The word occasion also features the letters cand s, but here they are not making the same ssound. It might help you to know that the word narcissistic ultimately comes from the Greek nárkissos, a plant name associated with narcotics. It can also be hard to remember where to place the double s. Similar to necessary, narcissistic is challenging to spell because of the c and s letters that make the same sound. Do you “c” two s‘s? Ask yourself this to make sure there is first one c and then a double s in necessary. How do you remember where and how many c or s letters you need? Well, take a look at the word.

This, combined with the use of double consonants that don’t change how the word is pronounced, makes necessary tricky to spell. One of the things that makes English hard to spell is that there are letters that can-but don’t always-make the same sounds, such as cand s. They are some of the trickiest words to spell in English. If you struggle spelling some of these challenging words, just know you are not alone. No wonder English is practically the only language spelling competitions are held in! To further confuse matters, words in English have different spellings in different countries. But the English language uses a mix of spellings and pronunciations from Latin, Greek, French, German, and many others. In most languages, the way words are spelled ( graphemes) consistently relate to the way they sound ( phonemes). “I’m looking forward to COVID being over so that I don’t have to come up with clever things to say on Strava anymore,” he said.As any participant in a spelling bee can tell you, correctly spelling words in the English language is not always easy.

Graham, for one, may opt out of the Strava art one regular running resumes. Maughan and Lauren have both completed multi-day projects, where they hit pause, went home to sleep, then returned where they left off the next day. Lauren has walked many of her miles.Īnd if you need a break-for the bathroom or longer-you don’t have to run the whole route at once. Precision, they said, is more important than swiftness. Most Strava artists don’t move at race speed. He’s hopped fences and rushed across freeways-when it’s safe-to finish several designs. Maughan, meanwhile, once had to redo his entire 31.7-mile design of Frida Kahlo because a reservoir he didn’t see on the map gave her a misshapen eye.īut otherwise, he’s been able to overcome the unexpected with cleverness. Graham said he’s messed up once or twice, but noticed immediately and was able to backtrack. For her longer routes, she can pack it away and tune out for a couple miles-say, on the stem of a “T”-and just remember the next turn. The next was an ambitious 100-miler spelling out “This Moment Matters,” an homage to the mindfulness required for surviving both a pandemic and an ultramarathon.įor shorter designs with frequent turns, Lauren stares at her phone nearly constantly to make sure she doesn’t miss a step. Since her first creation, Lauren has completed two more coronavirus-related routes. Here, insider tips on making it happen on your own runs. “To come up with an original idea, plan it, and execute it is really satisfying,” said longtime GPS artist Lenny Maughan, who’s posted one work per month since 2015. Last month, the Strava team got in on the action, running or cycling in the shape of globes and animals to celebrate Earth Day on April 22. “While it’s not something our data can actually pick up-I can’t say, we’re seeing an X percent increase-on the anecdotal side, it seems like people are using this time to take a bit more of a creative approach,” said Larissa Rivers, senior marketing manager at Strava. A post shared by Callie not the only runner who’s turned to GPS art as a coping strategy.

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