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    Let Me Hear The Words You Always Spelled Incorrectly Until You Learned A Trick For Them

    By Audrey Engvalson,

    1 day ago

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    Some words are just so tricky to spell. Ask me to spell gaurantee and I'll defenitely get it wrong. OK, I was just kidding; I misspelled those on purpose. But, I was the champion of my second, sixth, and eighth-grade spelling bees, which means I learned a lot of mnemonic devices to remember how to spell words.

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    For example, "dessert" is what you eat, and "desert" is a hot, dry place. You can remember that because "dessert" has two S's and you want second helpings.

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    Or to remember the difference between "their" and "there," "there" refers to the direction or place something is because the "r" is pointing over "there."

    In eighth grade, when I was studying for the spelling bee and couldn't remember how to spell "brazen," my mom kept reminding me that "my bra puts me in a zen-like state." While bras don't put me in a zen-like state, I've sure never forgotten how to spell it.

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    Now, I'm going to toss it to you. What is a little brain trick you use to remember to spell difficult words?

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    Tell us, and your mnemonic device could be featured in an upcoming BuzzFeed Community post.

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