English-speakers don’t have to be able to spell all the words in English, just the ones they use in their writing.
Month: December 2017
Jeopardy Writers Get It Wrong Again
Even though the Oxford English Dictionary is listed as one of their references, the Jeopardy writers occasionally write a clue without checking it. On December 19, 2017, one of the categories was “More than one meaning.” The clue was: “A coffin, or the gloomy feeling that comes upon you as it’s being carried. The expected answer…