QoD 06/19/08 Tricky Thursday Spelling edition

[mrkelley23]

There's more than one way to be tricky, you know. In today's edition of Tricky Thursday, I'll give you a clue to a commonly misspelled word, you give me the correct spelling. 10 points for each correct spelling.

1. Mexican sandals that the Beach boys sang about wearing with their baggies, in “Surfin’ USA.”

2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts.

3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers.

4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be.

5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.)

6. Way to go! You made it!

[fantine33]

Yikes, I'm an excellent speller (slow and in the driveway), but I have a few nemeses.

But, I finally decided to get up at 5 am for some reason, so wtf. Ha!

Spoiler

There's more than one way to be tricky, you know. In today's edition of Tricky Thursday, I'll give you a clue to a commonly misspelled word, you give me the correct spelling. 10 points for each correct spelling.

1. Mexican sandals that the Beach boys sang about wearing with their baggies, in “Surfin’ USA.”

huaraches

2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts.

accommodations

3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers.

hors d'oeuvres

A friend of my mom's used to call these 'whore dee overs'

4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be.

sulphur

5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.)

Crap, I guess you don't want flouride. I'm sure I know how to spell the element, if I knew which one it was. Ha!

So, instead, I'll go for extra credit with a paean to Element Nine in song:

Stannous flouride MFP
Helps prevent a cavity
And it tastes great
Naturally!


6. Way to go! You made it!

YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!11

or

Congratulations?

or

Edited for spelling.

(It's a joke! I haven't even posted it yet. Ha!)

[mntetn]

I used to love spelling bees, so I'll step into this one.

Spoiler

1-huarache sandals too
2-accommodations (2 c's and 2 m's) - the word "reasonable" applies to both, hopefully
3-hors d'ouvres (how 'bout them hors doovers, aint they sweet, little dab of cheese, and a little hunk of meat!)
4-sulfur, asa sulphur
5-FLUORINE not fluoride
6-I assume congratulations are in order here.

[Evil Squirrel]

Spoiler

There's more than one way to be tricky, you know. In today's edition of Tricky Thursday, I'll give you a clue to a commonly misspelled word, you give me the correct spelling. 10 points for each correct spelling.

1. Mexican sandals that the Beach boys sang about wearing with their baggies, in “Surfin’ USA.” - You've got to be kidding me! It sounds like they're saying "warachey", and I'm sure there's a good Mexican spelling for that somehow, but I'm not even gonna attempt it...

2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts. - Accommodations

3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers. - Oooh boy..... h'ors doerves...???? No way that's right. Geez Louise, who do they expect to remember how that's spelled?

4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be. - Sulphur

5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.) - Fluorine

6. Way to go! You made it! - Hurrah!

[NellyLunatic1980]

Spoiler

1. huaraches
2. accommodations
3. hors d'oeuvres
4. sulfur
5. fluorine
6. congratulations

[VAdame]

Spoiler

1. Mexican sandals that the Beach boys sang about wearing with their baggies, in “Surfin’ USA.”

Huarache sandals too!

2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts.

Hee hee -- I just last week took a class on Reasonable "Accommodations." 1,2,3...14! Yep.

3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers.

Hors D'oeuvre? I guess I've seen it pluralized with an S on the end.

4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be.

Sulfur (or Sulphur if you're British)

5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.)

Pretty tough to work in radiology & not know Fluorine -- or at least the combining form "Fluoro-" (It's not "Flouro-"...that would be the stuff you make bread with!) My first Chief Tech was a terrible speller (so's my current one, but I digress...) Anyhow, he used to leave instructions for the night tech to "Please check all the lead 'aporns'." I always wondered if Aporns were what Great Oaps grew from

6. Way to go! You made it!

Ummm....Congratulations? Kudos? Or were you just giving us props for finishing the quiz??

[andrewjackson]

Spoiler

1. Huarache

2. Accommodations

3. hors d'oeuvres

4. Phosphorus

5. Fluorine

6. Success? Congratulations? Woo Hoo? w00t, w00t? Probably Congratulations.

[andrewjackson]

Spoiler

Crap. Someday I'll learn those pesky element numbers. I don't know why I jumped on "P" rather than "S". The clue fits "S" much better.

[Catfish]

Spoiler

1. Mexican sandals that the Beach boys sang about wearing with their baggies, in “Surfin’ USA.”

huraches

2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts.

accommodations

3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers.

hors d’oeuvres

4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be.

sulfur

5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.)

fluorine

6. Way to go! You made it!

hurrah

[frogman042]

Worst possible QoD for me - I can barely spell my name!

Spoiler

1. Mexican sandals that the Beach boys sang about wearing with their baggies, in “Surfin’ USA.”
Chicanos?

2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts.
Accessibilized - at least it is 14 letters

3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers.
Hors d'orves


4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be.
Sulfer


5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.)
Floride - Mandrake we must preserve our precious bodily fluids and purity of essence

6. Way to go! You made it!
Arrivied

[tlynn78]

yay! I like spelling

Spoiler

1. huaraches (too!)
2. accommodations
3. hors d'oeuvres
4. sulfur
5. fluorine
6. congratulations !

[MarleysGh0st]

Spoiler

2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts.

ACCOMODATIONS? (I know that's only 13-letters, but can't think of any that need adding.)

3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers.

HORS D'OEUVRES

4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be.

SULPHUR

5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.)

FLUORINE

6. Way to go! You made it!

W00T?

[megaaddict]

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1. Mexican sandals that the Beach boys sang about wearing with their baggies, in “Surfin’ USA.”

I always thought the line was "Archie" sandals ala the comic book. Looks like this wil be one of my new things learned for the day, but I try a WAG and go with Rio Grande in case they were singing "RG".

2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts.

rehabilitation ? (probably not the word)

3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers.

hors d'oeurves ?

4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be.

Sulfur

5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.)

Fluorine

6. Way to go! You made it!

Congratulations!

[JBillyGirl]

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1. Mexican sandals that the Beach boys sang about wearing with their baggies, in “Surfin’ USA.” -- should know this, but I'll just have to WAG Guaraches

2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts. -- Accommodations

3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers. -- Hors d'oeuvres

4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be. -- Sulphur

5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.) -- Fluorine

6. Way to go! You made it! -- Congratulations! (I hope that's what you're looking for)

BTW, do you know that many browsers have a built-in spell-checker now that makes this category somewhat easier than maybe you intended? (I have one, but it didn't affect my answers...)

[tanstaafl2]

There's more than one way to be tricky, you know. In today's edition of Tricky Thursday, I'll give you a clue to a commonly misspelled word, you give me the correct spelling. 10 points for each correct spelling.

Spoiler

1. Mexican sandals that the Beach boys sang about wearing with their baggies, in “Surfin’ USA.”
No idea what this is.

2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts.
Accommodations. To get to 14 required the "s". Otherwise I did something wrong...

3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers.
hor d'oeuvre. Probably the other is without the first "e"?

4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be.
Sulfur. I have also seen it spelled with a "ph".

5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.)
Fluorine

6. Way to go! You made it!
I presume this is a clue but it seems a bit vague...
Congratulations?

[jarnon]

Spoiler

1.
2. accommodations
3. hors d'oeuvres
4. sulfur
5. chlorine
6. congratulations

[mcd1400de]

Spoiler

There's more than one way to be tricky, you know. In today's edition of Tricky Thursday, I'll give you a clue to a commonly misspelled word, you give me the correct spelling. 10 points for each correct spelling.

1. Mexican sandals that the Beach boys sang about wearing with their baggies, in “Surfin’ USA.”
huarache

2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts.
accommodations

3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers.
hors d'ouevres

4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be.
Sulfur

5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.)
Flourine

6. Way to go! You made it!
I suspect you don't mean "attaboy", lol, so... congratulations!

[TheConfessor]

Spoiler

1. Mexican sandals that the Beach boys sang about wearing with their baggies, in “Surfin’ USA.”
huarache

2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts.
accommodations

3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers.
hors d'oeuvre

4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be.
sulphur

5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.)
fluorine

6. Way to go! You made it!
congratulations

[KillerTomato]

Spoiler

1. Mexican sandals that the Beach boys sang about wearing with their baggies, in “Surfin’ USA.”

Flip-flops

2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts.

Accommodations

3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers.

Hors d'oeuvres. Or Horse Dervies.

4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be.

Sulfur is the accepted American spelling.

5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.)

Fluorine

6. Way to go! You made it!

Tres bien! Sehr gut! Excellent! But you probably want "Congratulations!"

[KillerTomato]

Spoiler

Nuts, I meant to make #1 "LOS Flip-Flops."

[hf_jai]

Sorry to have been away from the bored for a few days.

Spoiler

1. Harrachi
2. no idea what word you're looking for
3. hors d'oevres
4. Sulfer
5. Fluorine
6. Whoot! (ok, so that's probably not the one either)

[AnnieCamaro]

Spoiler

I'll give you a clue to a commonly misspelled word, you give me the correct spelling.

1. Mexican sandals that the Beach boys sang about wearing with their baggies, in “Surfin’ USA.”
Huaraches

2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts.
Accommodations (Nobody ever makes accommodations for four-footers, not even disabled ones. If they ever set up the University of Home School Law School, I will get that changed!)

3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers.
Hors d'oeuvre (Do we need two spellings? My guess for the other one is hors d'oeuvres. Before I went to home school, I thought this meant "over the horse," because each little tasty bit was thrown over the top of a cracker like a saddle.

4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be.
I've seen this as sulfur and sulphur. I'm guessing that the first way -- with an f -- is the American way, and the ph-way is more Britishy.

5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.)
Fluorine

6. Way to go! You made it!
Congratulations! Atta girl! Very impressive! (At least, that's the kind of stuff people say to me.)
/:P\

[VAdame]

I wonder what it is about the Chief Tech/Administrator/other boss position in my department(s) that attracts the world's worst spellers?? The "Element #9" question reminded me of that -- we use a combining form of that word in our field so I know it pretty well!

Years ago we had Scott. Scott would leave a note for the night tech to please Xray all the lead "aporns!" (Aprons, & you Xray them periodically to make sure there aren't any leaks.) I always wondered if Aporns were what great Oaps grow from Sometimes the night tech was Brian, invariably spelled "Brain" by Scott.

Then Scott retired & we got a new Administrator (I won't name her; she's still around although fortunately not around me!) -- BTW, this woman is an officer in the Army Reserve. And she thinks that the mildest of the "scoldings" that you can get in your official record is an "Abonishment." I am not kidding. She was confusing "Admonishment" -- which is what she meant -- with the word "Abolishment." And there was no possible way to set her straight!!! Or at least, no way to do it, um....safely! I considered sending an anonymous note, even a page from the dictionary with the correct word circled & highlighted, but never quite got up the nerve! She has moved on, & is probably "Abonishing" her current employees left & right.

Mike....well.....Mike is a good friend. And a good person. And a very, very bad speller! His emails were pretty funny sometimes -- way too numerous to remember or list -- but Mike was also open to polite correction (in private) & would (usually) ask if he wasn't sure of a word. What happened to Mike? Mike is now "Doctor Mike!" He went to medical school at the age of 41. Good for him! And I hope he has a good spelling helper like me in his new field

And now there's Kathy. At least Kathy, like Mike, knows she can't spell, and doesn't hesitate to ask for help. I am currently Kathy's human spell-check system. A few weeks ago I was out sick for a few days, & she added a conference call to my schedule book. So, a few days before, she couldn't remember doing it, so she asked me whether the conference with the Kansas City hospital was on the schedule for Tuesday. Sure enough, there is was: Conference call, Kanas VA.

Oh well!

[mrkelley23]

There's more than one way to be tricky, you know. In today's edition of Tricky Thursday, I'll give you a clue to a commonly misspelled word, you give me the correct spelling. 10 points for each correct spelling.

1. Mexican sandals that the Beach boys sang about wearing with their baggies, in “Surfin’ USA.”huaraches
2. 14-letter word that can refer to adjustments that educators and others must make for Americans with disabilities, or to places to stay, such as hotels or resorts.accommodations
3. There are at least two correct spellings, not counting fancy high ASCII characters and whatnot, for this Americanized French term for appetizers.hors d’oeuvre or hors d’oeuvres
4. Element number 16 on the periodic table, if you’ve ever smelled it in combination with hydrogen, you know why if Hell is filled with fire and brimstone, it’s such a nasty place to be.sulfur
5. Element number 9 on the periodic table, its ionic introduction into US drinking water led some to believe a Communist plot was afoot. (Note: I’m looking for the ELEMENT name, not the ionic combination form that is commonly applied to the water additive.)fluorine
6. Way to go! You made it!congratulations

Points:

Fanny 50
mntetn 50
Evil Squirrel 30
Nelly 60
VADame 60
AJ 50
Catfish 40
TGirl 60
Marley 30
megaaddict 30
jbg 50
tan 40
jarnon 40
mcd1400e 40
confessor 60
KT 50
jai 10
Annie 60