English FAIL Blog

That’s a tough one for me. I’m German, and calendar in German is “Kalender”. I never know whether it’s spelled with an ‘a’ or an ‘e’ in the last syllable.

I once had to correct an elementary school teacher who had “calender” spelled out on the wall in big letters.

calendAr
lavendEr

I edit papers for a living and I still have to think about this sometimes …

You are all dumber than the people in these posts.

In Canada, that big country above you (and the remainder of the English-speaking world), the word is spelled “Calender”, only Americans spell it “Calendar”.

Chances are, some dumb arse American took a picture of this in another country, thinking how clever they are.

@Dinger
Um, no, it’s not. It’s always spelled calendar. Everywhere. Including Canada and the rest of the English-speaking world. (Interestingly, there actually is something called a “calender” but it’s a machine for smoothing paper, cloth etc.)
Oh, and don’t assume everyone commenting on this blog is American- Canada is not above me, I’m in Ireland.

Colander of a spellchecker though,