{"id":1183,"date":"2009-06-24T02:25:35","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T17:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darlosworld.co.uk\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2009-06-24T02:25:35","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T17:25:35","slug":"arr-yu-smaater-van-e-tin-yere-auld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darlosworld.co.uk\/old-wp\/2009\/06\/24\/arr-yu-smaater-van-e-tin-yere-auld\/","title":{"rendered":"Arr Yu Smaater Van E Tin Yere Auld?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Are you smart enough to spell 'which'?<\/figcaption><\/figure>After watching an episode of ‘Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old’ on Sky One the other day, I thought I’d have a go at the online version<\/a> just to see how I’d do. Admitadly up until today I’d not managed to complete the entire quiz, always falling at the final question where they throw a history or natural science question my way.<\/p>\n

Well anyway, when I was playing I noticed something odd on one of the questions; a spelling mistake. Ironically a game to test whether you’re smarter than someone only a decade old had it’s only mental problems.<\/p>\n

\""Whioh
Whioh of these would you find near a lighthouse?<\/figcaption><\/figure>The question presented to me was “Near WHIOH<\/strong> of these would you find a lighthouse?”<\/em>, and I could only presume that they intended to use the word ‘which’. The main thing that stumped me is if you have a look down at your keyboard, where is the ‘O’ key in relation to the ‘C’ key? Sadly enough I “hit the wrong button”<\/em> and got the question wrong.<\/p>\n

I had another moment of ‘eh?’<\/em> last night when I was flicking through one of my Japanese grammar books. Oxford Japanese Grammar and Verbs by Jonathan Bunt<\/a>\"\" was recommended to me by a friend and to be honest it’s a very good little book. It’s explanations are clear and easy to follow. However it seems that even the Oxford University Press has it’s off days.<\/p>\n

\u6388\u696d\u304c\u65e9\u304f\u7d42\u308f\u3063\u305f\u3089\u96fb\u8a71\u96fb\u8a71\u3057\u307e\u3059
\nJugy\u014d ga hayaku owattara denwa shimasu
\nIf the class finishes early, I will ring<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For those who don’t do Japanese you might want to just skip on ahead. For those that do, have a look at ‘\u96fb\u8a71\u96fb\u8a71’ which is apparently read as just ‘denwa’. If you have the book and want to have a nose it’s on page 134.<\/p>\n

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