Everyone seems to have at least one or two words that they just for the life of them can't spell. For me, "restaurant" is that word. I always try to write "resteraunt" or "restaraunt." That damned first "u"!!! Another one is "accommodate." I always write "accomodate" or something like that.
All I can say is thank Buddha for Firefox's built-in spellchecker! And I'm a good speller, too! Honest!
2 comments:
yeah that' one of my words i struggle with, that and museum (which i mispelled just now)
I think it's a pronunciation thing. Here in Canada, the French influence (and the fact it's spelled the same) lead most of us to say "res-toh-rawnt" (and in Québec they have the common terms resto and resto-bar - for a restaurant with/without bar service.
My limited experience with Americans makes be believe they say "rest-ah-rawnt" and I wouldn't be surprised if your instinctive spelling becomes an official alternative at some point.
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