| 25 Jan 12, 3:55 PM Piperdom UK(HP), 18 mths   |
Great link, (35,100 - honest) |
| 25 Jan 12, 4:45 PM Trulysub UK(E), 7 yrs |
35,800  There were some I'd never heard of though and now I need to know what they mean! x ETA: I couldn't even say some of them! "She's so positive she would feel flattered that everyone in a firing squad was looking at her". - Sir Lancealot (Who will one day be as famous as Shakespeare!) Edited 25 Jan 12, 4:46 PM by Trulysub |
| 25 Jan 12, 6:08 PM Masterstoy UK(N), 10 yrs |
Spell checks can be made to learn new words too. Mine used to flag "arse", "behaviour", "neighbour", "labour". I sat it down and taught it some proper English :D I scored 33,800, and I'm a foreigner! |
| 25 Jan 12, 6:40 PM carenza_lionheart UK(NN), 24 mths  |
35,800 The one who claims to be innocent - who wants to test the claim? |
| 25 Jan 12, 8:04 PM Lj_switch UK, 3 yrs  |
37,700 and I know the meaning of "smart-ass" be a switch, double your fun |
| 25 Jan 12, 9:27 PM Commander_Kwaaab UK(SW), 7 yrs |
The interesting thing is that it doesn't TEST whether you know the words Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Bloody Satnav |
| 25 Jan 12, 11:59 PM misunderstoodslave UK(OL), 2 yrs |
Another vote for arse over ass. I absolutely hate that particular Americanism. Just because "world English," will have a strong US and indeed sub-continental flavour in future (Dear God, I nearly wrote "going forward," kill me now) doesn't mean we can't preserve our own culturally richer form, which is also richer in meaning and nuance. English English, or UK English, I suppose, will still have its place.
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