When my son was in Grade 2 (in 2007), I went to see his teacher as to why there were no spelling tests. Her response was that it is more important for the kids to get their ideas down on paper and to not worry about spelling. That’s the bright idea that the education system came up with! I said, “What use is putting ideas down on paper if nobody can read it?” She said that she agreed with me. I asked her to lend me a spelling book. I took it home and taught him how to spell. No son of mine was going to go through life not knowing how to spell.
@@Joan-p9s Thank goodness for you and other parents who are active in their children’s education. You can see right here at Nextdoor the results of inattention to good spelling, writing, and expression. It’s heartbreaking! I too had older schoolmarms who expected much more of us. The results allowed me to skip Freshman English in college and move right on to the sophomore level. Today’s youth don’t know diagramming, parts of speech, or sentence sense. Required reading? Huh? What’s that? And the sad part is that they don’t know that they don’t know. Cursive writing? Oh! Don’t get me started!
@@sbalmer132 I was born in 1953. Test was too easy. :-) It's very sad that the education system experiments on children with "innovative ideas" they want to try out.
10/10. 73 years of age. We also learned to diagram sentences. If I hear another person say "Him and me went to the store" or "The cake was for he and I," I'm going to scream. AI Voicing is also ruining English pronunciation.
Agree with you! AAAARRRGH! Misspelling is rampant--sad. I'm 85; drove us kids nuts by forcing rigid English, with diagraming; using English correctly. I objected to it then [silently, cuz no backtalk was permitted.]. Fortunately, I loved to read! 'Still do, at 85.
Yes, born in 1944, I got 10/10, my husband is dyslexic but a rarity in our era, but seemingly to prevalent nowadays. I’m sure it’s to,do with ‘flash cards’ and the way they hold their pens too.
My dad used to tell us to never use a word which you couldn’t spell and know the meaning of. 10/10, but I was born in 1947 when we were taught spelling and grammar. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
@@tatertot1946 Yep. Born in 1947, I was taught spelling and grammar, also. However, these days students are not reminded to put others first when speaking and writing. It's not me and John went... . It's John and I.
Born in 1963, went public school in Newark, NJ. 10 out of 10, and was very easy. Before I handed in homework, my dad would circle misspelled words with a red marker, thus having to rewrite the entire assignment. I certainly didn’t like it, but it sure made me a great speller!!!
Doctorial is NOT spelled incorrectly! There is a synonym for it, which is doctoral. But both spellings are valid...Look it up! My score was 9/9, because one question was invalid.
10/10 I am 71 and was taught well at school and at home. There is an argument that doctorial is actually correct, but that is NOT the case. There is no such word as doctorial in the Oxford Dictionary which is the definitive source of proper English. The word is doctoral.
The other one that bothers me is realtor mispronounced as “realitor.” It’s a very common mistake. Being an English nerd and a boomer, it’s always bothered me when people say “I seen …” instead of “I have seen ….” Don’t get me started how people are butchering the English language. People are not being educated properly and then for educators saying it doesn’t matter is totally ignorant.
10/10. Indicative of the effects of technology. I know first hand that even with spell check, they still turned in papers filled with spelling mistakes.
If you were born in the early 50's like me, you probably aced this. I questioned my son's school about the lack of spell checking in the 80's. They said spelling was not important. As long as the child knew the word it was good enough.
I was absolutely appalled by the same thing when my son was in grade school (1980s). In addition to spelling, math was considered similarly. 3 + 4 = 6? No, but it was close enough to be “correct”. 🙄🙄🙄 I also don’t approve of schools doing away with cursive writing. :::shaking mah cane!:::
I was born in 1957, and I'm a retired journalist. Got all 10 answers correct. Nice to know at my age, I've still got it. Unlike people today, who are too reliant on spellchecking programs to do their thinking for them. What is the world coming to?
Reading books teaches spelling (as well as punctuation and grammar). Books have been replaced with computers in schools for the most part, especially reading for pleasure. Your test is easy for people who are regular book readers of any age.
@@stephaniejoy3334 Reading is a joy to me. I should amend my statement by adding it USED to be a joy. A published book is no longer an indication that someone has actually proofread the text before it is published. The most common error I see is the use of the word OF instead of the word HAVE in place of contractions. For example, “We should of taken the number 10 bus instead of the number 100 bus.” In my example the sound of the apostrophe and then VE is mistaken for OF. Could’ve, would’ve, should’ve is now wrongly spelled could of, would of, should of.
I for one am thankful for auto correct. I am somewhat dyslexic and was correct on just 8 of the 10. Does not make me dumb or illiterate as some might imply. I taught a class on the differences between fission and fusion at 13. Not degrading anyone but these types of test are meant to make some feel as if they are less than. We all have our strengths and weaknesses but I do see more than a few holier than though attitudes in the responses. My Grandfather never had the chance to learn to read or write and my father taught himself to read. Neither could spell. Grandfather was born in 1901 and father in 1934. I am 60 and I was not able to graduate myself. Just my little rant.
10/10 Can I just say 'well done' for getting the spelling of the word MISSPELLED right. You wouldn't believe how many people actually spell it incorrectly when they do a quiz about this.
8/10 reminds me of the first word in a grade school spelling Bee. Having scored 100’s on spelling for ages, I got ENOUGH. Drew a total blank, said enuf and went to sit down without waiting to be told that was wrong.
I also got 10/10. I was educated in the 70's when we actually wrote things out in cursive and learned by repetition. I remember a lot of this words from junior high spelling bees! Maybe they need to start having them again!
"Doctorial" is a word. And is correctly spelled. Question 9 has no misspelled words. "Doctorial" may not be used as frequently as "doctoral" in common speech, but that does not mean the word was misspelled.
10 out of 10. Went to parochial school. We (45 students in the class, no aides, just the all-powerful nun) had to line up along the west wall of the classroom for weekly spelling bees on Monday mornings. The humiliation to be the first one who missed a word was overwhelming. No reward for the last one standing. We all felt that lasting that long was reward in itself-----the top 5 were destined for a date in eternity.
Easily found. I was born in the forties and we were taught spelling until the eighth grade. This was in Australia.... We learned from Fred Schonell's Spelling List and later books. Still available through Amazon.
I missed three 😔 1963. I had heart failure six months ago & have suffered short-term memory loss so i actually feel better it was not more then three 🙏😇💙
At age 95 I like the idea of CC while watching TV. However, when I see a misspelled word I have the urge to jump up and say no,no,no........that is not how to spell that word. I won't text on the phone because I do not want to use symbols for words...
10, but as an Australian, there are quite a few American spellings in there that would be incorrect for us. Microsoft autocorrect has taught us which to avoid lol.
9 out of 10. Also born in the 50s (1958). Yes we were taught well, but I’m also a voracious reader and seeing “big words” over and over just wiggles into my brain
I got 7. I'm 79 years old and spelling has always been my worst subject. I'm much improved over my school years but that is only because I knew I was bad at spelling and took time to really look at what I was writing and how, but I'm still bad.
10/10 Misspelled words jump off the page at me! Born in 1955, I had very strict teachers, I am a lifelong reader, and I think some people are just better spellers than others - regardless of IQ!
This old lady born in the early 50s got them all right. Went to school when they actually taught reading, writing and arithmetic. Plus my mother taught me to read when I was 3.
10/10 like the rest of the folks here. Also, I'm not the type to say "I seen" or "so and so had came over" or that "I had went to the store" like 90 percent of the people here in the US.
You do realize that those terms are regionally related. Like the words yonder, ain't and lil'un. You may not use them but it does not make you somehow better or smarter. Belittling others to boost your own ego is a bad quality.
I was born in 1954 and in the 1st grade we were started on phonics. I've never had any problems with spelling. I had Latin class in 9th grade and from this I learned the root meaning of many words.
10/10. Easy for me as I am ancient and was taught to spell properly! 🤣😂🇬🇧👍
I don't know how old you are I'm 71 and my wife reminds how old I am because she's only 59 but it's all in jest 👏🎉🇺🇸🦅🇬🇧💖🌞
@@philb6490. A few years older than you are 😀
Our age doesn't matter as long as everyday we wake up the grass is below us and not above us have a wonderful day and evening 👍🇺🇸🦅💖🇬🇧🌞😀
@@philb6490 Same here!
Thank you for the reply by the time I received this I'm assuming you're some where in Europe hope you have a great day👍🤣🇺🇸🦅💞🎉👏🌺
10/10. Born in 50's. We were taught how to spell, it was very important.
Ditto!
Same here.
@@cristianne3040 Nothing really seems very important anymore, not basic manners, not spelling, not caring about others.
Moi aussi!
Also penmanship. 😢
I got 10 out of 10 as well, but I was born in the late 50’s. It’s astonishing how young adults today misspell common words
Same. Graduated in the late 90s
Well, I was born in the late 1800's - so I don't even recognize half of those words ...
Me too!
Spelling is not a subject taught in many schools today as I know from volunteering for many years in elementary schools.
Me too -1951. Homed in on the wrong'un straightaway...didn't even have to think about it! But then, I've been playing Scrabble since I was about 6!
74 year old. These were very easy.
85.
73. 10/10. I guess I still have a few marbles left.
71. Got them all. I can use punctuation correctly, too.
@@pixel9548 You don't need a comma between correctly and too.
@@seanmcintyre131 My auto correct thinks so.
When my son was in Grade 2 (in 2007), I went to see his teacher as to why there were no spelling tests. Her response was that it is more important for the kids to get their ideas down on paper and to not worry about spelling. That’s the bright idea that the education system came up with! I said, “What use is putting ideas down on paper if nobody can read it?” She said that she agreed with me. I asked her to lend me a spelling book. I took it home and taught him how to spell. No son of mine was going to go through life not knowing how to spell.
I was a Teacher, we had spelling tests when I taught - I got 10/10 and was born in 1960!!!
All the people from 50’s will pass this test
@@sbalmer132 Right on! You’d think that the education boards would catch on, but sadly they don’t
@@Joan-p9s Thank goodness for you and other parents who are active in their children’s education. You can see right here at Nextdoor the results of inattention to good spelling, writing, and expression. It’s heartbreaking! I too had older schoolmarms who expected much more of us. The results allowed me to skip Freshman English in college and move right on to the sophomore level. Today’s youth don’t know diagramming, parts of speech, or sentence sense. Required reading? Huh? What’s that? And the sad part is that they don’t know that they don’t know. Cursive writing? Oh! Don’t get me started!
@@sbalmer132 I was born in 1953. Test was too easy. :-) It's very sad that the education system experiments on children with "innovative ideas" they want to try out.
10/10. 73 years of age. We also learned to diagram sentences. If I hear another person say "Him and me went to the store" or "The cake was for he and I," I'm going to scream. AI Voicing is also ruining English pronunciation.
Yes, Ai voices make some ridiculous mistakes.
Agree with you! AAAARRRGH! Misspelling is rampant--sad. I'm 85; drove us kids nuts by forcing rigid English, with diagraming; using English correctly. I objected to it then [silently, cuz no backtalk was permitted.]. Fortunately, I loved to read! 'Still do, at 85.
Was just listening to a young debater using irregardless. Had to change the channel.
Curtains are hung, ppl are hanged, come to this oldsters mind
@@barbarajohnson3876lay vs lie, sit vs set. Drives me nuts
Also got 10 out of 10. Born in 1950. School was meant for learning in those days. Not catering to a bunch of badly behaved youngsters.
Thanks for ruining the economy for our generation.
It’s astonishing many can’t sign their name or read/write cursive.
Yes, born in 1944, I got 10/10, my husband is dyslexic but a rarity in our era, but seemingly to prevalent nowadays. I’m sure it’s to,do with ‘flash cards’ and the way they hold their pens too.
Born in 1947- aced every single spelling test in 50's & 6O's.
My dad used to tell us to never use a word which you couldn’t spell and know the meaning of. 10/10, but I was born in 1947 when we were taught spelling and grammar. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Watch the dangling preps! 🥰
@@tatertot1946 Yep. Born in 1947, I was taught spelling and grammar, also. However, these days students are not reminded to put others first when speaking and writing. It's not me and John went... . It's John and I.
@@KathyW5This is one of my pet peeves, but maybe not surprising. They always seem to put themselves first.
@@franciannecollson7427 Yes. I used to teach my 2nd graders and my grandchildren this rule and I was an ogre about it.
@@KathyW5Grammar?
If your top ten students couldn't find the mistakes, then your country is in dire straits!!! They are so easy to spot......
Born in 1963, went public school in Newark, NJ. 10 out of 10, and was very easy. Before I handed in homework, my dad would circle misspelled words with a red marker, thus having to rewrite the entire assignment. I certainly didn’t like it, but it sure made me a great speller!!!
Doctorial is NOT spelled incorrectly! There is a synonym for it, which is doctoral. But both spellings are valid...Look it up! My score was 9/9, because one question was invalid.
Hear, hear. This man is a fake or 'frord'.
Agreed!
Yeah I paused on that one since it was spelled correct.
@@lylis-dad"correctly"
QUOTE from INTERNET: Doctorial is an adjective that describes something related to a doctor or a doctorate degree.
10/10 I am 71 and was taught well at school and at home. There is an argument that doctorial is actually correct, but that is NOT the case. There is no such word as doctorial in the Oxford Dictionary which is the definitive source of proper English. The word is doctoral.
Agreed. No basis etymologically for insertion of an -i- into the word.
When I look at the Oxford Dictionary online, it has it. Gives the etymology and examples of its usage in literature and other writings.
Oxford Dictionary online lists it. Gives the etymology and examples of its usage in various writings.
The other one that bothers me is realtor mispronounced as “realitor.” It’s a very common mistake. Being an English nerd and a boomer, it’s always bothered me when people say “I seen …” instead of “I have seen ….” Don’t get me started how people are butchering the English language. People are not being educated properly and then for educators saying it doesn’t matter is totally ignorant.
@@lindagraham2779 Then there are the words "their for there" and vice versa and "Your for you're" !!
10/10 but i come from a time when education in the US was considered top notch and highly valued
Not any more!!
10/10 , but then I read all the time.
I got 10/10. I was born in 1955. Spelling was an important part of the school curriculum…it was taught!
It would be nice to see the correct spelling after each question.
No need. I know the correct spellings.
Look it up!
Better to wait until after the answer. Makes it more challenging.
Pretty easy quiz.
The people who know, already know .
I got them all correct...but I'm old and my mother was a member of the grammar police!!!
74 year old, 10/10 easy. We were taught English grammar and spelling. Yes, English is my first language.
10/10. Born in 1967. We were taught hoe to spell. Had spelling quizzes every week. And school spelling bees.
10/10. Indicative of the effects of technology. I know first hand that even with spell check, they still turned in papers filled with spelling mistakes.
If you were born in the early 50's like me, you probably aced this. I questioned my son's school about the lack of spell checking in the 80's. They said spelling was not important. As long as the child knew the word it was good enough.
Wow! Expect people to be turning over in their graves!
I was absolutely appalled by the same thing when my son was in grade school (1980s). In addition to spelling, math was considered similarly. 3 + 4 = 6? No, but it was close enough to be “correct”. 🙄🙄🙄 I also don’t approve of schools doing away with cursive writing. :::shaking mah cane!:::
It’s scary that anyone with a high school diploma wouldn’t get 100%, especially when most high school students in any European country would!
10/10 aged 86.
Whether spelling, grammar or syntax I can suss out something wrong a mile away! How? I read books ALL THE TIME!
I read about 300 books, per year, since I retired. Strangely, read more, when I was working. Lol
I too was born late 50’s and got 10/10. I think I inherited my mother’s spelling skills. She was a “master” in spelling
Spelling and grammar are not the same thing.
9/10 my second language.
nice!
10/10 Got them all right. Very easy. Another older person who was educated properly and has always read a lot.
10/10.
All too easy.
I was born in 1957, and I'm a retired journalist. Got all 10 answers correct. Nice to know at my age, I've still got it. Unlike people today, who are too reliant on spellchecking programs to do their thinking for them. What is the world coming to?
Reading books teaches spelling (as well as punctuation and grammar). Books have been replaced with computers in schools for the most part, especially reading for pleasure. Your test is easy for people who are regular book readers of any age.
I have always read voraciously but I can’t spell worth beans. My teachers were always confounded by it.
@@colleenobrien8212 You're the exception to the rule. Glad you love to read!
@@stephaniejoy3334
Reading is a joy to me. I should amend my statement by adding it USED to be a joy. A published book is no longer an indication that someone has actually proofread the text before it is published. The most common error I see is the use of the word OF instead of the word HAVE in place of contractions. For example, “We should of taken the number 10 bus instead of the number 100 bus.” In my example the sound of the apostrophe and then VE is mistaken for OF. Could’ve, would’ve, should’ve is now wrongly spelled could of, would of, should of.
10/10. Spelling was a priority in my early education.
10/10--I was born in early 50's & correct spelling was vitally important and stressed in all classrooms!
7/10. Could have been 8/10, but I’m unsure of what a "chassy" is. (But I think I’ve heard it used in relation to an automobile)
I for one am thankful for auto correct. I am somewhat dyslexic and was correct on just 8 of the 10. Does not make me dumb or illiterate as some might imply. I taught a class on the differences between fission and fusion at 13. Not degrading anyone but these types of test are meant to make some feel as if they are less than. We all have our strengths and weaknesses but I do see more than a few holier than though attitudes in the responses. My Grandfather never had the chance to learn to read or write and my father taught himself to read. Neither could spell. Grandfather was born in 1901 and father in 1934. I am 60 and I was not able to graduate myself. Just my little rant.
I agree. I missed 3 and I also read a great deal.
10/10 but I read books all the time.
8 out of 10 correct
I too
9/10 tonight. Now, who else started singing the Oscar Mayer song to see if it spelled baloney / bologna. 😊
Actually I first read it as balcony.
Tangent: how many people here learned to spell "encyclopedia" from Jiminy Cricket?
@@Autohagiographer23I also read it as balcony
I did. (but I had to pause the video, to do so)
I got all 10 correct. 🙂 Born in 1956.
Easy-peasy. Had spelling tests every week at school in the early sixties!
10/10; born in 1947. Public school, college, law school and a career heavily involved with the written word all contributed to knowledge of spelling.
I got all of them . Whoever made the quiz didn't . Doctorial is not incorrect.
Would depend on the words usage but that is not indicated.
10/10. Born late 40's. We were taught English language, comprehension and literature in separate lessons
10/10 I'm very old and well schooled
This one was easy. All 10.
10/10 Can I just say 'well done' for getting the spelling of the word MISSPELLED right.
You wouldn't believe how many people actually spell it incorrectly when they do a quiz about this.
Just remember your pedantic English teacher, Miss Pell.
I always hesitate, not remembering if it needs a hyphen. (Mis-spelled)
10/10, but spelling was VERY IMPORTANT, when I was in school, EONS ago! 😉
IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU GAVE THE CORRECT SPELLING FOR EACH WORD.
Too difficult to tap the word into your phone or pad to get a correction?
You are supposed to look it up, then it sticks and you will remember the next time.
10/10, born in 1960. Won awards in spelling bees as a kid. After chemo it was weird to second guess my spelling, but that’s mostly passed.
8/10 reminds me of the first word in a grade school spelling Bee. Having scored 100’s on spelling for ages, I got ENOUGH. Drew a total blank, said enuf and went to sit down without waiting to be told that was wrong.
Lost 5th grade spelling bee because the word was pronounced kerAsene but spelled kerOsene.
@@jeffweed3947 My 5th grade faux pas was the word beautiful. I didn't get that there was an "a".
Yeah, spelling was important in the 60's. I got 10/10.
Easy or not, good exercise and glad for that.
I got a perfect score!!!
I, too, went to school in the sixties. They still taught real subjects. 10/10
10/10. From an era where we were taught grammar, punctuation, spelling, adjectives, adverbs, clauses and syntax. Age 80
10/10 77
I also got 10/10. I was educated in the 70's when we actually wrote things out in cursive and learned by repetition. I remember a lot of this words from junior high spelling bees! Maybe they need to start having them again!
10/10 - Not born in the 50’s but the early 60’s. I remember when spelling was a subject. I also remember phonics as well.
"Doctorial" is a word. And is correctly spelled. Question 9 has no misspelled words. "Doctorial" may not be used as frequently as "doctoral" in common speech, but that does not mean the word was misspelled.
Agreed. That’s the only one I missed because all words were correctly spelled.
10 out of 10. Went to parochial school. We (45 students in the class, no aides, just the all-powerful nun) had to line up along the west wall of the classroom for weekly spelling bees on Monday mornings. The humiliation to be the first one who missed a word was overwhelming. No reward for the last one standing.
We all felt that lasting that long was reward in itself-----the top 5 were destined for a date in eternity.
10/10 Nailed it.
10/10. I’m 66 years old and majored in English. I’d be ashamed of myself if I missed one.
10/10. Born in the 60's. Not good at math but I always got 100 on my spelling tests. :D
Easily found. I was born in the forties and we were taught spelling until the eighth grade. This was in Australia.... We learned from Fred Schonell's Spelling List and later books. Still available through Amazon.
10 out of 10. Easy.
70 yo Brit here. More than one misspelling per page, thanks to Mr Webster!
10/10 … easy.
10/10. Like others, went to school in the 50s a d 60s when we actually learned things and spelling mattered.
7/10, but English is not my first language :)
Stopped at 0:50 because I knew the rest would be just as easy. And smart enough to value my time! Spelling matters, so rock on!
9/10
I missed three 😔 1963. I had heart failure six months ago & have suffered short-term memory loss so i actually feel better it was not more then three 🙏😇💙
At age 95 I like the idea of CC while watching TV. However, when I see a misspelled word I have the urge to jump up and say no,no,no........that is not how to spell that word. I won't text on the phone because I do not want to use symbols for words...
Ten out of 10😊
Aced it! I was born in the '50s. We didn't get graded on a curve. You either knew it or you failed.
10, but as an Australian, there are quite a few American spellings in there that would be incorrect for us. Microsoft autocorrect has taught us which to avoid lol.
10/10! Born in 1952, spelling was one of my favorite subjects!
9 out of 10. Also born in the 50s (1958). Yes we were taught well, but I’m also a voracious reader and seeing “big words” over and over just wiggles into my brain
I got 7. I'm 79 years old and spelling has always been my worst subject. I'm much improved over my school years but that is only because I knew I was bad at spelling and took time to really look at what I was writing and how, but I'm still bad.
10/10 Born in early 50's. Spelling was important in those days!
10 out of 10 awesome quiz thanks for another great quiz ❤❤😊😊keep it 👍 coming
10 out of 10. Grade School Spelling Champion. It's funny, I have a slight learning disorder, but spelling was never an issue. That was fun!!
10 of 10. Born late 50’s. We used to do spelling words every week. Along with penmanship. Cursive!
10/10 because I grew up reading books instead of watching TV. When you are used to seeing the printed word, you notice the mistakes instantaneously.
Missed one.
I got all of them except the first one.
10/10 Misspelled words jump off the page at me! Born in 1955, I had very strict teachers, I am a lifelong reader, and I think some people are just better spellers than others - regardless of IQ!
7 of 10
I tried this month. still only
7 of 10
I got ten out of ten correct. 😁😎😉👍👍👏👏
This old lady born in the early 50s got them all right. Went to school when they actually taught reading, writing and arithmetic. Plus my mother taught me to read when I was 3.
Easy. Avid reader at a young age. We were taught a lot of spelling and sentence structure all through school.
8/10. I missed doctoral.
10/10 like the rest of the folks here. Also, I'm not the type to say "I seen" or "so and so had came over" or that "I had went to the store" like 90 percent of the people here in the US.
You do realize that those terms are regionally related. Like the words yonder, ain't and lil'un. You may not use them but it does not make you somehow better or smarter. Belittling others to boost your own ego is a bad quality.
@@OldDogsandChildren Sorry, but you are wrong and a bit confused. It is bad grammar period.
@@big6142 You can take your "confused" and shove it straight up your ass.
So ashamed, I missed 2.
I am 76 and got 2wrong
i got em all:)
I got 5 out of 10.
I was born in 1954 and in the 1st grade we were started on phonics. I've never had any problems with spelling. I had Latin class in 9th grade and from this I learned the root meaning of many words.
I missed one. Not bad for an almost 80 year old.
Was not difficult.Got all right.
Yup, 75 here, also 10 out of 10. Easy peasy.
10/10 Born in 1949......loved spelling bees.
Not difficult at all, if one received a proper education!