:44am
I don't have a lot of problems with spelling a lot of words but do see a lot of instances where the following words are misused:
They're and There
Your and You're
ppester
March 16, 2011 at 9:16pm
I'm just an old cowhand from the Rio Grande who learned to yipe but never could quite learn to tipe, or type, or wahtever.
fakeXsound
March 16, 2011 at 8:20pm
Odyssey! I wrote a term paper about 2001: A Space Odyssey and I still spell it wrong.
jean.t
March 13, 2011 at 12:07am
I'm a bit of a dyslexic when it comes to writing. I always switch the letters around like with weird i spell wierd first and then have to correct myself. I've noticed lately I've been spelling jewelry wrong. I spell it jewlery first.
other words that like to mess with my head:
break: brake
ourselves: ourselfs
miscellaneous: misc (i don't even bother trying)
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