1955 Spelling Test -- How Would You Do?

It's a color and a town in Ohio.

 

I maintain that only 3 people in this country know how to spell supersede.

 

3 people outside of everyone who's ever been a copy editor and had it drilled into their heads?


(edited to fix wrong 'whose'. I never said I'd been a *good* copy-editor.)

 

I wish.

See it wrong in print (and on this site) all the time.

 

I'm a spelling nerd. I got 100%.

 

Yeah, me, too. And I think I've heard before that "supersede" is the only "-sede" word in the English language, yes?

While we're on the subject, "There are three, and only three, words in the English language that begin with the letters 'dw-'. Can anyone name them?" [/west wing crossthread]

 

Dwindle is one.

 

Ahem. Little credit please?

 

Does dweeb count for dw- words?

 

And to think! That generation grew up to shit themselves attempting to use Google.

 

Dwarf is another dw word

Edit: And the other is probably dwell.

 

I now have the Darkwing Duck theme song stuck in my head. FML.