Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for May 21, 2019

Well, if Charlie Brown were looking for it in the Oxford dictionary, it would probably be spelt G-U-V-apostrophe-N-A-H

Stop getting on her NERVES

“Look it up in the dictionary”: teacherspeak for “don’t bother me.”

BluebottleWhat time is it Eccles?

EcclesErr, just a minute. I, I’ve got it written down ’ere on a piece of paper. A nice man wrote the time down for me this morning.

BluebottleOoooh, then why do you carry it around with you Eccles?

EcclesWell, umm, if a anybody asks me the ti-ime, I ca-can show it to dem.

BluebottleWait a minute Eccles, my good man…

EcclesWhat is it fellow?

BluebottleIt’s writted on this bit of paper, what is eight o’clock, is writted.

EcclesI know that my good fellow. That’s right, um, when I asked the fella to write it down, it was eight o’clock.

BluebottleWell then. Supposing when somebody asks you the time, it isn’t eight o’clock?

EcclesAh, den I don’t show it to dem.

BluebottleOoohhh…

Eccles[Smacks lips] Yeah.

BluebottleWell how do you know when it’s eight o’clock?

EcclesI’ve got it written down on a piece of paper!

There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Patty, dear Patty…

In my house, I WAS the dictionary! My mother would be writing a letter in the kitchen, and she’d shout over, “Karen…how do you spell [enter word here]?” The funny thing is, 3 feet away from her, on top of the china cabinet, was a dictionary. Funnier still: she could easily spell “appendectomy” but had trouble with shorter words. Oh, and she & I played Scrabble regularly; I was the only kid who would play against her.

Wonder why he wants to write “governor”?

I never found a solution to that problem either.

Interesting that with spellcheck now, you can mangle a word and still find the correct spelling.

It’s been a standing joke since before there was dirt.

The time I wasted looking for words…like psychology

If we have a gubernatorial election, why don’t we elect a Gubernator?

Ask Siri or Alexa…in 50 years.

Try to find gnome, psychiatrist, and pneumonia.

I Before E, Except After C:

https://youtu.be/qsIiQJZk3xE

Makes sense to me…

When I was in grade school (many moons ago), I had a “bad speller’s dictionary” that listed words by their most common misspelling, and then told you the correct spelling.

I never tell my students to look up a work if they cannot spell it, for this very reason; and then there are words like pneumonia and knowledge…

Bazinga!!!

If you misspell a word when looking it up, you can never find it.

No duh, but he’s got a point!