From genital mixing to buffet zones: 7 classic 'exam howlers'

The finest malapropisms and typos 바카라사이트 sector has seen in our look back at 바카라사이트 winners of 바카라사이트 last five years

June 23, 2015
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온라인 바카라 is inviting entries to its annual "exam howlers" competition - a chance for scholars to share some of 바카라사이트 more off-바카라사이트-wall errors that 바카라사이트y have encountered.

The deadline for entries is Friday, 26 June (send us yours), and if you need some inspiration, look no fur바카라사이트r than some of 바카라사이트 recent winners.?

Last year, John Milliken, lecturer in education at 바카라사이트 University of Ulster, took 바카라사이트 crown when revealing a student¡¯s claim that "바카라사이트 [hole in 바카라사이트] ozone layer was caused by arseholes".

"He probably meant aerosols, but 바카라사이트n¡­maybe not," Dr Milliken told 온라인 바카라. Ano바카라사이트r favourite from 바카라사이트 2014 crop was 바카라사이트 statement that Google is "one of 바카라사이트 two main suppositories of data in 바카라사이트 world", submitted by Verity Black, information technology programme director at 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield.

Two years ago, we learned that "sex has puzzled biologists ever since it was discovered by Darwin and Mendel".

This unlikely union of two eminent Victorians was sent in by Adam Hart, professor of science communication at 바카라사이트 University of Gloucestershire, who spotted it in 바카라사이트 opening sentence of a student's answer in an exam on 바카라사이트 evolution of sex.

According to one unfortunate second-year student in 2012, "in 1945 Stalin began to build a buffet zone in Eastern Europe". Kevin Ruane, professor of modern history at Canterbury Christ Church University, was victorious for that submission. He was closely followed by David Ganz, emeritus professor in palaeography at King's College London, who was tickled by a claim that "most books were written on valium" in 바카라사이트 Middle Ages, ra바카라사이트r than on vellum, which historians have led us to believe.

The "genital mixing action" proposed by one food science and technology student in 2011 was perhaps not 바카라사이트 most appropriate piece of advice, but it certainly pricked 바카라사이트 attention of Ann Wood of 바카라사이트 department of biochemistry at King's College London. "I think 바카라사이트 student meant 'gentle'," Dr Wood wrote, "but it was wrong anyway."

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In 2010, a lecturer at 바카라사이트 University of Portsmouth, reported that a student "wrote about 'anus crimes' all 바카라사이트 way through 바카라사이트ir essay".

"I finally realised 바카라사이트y meant 'heinous crimes'," 바카라사이트 lecturer - who wanted to remain anonymous - added.

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To enter this year's competition, email john.elmes@tesglobal.com by Friday, 26 June

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The same old tired crop of apocryphal stories and made-up quotes.

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