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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Knowing JG, I suspect that nothing was deleted, and he wrote that himself. A remark like that doesn't get past his personal censor until certain hours of the evening have passed, and several vodka and tonics (with a twist of lemon) have passed through him. |
You know something? You're a mean little spoilsport when you want to be.
And it's l i m e, hang it all. Though I've been thinking of switching to a twist of frog.  |
Aw, I just know you too well, I guess. You've got to be sneakier, and get nasty at a time of day where we know you tend to write.. delete.. write.. delete.. |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:27 am Post subject: |
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Test 2:
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You spelled 4 out of 50 words incorrectly:
battalion (you chose: batallion) - 54.84% of users also got this wrong
liquefy (you chose: liquify) - 81.93% of users also got this wrong
anoint (you chose: annoint) - 61.24% of users also got this wrong
inoculate (you chose: innoculate) - 72.03% of users also got this wrong
Number of people who have taken quiz: 26372
Mispelled words average: 13 |
EDIT: Hey, wait a minute! According to Merriam-Webster, I didn't spell "chocolatey" wrong...
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=chocolaty
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chocolaty
One entry found for chocolaty.
Main Entry: choc�o�laty
Variant(s): or choc�o�lat�ey /'ch�-k(&-)l&-tE, 'cho-/
Function: adjective
: made of or like chocolate; also : having a rich chocolate flavor |
Test 3:
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You spelled 2 out of 50 words incorrectly:
desiccate (you chose: dessicate) - 75.41% of users also got this wrong
chocolaty (you chose: chocolatey) - 74.74% of users also got this wrong
Number of people who have taken quiz: 11794
Mispelled words average: 10 |
Test 4:
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You spelled 3 out of 50 words incorrectly:
maneuver (you chose: manouver) - 20.34% of users also got this wrong
carburetor (you chose: carborator) - 46.94% of users also got this wrong
millennium (you chose: millenium) - 49.17% of users also got this wrong
Number of people who have taken quiz: 7506
Mispelled words average: 12 |
OK, I have an excuse for Test 4, I was expecting the original French (as well as British) "manoeuvre", which is how I spell it, goddammit! Screw (certain) American perversions of the Queen's English!
Test 5:
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You spelled 1 out of 50 words incorrectly:
pastime (you chose: pasttime) - 28.53% of users also got this wrong
Number of people who have taken quiz: 14254
Mispelled words average: 12 |
At least I seem to be getting better. And to think I'm an English teacher. 
Last edited by Son Deureo! on Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:44 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Lizara
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:21 am Post subject: |
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"Take the spelling quizzes below to find out how bad of a speller you really are."
Someone needs to spend a little more time on grammar, and a little less on spelling... |
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khyber
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:46 am Post subject: |
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I thought i was doing well till I noticed other score.
I'll just say "I didn't do all that great".
that's what being stupid will do to you folks... |
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Sleepy in Seoul
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Going in ever decreasing circles until I eventually disappear up my own fundament - in NZ
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:13 am Post subject: |
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| The person who wrote that test doesn't even know how to spell. Telling me that "judgement" and "labelled" are wrong. What a cretin. What a waste of time. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:20 am Post subject: |
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Agreed sleepy
judgement is fine
labelled is good
travelled is good
a few words have two spellings |
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Novernae
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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I remember reading a theory/study once that seeing a word spelt wrong once would lead you to never be absolutely sure of the spelling again. Has anyone else heard of that?
If that's the case then the test is not the best setup to test spelling. Dictation style would give a much more accurate result. |
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daskalos
Joined: 19 May 2006
Location: The Road to Ithaca
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| Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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Why are we relying on a test that misspells its report back to us? (Mispelled words average: XX)
'Course, it was fun to ace it, but still. (Yeah, I was alerted by this thread to its preference for judgment, which I hate but became aware of some years ago.) |
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