i got 5 out of 8 on the guardian’s spelling quiz. all the answers in this quiz would be answerable by spell checker (though i rarely use one myself).

the spelling errors that drive me nuts are the misused words ones that spell checkers don’t pick up. mixing up loose and lose always seems to be particularly prevalent on the net. i think it must be because the one with the longer vowel sound actually has less vowels in it. [found via sore eyes]