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4. Thieves

Tue Jan 14, 2025, 10:02 AM

Jan 2025

Spelled it wrong (e before i) in the final round of my 4th grade spelling bee. Runner up isn't so bad. Or so my therapist tells me 40 years later...

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Difficult words and how you learned to spell them [View all] bif Jan 2025 OP

I still almost always misspell Weird bif Jan 2025 #2

a PIECE of pie begins with "pie" eShirl Jan 2025 #3

And you can't separate without "a rat" FSogol Jan 2025 #5

Thieves berniesandersmittens Jan 2025 #4

Vulnerable EYESORE 9001 Jan 2025 #6

Youghiogheny Earl_from_PA Jan 2025 #7

Terrible speller so for many words I make up EverHopeful Jan 2025 #8

to get her, together. AllaN01Bear Jan 2025 #9

C h o c o l a t e Clouds Passing Jan 2025 #10

Schenectady BigMin28 Jan 2025 #11