Matt's spelling thread
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I play a game called Upwords with the +1 and my family. It's a variation on Scrabble and very fun. Anywho, when you make a word, your opponents can challenge it, but if they do, and the word is in the dictionary, they lose their turn. I have put down a couple of words I thought were spelled right but they weren't. But they weren't challenged, either, so I got away with it. 
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Originally Posted by MsPerky,Dec 9 2005, 02:11 AM
^ I'm a spelling nut, too. I was a language major and a writer/editor in a former life. Even now, I'm unofficial editor for my friends and coworkers. The English language has been massacred so often in recent times that it's a wonder anyone is still paying attention. You can thank instant messaging for alot of it, since everything is contracted ("ur" for "your" AND "you're").
I was a language major and a writer/editor in a former life. Even now, I'm unofficial editor for my friends and coworkers. The English language has been massacred so often in recent times that it's a wonder anyone is still paying attention. You can thank instant messaging for alot of it, since everything is contracted ("ur" for "your" AND "you're").
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Originally Posted by MsPerky,Dec 9 2005, 05:11 AM
^ I'm a spelling nut, too. I was a language major and a writer/editor in a former life. Even now, I'm unofficial editor for my friends and coworkers. The English language has been massacred so often in recent times that it's a wonder anyone is still paying attention. You can thank instant messaging for alot of it, since everything is contracted ("ur" for "your" AND "you're").
I was a language major and a writer/editor in a former life. Even now, I'm unofficial editor for my friends and coworkers. The English language has been massacred so often in recent times that it's a wonder anyone is still paying attention. You can thank instant messaging for alot of it, since everything is contracted ("ur" for "your" AND "you're").(I know Debs is grinning).
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Originally Posted by silvershadow,Dec 8 2005, 08:13 PM
While you're at it - the difference between your and you're is useful as is the difference between there, their, and they're.
It's and its - well I just can't be anal about those words.
It's and its - well I just can't be anal about those words.
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So I guess my question is, " Are girls better spellers than boys?" 
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Based on the results of the National Spelling Bee since 1925 the answer is yes. There have been 34 males and 39 female champions. There were eight names that I could not guess the gender of?
http://www.spellingbee.com/bwg/statschamp.shtml
[/QUOTE]Based on the results of the National Spelling Bee since 1925 the answer is yes. There have been 34 males and 39 female champions. There were eight names that I could not guess the gender of?
http://www.spellingbee.com/bwg/statschamp.shtml