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Are you a good speller?

Posted on September 15, 2004 By admin 46 Comments on Are you a good speller?

To my shame, I only got 14 out of 23 :(

http://books.guardian.co.uk/quiz/questions/0,5957,1303707,00.html?

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Comments (46) on “Are you a good speller?”

  1. montreality says:
    September 15, 2004 at 4:22 pm

    It didn't display my answers :/ I can't be bothered to re-take it, but there were a few that were tricksy.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/montreality)

  2. montreality says:
    September 15, 2004 at 4:22 pm

    I mean it didn't give me my quiz result..

    (http://livejournal.com/users/montreality)

  3. ashre79 says:
    September 15, 2004 at 4:41 pm

    Woohoo! I got a 19! *does a tiny victory dance*

    (http://livejournal.com/users/ashre79)

  4. eniran says:
    September 15, 2004 at 5:53 pm

    me too!

    (http://livejournal.com/users/eniran)

  5. ashre79 says:
    September 15, 2004 at 6:11 pm

    Yay us!

    (http://livejournal.com/users/ashre79)

  6. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 15, 2004 at 8:42 pm

    me too…
    must be a female thing…

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  7. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 10:43 am

    nope. i got 20…

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  8. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 10:58 am

    then you're probably super-female.

    er. no.
    hopefully not.
    that's not healthy.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  9. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 7:57 pm

    would that include multiple Xes (i mean chromosomally, not otherwise *blush*)

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  10. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 8:27 pm

    yup.
    and i almost wrote something about XXX myself, but then common sense decided to come to my rescue.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  11. talisker says:
    September 16, 2004 at 8:29 pm

    with this bunch of crazy people, that's a smart move :)

    (http://livejournal.com/users/talisker)

  12. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 8:34 pm

    why are you all talking about crazy people?
    what?
    who?
    where?
    they're watching me!
    they're out to get me!!

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  13. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 8:37 pm

    gotcha

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  14. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 8:39 pm

    so now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me? :p

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  15. talisker says:
    September 16, 2004 at 8:41 pm

    oooh! oooh! oooh! can I answer that one?

    (http://livejournal.com/users/talisker)

  16. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 8:44 pm

    hang you onto my keyring by your piercing, of course.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  17. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 8:46 pm

    no, you're just going to tell her to twack me… :p

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  18. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 8:47 pm

    ROFL….
    …just had another “what if maggus saw this” flash.
    even better, what if you did that and maggus saw it???

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  19. talisker says:
    September 16, 2004 at 8:50 pm

    you're no fun.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/talisker)

  20. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 8:53 pm

    he'd probably decide that he was gay for good and that he never wants to see another naked woman in his life.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  21. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 8:55 pm

    deja vu…

    aaah, now i remember.
    em accussed me of something similar only a few minutes ago :p

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  22. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 8:56 pm

    *chuckle*

    we'd have to come up with a special vest… so he wouldn't see it.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  23. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:04 pm

    that might be quite an investment…

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  24. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:09 pm

    Be careful.
    R. will want to twack you when he sees this.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  25. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:11 pm

    who? me? why?

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  26. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:13 pm

    but it depends on what one does with you…
    *smirks*

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  27. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:17 pm

    that's the way he always reacts to my bad puns…

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  28. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:17 pm

    …shhh…
    don't tell them.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  29. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:17 pm

    it's a pune, or a play of words

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  30. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:18 pm

    *ggg* i always think of that when i use the word “pun”

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  31. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:21 pm

    what else, it's propably pavlovian

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  32. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:23 pm

    ROFL… (the floor is REALLY clean now, btw…)
    …i used that earlier today..

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  33. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:24 pm

    been there, read that

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  34. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:25 pm

    …and were the only one to get the t-shirt. erm. the reference, i mean.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  35. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:26 pm

    why make it a secret, let's tell everbody about..
    aaaargh
    *gurgle*
    *sounds of being throttled*
    *Darth Vaderish ones*
    *silence*

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  36. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:27 pm

    what?
    you're my father?!?

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  37. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:32 pm

    i didn't
    *looks at feet*

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  38. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:35 pm

    yes, you did.
    you're the only one who knows where i got that phrase from.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  39. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:39 pm

    damn those X-men
    there's a double meaning in that…

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  40. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:42 pm

    the world must be peopled!

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  41. mirli says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:43 pm

    i knew it
    *pats on back*

    (http://livejournal.com/users/mirli)

  42. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 9:44 pm

    i know.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  43. talisker says:
    September 16, 2004 at 10:23 pm

    you two are officially weirdos
    *TWACK*

    (http://livejournal.com/users/talisker)

  44. talisker says:
    September 16, 2004 at 10:23 pm

    you two are officially weirdos
    *TWACK*

    (http://livejournal.com/users/talisker)

  45. raspberrysalmon says:
    September 16, 2004 at 10:24 pm

    oooooooooh…. no sam?

    and it took you this long to discover that?!?

    (http://livejournal.com/users/raspberrysalmon)

  46. talisker says:
    September 16, 2004 at 10:24 pm

    I was busy for most of the afternoon, and couldn't keep up with the barrage of weirdness coming into my mailbox.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/talisker)

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