Wednesday 11 July 2007

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

altogether
sum
total
group
multiple
times
difference
minus
subtract
divide
remainder
share

Yes, vocabulary for calculations. In recognition of the wonderful clarity provided by arithmetic, I offer my alternative spelling list:

French
bill
addition
below
steam engine
subtraction
many
folds
multiplication
parliamentary
vote
division

Where would we be without the "method of the Indians" or Count von Count?