Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Word Nerd Wednesday: Go for Launch!

Since the Word Nerd poll had an overwhelmingly positive response, I will be doing Word Nerd Wednesdays (although I'm making no promises about them being every week).

I'll be taking a blogcation for the rest of this week to enjoy Thanksgiving, so I thought I'd put up a fun Word Nerd activity until I get back.

How well do you know your homophones?

Take this test to find out.

Here's the deal: I've got a Utah Truffles bar to award!

To enter the drawing, take the quiz at the link above and then post your score in the comments. I won't be picking the highest score or anything like that. It'll be a random drawing from everyone who posts their score.

Being the ultimate word nerd, I feel like I should know it all, so I'm feeling a bit dumb that I didn't get all 43 correct. I missed one. Darn it!

Happy Thanksgiving!

(If you have an idea for a future Word Nerd Wednesday post, let me know!)

23 comments:

Kristina P. said...

I got 100%! There was one that almost got me.

Have a great weekend!

LisAway said...

Well, not too brag, butt I got them all write. Won hundred percent. Steel, I wood knot say it was a grate test. It felt moore like a spelling quiz. Butt it was fun!

Thanks four sharing that.

Heidi said...

Lisa, you crack me up!! How very clever of you. I got 100%, too, but I did have one I think to really think about. (I did take a long time to do this but it was because I got interrupted, NOT because I was googling bouy. Or is it buoy?)

Stephanie Black said...

100 percent. One did give me pause, though.

Lara Neves said...

Okay, I am dying laughing at LisAway's comment. Too funny.

I got 100%...like everyone else, I had to think hard on one of them. :)

Lu Ann Brobst Staheli said...

I also got 100%. English teachers rule!

Lyon Pride said...

Well, I'm not perfect but hey if a truffle bar is at stake I can be humble. I missed two.

Anna Maria Junus said...

I got them all too! I'm sure playing text twist helps.

Michelle Glauser said...

97.67 %
# of questions you got right: 42 / 43 Correct

The "discreet/discrete" one got me. :( Next time.

My word verification is "comon," like "I can't believe I didn't get a perfect score. Comon!" ;)

Cheryl said...

I also got 100%. I'm so brilliant, I can't hardly stand it! Okay, not really, because there were two that made me think for a bit. I'm just a good guesser, I guess. See? I guess all the time.
:)

Kimberly Vanderhorst said...

I like Lisa should win for making me laugh so hard I snorted, but I got 100% as well.

The pawn/porn one made me snigger.

Alison Wonderland said...

I missed one, (stupid floating thingys) but it was more like a spelling test to me too and I'm not a great speller. I know, excuses, excuses.

Stephanie Humphreys said...

I missed one. The discrete/discreet question got me.

Melanie Jacobson said...

I got 100% but I wish Lisa could win just because that was funny.

Sandra said...

97.67% for me as well. I missed 1
Discrete/Discreet got me.

Tristi Pinkston said...

I missed one -- the same one as everyone else. At least I'm not alone. :)

Sher said...

Dangit! I got 41 out of 43. I'm dumb.

Keith N Fisher said...

I got 41 out of 43. only two wrong.

Heffalump said...

42 out of 43...those floating _____s are tricky I guess.

Julie Wright said...

I got them all right! WOOHOO! I feel so smart!

Anonymous said...

100%

43/43

Yippee!

The other day I was correcting my daughter about then/than. I don't get why people mix those up but I see it ALL the time!

SB in MI

Anonymous said...

42/43 - I can't believe I missed discreet. I was wishy washy on that one. I'm very particular about spelling so I'm surprised I got any wrong. :)

Anonymous said...

43/43 Wow and woohoo for me

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