Can You Ace The World's Hardest Spelling Test?

Shulamith Lotter, LOL. You quibble about the Englsh spelling when your spelling comes from the French manœuvre (noun), manœuvrer (verb), from medieval Latin manuoperare from Latin manus ‘hand’ + operari ‘to work’. Maneuver is an acceptable spelling.

John New, Both omelet and omelette are correct. Sophisticated citizens of the world don't quibble over longtime, accepted differences. "Omelette"is hardly English anyway, since the word AND the spelling are rooted in FRENCH! LOL

Bob Miller, I found no such spelling as "wierd", even in the OED. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the correct spelling is "weird" and "wierd" is considered incorrect spelling. You may know weird as a generalized term describing something unusual, but this word also has older meanings that are more specific. Weird derives from the Old English noun wyrd, essentially meaning "fate." By the 8th century, the plural wyrde had begun to appear in texts as a gloss for Parcae, the Latin name for the Fates—three goddesses who spun, measured, and cut the thread of life. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Scots authors employed werd or weird in the phrase "weird sisters" to refer to the Fates. William Shakespeare adopted this usage in Macbeth, in which the "weird sisters" are depicted as three witches. Subsequent adjectival use of weird grew out of a reinterpretation of the weird used by Shakespeare.

mikeyparry, You are on an international website and should understand that both spellings of omelet/omelette are correct. "Omelette" is rooted in its French origins. When Webster standardized spelling in his American dictionary, he simplified many obsolete and foreign habits such as the extraneous, silent "te" at the end of the word to become "omelet". It is still pronounced the same, but spelled more intuitively, without the French influence. Besides the fact that the English language initially had no standardized form and dual standardization occurred almost simultaneously across thousands of miles of the Atlantic, when communication was slow, it was only natural that there would be variations, especially since Webster departed from foreign language traditions, to make spelling more similar to the way people spoke in the US.

Isabel Weinberg, Both spellings of omelet/omelette are correct. "Omelette" is rooted in its French origins. When Webster standardized spelling in his American dictionary, he simplified many obsolete and foreign habits such as the extraneous, silent "te" at the end of the word to become "omelet". It is still pronounced the same, but spelled more intuitively, without the French influence. Besides the fact that the English language initially had no standardized form and dual standardization occurred almost simultaneously across thousands of miles of the Atlantic, when communication was slow, it was only natural that there would be variations, especially since Webster departed from foreign language traditions, to make spelling more similar to the way people spoke in the US.

Steve Kemp, You are too much, again demonstrating how little you know about the language you speak. The word omelette is French in origin, from a root meaning "thin, small plate," a reference to an omelette's flat shape. When Webster standardized spelling in his American dictionary, he simplified many obsolete and foreign habits such as the extraneous, silent "te" at the end of the word to become "omelet". It is still pronounced the same, but spelled more intuitively, without the French influence. Oh, by the way, sentences on both sides of the pond still end with a period.

Steve Kemp, If you are going to use English, it "might" (please note the proper word/spelling) help if you acknowledge that the American spellings are just as correct as the British spellings and are acknowledged as such worldwide, with the exception of your narrow and limited world. Do you correct Australians when they use the phrase, "fair dinkum"? It's time to become a citizen of the world and acknowledge that we, our languages, our customs, etc, are not always the same everywhere, but that doesn't make everything that is different wrong. One other note: when a name is used in the possessive form, an apostrophe is used, as in Webster's and a period concludes the sentence. Were I you, I would tend to my own house before criticizing (yes, that spelling is also correct) others.

If you are going to produce an 'English Test' it night help if you tried using English spelling, not Websters

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