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I was told in High School that I spell like a plumber. I told him it was OK as long as I don't smell like one.

Why not call them "Duplex Inlets"or just "Inlet" or "Plug in Thingys"LOL

Ob

I was doing a rough-in a while back when I came across a 10-2 in a utility closet labeled "Fernis".

I got out my Sharpie and wrote 'em a message: "It's a darn good thing ya'll do electrical work better than you spell."

-John

Never mind spelling things wrong, my boss SAYS things wrong... Asked him to get a box of TAPCONS, but when he went into the supplier he asked for a box of TAMPONS...
Took a while but he got what I wanted
( and no it was NOT a box of "plugs" either)!

A.D

Ever had someone call a wall sconce a "scone"? One morning I heard them announce we'd gotten a box of scones and I got all excited thinking I was getting a free breakfast.

In their defense for the better part of six months I called all-thread "off thread" because that's what it sounded like everyone was saying.

-John

Rewired

BigJohn, one of my customers calls them "scones" too, and no matter how many times I correct them they still call them that.

How many times have you had someone say 2-way switch instead of 3-way?

I always get confused with COLOUR. (thats the way i spell it)
sometimes you see it spelled as COLOR as well.
I have heard that one is the American spelling and the other the English ??

(Battery).
In The Netherlands we call them Accu or accumulator. that is for the lead acid rechargeable starting accu's in vehicles and trucks.
A battery is a 1.5 volt zinc carbon pile which can be thrown away after use.
A cell is a 2 volt section of a 12 volts accu, or a nicad cell used in portable drills.
My $0.02 worth.

I get a kick out of homeowners who say things wrong while trying to talk "trade" with me while I'm working for them. Such as, "Are you gonna run your riser through the soffagus?" or, "Do you install a lot of cam lights?" and my favorite, "Do I need all of the knobby tube wiring replaced in my attic?".

For my end of the biz, the biggest offenders are:

"socket" for sprocket

"internnment" or "interrmettant" for intermittent (The part of the projector that steps each frame into the projection position and holds it steady while being flashed onto the screen) And yeah, I do tend to spell it both as "intermittent" and "intermittant"

"Zenon" or "Neon" for xenon (the most common projection bulb in use today)

Oh, and on that: It is a Xenon bulb that goes into the lamp (or lamphouse). The folks who do live theater get into a twist because for thier lighting, the source is always a "lamp", never a "bulb."

Oh yeah, and it's theatre for cinema and theater for the stage and live shows. Major peeve of mine.

"Projectionists do it at 24fps."

Many times I'll just pick another word that I can spell rather than deal with a word that I can't get right, and with spellcheckers that can't seem to figure out what I wanted to spell. Here, I'd pick "outlet", or less accurately "wall plug".