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05-31-2012, 01:52 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Huntington, WV
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Spelling bee
I'm watching the National Spelling Bee on ESPN2, and I find it hilarious that the network incorrectly spells "South" in the definition listing of one of the words.
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05-31-2012, 01:59 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego
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All that money ESPN pulls in and they can't afford a spell checker?
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05-31-2012, 03:05 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: ...down the gravity well
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Man, they hyped that six year old and she didn't go far. Not that I would have gotten that word correct either.
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05-31-2012, 03:08 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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She didn't make the semis. But the twitter feed said it was close. Apparently you get a point for each one you get right on the written test and then the two rounds they do where you spell out loud, get you an extra 3 points and you need 26 to make the cut line to the semis. She missed the cut but they don't release the scores of prelims. But I forgot they broadcast the rounds that already happened belatedly on TV.
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05-31-2012, 03:09 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Ponchatoula, LA
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I love that "sabermetrics" was a word used yesterday. Girl who got it right is in the finals tonight.
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06-01-2012, 12:49 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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This just in: Desi kids own the National Spelling Bee. It's awesome, it's just sort of random. I guess it's better than when the Jamaicans were cleaning our clocks. At least it's American kids now.
I was trying to figure out why...and now I know. Metlife apparently sponsors a South Asian spelling bee annually. http://www.southasianspellingbee.com That's intense. It's like a farm system for future national champion spellers.
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06-01-2012, 12:54 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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06-01-2012, 11:48 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego
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This and the Little League World Series seems to be the only thing San Diego can win.
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06-02-2012, 09:51 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Here and There
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It"s because they have the largest # of overbearing parents doing this. Ours make quarterbacks and golfers instead. |
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