Monthly Archives: July 2014

Weirdly Spelled Words

One day Patricia and I were talking about something and somehow we started thinking of weirdly spelled/hard to spell words, so I’ll be updating this ongoing list of words that I come find. If words are weirdly spelled for the same reason than either I won’t include them or I will lump them together. The weird part of each word will be in bold and separated from the rest of the word. Definitions and pronunciations are found at dictionary.com.

S er gea nt – [sahr-juhnt] – noun: a non-commissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.

wr ough t – [rawt] – verb: Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work

ei gn – [reyn] – noun: the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne. verb (used without object): to possess or exercise sovereign power or authority.

bizar re – [bih-zahr] – adjective: markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange; odd

leag eu – [leeg] – noun: a covenant or compact made between persons, parties, states, etc., for the promotion or maintenance of common interests or for mutual assistance or service

ri gh te ous – [rahy-chuhs] – adjective: characterized by uprightness or morality

fj ord – [fyawrd, fyohrd] – noun: a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion.

~ George

Change Log of July 9, 2014

At the end of every day (or, at least every day that I change something), I’m going to make a post that highlights all of the changes and/or posts that have been made that day. This way I can change previous posts and actually have the changes be found, plus reader will be able get to all the new posts without scrolling down too much. Note: Since this post will be the last thing I post each day, it is less likely to be properly cleaned up, as I will be rather tired at that point

New posts:

  • Weirdly Spelled Words: This is something that came out Tricia (my sister) mentioning that Sergeant is hard to spell. After that I started trying to other bizarrely spelled word (including bizarre). I have many more words ready to be edited in as soon as I have the time.

Major Changes:

  • I moved a few more the posts around to their new categories. As I said last time, when I’m done figuring out the categories I will specify which posts are moved around and have links to them
  • I added a new paragraph (the 4th bullet point) to Interesting Observation: Social Norms. I thought of what I wrote after re-reading the post today.
  • I added the miscellaneous section on my main page, and I added a category for the change logs.

Minor Changes:

  • I added a short explanation of my joke in Joke – Funny Bone, in case anyone didn’t get it. I also added my signoff ” ~ George”

Of Special Note:

  • From Thursday to Saturday I (probably) won’t have access to a computer, so there won’t be any changes then
  • If I fix a small typo or change an unimportant word in a post then I won’t report it in a change log

 

~ George

Change Log of July 7, 2014

At the end of every day (or, at least every day that I change something), I’m going to make a post that highlights all of the changes and/or posts that have been made that day. This way I can change previous posts and actually have the changes be found, plus reader will be able get to all the new posts without scrolling down too much. Note: Since this post will be the last thing I post each day, it is less likely to be properly cleaned up, as I will be rather tired at that point

New posts:

  • Published Joke – Funny Bone, a joke I came up with a bit ago and finally got around to publishing

Major Changes:

  • I made the “Idea Polish Level” pages 1 – 4 sub pages to one page called “My ideas”, as part of my new organization method
  • I added sub pages Idea Polish Level 0.5, 1.5, 2.5, and 3.5 under Idea Polish Level pages 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively, to hold pages that aren’t quite cleaned up enough to be published officially yet, but have been worked on. These may end up being private (not see-able by the public)
  • I edited the descriptions of “Idea Polish Level” pages 1 – 4 to fit better with my new organization method. The descriptions will probably change as I figure out this system
  • Moved a few of the posts around to their new categories. In the future I will specify which posts are moved around and have links to them, but this time I’ll just say that it’s because of “my new organization method” (I feel like I’m saying that a lot 🙂 )

Minor Changes:

Of Special Note:

  • Tomorrow I will continue my reorganizing of my posts and clean up, and I’ll also publish a few drafts

 

~ George