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Title: Spelling test
Post by: Ripsnort on February 16, 2004, 02:17:05 PM: My results were atrocious!
http://www.sentex.net/~mmcadams/spelling.html

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Your Results
You missed 8 words.
Here are the correct spellings of the ones you got wrong:
(Sniped as to not give you an advantage!)

Edumacated types, take the test, post results.
Title: Spelling test
Post by: rpm on February 16, 2004, 02:49:06 PM: Quote
You're Amazing!
You didn't miss a single word!

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This is a fabulous result. You should be very proud of yourself. It's too bad that I can't award you a nice dictionary or something as a prize, but consider yourself an honorary lifetime member of the Excellent Spellers' Club.

Engrish r hard.
Title: Spelling test
Post by: CyranoAH on February 16, 2004, 02:49:44 PM: Quote

Your Results
You missed 10 words.
Here are the correct spellings of the ones you got wrong:
...
Title: Spelling test
Post by: straffo on February 16, 2004, 03:02:08 PM: 16 ... but I refuse the word badly spelled in english !

It's "insistant" damit !
no way it can be spelled "insistent"
Title: Spelling test
Post by: Ripsnort on February 16, 2004, 03:11:26 PM: (Patiently awaiting hitechs results...) I wanna feel goooood about missing 8! :
Title: Spelling test
Post by: mietla on February 16, 2004, 03:12:38 PM: Multiple choice spelling test. :rolleyes:

The absurdity has no bounds.
Title: Spelling test
Post by: hawker238 on February 16, 2004, 03:13:11 PM: Thanks for the answer, straffo! Ha!

I got 16 wrong, but I missed one somewhere....
Title: Spelling test
Post by: midnight Target on February 16, 2004, 03:45:30 PM: Spelling ability is inversly proportional to intelligence. Thats all I'm gonna say!
Title: Spelling test
Post by: GRUNHERZ on February 16, 2004, 03:49:24 PM: Quote
Originally posted by midnight Target
Spelling ability is inversly proportional to intelligence. Thats all I'm gonna say!

Uyo ere smrat!
Title: Spelling test
Post by: Ripsnort on February 16, 2004, 03:50:10 PM: Quote
Originally posted by midnight Target
Spelling ability is inversly proportional to intelligence. Thats all I'm gonna say!

inversely...:cool:
Title: Spelling test
Post by: john9001 on February 16, 2004, 04:00:12 PM: Ienstien was a terriable speler
Title: Spelling test
Post by: midnight Target on February 16, 2004, 04:00:12 PM: see
Title: Spelling test
Post by: Pfunk on February 16, 2004, 04:00:54 PM: misseed twentee eihgt out of fiftee
Title: Spelling test
Post by: Ripsnort on February 16, 2004, 04:06:18 PM: Spelling ability is inversely proportional to common sense. Thats all I'm gonna say!
Title: Spelling test
Post by: midnight Target on February 16, 2004, 04:07:15 PM: ROFL... you seem to have one of the best scores on that test Rip.
Title: Spelling test
Post by: vorticon on February 16, 2004, 04:14:55 PM: 5 missed...seems my poor spelling of big words is due to the speed i type after all
Title: Spelling test
Post by: Ripsnort on February 16, 2004, 04:50:11 PM: Quote
Originally posted by midnight Target
ROFL... you seem to have one of the best scores on that test Rip.

I'd be willing to be that I'm right about average. Right around 84%. We'll see how this thread works the average out. ;)
Title: Spelling test
Post by: weaselsan on February 16, 2004, 04:56:48 PM: I Flunkd......
Title: Spelling test
Post by: JB73 on February 16, 2004, 06:13:32 PM: my cod man i missed 21 LMAO

i be teh winnah
Title: Spelling test
Post by: Hawklore on February 16, 2004, 06:46:10 PM: Missed 22, rushed through it, most of them were due to abbrivations
Title: Spelling test
Post by: Estes on February 16, 2004, 07:27:12 PM: Quote
Originally posted by JB73
my cod man i missed 21 LMAO

i be teh winnah

lol JB, I didn't post because I missed 21 as well. :o
Title: Spelling test
Post by: Dinger on February 16, 2004, 07:54:39 PM: insistent, from insistere.
you french messed me up on a couple of them.
damn you!
Title: Spelling test
Post by: NUKE on February 16, 2004, 08:02:12 PM: I've got you all beat

I missed only 23!
Title: Spelling test
Post by: irritant on February 16, 2004, 08:17:27 PM: haw hawe haaw

yal be dummm sppelerz
Title: Spelling test
Post by: lasersailor184 on February 16, 2004, 09:34:30 PM: Test was broken when I took it. It gave me back weird answers.
Title: Spelling test
Post by: United on February 16, 2004, 10:32:53 PM: Loocs lyke I need 2 go bak 2 skool.... But I did beter thin sum did!

Your Results
You skipped 1 words out of 50.
Of the 49 for which you chose an answer, you missed 25:
Title: Spelling test
Post by: straffo on February 17, 2004, 02:23:10 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Dinger
insistent, from insistere.
you french messed me up on a couple of them.
damn you!

héhé :)

I swear that among my 16 errors some of my answers where pretty valid ... in French :D
Title: Spelling test
Post by: beet1e on February 17, 2004, 02:52:37 AM: I am about to take this test. I will use correct (ie English) spellings in preference to corrupted (American) ones. :p
Title: Spelling test
Post by: beet1e on February 17, 2004, 03:14:16 AM: It said I got 10 wrong. Hmmm....

Not convinced by the results, I entered some of the word pairs into the Word spell checker (Language set to UK English). It appears that at least two pairs (ones I got wrong) have alternative spellings...

(http://www.zen33071.zen.co.uk/sptest.jpg)

Now whereas in the UK we are broadminded enough to accept that alternative spellings exist, the American author of this test has the temerity to suggest that the English spelling in some cases is wrong, and does not even consider it as an alternative. I attribute this to typical American arrogance.

The others were words I never need to use. After all, when am I going to anoint anything? :lol
Title: Spelling test
Post by: SLO on February 17, 2004, 09:16:56 AM: 16 wrong
Title: Spelling test
Post by: Nakhui on February 17, 2004, 10:17:20 AM: I was able to guess 20 right spellings.
Title: Spelling test
Post by: CyranoAH on February 17, 2004, 10:26:25 AM: Quote
Originally posted by beet1e
It said I got 10 wrong. Hmmm....

That settles it, I spell perfect british english :D
Title: Spelling test
Post by: lasersailor184 on February 17, 2004, 10:49:09 AM: Oh yeah, forgot that a lot of those have alternate spellings.
Title: Spelling test
Post by: Hawklore on February 17, 2004, 11:03:38 AM: Quote
Originally posted by beet1e
It said I got 10 wrong. Hmmm....

Not convinced by the results, I entered some of the word pairs into the Word spell checker (Language set to UK English). It appears that at least two pairs (ones I got wrong) have alternative spellings...

(http://www.zen33071.zen.co.uk/sptest.jpg)

Now whereas in the UK we are broadminded enough to accept that alternative spellings exist, the American author of this test has the temerity to suggest that the English spelling in some cases is wrong, and does not even consider it as an alternative. I attribute this to typical American arrogance.

The others were words I never need to use. After all, when am I going to anoint anything? :lol

I agree, I remember looking up words in a dictionary after spelling in elementary to find out I was right da teacher was from France..
Title: Spelling test
Post by: midnight Target on February 17, 2004, 11:46:11 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Ripsnort
Spelling ability is inversely proportional to common sense. Thats all I'm gonna say!

Your 8 is looking pretty good Rip.
Title: Spelling test
Post by: beet1e on February 17, 2004, 11:58:25 AM: hehe, was only speaking tongue in cheek when I said about American arrogance. ;):p Had hoped to hook a few. The bait must be getting old. :D

Daniel! You're fine. I wish I could speak Spanish (or Catolan) as well as you speak English.

Oh, and Ripsnort -
Quote
(Sniped as to not give you an advantage!)
- that should be "snipped" - LOL!
Title: Spelling test
Post by: SirLoin on February 17, 2004, 12:00:52 PM: Hmm..I wonder how HiTech would do on this test..:rofl
Title: Spelling test
Post by: rpm on February 17, 2004, 01:03:54 PM: Geez, Beetle. You guys can't even spell color right!
(Now, are ya happy?):D
Title: Spelling test
Post by: Ripsnort on February 17, 2004, 06:36:52 PM: Quote
Originally posted by midnight Target
Your 8 is looking pretty good Rip.

:aok (Honor roll student up to about 10th grade, when pot and women entered my life...:eek: )
Title: Spelling test
Post by: beet1e on February 18, 2004, 04:02:09 AM: But Ripsnort, did you cheat? I am still puzzled by the fact that you could do so well in a test containing some difficult and obscure words, and then spell the word "snipped" incorrectly. I would have thought that you of all people, having "completed your family", would have got that one right. :lol
Title: Spelling test
Post by: Dowding on February 18, 2004, 04:37:24 AM: Four wrong if you accept the proper Queen's English spellings. :) But then I had the strictest teacher in the world from ages 8 - 11 years old. It was like being in the 19th century, but he was the best teacher I ever had. Made us learn 20 new words every day, and then test us on them at the end of every week. Did a lot of shouting, but was very encouraging when you did well.

Not like these wishy-washy liberal types who brush poor numeracy and literacy under the carpet.
Title: Spelling test
Post by: Saintaw on February 18, 2004, 06:15:35 AM: the only one able to beat hiTech on this one is Minus.
Title: Spelling test
Post by: GRUNHERZ on February 18, 2004, 06:22:08 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Dowding
Four wrong if you accept the proper Queen's English spellings. :) But then I had the strictest teacher in the world from ages 8 - 11 years old. It was like being in the 19th century, but he was the best teacher I ever had. Made us learn 20 new words every day, and then test us on them at the end of every week. Did a lot of shouting, but was very encouraging when you did well.

Not like these wishy-washy liberal types who brush poor numeracy and literacy under the carpet.

Now I understand your rampant left wing leanings, that conservatite teacher traumatizes you to this day. :)
Title: Spelling test
Post by: Dowding on February 18, 2004, 06:36:42 AM: lol Never thought about that. :)

He was an old fashioned Yorkshire Gentleman. Used to wear tweed suits with a flat cap and a watch on a chain. Used to teach us about local heritage, culture and history. There aren't many of his kind around sadly.

Ironically, his name was Mr. Flower. :D