Numerical Equivalents Help

Hello,

I've been hunting around trying to find the numerical percentile equivalents for Distinction, Merit, Pass.

Does anyone happen to know if these vary from university to university?

Did I mention I was corrected for spelling color without the British u?

This is what happens when they don't realize you're "not from around here" 

Oh well.

I think it does vary from uni to uni, to be honest.  But for what it's worth, I received a Merit for my MA and my final numerical average was in the mid-high 60's. If my average had been over 70, I likely would have gotten a Distinction.

Did I mention I was corrected for spelling color without the British u?

Er, take a look around. Which country are you in? (Clue: You're a long way from Kansas, Dorothy!)

British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, in fact pretty much every English speaking nation outside the US spells "colour" properly. 

This is what happens when they don't realize you're "not from around here"

You may not be from "around here", but you are located and studying "around here", and your country of birth does not entitle you to any special privileges. (Possibly it's a hint - have you been claiming those privileges?)

Er, take a look around. Which country are you in? (Clue: You're a long way from Kansas, Dorothy!)

British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, in fact pretty much every English speaking nation outside the US spells "colour" properly. 

You may not be from "around here", but you are located and studying "around here", and your country of birth does not entitle you to any special privileges. (Possibly it's a hint - have you been claiming those privileges?)

It was a joke - quite clearly I've been watching too many displacement films.  Unfortunately a little tongue in cheek humour (see, I can learn) still hasn't managed to make itself communicable online.  More's the pity.  Mostly, I find the entire situation at least mildly amusing.

And I wasn't aware that being an American entitled me to any such privileges, although if it does, let me know.  While I've never been fond of anyone using "self-entitlement" as a defense, obviously I'm not above exploiting a system if there's a good enough reason to. 

And, as much as I can understand the theoretical premise behind "when in Rome...", it is, nonetheless, just a bit frustrating to realize that spelling you've known for 24 years is suddenly incorrect.  Nor is it particularly easy to correct - habits never are, especially when drilled into your skull by a most honoured and respected Grammar-slash-Spelling fascist.  It is a jarring experience.

It's sort of like realizing that a personal dislike for beer is considered bizarre in a community that regularly consumes a pint with lunch. Oh my golly gee whiz, alcohol before 5?

Alas, I jest!

Ironically, thanks to my Anglophile father, I received the metaphoric knuckle-beating with a ruler from some of my American professors for adding 'u' where it didn't belong.

And while I cannot yet claim to have found a community (regardless of country) that I've ever been exceedingly in love with, isn't it funny that in spite of this odd little quirk pertaining to vowels, I've been ridiculously and, at times, nearly deliriously happy with my coursework here.

See, there is something amusing in all this.  Can't see the humour?

Again...more the pity.

Did I mention I like word play? With a direct and very deliberate emphasis on "play".

This was quite fun to write.

Er, take a look around. Which country are you in? (Clue: You're a long way from Kansas, Dorothy!)

British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, in fact pretty much every English speaking nation outside the US spells "colour" properly. 

You may not be from "around here", but you are located and studying "around here", and your country of birth does not entitle you to any special privileges. (Possibly it's a hint - have you been claiming those privileges?)

http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=44697.0

Um, a thread was already created especially for you to discuss spelling!