I think I must really be losing my touch. As some of you know, I’m somewhat of a grammar and spelling nazi. Don’t believe me? It’s true:

Spelling Nazi You scored 101 Spelling smarts!

Okay so you've either cheated, or you know all the vocabulary rules by now. "I before E, except after c." bla bla bla. Great job. You know how to spell, and you might be a bit anal retentive about it too. Not a bad thing mind you, but I get picked on for it. An answer key is what you're after? http://quizanswerkey.blogspot.com/

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 97% on Spelling smarts

Link: The Everyday Spelling Test written by charlifeathers on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Well, one of the most popular pages on the Aussies in Sweden site I edit is the one about You know you’ve been in Sweden too long when.... This was something that started a few years ago as an email of about 20 points that was doing the rounds. As a newcomer to Sweden I did find it funny at the time and added a few things and passed it on. Anyway, it grew to around 50 points, so I added it on Aussies in Sweden as a bit of a laugh and since then it has grown as people email in other things that caught their eye. I received an email from a British reader this week who enjoyed the page, but pointed out a grammar error:



been??? What was I thinking letting a glaring mistake like that slip by unnoticed? I think a slight correction may be in order. And for penance, I’ll recite five decades of the rosary.

There's nothing quite like Catholic guilt.