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I just used/sang "Hollaback Girl" to spell 'banana,' to access Banana Republic's website... I blame spell check, it has really made me lazy.


 



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That's hysterical!

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bwahahahahaha!!!! That's okay. I still use my 5th grade teacher's trick to spell tomorrow. Tom Or Row. You'd think by now I'd have it down. Same for February. I always say Feb RU ary when I'm typing so I won't forget the extra R. I join you in your shame.

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i'm usually a really good speller, but i used to mispell "separate" and my dad tuaght me when i was ten that there is always "a rat" in "separate" and i always think of it every time i write that word.

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blubirde wrote:

... I always say Feb RU ary when I'm typing so I won't forget the extra R. ...

I do this too. I also count on my fingers occassionally.


 



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Um, those are some good tricks!  Seriously, I was going to say I needed to go back to "elementary" and then hesitated- or actually just decided against it because I didn't want to have to check the spelling. 

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Starstuff wrote:

blubirde wrote: ... I always say Feb RU ary when I'm typing so I won't forget the extra R. ... I do this too. I also count on my fingers occassionally.  
I am an engineer and I still count on my fingers.  Probably not a good thing, since I am suppose to be good with numbers.

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blubirde wrote:

bwahahahahaha!!!! That's okay. I still use my 5th grade teacher's trick to spell tomorrow. Tom Or Row. You'd think by now I'd have it down. Same for February. I always say Feb RU ary when I'm typing so I won't forget the extra R. I join you in your shame.

I'm going to remember that!  I still always want to put one two Ms and one R.


 



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I confess to the following:



  • Counting on my fingers

  • Singing the whole alphabet in my head as needed for alphabetizing purposes

  • Use songs learned in elementary school to spell Hippopotamus and name all the states in alphabetical order

  • Think of another way to explain something so I don't have to use a word that I'm not positive how to spell.

  • I still have the worst time spelling nauseus ... naseus.... ?

I love that you're using novelty pop music for edumacational purposes, jess !



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I do the February thing too!  My favorite trick is the multiplying by 9 one.  If you want 9x8, hold down your 8th finger, you have 7 on one side and 2 on the other. 9x8=72.  Works for all the 9's.

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That's hilarious!

I'm a good speller, but I can never remember how to spell "acknowledge." It is just not instinctual.

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HA, I was talking to a friend about this last night.  I was telling her about how I still can't count by 7's to figure out what the date will be in a week.  She taught 5th grade last year and they do a whole thing on calendar math where they learn all about patterns and stuff.  She taught me this awesome trick to impress people:


If you want the sum of three consecutive (whew had to think about how to spell that) numbers, take the middle number and multiply it by three.  Voila! 


For example:  10+11+12=?  Don't panic, just do 11 x 3.  The answer is 33!



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theotherjess wrote:

I do the February thing too!  My favorite trick is the multiplying by 9 one.  If you want 9x8, hold down your 8th finger, you have 7 on one side and 2 on the other. 9x8=72.  Works for all the 9's.


You, my friend, are brilliant.  I NEVER knew this worked and am now marvelling at my fingers and wishing I were back in the school so I could use this. 



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Wow!  I don't feel like such a dumbass any more!  You guys have nailed most of the things that I do which include the following:


  • The multiplication by 9 rule
  • Finding a different way to explain something in order to get around not knowing how to spell a word or if I don't know the exact meaning of a word.
  • Having to sound out Feb-RU-ary to spell it right
  • Singing the alphabet if I need to alphabetize something
  • Singing the song that alphabetizes all of the states (only I can't remember how the song goes after Massachussetts (which I don't know how to spell, btw)


The other thing I use is Touch Points.  It's a more sophisticated way of counting one's fingers, essentially and we learned it in 1st grade.  I still use it to this day.  Basically each number has a set of points on it, so you touch the points (get it?  that's why they call it Touch Points!  ) and you just count up all the points.  I do this even for the most simple of equations and it's really embarrassing.


All this reminds me that I tried doing long division recently and CANNOT for the life of me remember how to do it.  Sheesh!  To think someone gave me a college diploma!



-- Edited by NCshopper at 19:20, 2006-02-01

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Whoa, ejc, that trick is amazing!


NCShopper, same thing with the state song! Only I forget after Ohio.  The way we sang it placed a real emphasis on it (like OhiOOOOOOOOOOOOO) and I can never remember what comes after that .



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 ... pickin' it up from the Mass for NCShopper and Theotherjess !


Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan!


Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana.  Nebraskaaaaaaaaa, Nevadaaaaaaaaaaa!


New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York!  North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohioooooo!


Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tenessee, Texaaaaasssss!


Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington.  West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyooooooming!


North, South, East, West, in our calm objective opinion,


(insert state) is the best of the


Fifty, nifty United States from 13 original colonies!


Shout em!  Spout em! Tell all about em!


One by one 'til we've given a day to every staaate, in the USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!



 



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Ok, the states thing reminds me, how hard to spell is Connecticut? That damn silent c.

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Here's one to remember how many s's are in desert and dessert:

You only want one desert, but you definitely want two desserts. Lame, I know.

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jess wrote:

I just used/sang "Hollaback Girl" to spell 'banana,' to access Banana Republic's website... I blame spell check, it has really made me lazy.  

I always do this!!!


aclassicbeauty that trick is meant for me I never know which is which


And I secretly count my fingers during math class, sing the alphabet song too, look up the word "success" because I forget if it has 2 c or s.



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aclassicbeauty wrote:

Here's one to remember how many s's are in desert and dessert: You only want one desert, but you definitely want two desserts. Lame, I know.
And my favorite thing about that word: stressed spelled backwards is desserts!  Which partly explains my penchant for sweets.

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