Odd.....all my life, from kid-hood, it's been "scratch paper". I never thought there was anything Brit about it..... Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: GRE Registration Date: 5/12/05 2:53:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time From: _pas@xxxxxxxxx (mailto:pas@xxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: At 10:47 AM 5/12/2005, you wrote: > >From the handbook: >For Computer Based Tests Only: >- The administrator will provide you with scratch paper that may be >replaced after you have used all pages of the scratch paper initially >given to you. You may not take your own scratch paper to the test, nor >may you remove scratch paper from the testing room at any time. Scratch >paper is provided to assist test takers in working out problems and for >appropriate note taking during timed sections of the test. Scratch paper >should NOT be used during untimed sections or during test breaks. > >Uhh..... I always thought "scratch paper" was a decidedly "British" expression. I've heard FOUR people say it in my life and ALL have been from the UK. Maybe the person who wrote the handbook was offshore. doodling, p ########## Paul Stone pas@xxxxxxxx Kingsville, ON, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html