{"id":652,"date":"2005-12-16T11:11:58","date_gmt":"2005-12-16T16:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=652"},"modified":"2005-12-16T11:11:58","modified_gmt":"2005-12-16T16:11:58","slug":"on-being-an-english-nerd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=652","title":{"rendered":"On Being an English Nerd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this test on several friends&#8217; webpages.  Am I an English nerd, or what? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"20\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n      <font size=\"5\"><b>True English Nerd<\/b><\/font><br \/>\n      You scored 91 erudition!\n     <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n      Not only do you know your subjects from your objects and your definite from your indefinite articles, but you&#8217;ve got quite a handle on the literature and the history of the language as well. Huzzah, and well done! The English snobs of Boston salute you.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/is1.okcupid.com\/users\/702\/614\/7026155737854401207\/mt1134522466.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"294\"\/>\n     <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"20\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>   <span id=\"comparisonarea\">My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people <i>your age and gender<\/i>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<table cellspacing=\"4\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"black\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#b2cfff\" width=\"149\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okcupid.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/is0.okcupid.com\/graphics\/0.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"free online dating\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"1\" bgcolor=\"white\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okcupid.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/is0.okcupid.com\/graphics\/0.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"free online dating\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\">You scored higher than <b>99%<\/b> on <b>erudition<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellpadding=20>\n<tr>\n<td>Link: <a href='http:\/\/www.okcupid.com\/tests\/take?testid=11648818659165032135'>The Are You Truly Erudite? Test<\/a> written by <a href='http:\/\/www.okcupid.com\/profile?tuid=7026155737854401207'>okellelala<\/a> on <a href='http:\/\/www.okcupid.com'>Ok Cupid<\/a>, home of the <a href='http:\/\/www.okcupid.com\/oktest3'>32-Type Dating Test<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this test on several friends&#8217; webpages. Am I an English nerd, or what? \ud83d\ude09 True English Nerd You scored 91 erudition! Not only do you know your subjects from your objects and your definite from your indefinite articles, but you&#8217;ve got quite a handle on the literature and the history of the language<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=652\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;On Being an English Nerd&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[357,360,4107],"class_list":["post-652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-english","tag-language","tag-memes","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}