Every-Day Errors of Speech

by L. P. Meredith

Spider, not spiter.

Splenetic—splĕn´e-tic, not sple-nĕt´ic. Fretful; peevish.

Spoliation—spō-li-ā´tion, not spoil-a´tion.

Spurious—spū´ri-ous, not spŭr´i-oŭs. Spuriously (spū´ri-ous-ly), etc.

Statical—stăt´i-cal, not stā´ti-cal. Pertaining to bodies at rest.

Stationery, not stationary, when paper, envelopes, ink, etc., are meant.

Statue, not statute, when a carved image is meant.

Statute, not statue, when a law or decree is meant.

Stearine—stē´a-rĭn, not stĕr´ĭn.

Stereoscope (stē´re-o-scope), Stereotype (stē´re-o-type), etc., according to Webster; and stĕr´e-o-scope, stĕr´-e-o-type, etc., according to Worcester.