I can't spell worth a damn and you can blame the teachers when I was young. When I was in first grade they sent home a letter to parents saying that your child is learning to spell and will spell words how they think they sound and that you shouldn't correct them for it. So my Mom never corrected me when things were misspelled. Well come 4th grade I couldn't spell and my teacher took points off for misspelled words. You know what that's not my fault.