I think the only one I missed that I have a beef with was 'minuscule'; 'miniscule' is a perfectly acceptable alternate spelling, and AFAIK it's the one I'm actually most used to seeing. Most of the other ones I got wrong were ones where, after clicking one answer, I had a second thought, said to myself "Ack, I think this other answer is right, but the standarised test taking wisdom is always to go with your first instinct," left it as I had checked it, and then found at the end that the one I was going to change it to was the right spelling.
Hmmm... that is a bitch of a test. I got 14 out of 20, but I could see how someone who considers themselves a pretty good speller could easily miss a majority of them.
17, ouch, though I couldn't get the answers to load, minuscule seems an odd version to me. And am I the only one amused by the Guardian championing accurate spelling? (given you call them the Grauniad, I suspect not... ) :)
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Date: 2009-02-09 05:39 pm (UTC)BTW, some of these might have US/UK differences, so maybe you didn't do as badly as you think
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Date: 2009-02-09 06:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-09 05:54 pm (UTC)To quote Homer Simpson:
"I am so smart, S-M-R-T"
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Date: 2009-02-09 06:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-09 06:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-09 06:49 pm (UTC)Did you try the BBC one?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4246472.stm
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Date: 2009-02-09 08:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-09 06:54 pm (UTC)You have an excuse, you're used to a different spelling system. (Whether it's a valid excuse or not is for you to judge!)
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Date: 2009-02-09 09:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-10 03:04 am (UTC)