Blakey Posted July 8, 2004 Posted July 8, 2004 The editors of the Oxford English Dictionary have warned that people are increasingly using the wrong words, particularly in e-mails and chatrooms. So test yourself on these often-confused soundalikes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3876883.stm I scored 9 out of 10
steven ! Posted July 8, 2004 Posted July 8, 2004 * in steven (aye, steven ya bastas ye, you've all forgotten him haven't you, call yourself friends) mode. " Where was I. Oh yeah. In steven mode I got them ALL RIGHT. (the questions) *confession* I just cant do steven mode. I tried like, but fail every time. I'm still tryimng to be a forum type person but can't, even though ive drumk 9 pints of that electronic cider they all keep talking about down the Cork n thingummy. Like. tell you what i was down the town. lot of h and c about isn't there?. and i dont mean hot and cold running water either. missus, type thing. h is for less well off (gyps) and coke for them up the hill. There seems to be an awful lot of links to the BBC webun site these days. Must be because they are trying to so "oh come and give us lots of money ya manxies, you can afford it, ya foreign puff hating plebs". There should be Smilies (in my day we called them emoticons) that do burps
Declan Posted July 8, 2004 Posted July 8, 2004 He has posted tonight! or rather, tonite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Question 9I'm pretty careful myself, of course, but one guy I know seems to relish making all sorts of mistakes. Maybe he thinks of himself as a A: loose canon B: loose cannon Question 10 He ought to be careful though. Lots of people, particularly employers, notice these things. He might just find his career becomes somewhat A: stationary B: stationery Sound like someone we know? I got 6/10.
mercutio Posted July 8, 2004 Posted July 8, 2004 9/10 - though I'm SURE I'm right on the one they said I got wrong.
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