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[winterbadger]

Ouch! I did this test very quickly and got a very poor score!

Spelling test via the Grauniad

Comments

[wolfette]

15/20 - I got the ones right that I often have problems with.

BTW, some of these might have US/UK differences, so maybe you didn't do as badly as you think

[azbound.livejournal.com]

I did poorly as well.

To quote Homer Simpson:

"I am so smart, S-M-R-T"

[winterbadger]

How are you doing these days, lady? It's been a while since we've talked (a *long* while). I hope you are well?

[winterbadger]

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.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

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.

[janewilliams20.livejournal.com]

Ouch! 17/20. I am embarrassed (but did get that one right). I hate doubles that might not be!

Did you try the BBC one?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4246472.stm

[cmlc.livejournal.com]

Doh! I missed one :-)

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!)

[wolfette]

that one is remarkably easy.

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

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... ) :)

[magaidhbhan.livejournal.com]

18/20. But seriously, by the end of the thing, *everything* looks wrong!