I wrote an exam today...

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: arcenite
Toque, the term writing an exam is usually used when you are the one creating it. You took an exam today, you did not write one.

QFT.

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: arcenite
Toque, the term writing an exam is usually used when you are the one creating it. You took an exam today, you did not write one.

I have never, ever heard anyone say "I have to take an exam today" or "I took an exam today". That just doesn't make any sense at all. It's nice that you took an exam. Where did you take it? Do you still have it?

I have heard "I have to write an exam today" and "I wrote an exam today" hundreds of times.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: arcenite
Toque, the term writing an exam is usually used when you are the one creating it. You took an exam today, you did not write one.

I have never, ever heard anyone say "I have to take an exam today" or "I took an exam today". That just doesn't make any sense at all. It's nice that you took an exam. Where did you take it? Do you still have it?

I have heard "I have to write an exam today" and "I wrote an exam today" hundreds of times.

For where you live, that may make sense. Yet, on these forums we speak American. And in American, the term is 'took'.

 

[BigToque]

If this is a difference between Canada and the US...

Canada > USA

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: arcenite
Toque, the term writing an exam is usually used when you are the one creating it. You took an exam today, you did not write one.

I have never, ever heard anyone say "I have to take an exam today" or "I took an exam today". That just doesn't make any sense at all. It's nice that you took an exam. Where did you take it? Do you still have it?

I have heard "I have to write an exam today" and "I wrote an exam today" hundreds of times.

And your way makes more sense? "I wrote an exam today" It's nice that you wrote an exam. Did you write easy questions or hard ones? Did you write the answers as well, or does someone else have to do that?

 

[Vich]

:Q

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: BigToque
If this is a difference between Canada and the US...

Canada > USA

Apparently, in our great neighbor to the north, they not only have different terminology for test-taking, but their inequality symbols are reversed!

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: JujuFish
Haha, I don't say this much (actually, I don't think I've ever said it), but you just owned yourself.

😕

When speaking American, to write an exam is to create an exam, for others to take. We take an exam when we fill in a test someone else has created for us.

There is no language called "American". It's "English". I'll just lump "American" with "Ebonics". Just don't try to pass it off as English.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: BigToque
If this is a difference between Canada and the US...

Canada > USA

Stuff it.


Also, that is still irrelevant, because on these forums, we still speak AMERICAN not Canadian.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz

Originally posted by: BigToque
If this is a difference between Canada and the US...

Canada > USA

Apparently, in our great neighbor to the north, they not only have different terminology for test-taking, but their inequality symbols are reversed!

HAHA 🙂 :thumbsup:

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz

Originally posted by: BigToque
If this is a difference between Canada and the US...

Canada > USA

Apparently, in our great neighbor to the north, they not only have different terminology for test-taking, but their inequality symbols are reversed!

lol...

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: JujuFish
Haha, I don't say this much (actually, I don't think I've ever said it), but you just owned yourself.

😕

When speaking American, to write an exam is to create an exam, for others to take. We take an exam when we fill in a test someone else has created for us.

There is no language called "American". It's "English". I'll just lump "American" with "Ebonics". Just don't try to pass it off as English.

American is a dialect, and it's the dialect of English that most people who speak English speak. Ebonics is a different dialect, and one that few people speak. Most people in other countries that learn English learn the American variety.

 

[BigToque]

cultural differences FTW 😛

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: BigToque
cultural differences FTW 😛

CONFORM!

 

[mflacy]

Originally posted by: BigToque

edit: I can't believe you guys don't know the woud wrote!

Oh the irony.

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: mflacy

Originally posted by: BigToque

edit: I can't believe you guys don't know the woud wrote!

Oh the irony.

lol... my mistake 🙂

 

[pinion9]

Wouldn't it be more accurate to state that you "wrote exam answers" today? Let me ask you this, what does the person that actually wrote down the questions on the exam do? Surely they didn't also write the exam, as that would cause confusion. Did they make an exam?

 

[Tobolo]

DA you didnt Write the test. You may have Taken a writtten exam however.

Lock the tard!!!

 

[Abel007]

This thread is great. :thumbsup:

 

[pinion9]

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: arcenite
Toque, the term writing an exam is usually used when you are the one creating it. You took an exam today, you did not write one.

I have never, ever heard anyone say "I have to take an exam today" or "I took an exam today". That just doesn't make any sense at all. It's nice that you took an exam. Where did you take it? Do you still have it?

I have heard "I have to write an exam today" and "I wrote an exam today" hundreds of times.

We "take" many things which doesn't mean we took them somewhere or posses them. For example, we take medication, we 'take our time', we take the highway on the way to work, etc.

Are you familiar with the concept that words can have different meanings in different context?

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: BigToque
If this is a difference between Canada and the US...

Canada > USA

clearly not if you could only finish 70% of the fcking questions.

 

[NaOH]

Originally posted by: pinion9

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: arcenite
Toque, the term writing an exam is usually used when you are the one creating it. You took an exam today, you did not write one.

I have never, ever heard anyone say "I have to take an exam today" or "I took an exam today". That just doesn't make any sense at all. It's nice that you took an exam. Where did you take it? Do you still have it?

I have heard "I have to write an exam today" and "I wrote an exam today" hundreds of times.

We "take" many things which doesn't mean we took them somewhere or posses them. For example, we take medication, we 'take our time', we take the highway on the way to work, etc.

Are you familiar with the concept that words can have different meanings in different context?

Ex.

I took your mom out....



jk



actually i'm not

 

[step-dawg]

What part of canada are you from? I have lots of friends in Canada and have never heard anyone say "Write a test" when they meant "Take a test."

 

[Schfifty Five]

Do you say "I need to take a dump" ? If so, then by your standard, where are you taking your dump to?

 

[purbeast0]

lol @ bigtoque being owned like 5000 times in this thread.