Aussie Women Better Spellers Than Men: Survey

Almost two-thirds of the Australian adults have difficulty spelling the word 'embarrass', finds a new survey.

Almost two-thirds of the Australian adults have difficulty spelling the word ’embarrass’, finds a new survey.

The Galaxy survey commissioned by Westpac was conducted on 400 people, aged over 16 years, from Sydney and Melbourne.

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It showed about 70 per cent could not spell the world "accommodation".

One in two people wrongly spelt "accessory", and a quarter had trouble with "February".

Other words which the participants had trouble spelling included "guarantee", "opportunity", "eighth", and "receipt".

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The survey also found that Aussie women were better spellers than men.

And only seven per cent of participants in Sydney and Melbourne received 100 per cent.

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The survey found people aged 25 to 34 were among the worst spellers.

Children’s author Deborah Abela said that spell check and text message abbreviations were harming people’s spelling skills.

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"It can impact on how people perceive general intelligence and can even affect one’s ability to get and keep a job," News.com.au quoted Abela as saying.

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