That's it, everyone go back to elementary school.

[glw]

www.mencap.org.uk/news/article/mencap-survey-highlights-britains-poor-spelling

KEY FACTS
• Only 1 in 5 respondents correctly spelled all words in a short spelling test
• Majority of Britons rate their spelling abilities to be ‘very good’ or ‘fairly good’
•A third of Britons failed to spell words such as ‘separate’ and ‘definitely’
•65% of people surveyed failed to spell ‘necessary’
•UK residents rely heavily on spell check and auto correct
• Students fared worse with only 13% getting all 5 questions correct
• One quarter of Londoners ‘always’ rely on spell check - more than any other region in Britain
• Women came out on top in each spelling question, and are more confident about their spelling ability
• Females over 65 are Britain’s best spellers
• Males 18-24 are Britain’s worst spellers
• Oxford is the city with Britain’s best spelling ability
• Hull is the city with Britain’s worst spelling ability


I'm willing to bet that Americans would be even worse.

[MissusTexas]

That's pretty bad. You're right, the Americans almost definitely are worse.

[ILikeSloths]

May 23, 2012 11:43:13 GMT -5 glw said:

I'm willing to bet that Americans would be even worse.

I'm always amazed by the stupidity that shows up on my Facebook, and I question how some people graduated high school when they can't sell simple words. It's even worse when they have a college degree.



However, I will admit that my spelling has gone downhill a lot in the last year. I've spent too much time on the internet seeing other people's mistakes so I sometimes start to do the same. I'm ashamed.

[alabasterangel]

We would be worse.. No doubt.

[ILikeSloths]

May 23, 2012 11:43:13 GMT -5 glw said:

•A third of Britons failed to spell words such as ‘separate’ and ‘definitely’

Also, this is one of my biggest pet peeves.

I see people spell it as "definetly" and "definately" all the time. :N:

[louietunes]

I admit to being a really bad speller. Spell-check ruined me!

America would definitely do much, much worse.

[OrangePixyStix]

We may do worse, but at least we have better teeth!



(I hate those kind of reality checks about our population)

[sapphire bou]

May 23, 2012 12:13:31 GMT -5 OrangePixyStix said:

We may do worse, but at least we have better teeth!



(I hate those kind of reality checks about our population)

Hahaha! :Y:

[mayflowers22]

Wow

[honeydew1894]

Considering my line of work, I can say with confidence that the US is worse.

[Deleted]

Also, most times when I go to the grocery store, pay with my debit and ask for cash back (usually $40 or $50), the cashier (HS or college kid) CANNOT do the math in their head. So if my grocery bill is $95.50 and I ask for $50 back, it's like a foreign language to the kid. I have no patience for it and I'm immediately telling the cashier, "That would be $145.50." Oy...

[conradtn]

I blame spell-check, just like I also blame calculators.

I know we have to be worse....