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horrible american child torture technique... but more fun than work

[url= http://www.timesspellingbee.co.uk/Training/SpellingBee.aspx ]Times Spelling Bee[/url]

I got up to 2 hundred and something on my first attempt, but then got caught out by 'gerrymandering'!!

Enjoy!

Dave


 
Posted : 09/02/2009 3:57 pm
 Smee
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Maybe if they would take the ****ing golf balls out of their mouths the score would be a bit higher.


 
Posted : 09/02/2009 4:04 pm
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Ha..... thats stupid..... Heal... Heel....... what??? surely thats trickery 😕


 
Posted : 09/02/2009 4:06 pm
 Smee
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Apparently dert is spelt dirt. 😉


 
Posted : 09/02/2009 4:06 pm
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Ha..... thats stupid..... Heal... Heel....... what??? surely thats trickery [:?]

Not if you cheat and read the instructions. Click "Word Help" and it gives you a definition of the word - so you can tell the difference between heal and heel.


 
Posted : 09/02/2009 4:15 pm
 Mr_C
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As Smee said the pronunciation is terrible. Since when was 'should' pronounced 'shed'?


 
Posted : 09/02/2009 4:17 pm
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Only got two correct. The third was tyre, and I should have known to spell it tire. Why can't the Yanks spell properly?


 
Posted : 09/02/2009 4:33 pm
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Did you check the definition Fagus? It could have been tire, as in to get tired.


 
Posted : 09/02/2009 4:35 pm
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Also I'm pretty sure "The Times" is based in London, no?


 
Posted : 09/02/2009 5:55 pm