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I bought a TV guide this week because I didn’t try to buy a paper until late on Sunday and of course all the papers were gone because everyone bought one for the Oscars coverage and predictions etc. It felt weird to buy a TV guide.
Also, today I actually enjoyed driving to and from work. It was raining. In other parts of the county it was snowing. None of my students had heard of Sinatra’s “Lady is a Tramp,” but they did appreciate my explanation of the line “hate California, it’s cold and it’s damp.” But I had to explain the word “tramp” and also the positive connotation of “lady” first.
Add me to the list. I feel like I am in a special club of misfits.
Add me to the list. I feel like I am in a special club of misphitts.
I'm a librarian and I find Google to be much faster by far than deciding which dictionary to use and then flipping through pages and pages of the alphabet to find what I'm looking for – this site was such an added plus, connecting with other phonetically challenged people is so much more fun than my boring Webster's.
Quit being such a stiff about the spelling; everyone here knows the majority of us only came here because we googled "fluxuate"…screw the dictionary!
Ha, same problem as everyone else. Glad to see there are a bunch of other people who made the same spelling error.
Yep, fluxuate – fluctuate just isn't what comes to mind naturally. couldn't understand why msword wouldn't give a result either…glad to see I'm in good company.
bahah.
I feel so much better that there are this many other people who also cant spell this stupid word.
Webster needs to read this!
Hahahahahahaha…this just made my day
I'm writing a long and monotonous paper for my European History class and when I went to google to find the correct spelling it directed me here too! maybe someone should tell msword to add that to their spellcheck since it seems there are many people with this problem lol 
Someone tell Bill Gates to add "fluxuate" to the word corrections.This has got to be the funniest thing that's happened to me all day. I'm curious, is everyone using MS Word 2003?
A long paper to be writing.
Here I am instead.
Fluxuate is poetry.
haha. I am also here for the word fluxuate…
Just adding the comment to make sure the year 2010 was here in your comments.
also felt the need to sign the fluxuate guest book.
xoxoxox
I think we're practically a revolution now.
Bad spellers untie (or fluxuate?)
It makes you wonder how many people looked up the word here and didnt comment.
It just happened to me and I used to be a pretty decent speller… not anymore I guess
Almost three years later here I am, adding my name to the list. You'd think fluxuate would be an accepted alternate spelling by now…
Ditto… I feel like I entered a time rift and the only thing that changed was the accepted spelling of this word.
I'm in the middle of an experimental research paper, and I misspelled it too. I bet when this guy titled his blog, he never knew he'd get such a cult following. The anthropological consequences of this situation fascinate me.
Hehe, I'm here for the same reason…I feel really silly, now, 'cause I tried to spell it "fluxuate". Wow, judging by this post, it seems I'm not the only one. Thanks, everyone!
fluctuate fluctuate fluctuate
I was hoping I was the first idiot of 2010 to land here as I read through the comments. this is like a Fluctuate Anonymous club now isn't it? Hehe.
Thanks for this post, just took another 5 minute of my time instead of writing my paper.
This is an epic thread. So glad I'm not the only Google spell checker out there!
Great site by the way, I'll have to stop by more often for a visit.
Cheers
Writing this stupid %#$%-ing research paper and couldn't figure out why Word wouldn't let me spell fluxuate… It looks like I'm in good company here
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I am a good speller! I know I have spelled "fluctuate" correctly in the past…but I certainly don't feel so badly now!
I used to be a good speller! In fact, I feel fairly certain I have spelled fluctuate correctly in the past. I'm glad to know I'm not alone!
it should be fluxuate, that only makes sense. fluctuate doesnt make any sense at all
Stupid "fluctuate", who was the genius who came up with that, I'd like to punch him in his smug little mouth 9if he wasn't dead). He did it on purpose so he could watch us all stuffing it up.
FLUXUATE brought me here, thanks Google!
Add one more to the score – me
i just did the same thing. i got so angry at m computer, because google spelled it fluxuate. but then again, i've always had spelling issues. but, hey. at least i'm not alone in this one.
LOL – looks like this post will never end. I did the same thing – always thought it was fluxuate and turned to google to find it. Ok, I now see I'll have to use fluctuate – but only under duress.
Add me to this massive list of people who discovered it's "fluctuate," not "fluxuate." Darn MS Word 2003 not being able to give a proper suggestion on how to spell that word!
It's a silly debate … whether to use google or a dictionary to look up words … but I'm up late and in a silly mood, so I'll join in. (-:
The NY Times had an article recently on the ten top google search tips. #2 was to use it as a spelling aid! So even the Times is on the side if ditching the dictionary!!
http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2010/04/02/02gigaom-10-simple-google-search-tricks-58674.html?src=me&ref=homepage
Cheers!
Yeap same story as everyone else… couldn't spell fluxuate or fluctuate or whatever it is. Here is another reason for using google vs a dictionary site. google loads in no time. When I go to a dictionary site it takes 10 times longer to load the page because of all the ads they have. Time is important to me and google is quick and easy.
Cheers!
Zenon
Well this has to be one of the most hilarious blog sites I've stumbled across – my journey started with a high end medical article I was editing (yes, English editing) and found the author had used this word!
So of course I googled, like everyone does today, mainly expecting to find an online dictionary, as you would, only to be re-directed here!
Then began the side-splitting process of reading all the entries, which only left me in tears lol streaming down my face. Lorraine, you've done a great thing for humanity by leaving this all here : )
So now to go back to the article, correct it as you must, and then think about the suggestion made a couple of years ago (!) to have a site dedicated to the most common misspelled words (not) in the dictionary.
btw – Webster does include a side reference to a related word – "fluxation" coming from "fluxing" coming from "to flux" – pity though, fluxuation sounds so good . . .
wow. ditto on everything above.
what is up with this, the only thing to do with fluctuate is all the comments of the people who landed here because of it. But its truly hilarious that this has been going on for over two years now!
i didn't read all of that but i honestly just did the same damn thing the first commenter had. google lead me to this page haha.
who would of guess fluctuate was spelled with a c and not an x!?!
and response to the second comment google is so much faster then opening a gigantic over weight book, or having to type http://www.dictionary.com especially when for most people our home page is google. the people these days are so lazy. i prefer to use the word efficient
… but that only really works in some cases
Ha ha! This is too damn funny! I just had to add my own little note to say I was here too for Fluctuate or fluxuate . . . . My smile for the day!
Well, turns out I'm an idiot who thought 'fluxuate' was a word, in my defence I blame Doc Brown and his incessant babbling about the flux capacitor.
Add me to the list, fluxuated isn't correct either. This site is still number two in the google search.
Back to my homework then.
Sighhhhh…here's to the rules of the English language that FLUXUATE too much!
If I had a dictionary at work, I'd use it. But since I don't know how to spell the word, I would not find anything under FLUXUATE and I don't know how long it would take me until I thought of trying FLUCTUATE. Of course, if I used a dictionary I would not have spent time reading this blog and leaving this comment. So in the end not sure which is faster. Anyway, I'm glad to know the correct spelling now!
Oh man. I can't believe that I've ended up here as well. Scratch another one for 'fluxuate'. Seeing as how many people misspell this word so commonly, there should be some slight changes in dictionaries. Maybe we should all have a chat with Webster..BUT, before we do, lets take a moment, to grasp sensation…What am I talking about you say? Well, I'm in a delightful shock, seeing as how this beautiful blog has lasted since 2008, and it is steady receiving people who misspell such a simple word(including me) HAHAHA!!!
Later fellow misspell-ers
I’m a google spell checker! MS Word wouldnt give me the correct spelling either! I tried several mis-spelled variations hoping to land on something MS would correct for me, but ended up on Google as a last resort.
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What a delightful “error”. Some misspellings are really awful, but this works.
“Flux” is from Latin “fluxus”, via Old French–it means “flow”. Whereas “fluctuate” is more directly from Latin “fluctuat”, undulate. So these words are at right angles to one another! Fluxuate would tend to mean motion both *along* and *side-to-side*. There’s a lot of fluxuation on YouTube.
Do you *really* pronounce it “fluk-shoe-8″? I’ve only ever pronounced it “fluk-chew-8″.
Interesting.