Difficult words and how you learned to spell them [View all]

It's kind of funny, I write for a living, and yet I'm a terrible speller!

Here are some of mine.
Renaissance--I worked in the Renaissance Center in Detroit
Odyssey--I coached a kids Odyssey of the Mind team
Chocolate--A friend opened a soda shop called the Chocolate Bar Cafe
Abyssinian--I have an Abyssinian cat

Yours?