Frequent Internet Spelling Mistakes: Pour vs. Pore

This one has been building up to a slow boil.  Goatboy's post on BOLS yesterday finally drove me to make this post.  Folks, when you say you were "pouring over the new Necron book" you are not doing what you think you are doing.

This is pouring:

This is what happens when you pour over a book:

This is poring over a book:

If you didn't know the difference, go ahead an pore over my other spelling and grammar posts.  If you use it wrong again, I'll pour you a nice glass of hemlock.

Frequent Internet Spelling Mistakes: Horde vs. Hoard

Here we go with one of the most frequent mistakes.  First off, this is a hoard:

And this is a horde:

Now if you're hoarding hordes, that's horrible.  Don't be a horde hoarder.  And don't mix the two up.


Images shamelessly stolen from teh Interwebz, the Ork army is from Dakka and it is pretty great looking!

Frequent Internet Spelling Mistakes: Rouge vs. Rogue

We're back with a very important clarification.  Without further ado, here is a Rouge Trader:

This is Rogue Traders:

Er, wait, this is also Rogue Trader:

Let's not get them mixed up now, shall we?

Frequent Internet Spelling Mistakes

I think I'm going to make this a regular feature. Here's one that's been bugging me. Note the spelling:

This is Voilà:


Note: It is very difficult to illustrate "voilà." It's a French expression which means "there it is."

This is a Viola:

It's a musical instrument slightly larger and lower in pitch than a violin.

Listen, you don't even need to include the accent, just please don't mix up your vowels. I'm not trying to be some kind of grammar Nazi, everyone makes typos. I'm trying to correct people who simply don't know the difference.

Another (small) Note on Pronunciation

I've started listening to a few podcasts and one thing is bugging me. Okay, picture time:

This is Calvary:


And this is Cavalry:

Notice the position of the "L" when pronouncing this word.