Subject: Spelling
Posted by: romeomikegolf
Date: Apr 07 10
Posted by: C30
Subject: spelling
Date: Apr 07 10
Don't you just love it when you get an answer wrong because according to Fun Trivia you have spelt it wrongly.......even when it is spelt perfectly correctly.
Someone should drive home to our transatlantic Trivia powers that be, that some words are spelt differently in English, to American.
Posted by: romeomikegolf
Date: Apr 07 10
Posted by: C30
Subject: spelling
Date: Apr 07 10
Don't you just love it when you get an answer wrong because according to Fun Trivia you have spelt it wrongly.......even when it is spelt perfectly correctly.
Someone should drive home to our transatlantic Trivia powers that be, that some words are spelt differently in English, to American.
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Deunan 
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I thought I had offended you, salami, and I didn't mean to do so. Language can be so complicated. Reply #21. Apr 07 10, 2:37 PM |
salami_swami
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No Deunan, you hadn't offended me at all. :-) Reply #22. Apr 07 10, 2:49 PM |
jonnowales
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Oi, Deunan, but I'm offended - bloody atrocious language, tsk! ;) :) Interesting list of words there - some I prefer the UK version for and some I prefer the US spellings. I will never accept travelling with one 'l' or marvellous with one 'l' though. Reply #23. Apr 07 10, 3:09 PM |
| salami_swami
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I accept words from both British and American. :-) Haha. I use one l or two l for traveling/travelling, one or two ps for worshiping/worshipping, though I must say, 2 p's looks so much better... ;-) I use both words like theater and theatre... Reply #24. Apr 07 10, 4:01 PM |
| Deunan
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Then there is center and centre. It's madness, I say. Pure madness. :):-) Reply #25. Apr 07 10, 4:16 PM |
| salami_swami
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Madness... Is there an alternate spelling for THAT? One of the words of the hour was "glamourise"... Completely British, there. Here, we spell it "Glamorize". Haha. It's a double whammy, the or/our, and the ize/ise. I usually remember to check all or/our combos, and ize/ise combos, but forgot to check BOTH our AND ise. :-) Reply #26. Apr 07 10, 4:40 PM |
hovenaut
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.....still looking for the FT spell check button....... Reply #27. Apr 07 10, 4:52 PM |
tezza1551
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It's a bit like Americans who root for their teams.. if you said that in Australia, you would attract some very funny looks, and perhaps a certain reputation ! Reply #28. Apr 07 10, 5:22 PM |
| Deunan
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Would cheering for a team in America be acceptable usage of language (rather than rooting)? Reply #29. Apr 07 10, 5:24 PM |
redwaldo
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Most Aussies would 'barrack' for a team. I guess that beats 'obamaring' for one! Reply #30. Apr 07 10, 5:29 PM |
| salami_swami
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Haha, Mark. Reply #31. Apr 07 10, 5:40 PM |
Redwallcrazy
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LOL, Red! Reply #32. Apr 07 10, 10:20 PM |
agony
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Have to wiegh in here from the editorial position. If you see a FITB that does not accept all accepted spellings of the word, please send a correction note, as that is against policy. This does not mean, of course, that names (for example) can be spelled with any of their variants, if only one is correct. It's Stephen King not Steven King, because that's the way that particular man spells it. FT is not case sensitive - *none* of our FITBs care what case you answer in. Some authors don't know this and include all variants, and the editor might not bother to remove them all, but it makes no difference. Answer LiKe ThiS if you like, it will be marked correct. Reply #33. Apr 08 10, 1:07 PM |
doublemm
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Sorted, so Salami is an arse man. Reply #34. Apr 11 10, 2:54 AM |
daver852
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"It is a d____ poor mind indeed which cannot think of at least two ways to spell any word." - Andrew Jackson Reply #35. Apr 11 10, 7:27 AM |
C30
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Now I realise that I hadn't realized that is all a load of "Alpha, Sierra, Sierra" and I can't be arsed with it! So why do I still get disenchanted when I have put in the right answer to a quiz, spelt it correctly, and when I hit submit find the thing telling me I got that question wrong? Second only to that, is when my answer has not registered and it blithely tells me, "you did not answer this question"....did, did,.....variety of Anglo-Saxon 4 letter words....DID! ............and when I get "your post has not been accepted" because it dosn't like the usze of two exclamation marks! and ! so THERE!......and it seems it dosn't like donkeys. What, may I ask, if I may, is wrong with the word (and I spell using phonetic alphabet) "Alpha, Sierra, Sierra". Reply #36. Apr 16 10, 9:11 AM |
| C30
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Yet it lets my typo "usze", when I meant "use" through? Reply #37. Apr 16 10, 9:13 AM |
crazycube
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How did that happen? Both my posts were deleted. Reply #38. Apr 16 10, 9:48 AM |
Dee30
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Today on Brain teaser I had a correct answer and it was plainly correct and it was marked wrong. Then I had 2 other ones that were marked wrong because of spelling. Needless to say I didn't get the 200 pts. I have at different times been given the message that I didn't answer when I did and had doublechecked that I answered. Maybe a crossed wire somewhere. Reply #39. Apr 17 10, 11:14 AM |
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