Spelling test -

[baskey]

Well it's an English test actually!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4246472.stm

Mathematics next week apparently.

Some how I got one wrong - one of the metaphory one's at the start. boo hiss.

A bit of light relief.

edited to correct my addiction to lower case

>> Edited by baskey on Thursday 15th September 15:33

[whoateallthepies]

18/20

Bl00dy metaphors and similes. I've got a bl00dy A level in Engligh as well.

[ZR1cliff]

[Raify]

19/20. Whose / Who's

[baskey]

whoateallthepies said:

18/20 Bl00dy metaphors and similes. I've got a bl00dy A level in Engligh as well.

I was flying by the seat of my pants on that bit!

[wowbagger t.i.p]

I got 16/20 which I'm well chuffed with as I'm dyslexic and can't spell to save my life.

[Eric Mc]

19/20 - metaphors and similes caught me out too.

[cotty]

Call me thick if you like but i have never heard this word before

onomatopoeia
the creation and use of words which include sounds that are similar to the noises that the words refer to

[ZR1cliff]

anonymous said:

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But whats a simile or a metaphor i got ?/20 and even that was a guess,me needs to get hold of some books.

[baskey]

cotty said:

Call me thick if you like but i have never heard this word before onomatopoeia the creation and use of words which include sounds that are similar to the noises that the words refer to

You learn a new thing every day..!

[shadytree]

10/20

never was my strongest !

[alexkp]

20/20.

No sweat.

[ZR1cliff]

Maybe its time to book up an English course at the local Tech college,problem is its knowing what level to go in at?

[baskey]

anonymous said:

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I wouldn't bother trying to learn what a similie or a metaphor is. Spelin and punctuashun are the important things!

i was just talking to a colleague and we were saying how hard we found the similie bit but how easy we found the spelling of those words - presumably because it's spelling that's important at the end of the day so you probably try harder to refine it..

[cotty]

ZR1cliff said:

But whats a simile

I thought it was this >

[cotty]

cotty said:

ZR1cliff said: But whats a simile I thought it was this >

simile [Show phonetics]
noun [C or U]
(the use of) an expression comparing one thing with another, always including the words `as' or `like':
The lines 'She walks in beauty, like the night...' from Byron's poem contain a simile.


http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Always handy to have this open when reading one of Derestrictor's posts

[baskey]

anonymous said:

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Swot.

Bring on the Maths!

Seriously I bet more PHers do well at the Maths as a result of having at numerate jobs (although I acknowledge the presence of quite a lot of Law people).

[TurboNelly]

20/20

Peace of cake

[cotty]

anonymous said:

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I understand the concept, i just didnt realise there was a name for it.

Im wondering if people are being extra carefull, spelling etc on this thread

[TangoAlpha]

20/20. Not that difficult and made even easier by being multiple choice.