scott_saints Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Seeing as the pedants on here like to pick up on poor grammer, see what you lot get on this test..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4246472.stm (Predictions- Average will be 16. S13 will have lowest score. Baj and Robsk will get 20 and call it "Easy" and "Just basic English really") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_saints Posted 3 September, 2008 Author Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Oh, I got 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabbageFace Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 I get 1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crouchie's Lawyer Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Think we did this one a while back? I was rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 17 rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 I got the first one wrong and gave up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 19, too easy, would have been 20 but the mouse wasn't working properly and clicked the wrong answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stain Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 I got 'accommodation' wrong. 19/20 p.s. Just basic English really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 20. Piece de gateau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabbageFace Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Part of cake? try Morceau de gâteau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Sorry, 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummer Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 20. I am the best (along with the others who got 20). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Part of cake? try Morceau de gâteau I found it ironic that "Piece de resistance" is called "Le coup de maître" in French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Is that ironic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Is that ironic? I think so. A French phrase which is actually meaningless in French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 I'm not convinced it's meaningless, per se. And I'm not sure it's ironic still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintKenny Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 I'm not convinced it's meaningless, per se. And I'm not sure it's ironic still. If it is not meaningless, then the irony fails. If however it is meaningless as a phrase (not just as individual words) then I believe it is ironic. all the different senses of irony revolve around the perceived notion of ... an expectation of a reality, and what actually happens. Here I would have expected the phrase to have meant the same in its original language as how we use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Hmm, perhaps. I would say that it would be ironic if it had connotations, when used in French, meaning something quite the opposite. The fact that they don't use it in the same way doesn't seem ironic to me. If we used a series of french words to describe something as being used for a purpose other than which it was originally intended, and that meant nothing related in French, maybe then it would be ironic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al de Man Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Keegan leaves Toon. Have any of you noticed the date? It's been on this forum in its previous incarnations at least twice before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_saints Posted 3 September, 2008 Author Share Posted 3 September, 2008 My bad. Didn't realise it was the same test that has been done on here before. I shall make up for it by making up an original subject to talk about in a new thread, like why a MOBO award is allowed to exist, but MOWO isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al de Man Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 My bad. Didn't realise it was the same test that has been done on here before. I shall make up for it by making up an original subject to talk about in a new thread, like why a MOBO award is allowed to exist, but MOWO isn't. I'm sure it is allowed, but people just wouldn't be interested in it. Are Jaffa Cakes biscuits or cakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_saints Posted 3 September, 2008 Author Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Are Jaffa Cakes biscuits or cakes? An overtired subject from the past, imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 I think you mean an "oh, they're tired" subject from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 No one's going to bother picking up on "grammer" then? Shame on you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_saints Posted 3 September, 2008 Author Share Posted 3 September, 2008 No one's going to bother picking up on "grammer" then? Shame on you all. I sh@gged your grammar. True story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabbageFace Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Cant believe i paid 5 quid for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 No one's going to bother picking up on "grammer" then? Shame on you all. I was (Well, you would expect me to, wouldn't you?) but you beat me to it, Ponts. Oh, BTW, I scored 20 - naturellement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 I believe you missed a full stop at the end there, BTF my dear. Also, I feel another comma could have been used in your first sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draino76 Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 12/20 But I got A* in English lit and lang; shows howz gud GCSE's are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 I believe you missed a full stop at the end there, BTF my dear. Also, I feel another comma could have been used in your first sentence. Absolutely right, my pet. However, did you notice that the missing punctuation marks were replaced with ? Did you? Did you? You see, these darned smileys don't work so well on this forum and I'm always distressed at the thought of spoiling my smileys with a ? or a . or a ,. Do you get my drift, angel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabbageFace Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 shut up shut up shut up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Do you get my drift, angel? I do, Ma chérie. I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 I do, Ma chérie. I do. Stop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Sorry, love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Sorry, love. Tch! Two-timing busted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aids victim Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 I got 2/20, which I thought wasn't bad at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Tch! Two-timing busted There's room for two on the Robsk II ride, ladies. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stain Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Tch! Two-timing busted You've been two-timing Busted, or he has? Poor lambs'll be devastated either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aids victim Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Food for thought is not a metaphor, it's an idiom. As shown by the BBC's own website. Thus, those who brag about getting 20/20 only got 19, SUFFER THICKOSSSSSSSSSS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 21/20. Mefinks the innernetz is broked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint sfc Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 22/20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 C+ / 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junction 9 Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 14/20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Finch of Maycomb Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Blimey, this is hard! The first question says 'what is the underlined part of this sentence?' and the sentence next to it just says 'English Test' with no underlining. How am I supposed to answer that???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 3 September, 2008 Share Posted 3 September, 2008 Blimey, this is hard! The first question says 'what is the underlined part of this sentence?' and the sentence next to it just says 'English Test' with no underlining. How am I supposed to answer that???? Just pay the fiver you cheapskate - yes skate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northant Saint Posted 4 September, 2008 Share Posted 4 September, 2008 I thought this one was quite easy...http://mikescomputerinfo.com/inteltest.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 4 September, 2008 Share Posted 4 September, 2008 19, too easy, would have been 20 but the mouse wasn't working properly and clicked the wrong answer. Exactly the same with me. :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team-saint Posted 4 September, 2008 Share Posted 4 September, 2008 i got 20 but i am only 14 which means i win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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