A word improperly used by many. As no one wants to recognize that "alot" is a valid word (see David Horvitz definition in Urban Dictionary), most spell-checkers propose to change "alot" to "allot". Unknowingly users just accept the choice.
Next time your spell checker tells you "alot" is not correct, please "add" it to your dictionary.
"I love the UD site alot." After spell checking inOutlook, you end up with "I love the UD site allot."
By Ricky
Allot
A word improperly used by many. As no one wants to recognize that "alot" is a valid word (see David Horvitz definition in Urban Dictionary), most spell-checkers propose to change "alot" to "allot". Unknowingly users just accept the choice.
Next time your spell checker tells you "alot" is not correct, please "add" it to your dictionary.
"I love the UD site alot." After spell checking inOutlook, you end up with "I love the UD site allot."
By Doralyn
Allot
Correct definition = distribute: administer or bestow, as in small portions.
Incorrect version: An illiterate way of spelling "a lot". The most common mistake however (very common unfortunetly) is "alot".
I'm no snooty English teacher or anything, but these particular mistakes drive me crazy! What is going on with education these days?
Correct example: Given as a task; "her allotted chores"
Self-explanatory to Britishers in the 1990's, this description of unruly hair will puzzle the rest of us, so:
1. Terry Waite served as the Anglican Church's international diplomacy negotiator. In 1987, he was himself taken hostage in Lebanon and held mostly in solitary confinement until his release in 1991. He's a well-known public speaker now.
2. "Allotment" in Britain is an urban rented garden patch.
Hence, Terry Waite's allotment would be untended and weed-choked.
I haven't determined if Waite actually was an allotment holder at the time of his confinement.
A prosaic name for the toilet.
Men who don't have access to a private outdoor space will often repair to the WC for a bit of peace and quiet.
Woman: You were in the toilet a long time. Are you constipated again?
Man: No I just needed to spend some time on my spiritual allotment.
Woman (mutters under breath): That's why it smells like manure in there then.