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Swede’s PhotographsGood morning. ☕☕☕23 October 2025The Self-Doubt of OctoberThis morning, I spelled out the word October, and for some reason—despite having spelled it at least 23 times in the last 23 days—I thought, “That doesn’t look right.” I second-guessed myself and searched for confirmation. Once again, the mind proves to be a very strange place to live.I’ve never had trouble with October before, but February has been a lifelong adversary. That first “r” always trips me up. Though, to be fair, I spelled it correctly just now, so perhaps “forever” is too strong a word. Often or usually might be more accurate.Another word that historically gives me trouble is Wednesday. And yes, I needed spellcheck to get it right this time. I mean—what’s up with that first “d”? Where did it come from?Curious, I looked it up. Wednesday comes from the Anglo-Saxon Wōdnesdæg, named after the god Wōden—Woden’s Day. So apparently, back in the long-ago olden days, the “d” was actually pronounced. I’d never heard of Woden before, but his name is akin to Odin, the Norse god.I wondered: Is Woden the same as Odin? As you might expect, I looked it up. And yes—Woden and Odin are essentially the same mythic figure, expressed through different cultural lenses.Hmm... I meant to write about something else entirely. Something about the drama of humans, which feels so small when you consider we’re just tiny creatures floating on a speck of dust in the vastness of the cosmos. But then came the self-doubt of October.“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” — Suzy Kassem“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.” — Al Neuharth“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be crazy by those who could not hear the music.” — Friedrich Nietzsche<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photographer</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photographylovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photographylovers</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/morning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#morning</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/doubt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#doubt</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/woden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woden</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/odin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#odin</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/October" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#October</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Wednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wednesday</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/February" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#February</a>

Stan CareyWorth reading this exchange between linguists on the subject of spelling errors and correction, especially if you struggle with spelling sometimes <a href="https://arnoldzwicky.org/2025/10/10/linguists-spell-things-out/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arnoldzwicky.org/2025/10/10/linguists-spell-things-out/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishUsage</a>

MarkSometimes you just need dumb luck to be a genius.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/badges/games/v1/bee.html?d=2025-10-14&l=pgilnty&p=120&r=Genius&c=b63f46ea94e98418a12d1b3be67774a4&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/badges/games/v1/bee.html?d=2025-10-14&l=pgilnty&p=120&r=Genius&c=b63f46ea94e98418a12d1b3be67774a4&smid=url-share</a><a href="https://socel.net/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/wordgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordgames</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#games</a>

Stan CareyAuthors who have used "would of" (or other modal+"of" phrases) in their books include:Hilary Mantel, Margaret Atwood, Raymond Carver, Patrick O'Brian, Sylvia Plath, Shirley Jackson, Octavia Butler, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James Baldwin, Anne Tyler, Elmore Leonard, Carson McCullers, Terry Pratchett, Dylan Thomas, Agatha Christie, Patricia Highsmith, Cormac McCarthy, Alison Bechdel...<a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/would-of-could-of-might-of-must-of/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/would-of-could-of-might-of-must-of/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishUsage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grammar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a>

Stan Carey"Would of" (for "would've) and other modal+"of" phrases are surprisingly common in literature – see the link below for loads of examplesBut I've seldom if ever seen both at once: "would've of" (from Jim Nesbit's novel Lethal Injection) [1/2]<a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/would-of-could-of-might-of-must-of/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/would-of-could-of-might-of-must-of/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grammar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/JimNesbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JimNesbit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishUsage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/dialogue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dialogue</a>

Spoooky Kagan MacTane (he/him)TIL that the proper term is chaise longue, not "chaise lounge". Woah. I've been getting that wrong all this time (and might even have erroneously "corrected" what I thought was a misspelling at some point when I was copy-editing something, yikes!).<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/oops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oops</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a>

Catherine Schmidt<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Satire</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Humor</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rumors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rumors</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Literacy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spelling</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alt</a>Borowitz Report 10/6/25 SATIREString of Correctly Spelled Texts from Trump Fuels Speculation That he is Dead

Joyce LionaronsI just finished a book with a good story -- I guess you'd call it a hopepunk novel. I almost quit reading it in annoyance, however, because of the spelling errors. The worst came because a brooch played a fairly large part in the plot, and the author misspelled it "broach" every time. Spellcheck wouldn't pick this up since broach is a real word meaning "to bring up a subject for discussion" or "to pierce a cask to draw the liquid from it."Every time I saw the word, it threw me out of the story. Please, fellow writers, have someone proofread your work before publishing. <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WritingProblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritingProblems</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ReadingProblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReadingProblems</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spelling</a>

Alexis MillerSomeday, maybe I'll write "judgmental" correctly the first time. Maybe.For now, 99% of the time, "judgemental" comes first.Note: "Judgemental" is correct in British English. But when I spell it that way, I'm not following the example of British authors I've read. That would be a better reason than the actual one, which is that my subconscious and fingers really want to keep the "e" at the end of "judge."<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a>

AnneTheWriterBonus <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DadJoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DadJoke</a> “Knock knock.”“Who’s there?”“To.”“To who?”“Actually, it’s to whom.”(It's <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HootinTootinTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HootinTootinTuesday</a> again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a>.)<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Humor</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Humour</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FunnyMeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FunnyMeme</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Grammar</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spelling</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Homonyms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homonyms</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Captchas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Captchas</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Captcha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Captcha</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DadJokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DadJokes</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GrammarJokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GrammarJokes</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Internet</a>

LkdcMy childhood education was of poor quality. My school didn't teach much science, history, etc. What it DID teach was spelling. We learned to spell thousands of words, including words that we didn't even know the meanings of.So, I notice the spelling mistake when there are calls to "fight facism" or "stop facism". The correct spelling is "fascism".HOWEVER, I've been thinking that "facism" SHOULD be a word, meaning "bigotry based on the appearance of a person's face". In the pictures in many children's books, good people have round faces and small noses, and bad people have long faces and big noses. The unconscious bigotry that lies behind these pictures deserves a name.<a href="https://dmv.community/tags/facism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#facism</a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/facist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#facist</a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a>

Amadeus PaulussenI currently use DeepL Translate (free) for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> and LanguageTool (premium) for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grammar</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a>. I am curious to hear what other <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> users use. 🤓 I would like to replace DeepL with something that, like LanguageTool, is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a>. And ideally I would prefer to run everything locally.

Maj - 🇨🇦I like that spellcheck now doesn't give a flying rats ass through a doughnut about whether a word is in the dictionary or not. It is just a possible combination of letters for an English word (side note: it is a word in Tagalog!).I moved away from computation linguistics in the mid 90s because I didn't like how hard it leaned into statistical analysis vs semantic and I am still / more mad now. Furious as a colorless green idea. <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#llm</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#generativeAI</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a>

𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙Oldie but Goodie Dept Still fascinates. ------------------------------------------ Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe. That'll fcuk the splelchekcer!<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a>

jabsonik”Failed”? This experimental <a href="https://ihan.outo.la/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://ihan.outo.la/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a> from the 60s is instantly quite readable to any Finn:<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/06/1960s-schools-experiment-created-new-alphabet-thousands-children-unable-to-spell" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/06/1960s-schools-experiment-created-new-alphabet-thousands-children-unable-to-spell</a>' It used to baffle me – how could this person, who races through multiple books a week and can quote Shakespeare faultlessly, possibly think “me” is spelt with two Es? 'Dunno... maybe because that's how you pronounce it? :-P That's how _we_ do it here in <a href="https://ihan.outo.la/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Finland</a> anyway. WYSIWYG spelling FTW!

Niels Nielsen, geographerSynes du også det er svært at vide hvordan engelske ord skal staves (uden at gribe til autokorrektur), så se lige dette vilde eksperiment i undervisning, fra Storbritannien i 1960'erne. Som jeg aldrig havde hørt om.. tilsyneladende fordi det ret pludselig var blevet opgivet og aldrig ordentligt dokumenteret, undersøgt. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/engelsk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#engelsk</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/stavning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stavning</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/06/1960s-schools-experiment-created-new-alphabet-thousands-children-unable-to-spell?CMP=share_btn_url" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/06/1960s-schools-experiment-created-new-alphabet-thousands-children-unable-to-spell?CMP=share_btn_url</a>

Swede’s PhotographsGood morning. 😴⏰☕10 June 2025Nobody nose—nobody knows! Fun with homophones or just a bit of confusion? Maybe a little of both. I'm not really going anywhere with this, just rambling. Ever find yourself typing the wrong word, like "here" instead of "hear," even though you know better? I do it all the time—especially when thinking fast. Proofreading definitely pays off, and autocorrect usually saves the day.Funny how we've come to depend on things without even realizing it. Back in the '70s, autocorrect was just a dictionary—and maybe a little bottle of "white-out." Yes, way back when we were still dragging our knuckles on the ground."Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries eventually reflect popular choices." – David Crystal"A pun is the lowest form of humor—unless you thought of it first." – Oscar Levan<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photographer</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photographylovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photographylovers</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/morning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#morning</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/homophones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homophones</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a>

Mark A. RaynerIt's so exciting when I get to unwaprd a package I've been waiting for!Proofreading: it matters!<a href="https://mas.to/tags/typo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typo</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/typos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typos</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/proofreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#proofreading</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/editing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#editing</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humor</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humour</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fargileItMustBeItalian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fargileItMustBeItalian</a>

Cara BruarI try not to be judgmental. I really do. But peek (look) is not peak (mountain) is definitely not pique (annoyance). Reading a sentence comes to a screaming halt if the wrong word is there. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a>

Jody HughesIt’s quite easy to mistakenly write lead (element Pb) instead of led, because they sound the same. I see this all the time. But it never seems to happen that people write read (past tense) instead of red, yet the two situations seem similar.I guess it has to do with the relative common-ness of led and red, and the fact that we learn red much earlier than led.<a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/wordplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordplay</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a>

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