Spelling Bee
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- Jaline
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/1307…
"A 13-year-old New Jersey girl making her fifth straight appearance at the Scripps National Spelling Bee rattled off "ursprache" to claim the title of America's best speller on prime-time television Thursday night.
Katharine Close, an eighth-grader at the H.W. Mountz School in Spring Lake, N.J., is the first girl since 1999 to win the national spelling title.
14-year-old Canadian Finola Hackett misspells "weltschmerz," opening the door for Katharine Cross of New Jersey, 13, to win the 79th Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington."
I'm so proud of Finola! and the winner to...
I have been to 3 spelling bees in the past and they are one of the most stressful things ever.
- _salisae_0
you observed or you competed? i love spelling bees! have you seen spellbound?
- Jaline0
Yes, I did! I was in the competition, actually. Made it to the top 20 once.
- _salisae_0
you make me so proud :..)
which evil word got you?
- kelpie0
ok then smartypants, spell Tmesis. go on, bet you can't.
- kelpie0
see?
- designerror0
Who needs to spell these days?
Hell, if I type something wrong in google, I'm too lazy to correct it, because 99.9999% of the time google ask me if I meant the correct word.
- _salisae_0
correct punctuation and spelling are polite when attempting to communicate .. as well as pronunciation.
- Jaline0
haha, Shari that kid was one of my favourites.
I don't even remember the word I got wrong, but I did really have to go to the washroom badly after that.
One of my best friends found a picture of herself at the same spelling bee with me in the background, and we didn't even meet at that point in our lives. Weird.
- UndoUndo0
gr8
- kelpie0
ru takin t piss cntrlZcntrlZ
- Jaline0
You should spell correctly otherwise I will judge you as possessing a variety of unpleasant character traits.
- Rand0
however correcting others punctuation and pronunciation is impolite
- UndoUndo0
ffs all dis spelin pish yr dinnae eed it
pfft:)
- kelpie0
you fogot a full stop
- Jaline0
I recently purchased a copy of Eats, Shoots and Leaves
http://www.eatsshootsandleaves.c…
and I am having a good time with it.
- UndoUndo0
god damn it kelpie that will never do!
Jaline, I recommend anything by Irvine Welsh in particluar a collection of short stories called 'Acid House' - the man truely has a grip on spelling
- Jaline0
thanks
- radar0
I don't even remember the word I got wrong, but I did really have to go to the washroom badly after that.
Jaline
(Jun 2 06, 05:40)You were holding it while in the competition?
- Jaline0
I was obviously nervous. I absolutely hate things where I am the center of attention, like when forced to do speeches and presentations in elementary school. My parents basically forced my sisters and I to go to the spelling bee. I'm glad I joined, but it was extremely stressful. After the third time my sisters and I went to see Titanic with my father. Good times.