1 in 50 People Can Ace This British Vs American Spelling Beat Quiz
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How much of a British original are you?
What are your thoughts on this subject?
529 Comments
Mike Valsamy
Made them all wrong = True Original.Could have been a great quiz, but Homey likes to give Wrong answers, to mess with you guys with you’re pointed little heads. How can we learn if there are no correct answers? You guys should have picked up on this by now!
Denise O'Reilly
Vimala Padmaraj, Exactly!
Vimala Padmaraj
I COULD HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING, IF ANSWERS WERE GIVEN.
mikeyparry
No answers, no point, not bothering!
mikeyparry
No answers, no point, not bothering! Pity really! Could have been quite interesting?
Antonio Cobian
no ans no game
billyboy915
Eve ,
American spelling doesn't need correction. Among sophisicated and educated citizens of the world, it is considered as correct as British spelling is, just different.
Standardized spelling was developed almost concurrently, on both sides of the Atlantic, at a time when instant communication was not possible. It is only natural that there would be differences.
In fact, American spellings are more intuitive and nearer the way Americans speak, without much of the French influence of many silent letters that British spellings have. "Programme/program" is a prime example. What purpose do the second "m" and the "e" serve?
billyboy915
Donald Peerenboom,
American spelling doesn't need correction. Among sophisicated and educated citizens of the world, it is considered as correct as British spelling is, just different.
Standardized spelling was developed almost concurrently, on both sides of the Atlantic, at a time when instant communication was not possible. It is only natural that there would be differences.
In fact, American spellings are more intuitive and nearer the way Americans speak, without much of the French influence of many silent letters that British spellings have. "Programme/program" is a prime example. What purpose do the second "m" and the "e" serve?
William Laughlin
Sunflower Lover,
There were 7 UK spellings and 8 US spellings. Would you have been happier had the ratio been reversed? SMH
William Laughlin
I deliberately chose the opposite answers and scored 100% correct. SMH
I'm so tired of this reverse scoring nonsense! 👎
Jean Fox
Eve , same here. I am a true Brit.
Donald Peerenboom
Ditto to Eve. As a Canadian constantly correcting American spelling in my
Antonio Cobian
No ans. no play.
Pam Smolek
No answers, no play.
Eve
Hmmm. I am Canadian and I spell many words in the British style. You would think that after 71 years I would have learned to use the American spelling of words such as favourite or neighbour but I just can't lose the habit and find myself correcting the spelling in my head when I read these words, lol