A A Milne - Artemus Ward - Mark Twain - Marilyn vos Savant - Don Quayle -
My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. A A Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh, 1926
It is a pity that Chawcer who had geneyus, was so unedicated. He’s the wuss speller I know of. Artemus Ward, Artemus Ward in London, 1867
I have had an aversion to good spelling for sixty years and more, merely for the reason that when I was a boy there was not a thing I could do creditably except spell according to the book. It was a poor and mean distinction, and I early learned to disenjoy it. Mark Twain, Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1, Reader’s Edition
When our spelling is perfect, it’s invisible. But when it’s flawed, it prompts strong negative associations. Marilyn vos Savant
Potatoe Dan Quayle at spelling bee competition, cited How to Lose the Presidency, History 2016