Soooo, all of my posts from this week have gone. Disappeared. Vanished.

Someone unplugged the server. The last backup was Monday.

I now need to painfully re-create all of the posts from the past week.

My carefully crafted, and somewhat poignant views on the mistakes of others, wiped out by Murphy and his damned Laws.

Stay with me good people.

Right, shall prevail.

This Friday's showcase of the top 100 misspelled words in the English language..

ACQUIRE

The article itself is quite funny (in retrospect), as are the 7 or so comments that also spelt acquire wrong.

aquire

I'm not left handed, but I am an equal opportunist.

aquire

And from the awards ceremony to the association itself...

Now, there was only one real error that I found on their site, but if you CAN'T SPELL YOUR OWN NAME then I feel that's all this post needs.

Here is one of a possible 12 errors:

Assocation Suggestions: Association, Avocation, Allocation, Assignation, Dessication
 (appears 3 times)

UPDATE

There were some changes to the spellr.us scan engine over the weekend and my ARIA scan now picked up a whole host of extra errors.

So, to fulfill my two-a-day requirements, here is another one!

succes Suggestions: success, sixes, succeeds, succors, succeed
 (appears 1 times)

BUTCHEdsR BIRDS EAT THIERTHIER YOUNGdsa

The Aria's (Australian Recording Industry Association) are held each year to honour the stand-out acheivers in Australian music.

They are known for having one of the pointiest awards in the world. And they spelt "awards" wrong.

Here are two of a possible 118 errors:

magnificient Suggestions: magnificent, magnificently, magnificence, munificent
 (appears 2 times)

Awarsd Suggestions: Awards, Award, Awarest, Eward, Aways
 (appears 2 times)

I've met Mike Cannon-Brooks. 

He's a smart guy.

Even smart people make mistakes...

Here are two of a possible 52 errors:

nurishment Suggestions: nourishment, nourishment's, enrichment
 (appears 1 times)

encyclopaedias Suggestions: encyclopedias, encyclopedia's, encyclopedia, encyclopaedic, encyclopedic
 (appears 1 times)