{"id":5986,"date":"2015-11-24T15:08:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T14:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/11\/24\/economen-domineren-groot-erasmus-dictee\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:20","slug":"economen-domineren-groot-erasmus-dictee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/11\/24\/economen-domineren-groot-erasmus-dictee\/","title":{"rendered":"Economists rule Grand Erasmus Dictation Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sighs, lots of sighs. That\u2019s the best way to sum up last Monday evening\u2019s Grand Erasmus Dictation Competition. Because all those people who were sure they\u2019d complete the dictation without a single misspelling were quickly proven wrong.<\/p>\n

Those taking the Dutch-language dictation found that some knowledge of French and German came in handy, as the dictation featured words and phrases of French and German descent.<\/p>\n

It was economists who proved most adept at this. Both the winner of the academic staff\u2019s contest and the winner of the students\u2019 contest were economists. Peter van der Zwan, an assistant professor of Applied Economics, was a second-time winner of the Erasmus Dictation Competition, making just 8 mistakes. For his part, Economics and Business Administration student Tariq Gorter only made 9 mistakes.<\/p>\n

In the English-language version of the Erasmus dictation, Gabi Helfert of RSM boasted a mere 5.5 mistakes, while student Ralph Meijer did very well with 6.5 mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\t

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