irked
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posted on June 9, 2006 02:29:59 PM
That other thread about the goofbay site made me think and wonder what you all consider the most misspelled words on ebay. Would be interesting to see your finds and thoughts on this one showing the variations of the misspellings etc. Maybe even an auction of two. We recently saw the auction with Flask misspelled--How about it?
I'll start diamond--dimond and a lot of other variations like this:Diamend
I am far from criticizing these auctions as I can't spall either, LOL but I try very hard not to goof titles up for sure, as you can loose out big time by misspelling stuff. I got a Dell wireless setup keyboard mouse for hardly nothing once cause it was spelled Dale...
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I married my wife for her looks...but not the
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pixiamom
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posted on June 9, 2006 02:37:29 PM
The one i mess up most is Cincinnati
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pixiamom
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posted on June 9, 2006 02:39:40 PM
Oh, and calendar, miniature and jewelry
[ edited by pixiamom on Jun 9, 2006 02:41 PM ]
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amber
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posted on June 9, 2006 02:41:29 PM
Mine in Norweigian, Norwegan, Norwegian! I sell knitting pattern from "there".
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jake
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posted on June 9, 2006 02:48:38 PM
Grateful Dead...Greatful Dead
Marilyn Munroe
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sparkz
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posted on June 9, 2006 02:51:20 PM
What always gives me problems is the one word vs. 2 words item, such as teapot (tea pot) or ashtray (ash tray). I usually put both spellings in the title since people search for them both ways. Sure eats up a lot of scarce spaces in the title, though.
If Murphy's law is correct, everything East of the San Andreas Fault will slide into the Atlantic
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ms24ktau
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posted on June 9, 2006 03:38:32 PM
I collect Cranberry glass and occasionally find good things under Cramberry
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roadsmith
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posted on June 9, 2006 07:08:13 PM
foilage
sembrarro
raindeer
irresident (iridescent)
shartruse, chartruse, charturse, chartrouise, chartrues, chartruese
hugh (huge)
chaulkware
reguards
perilized finish
rod iron
applicay
pottery with "crazying"
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sparkz
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posted on June 9, 2006 08:05:05 PM
Idyllwild
If Murphy's law is correct, everything East of the San Andreas Fault will slide into the Atlantic
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paloma91
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posted on June 9, 2006 09:11:39 PM
Help me spell this stupid word. It's one of the old tools I have. I believe it's called a (please don't laugh) cicle? I can't spell the darn thing. It's a crescent slapped metal with the inside edge being very sharp and jagged. It is attached to a short handle. I just need to know how to spell the darn thing! Is it a sickle?
[ edited by paloma91 on Jun 9, 2006 09:13 PM ]
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toybuyer
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posted on June 9, 2006 09:17:04 PM
Sickle is the correct spelling.
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paloma91
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posted on June 9, 2006 09:24:13 PM
Thanks toybuyer. And now on to the research. This thing is marked Austrailia VIC. Gonna be fun!
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roadsmith
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posted on June 9, 2006 09:47:31 PM
Sparkz: 
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sthoemke
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posted on June 9, 2006 11:28:34 PM
crad or crads
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magneticattractions
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posted on June 10, 2006 06:43:50 AM
billard, instead of billiard (pool)
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zippy2dah
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posted on June 10, 2006 08:52:09 AM
I second miniature (minichure is the worst I've seen) and also hugh and let's not forget bowel!
Bowel is still my favorite because it makes me laugh every time.
Nice Set Old Pottery Blue Bowels!
Czechoslovakia is a toughie.
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irked
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posted on June 10, 2006 09:01:37 AM
LOL maybe they should add irritable to that description.
I also never knew they could goof up a word like card / cards. Too funny.
This is very interesting and informative. Going to have to start looking for more misspelled items might just find a bargain--another misspelled word-bargin.
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I married my wife for her looks...but not the
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otteropp
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posted on June 10, 2006 11:08:53 AM
Look for good deals under Wedgewood instead of the correct Wedgwood.
I agree re: Tea Pot vs Teapot always causes me problems so I also use both in the title.
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amber
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posted on June 10, 2006 11:16:04 AM
I have 2 more of those double words that always give me problems. Fair Isle or Fairisle, also Bedjacket or Bed jacket. I find that there is just not room to put both in a title. When I check them out, I find that the searches come up about 50/50.
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toybuyer
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posted on June 10, 2006 12:13:20 PM
Liz Claiborne
seen as Lis, Clayborn, Claiborn, Claborn, etc.......
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toybuyer
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posted on June 10, 2006 12:16:35 PM
WAIT!
Palama91 stated after my response to the spelling of sickle:
Thanks toybuyer. And now on to the research. This thing is marked Austrailia VIC. Gonna be fun!
Yeah, it will be a challenge! Do you see your misspelled word? 
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twig125silver
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posted on June 10, 2006 01:35:42 PM
otteropp- I just checked and sure enough, I misspelled Wedgwood. I already have a bid, so I had to add the correct spelling to the auction. Thanks!
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otteropp
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posted on June 10, 2006 01:51:53 PM
Glad you caught it...Happens all the time. I have collected Wedgwood for years and I still spell it wrongly if I don't stop and think about what I am doing....just one of those words that doesn't seem right without the "e".
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London4
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posted on June 10, 2006 05:53:28 PM
Lavender. I see lavandar and lavander daily but the misspellings have netted me some great deals! One that drives me crazy is "your" instead of "you're".
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rutabaga
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posted on June 10, 2006 05:58:27 PM
I opt for "reciept". Just did a search and 35,747 listings with this misspelling.
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piinthesky
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posted on June 10, 2006 07:59:24 PM
What is wrong with people, don't they know how to reed a dicshunary or even own one??
ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø
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roadsmith
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posted on June 10, 2006 08:13:03 PM
My theory about "lavender" is that people confuse it with the spelling of "calendar." (At least, that's what I used to do!)
And. . . people who can't spell frequently can't look up the words in the dictionary because, tadaaaa, they can't spell them! Or ... they don't know they're spelling the words wrong.
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sparkz
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posted on June 10, 2006 08:45:57 PM
Lavender is one of the easiest for me. It's spelled "P-U-R-P-L-E ". Very easy to remember.
If Murphy's law is correct, everything East of the San Andreas Fault will slide into the Atlantic
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sanmar
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posted on June 11, 2006 09:46:05 AM
I get a kick out of Lavender--Lavander. Believe it or not about 30 yrs ago the Govenor of Minnesota was Lavander, which spelled backwards is Rednaval!!!
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
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stonecold613
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posted on June 11, 2006 12:49:30 PM
I had to go back and check. I knew 30 years ago was incorrect because I knew that was when Hubert Humphrey passed away. That is when current governor Wendell Anderson resigned the governorship to become Senator and Rudy Perpich became governor. I did some checking and it was 40 years ago. He was governor before Wendell Anderson.
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