Mary Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Britain's schools minister has admitted he could do better when it comes to spelling, after a newspaper found a string of basic errors on his website. But Jim Knight, who went to Cambridge University, blamed some of the problems on a failure to check what he writes. Examples of his poor spelling include "maintainence" for "maintenance," "acheiving" for "achieving" and "archeaological" for "archaeological," as well as the more obviously lazy "foce" for "force" and "convicned" for "convinced." The Sun mocked up a picture of the minister in a D for dunce's cap, calling him the "minister for educashun." "When I was at school, the teachers always told me to check my work," he told the paper, adding: "While my spelling is generally pretty good, I need to focus more on checking." Fair game - for you who remember or ex Vice= President Dan Quayle and his potatoe gaff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Jack Hackett Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Examples of his poor spelling include "maintainence" for "maintenance," "acheiving" for "achieving" and "archeaological" for "archaeological," as well as the more obviously lazy "foce" for "force" and "convicned" for "convinced." The result of the special relationship Color instead of colour, customize instead of customise etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 This is the same guy who's now saying, that we're in for the worst depression in 100 years - so seems he can get somethings write?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CSK001 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Hi, Wow, I just love this kind of stuff. This is the first time, I, visited this website and really like this one. Please keep updating me one this. CSK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Come on moderators, there are now five of these morons now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 At least we are seeing some new posters on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Come on moderators, there are now five of these morons now. Now Eagle, don't let them ruffle your feathers. What do you want me to do? They've done nowt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 OK, I don't like spammers but ............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Settle Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Eagle is this why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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