John Kettler Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Take a look at the first word which had to be spelled in the last round. Makes me feel profoundly ignorant--vs a 14 year old! http://news.yahoo.com/photos/spelling-bee-champs-battle-to-a-tie-1432869796-slideshow/vanya-shivashankar-olathe-kansas-gokul-venkatachalam-st-louis-photo-022118193.html I've watched some of those National Spelling Bees over the years, frequently coming away feeling as though, relative to many of the contestants, I had no vocabulary. Their knowledge of a sea of words, their root expressions and etymologies was imply astounding. I'm pretty well read, but it was frightening to run into so many words I'd never encountered before. Here's who keeps winning the National Spelling Bee and why. What's show below would've killed me on the first word. The second would've sufficed, too. Never saw or heard either word! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 (edited) i won 3rd place in the bee at school in fourth grade ironically the word i got wrong was 'posession'.lmao Edited May 31, 2015 by Sublime 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Sublime, Did better than moi. I got killed by "undoubtedly," which I'd somehow never seen written. In what I believe was my first year of junior high, I got hit with it, but was undone because our vice principal running the show twice drawled it as "undoubtably." Thus ended my march to spelling bee glory! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSTK Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Why can't you hear a pterodactyl relieve itself? Because the "pee" is silent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 BLSTK, Now, that's funny! Thanks for a laugh I very much needed. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSTK Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 (edited) Glad I could bring a little joy into someone's life. Teaching Middle School does have it's advantages when it comes to low-brow humour. Edited June 3, 2015 by BLSTK 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Got the to finals of a regional spelling bee competition as a 13 yr old. Eliminated by VACCUUM. The failure haunts me to this very day. These days bees are ruled by- counter-intuitively- Asian-Americans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSTK Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 You shouldn't be penalized for having a stutter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Heh, rub it in. Are spelling bees even possible in countries outside the Anglo-sphere? English with its quirky, often irrational constructs uniquely lends itself to this kind of competition. A Spanish Bee? Unthinkable. Spanish is phonetic. As are most languages. Here's a Norman Rockwell print from 1918, "Cousin Reginald Spells Pelopennesus.". The winner's on the left: Admit it. You hate the insufferable, little twerp. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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