Don't tell local children's author Ty Allan Jackson, but when I was a kid, I used to hate to read. Maybe it was an early onset of ADHD, but no matter what I read, I found it hard to keep engaged.

With the lack of reading, though, comes an arrested vocabulary and poor spelling skills. I will say, however, some words are just HARD to spell especially with our tricky English language.

HERE ARE 20 WORDS THAT MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS CONSTANTLY MISSPELL!

1. It's TRIATHLON not TRIATHALON

2. It's CEMETERY not CEMETARY

3. It's GRAMMAR not GRAMMER

4. It's DEFINITELY not DEFINETLY

Movies Released in 1999 — Paramount Pictures

5. It's GOVERNMENT not GOVERMENT

March 25: United States government announces $2 trillion aid plan — ALEX EDELMAN/AFP // Getty Images

6. It's RECEIVE not RECIEVE

Economic Stimulus Package Tax Rebate Checks Printed — Getty Images

7. It's ESPRESSO not EXPRESSO

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8. It's PUBLICLY not PUBLICALLY

9. It's SEPARATE not SEPERATE

Cracked gold wedding ring -- divorce or infidelity concept — zimmytws

10. It's ASTIGMATISM not A STIGMATISM

surprise entrepreneur holding his eyeglasses grey background — dangrytsku

11. It's CALENDAR not CALENDER

12. It's TONGUE not TOUNGE

13. It's UNFORESEEN not UNFORSEEN

Confused young man — KatarzynaBialasiewicz

14. It's FURTHER not FUTHER

15. It's COMMITTEE not COMMITEE

Jan. 30: WHO declares a Public Health Emergency — FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP // Getty Images

16. It's ECSTASY not ECSTACY

17. It's ENVIRONMENT not ENVIORNMENT

18. It's PRIVILEGE not PRIVALEGE

94027 The Nation's Most Expensive Zip Code — Getty Images

19. It's EMBARRASS not EMBARASS

Jim (Jason Biggs Is Caught In An Embarrassing Moment By His Mom (Molly Cheek And Dad (Eugene Levy — Getty Images

20. It's RESTAURANT not RESTARAUNT

Large group of friends having fun and drinking beer at a restaurant — Antonio_Diaz

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