Misspelled Words Quotes

• If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Humor, Writing

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• If guns kill people, I can blame misspelled words on my pencil.

  Larry the Cable Guy

  Gun, People, Blame

  "Git-R-Done". Stand-up Comedy Album, 2003.

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• Jeff is the annoying kind of Scrabble player who plays a lot of obscure two-letter words that shouldn't count but for whatever reason are considered legitimate. My father is the annoying kind of Scrabble player who takes hours with his turn and then plays deliberately misspelled words that no one has the heart to call him out on. I am the perfect Scrabble player, both serious and considerate. Obviously I lost by a lot.

  Bennett Madison

  Father, Heart, Player

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• A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is bound to fail.

  Ben Marcus

  Language, Failing, Desperate

  Ben Marcus (2007). “Notable American Women: A Novel”, p.54, Vintage

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• When a boy writes off the world it's done with sloppy misspelled words
  If a girl writes off the world it's done in cursive.

  Sage Francis

  Girl, Writing, Boys

  "The Cure". Song by Non-Prophets, album:Hope, 2003.

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• Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.

  E. B. White

  Sight, Well Said, Abomination

  E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.188, Cornell University Press

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• The FBI is urging all Americans to beware of any letters or packages that have badly misspelled words. Man, this is going to be terrible news for the rap industry.

  Jay Leno

  Rap, Men, News

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• My girlfriend does her nails with white-out. When she's asleep, I go over there and write misspelled words on them.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Girlfriend, Writing

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• In fact, most of the changes found in early Christian manuscripts have nothing to do with theology or ideology. Far and away the most changes are the result of mistakes pure and simple slips of the pen, accidental omissions, inadvertent additions, misspelled words, blunders of one sort or another.

  Bart D. Ehrman

  Christian, Mistake, Simple

  Bart D. Ehrman (2008). “Whose Word is It?: The Story Behind who Changed the New Testament and why”, p.55, A&C Black

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• Some people take the spelling bee very seriously. These people are called "parents of children in the spelling bee." They're trying to make up for their own childhood of crushed dreams and misspelled words.

  Craig Ferguson

  Dream, Children, People

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