diff --git a/.codespellrc b/.codespellrc
index 3d4346a4..23b12a0b 100644
--- a/.codespellrc
+++ b/.codespellrc
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 [codespell]
-skip = .git,*.pdf,*.svg,venv,.codespellrc
+# THANKS - names
+skip = .git,*.pdf,*.svg,venv,.codespellrc,THANKS,*test*.log,logs
 check-hidden = true
-# ignore-regex = 
-# ignore-words-list =
+# Ignore all acronyms etc as plenty e.g. in fail2ban/server/strptime.py
+# Try to identify incomplete words which are part of a regex, hence having [] at the beginning
+ignore-regex = \b[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]+|\[[a-zA-Z]+\][a-z]+\b
+# some oddly named variables, some names, etc
+# wee -- comes in regex etc for weeks
+ignore-words-list = theis,timere,alls,wee,wight