Wednesday 27 June 2007

It's Wednesday and spelling test day at school for my 8 year old daughter. This week the words are:

mother
father
daughter
brother
sister
cousin
grandmother
grandfather
aunty
uncle
nephew
niece

Yes, these are family members. For reasons unknown, my daughter informs me that son was deleted from the list. Without stopping to analyse that, I offer my alternative spelling list:

step-dad
lawyer
CSA
prenuptual
visitation
rights
test tube
twins
triplets
quadruplets
civil
partnerships

This list combines with the school list to provide a UK perspective that is more familiar.