How do YOU spell home school?

[Hikin' Mama]

Do you spell it as all one word, homeschool, or as two separate words, hoe school.

 

Thanks!

 

Kim

[Tammy]

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[Karenciavo]

:lol: at your typo

 

I spell it as one word. Eventually it will become a compound word, or at least that's what I keep telling myself. :D

[mcconnellboys]

I *do* spell it hoe school, how did you guess, LOL? I think it's still officially two words in the dictionary, but it's also one of those instances where, through lots of usage, it's becoming combined over time into one word, so you see it a lot like that, too. So at this point in the game, you can choose whichever suits you....

[beansprouts]

One word: "Homeschool"

 

Not sure I have ever seen it spelled "hoe school" though :tongue_smilie:

[Kay in Cal]

I'm also in the "homeschool" camp... not official yet, but to me there is a clearly different implication than "home school". Eventually we'll be in the dictionary.

[5kidsforME]

Homeschool! I like your hoe school though, maybe we could try homey schoolin.

[Rich with Kids]

Homeschool.

[JudoMom]

I like the way homeschool looks, but I like the reasoning behind home school (you don't see highschool, or elementaryschool--they have spaces in between the words, so home school should as well).

 

I'm a fence sitter.

[beansprouts]

I like "homskule"

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

Do you spell it as all one word' date=' homeschool, or as two separate words, hoe school.

 

Thanks!

 

Kim[/quote']

 

Verb: homeschool

 

Noun: home school

 

We homeschool our children in our home school.

 

Home education takes place in our home school.

 

To homeschool one's children is a challenging undertaking.

[Jenny in Atl]

Would home schoolers be one or two?

[Guest]

I like "homskule"

I love this one! :001_tt2: I vacillate between both one and two words but probably use "homeschool" most often.

[Janna]

Verb: homeschool

 

Noun: home school

 

We homeschool our children in our home school.

 

Home education takes place in our home school.

 

To homeschool one's children is a challenging undertaking.

 

Show off! :tongue_smilie:

 

Actually, Pam, that makes perfect sense. I will be remembering that in the future. As it stands, my instinct is to make it one word, but when I type that, spell check always corrects it to two words. But like I said, I'll be remembering these rules. Thanks, Pam.

[nancypants]

one word.

[PrairieAir]

One word: homeschool. Spell check always says it's wrong. Only if we make a garden will we have hoe school. Never ho school, though:lol:

[Ellie]

.

[JFSinIL]

One word, and ignore my spell check.

[Jean in Newcastle]

homeschool

[Tracey in TX]

compound word: homeschool

 

love the typo :)

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

Would home schoolers be one or two?

 

That's one I go back and forth on. I don't use it in any writing that will be "read" read, I used "home educated students" or "students educated at home" instead. Or if talking about the parent, "home educators."

 

But for here on the boards and such, I think I usually type "homeschoolers."

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

Show off! :tongue_smilie:

 

Actually, Pam, that makes perfect sense. I will be remembering that in the future. As it stands, my instinct is to make it one word, but when I type that, spell check always corrects it to two words. But like I said, I'll be remembering these rules. Thanks, Pam.

 

LOL, I just made it up. I'm not exactly a shining example for correct usage most of the time. :001_huh:

 

But that does work for me and keeps me consistent.

[Donovans4]

:D

 

LauraD in MN

[mo2]

One word. Your typo made me giggle.

[LizzyBee]

Do you spell it as all one word' date=' homeschool, or as two separate words, hoe school. [/quote']

 

Hoe school.

 

We do a lot of gardening. ;)

[angela in ohio]

Those "outside the movement" use two words, those "inside" use one, imho. As others have probably said, it will become one word officially as its use increases with the general public, like many other words already. I am suprised, though, that you don't see it hyphenated often.

[Hikin' Mama]

is because my spell checker kept correcting my "homeschool" and telling me that it was "home school."

 

Pam, your explanation makes perfect sense to me, and I will apply it from now on. :001_smile:

 

Kim

[WTMindy]

hoe school.

 

 

Now that's a WHOLE DIFFERENT education!!

 

;)

[Kelli in TN]

I like "homskule"

 

I prefer this spelling as well. Homeskool works too. When in doubt just change the terminology to home larnin'. Or home ejeekation. That works as well.

[Plaid Dad]

I write it solid (one word, no hyphen) in most contexts since that is the preferred usage among those of us who actually do this crazy thing. ;) It makes it clear that I'm part of the community I'm writing about.

 

If I'm writing for a publication that prefers another spelling (usually two words), I tend to use alternative phrases like "home education." "Home school" looks outdated to me at this point, like "on-line" or "car phone." English usage tends to move from separate words, through hyphenation, to solid compounds, so I figure I'm just ahead of the curve. ;)

[RoughCollie]

I spell it "homeschool" unless I've recently been wrestling with a deviant spell-checker.

[H0MEFree]

We spell it homeschool.

 

However, my spell check hates me for it. How long will it take Microsoft Word to get a clue?

 

I hear more and more people are calling it:

 

HOME EDUCATION or FAMILY DISCIPLESHIP.

 

I like these better.

[Peek a Boo]

i'm somewhere between Pam and Plaid Dad.

 

wait a sec.....

 

considering that original typo, finding myself between two other posters could be quite the compromising situation...;)

[tinkgumby]

I'm with the homeschool crowd, whether Microsoft likes it or not! (:

[dirty ethel rackham]

One word. It seems like most of the people who home educate their children spell homeschool, while the people that don't (including the media) use two words. Kinda like breastfeeding. Those who do it use one word. The media and medical literature use two words.

[gardenschooler]

I agree with Dirty Ethel. Also, have you ever noticed how people who don't homeschool say "homeschooling" instead of 'homeschooling"? That's how I can tell where nosy questions are coming from! It rarely fails.

[beansprouts]

One word. It seems like most of the people who home educate their children spell homeschool, while the people that don't (including the media) use two words. Kinda like breastfeeding. Those who do it use one word. The media and medical literature use two words.

 

I didn't even realise there was another way to spell "breastfeeding".

[jail warden]

I also like Homes' cool! We are such a happening group ya know!:lol:

[nmoira]

homeschool

[Blue Hen]

I still like Homeschool; one word here, always.

[Mamagistra]

I spell it c-h-a-o-s! :D

[beansprouts]

I spell it c-h-a-o-s! :D

 

Good answer! :lol:

[Amy in Orlando]

Most days I spell it homeschool. On days where the kids are being especially "stoopid," I spell it homeskool.

[cajun.classical]

Do you spell it as all one word' date=' homeschool, or as two separate words, hoe school.

 

Thanks!

 

Kim[/quote']

 

One word and I laugh when spell check tells me it's wrong! Hey, what does it know? It won't even let me spell "ya'll"!

[beansprouts]

One word and I laugh when spell check tells me it's wrong! Hey, what does it know? It won't even let me spell "ya'll"!

 

"Y'all" aint a werd, doncha noe that???

[LadyAberlin]

I was homeschooled. We started homeschooling in the 1980's and it was always spelled homeschool. Our convention bags have it printed as 1 word too. It wasn't until recently that i started seeing people spell it as 2 words.

[Rebecca in TN]

I prefer homeschool.