Month: December 2017

English-speakers don’t have to be able to spell all the words in English, just the ones they use in their writing.

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…