While subbing for a freshman English class recently, I was to show a biographic video on Sherlock Holmes, and the students were to fill out a video worksheet. Admittedly, the sound on the video wasn’t very good, but an extraordinary number of students had trouble with the first question: what was Sherlock Holmes’ address? The answer, of course, is 221b Baker Street. The various responses for the question (besides the correct answer) are listed below. Some of them were very close, some of them were completely off the mark, and a couple of them seem to have been achieved by attempting to read other students’ papers in the semi-darkened classroom:
221 Boner Street
221 Baner Street
2201 Baner Street
223 Bakker Street
221 Baker Street
222b Baker Street
2216 Bigler Street
221 B Homer Street
221 Bake Street
221 B
2-21B
221 Balherst
221 Balher Street
421 Baker Street
221 B Decker Street
221 Barker Street
221 Baker Streete
21 B Baker Street
Victoria
B Baker Street
222 B Baker Street
221 E Baker Street
2213
221
221 East Bakes Street