Good to see they're doing a stellar job in UK schools

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    I read both posts trying to find the mistakes, then realized it was the thread titles that set you off. :p
    Proper use of the English language is dead. In fact, "doing things properly" in general (or even trying to) is a dead idea. 70% effort seems be considered good enough these days - from spelling and grammar, to sales assistants, to the guy mowing my lawn.
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    I spelled realized with a z. Or should that be spelt? :D
     
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    I get mixed up myself, going back and forth between the two all the time.

    But I reckon it should be with the "z" because you live in the land down under :)

    [video=youtube;00aV3Yu05oI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00aV3Yu05oI[/video]
     
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    Realised is correct in AU, but I don't like it.
    Spelt is also correct in AU, but I don't use it often because the Americans think I'm talking about wheat.
    [video=youtube;owAPNHiRXOg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owAPNHiRXOg[/video]
    Colin Hay should drop in Hyundai every now and then :p
     
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    Haha I know mate. Simply said it because "z" is used in OZ so you're forgiven for getting mixed up :p
     
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    You guys come from a land down under.....where women roar and men thunder.:)
     
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    I'm sorry... what were you saying again? :)
     
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    Way too cryptic for me on a Sunday/long weekend :)
    Funny how most of the world refers to Australia as "Oz" with a Z, yet so many people say "ossssie" instead of "ozi".
     
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    :( :eek:​
     
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    Hardly surprising. Those UK riots were instigated by a bunch of uneducated bums that think the world owes them something.
     
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    Cuba :confused: thinks I'll go and gets me a PHD in "cigarology" :)

    In all seriousness though it's interesting to see that the nations with a small population tend to score higher in rank than the larger ones. I think this is more to do with education resource/per citizen and probably shows what population limits should be imposed in proportion to a nations GDP, that is if we lived in a mathematical, scientific ideal world.





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