Public Service Announcement #2

[stormwreath]

*ahem*

The word weary means 'tired, fatigued'.

The word wary means 'cautious, alert to danger'.

They are not synonyms!

If you're wary of something, you've become suspicious of it; you suspect it might not be all that it seems and it might be dangerous.
If you're weary of something, you've become fed up with it; it's tiring you out and now you're

Comments

[rapunzel215]

I also hate it when people confuse the words "wonder" and "wander". I see that in fan fic all the time.

[stormwreath]

But wonder and wandre are pronounced differently... how could you confuse them for each other???
;-)

[singer_shaper]

They are pronounced differently, but spelled much more similarly in American English. I imagine that someone who's tired and/or not paying attention for other reasons would easily confuse them and not notice, especially if they're relying on spell-check to correct them.

I hope to work as an editor one day, so I find this discussion both helpful and amusing. ;)

[stormwreath]

It was only when you quoted my post that I noticed I'd spelled 'wander' as 'wandre'. That really is a typo, not some odd British English spelling. Sorry. :-)