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06-30-2008, 11:54 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25458019/?GT1=43001
British teen finds it pays to swear on exam
Examiner felt obscenity showed 'some meaning and some spelling'
LONDON - A British high school student received credit for writing nothing but a two-word obscenity on an exam paper because the phrase expressed meaning and was spelled correctly.
The Times newspaper on Monday quoted examiner Peter Buckroyd as saying he gave the student — who wrote an expletive starting with f, followed by the word "off" — two points out of a possible 27 for the English paper.
British teen finds it pays to swear on exam
Examiner felt obscenity showed 'some meaning and some spelling'
LONDON - A British high school student received credit for writing nothing but a two-word obscenity on an exam paper because the phrase expressed meaning and was spelled correctly.
The Times newspaper on Monday quoted examiner Peter Buckroyd as saying he gave the student — who wrote an expletive starting with f, followed by the word "off" — two points out of a possible 27 for the English paper.