Can you spell these 12 words? (It's needed when writing travel reports)

Sure, a little language police is not wrong, it's good for the bloodstream 🙂 I have difficulty with worn-out words such as magic. Sickly crazy, sickly fun, sickly everything... Then all the slightly comical punctuation... Yep, now it feels really good 🙂.

Something else that bothers me is EVEN FAST - my God! It's "even if" or "though", not a mix of the two.

I even saw it in a book written by a Swedish author, and it was in spoken language - so I wondered if it was a deliberate grammatical error because the author wanted to give a certain impression of the character in question?

Some of those words I'm also hesitant about sometimes. For example, restaurant.
I was going to write provenance the other day - I think I got it right.
I often think about how to use you-you (I'm older than you, for example), me-me, where and wherever and many other things. Especially if it is written. When you're talking, it can be a bit hectic.
Thanks for your comment by the way (why was it underlined in red, wasn't it right?)/ Britt

Haha, oh what a great post! I can't say that I have the best language in the world myself, but I'm sure they sting your eyes when you come across them! ?

I have written interviews in my blog but I hope people realise it's just for fun. But you never know. People tend to misspell Switzerland too, don't they?

Very good list, thinks this language police. 🙂

As someone who works with language on a daily basis, I also react to all these incorrect distinctions. Sure, it may seem like a hackneyed practice. But a text signals so much higher quality if the words are written together instead. On the other hand, we also have the opposite problem: many people write words together that should stand alone.

Here is my own list of tips:

1. to the end (in the sense of finally), not 'to the end'.
2. on the way, not "on the way".
3. travel enthusiast, not "travelling enthusiast".
4. Holiday feeling, not "holiday feeling".
5. Very funny, not "very funny".
6. Breakfast view, not "breakfast view".
7. Mass for Greece, not "Mass for Greece".

Then you can do the finer things too. See my language blog, http://www.falkblick.sefor tips!

The difference between a dash and a hyphen:
http://www.falkblick.se/2015/05/skillnaden-mellan-korta-och-langa.html

Common language errors:
http://www.falkblick.se/2013/01/vanliga-sprakfel.html

The difference between they and them:
http://www.falkblick.se/2011/03/de-eller-dem.html

A simple piece of advice for all specialists:
http://www.falkblick.se/2014/05/ett-enkelt-rad-till-alla-sarskrivare.html

Great post! There are some "misspellers". You can joke about a word in quotation marks (and not situation marks 😀 ).
I remember when I was working, that some people wanted to show their "legimitation" 😉.
Have a nice day, hugs!

Haha! There's a little language police in me too. Some things can give me the willies, such as "it should be started on time". Bend. It should be BEND in time what crooked will be. 🙂

I think I'm pretty good at spelling correctly, but I'm getting more and more insecure over the years about certain things, I realise. I usually use google as a spelling programme. I write what I'm wondering and sometimes I get the answer "did you mean..." and I did, of course.
Sometimes the same question comes up when I actually meant exactly what I wrote, and then I get a bit annoyed 😉.

I use a lot of made-up words and have adopted the post office motto from about 100 years ago "write as you speak" 😀.

Then, of course, I write wrong by mistake too. Someone once claimed... I don't think that's the case 😉.

I can actually boast that I'm good at spelling but...it's a good thing I'm not writing about San Francisco. That's right, I failed!!!

Then I have so much trouble with: they - them???? Dad always complains that I write wrong in the blog. There is a rule about me/me, but I always forget how it works 🙁 .
And: where - where, there I so often say wrong! My boyfriend, who is learning Swedish but is not yet fluent, always questions me: "Don't you mean where instead of where?" Yes, exactly...

Very thoughtful and a good reminder.
And you can be a bit of a language police in terms of spelling and grammar - absolutely!
I passed the test but it can be wrong anyway.
(I find it difficult to see on the screen when I write that the words are correct, I have a typo, but I would have to print out the posts beforehand, but that feels awkward. )
They and them is another common error,
punctuation as well.
Also wondering about e.g. "start up" and "very good".
I can imagine that it means start with something and that a thing/event is very good.
Let's keep our fingers crossed today! Because you do win!

Anna: Haha! I guess I have a hard time leaving things unfinished... 😉 Same when it comes to me. It's really hard not to get hung up on when people say "You are better than me". I learned in ancient times that you should be able to put an "is" after, and then it is obviously "You are better than I am". Then I know that language - thankfully! - develops. But some things I find a little difficult to accept 😉 .
Other novelties - such as "judgement" being allowed - I go all in 🙂 .

Jennifer: When it comes to where-where, I like the rule of thumb that "where" can be answered with "here/there" while "where" is answered with "here/there". The first ends in "r" and the second in "t".

Then I had to check... I have made two posts with misspelled San Francisco. Ooops... But there are more of them that are spelled correctly 🙂.

Fantastic post and I manage to do all of them except San Francisco, where I had apparently failed once last autumn on the blog. Damn. 🙂

Can't we have a video blog school too where we learn how to pronounce travel-related things. Start with Switzerland...

It's interesting to read the comments and I can probably count myself as a language police even though I probably get sloppy and write wrong sometimes. Thank you Anna for rewriting the points! I did not know that, but I often use them 🙂 I can be so disturbed by a misspelling that I can hardly continue reading. Sometimes, as in the case of punctuation, it can be difficult to understand what is meant. When old sayings/proverbs are written incorrectly (often by young people who may not have heard them used so frequently), I get grumpy. Sometimes I get the impression that people can no longer spell but then I think that now most people write on FB and other forums. Maybe in the past the spelling mistakes were never revealed? I also try to think again, maybe they are dyslexic? Now I do not mean professional/professional writing.

I'm glad I actually knew all the spellings haha!

I salute your inner language police! However, it's not only in travel reports that people need to review their spelling and their crazy use of punctuation. A lot of text written today is so substandard that I, at least, stop reading long before the end.

This was interesting even for a Norwegian language nerd 😀 In Norwegian it is correct to write sights, it is called restaurant and New Zealand is simply called New Zealand. I think a good rule of thumb for terrace is to remember the origin of the word, namely the Latin word terra, which means earth. Then it suddenly becomes very illogical to write terasse.

I try never to write without being sure. If I'm unsure of a spelling, I Google or look for another word. But... the new technology is dangerous, you have to be careful with "self-spelling" computers. Also, you shouldn't be stressed or tired, as this can easily lead to unnecessary errors.

A great post! I can find myself sometimes both writing New Zealand and New Zealand because I am now so used to writing New Zealand! 🙂

I misspell and misread all the time. 😉 Especially when I write from my phone or iPad. But I rarely notice spelling mistakes others have written, I usually do not read each word so carefully but the brain mostly registers the whole. 😀 I like one of Fredrik Lindström's books (maybe the one called "Världens dåligaste språk... Or something similar". There he writes a bit about how people use language... It's the right way to use it. For example "worst" as the book is called, if you say that word and people know what you mean, then it's a word that exists. ?

I recognise that I got caught up in your yarn on a few words. But then I know that I spell like a rake too.
/P

JAADUUUU, I learnt something new there too!!!
With the space and the three dots ...
GOOD! Now I will never forget it 🙂

Well done! Unfortunately, some people have probably only checked newspapers, both in terms of spelling and punctuation. Far too many - even professional - articles do not have correct spelling.
On the other hand, you have to write like you talk 😉 Oh yeah, that's right!

Tihi... a post completely in my taste! 🙂

I just realised that I misspelled San Francisco! Yikes! Thanks for the reminder, haha.

I could have been unsure about Terrass and San Francisco, but you can look that up in a few seconds if you're not sure 🙂 I don't remember seeing the other misspellings almost at all. However, I have seen that a few people have had problems with interviews.

The most annoying thing for me is almost when people write about countries/places/locations they've visited, but can't even spell the place correctly...!