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		Six year old spelling champion falls in first round. They call me the ingluvies (cnn.com)		51
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valar_morghulis		2012-05-31 09:41:49 AM

Know who else failed in the final round?

animal900		2012-05-31 09:43:01 AM

spentmiles		2012-05-31 09:43:25 AM

Harry Freakstorm		2012-05-31 09:43:39 AM

What a moran.

/low hanging fruit

TheShavingofOccam123		2012-05-31 09:45:41 AM

Seymour: Milhouse, your word is "choke"
Milhouse: Oh, I know this one, it's so easy, "F".... oh man! (crowd laughs)
Seymour: Stop laughing! It will scar him for life! Heheh, it is kinda infectious.

aevert		2012-05-31 09:49:08 AM

animal900: [i1.kym-cdn.com image 407x405]

i1196.photobucket.com

CruJones		2012-05-31 09:49:11 AM

Vaquero? She won by spelling the word "vaquero," the Spanish translation of "cowboy" often used in parts of the South.

As someone who has lived in NC, TN, MS, and Texas, no one uses that word. They don't usually spell foreign words in this do they?

/dirigible is easy

The water was cold		2012-05-31 09:50:12 AM

Harry Freakstorm: What a moran.

/low hanging fruit

Maybe the babby had too much vodak.

/The fruit is tasty though.

Grables'Daughter		2012-05-31 09:51:10 AM

/
You know, it really could be worse.

DrewCurtisJr		2012-05-31 09:55:22 AM

Sorry ESPN. Good luck trying to get the nation to fall in love with a 14 year old Indian kid.

JackieRabbit		2012-05-31 09:56:57 AM

Six years of age is too young for this. Hem mom and dad should be spanked.

Skr		2012-05-31 09:59:29 AM

Misspelled right from the first letter and with the common mistake of substituting an "E" in place of an "I".
I can almost invision the wince that the audience and judges were trying to hold back. Some of that "Oh shiat she screwed up" must be picked up on by the speller.

Poorboytech2000		2012-05-31 10:01:11 AM

Next on Reality TV: SPELLING HOARDERS

nopokerface		2012-05-31 10:02:06 AM

In the world of the National Spelling Bee, there can be only one:

/I've never laughed so hard, and felt so bad at the same time in my life.

GuyCaballero		2012-05-31 10:08:40 AM

lol, dumass

animal900		2012-05-31 10:09:22 AM

nopokerface: In the world of the National Spelling Bee, there can be only one:

[i305.photobucket.com image 82x82]

/I've never laughed so hard, and felt so bad at the same time in my life.

What is this referencing?

ruta		2012-05-31 10:11:37 AM

I'm glad they defined "ingluvies" in the article (and apparently even my spell check refuses to believe it's a word) because otherwise I was going to have to look it up.

I don't have much familiarity with spelling bees. Does the speller get a definition of the word before they spell it or do they have to give it their best ignorant guess? Though I'm not sure that a definition would have helped me in this case.

nopokerface		2012-05-31 10:12:04 AM

animal900: What is this referencing?

Link

Rebecca Sealfon. The greatest spectacle in the history of the Bee. 1997.

Gonz		2012-05-31 10:17:01 AM

CruJones: Vaquero? She won by spelling the word "vaquero," the Spanish translation of "cowboy" often used in parts of the South.

As someone who has lived in NC, TN, MS, and Texas, no one uses that word. They don't usually spell foreign words in this do they?

As someone who lives in San Antonio, I see "vaquero" on a fairly frequent basis. Like, to the point where I don't immediately think of it as Mess'can. It's just how you describe those shirts.

jkl65s4		2012-05-31 10:17:13 AM

Wow, two Prince William County, VA greenlit articles in one morning. That's got to be some sort of record for them.

Grables'Daughter		2012-05-31 10:19:37 AM

nopokerface: Rebecca Sealfon

The video on this link was even better, IMO.

nopokerface		2012-05-31 10:23:26 AM

Grables'Daughter: nopokerface: Rebecca Sealfon

The video on this link was even better, IMO.

That was the crescendo. I remember watching it live. The wife kept asking me why I was watching the spelling bee, I told her I could not look away.

When she ripped the trophy out of the Scripps Howard guy's hands while he was trying to say a few words of congratulation, I knew it had all been worth it.

Skr		2012-05-31 10:24:59 AM

Grables'Daughter		2012-05-31 10:25:58 AM

nopokerface: Grables'Daughter: nopokerface: Rebecca Sealfon

The video on this link was even better, IMO.

That was the crescendo. I remember watching it live. The wife kept asking me why I was watching the spelling bee, I told her I could not look away.

When she ripped the trophy out of the Scripps Howard guy's hands while he was trying to say a few words of congratulation, I knew it had all been worth it.

I didn't see that part...

NeoCortex42		2012-05-31 10:30:03 AM

Skr: ruta: I'm glad they defined "ingluvies" in the article (and apparently even my spell check refuses to believe it's a word) because otherwise I was going to have to look it up.

I don't have much familiarity with spelling bees. Does the speller get a definition of the word before they spell it or do they have to give it their best ignorant guess? Though I'm not sure that a definition would have helped me in this case.

The common definition and "used in a sentence" are the two things the spellers can usually ask for.

Can you also get language of origin? That could make a huge difference in spelling from how the word sounds.

animal900		2012-05-31 10:31:10 AM

nopokerface: animal900: What is this referencing?

Link

Rebecca Sealfon. The greatest spectacle in the history of the Bee. 1997.

LOL

Her LinkedIn

nopokerface		2012-05-31 10:33:02 AM

animal900: Her LinkedIn

Holy sh*t!

Teen Correspondent
Rosie O'Donnell Show, NBC-TV

Louisiana_Sitar_Club		2012-05-31 10:33:17 AM

Grables'Daughter: /
You know, it really could be worse.

Thanks for the link. Now when I hear somebody saying that there is something wrong with home school kids, BAM!, I throw that video in their face. Who wouldn't want their kid to end up like that? Nobody. That's who.

animal900		2012-05-31 10:35:11 AM

nopokerface: animal900: Her LinkedIn

Holy sh*t!

Teen Correspondent
Rosie O'Donnell Show, NBC-TV

m4.licdn.com

nopokerface		2012-05-31 10:35:40 AM

animal900: nopokerface: animal900: Her LinkedIn

Holy sh*t!

Teen Correspondent
Rosie O'Donnell Show, NBC-TV

[m4.licdn.com image 250x250]

[4.bp.blogspot.com image 481x459]

Outstanding.

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf		2012-05-31 10:39:03 AM

Beagle. B-E-A-G-L. Beagl.

"The youngest person ever to compete in the bee stumbled on the term for a bird's craw, spelling it "engluvies."

So what is the word for a "bird's craw"? I thought it was "gizzard," but there's no way she could have messed it up that badly

lohphat		2012-05-31 10:42:14 AM

nopokerface: animal900: nopokerface: animal900: Her LinkedIn

Holy sh*t!

Teen Correspondent
Rosie O'Donnell Show, NBC-TV

[m4.licdn.com image 250x250]

[4.bp.blogspot.com image 481x459]

Outstanding.

I thought she graduated from Gallaudet College.

/bye for now... \m/_

LordOfThePings		2012-05-31 10:43:16 AM

Fish. G-H-O-T-I. Fish.

CruJones		2012-05-31 10:51:54 AM

Gonz: CruJones: Vaquero? She won by spelling the word "vaquero," the Spanish translation of "cowboy" often used in parts of the South.

As someone who has lived in NC, TN, MS, and Texas, no one uses that word. They don't usually spell foreign words in this do they?

As someone who lives in San Antonio, I see "vaquero" on a fairly frequent basis. Like, to the point where I don't immediately think of it as Mess'can. It's just how you describe those shirts.

As someone who also lives in San Antonio, this isn't "the south". And are you referring to the pearl button cowboy shirts, or my preference, the guayabera?

Prank Call of Cthulhu		2012-05-31 11:07:04 AM

jkl65s4: Wow, two Prince William County, VA greenlit articles in one morning. That's got to be some sort of record for them.

Prince Billy Country repres-ent!

/Resident

The Devil's Left Hand		2012-05-31 11:20:28 AM

Rebecca Sealfon now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ9FYDECk2I

Grables'Daughter		2012-05-31 11:22:39 AM

The Devil's Left Hand: Rebecca Sealfon now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ9FYDECk2I

You're not helping to make the case against homeschooling.

Grables'Daughter		2012-05-31 11:28:29 AM

Grables'Daughter: The Devil's Left Hand: Rebecca Sealfon now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ9FYDECk2I

You're not helping to make the case ~~against~~ for homeschooling.

Wow. I must have been homeschooled.

: )

CruJones		2012-05-31 11:29:01 AM

The Devil's Left Hand: Rebecca Sealfon now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ9FYDECk2I

She seems.... off.

Grables'Daughter		2012-05-31 11:32:03 AM

CruJones: The Devil's Left Hand: Rebecca Sealfon now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ9FYDECk2I

She seems.... off.

That's like saying I like attention a little bit.

PsyLord		2012-05-31 11:34:08 AM

Actually, it's not too surprising that the 6 year old would fair well in a spelling bee since she probably hasn't been on the internet long enough to have her spelling abilities hampered by LOLCats, Facebook, and Twitter.

Magorn		2012-05-31 11:47:27 AM

ruta: I'm glad they defined "ingluvies" in the article (and apparently even my spell check refuses to believe it's a word) because otherwise I was going to have to look it up.

I don't have much familiarity with spelling bees. Does the speller get a definition of the word before they spell it or do they have to give it their best ignorant guess? Though I'm not sure that a definition would have helped me in this case.

The is probably no less impressive "academic feat" than winning a spelling bee, especially in English. There are no rules, no rhyme or reason to how well spell words in English because we're a bastard tounge with three completely separate language families at our base (gaelic, romance and germanic) and shot through with foreign words we adopted at our convenience, and a scientific vocabulary self-consciously ripped from Greek and Latin.

You need no further proof of how insane the English language is than the sentence "The tough coughs as he ploughs the dough"

Now if these kids were competing in a Vocabulary bee I'd be massively impressed with them. But spelling? It's just showing off a mixture fo luck and brute force rote memorization

lohphat		2012-05-31 11:53:41 AM

Magorn:

the fact you posted that in both spelling bee threads is and ndicator of something more troubling.

/so is the fact I'm following both too ;-)
//sardoodedom
///virgules

Waldo Pepper		2012-05-31 12:00:28 PM

nopokerface: animal900: What is this referencing?

Link

Rebecca Sealfon. The greatest spectacle in the history of the Bee. 1997.

I don't know she seems to have developed into a fine looking lady

Link

Waldo Pepper		2012-05-31 12:04:17 PM

Waldo Pepper: nopokerface: animal900: What is this referencing?

Link

Rebecca Sealfon. The greatest spectacle in the history of the Bee. 1997.

I don't know she seems to have developed into a fine looking lady

Link

never mind wrong chick

The Muthaship		2012-05-31 12:22:36 PM

Waldo Pepper: never mind wrong chick

Yeah, she looks exactly like you'd expect her to now. If you expect her to look exactly like she did then....

rnatalie		2012-05-31 12:46:55 PM

Too obscure.
Ingluvies is a synonym for "Craw".

img.photobucket.com

The Claw: Very amusing, Mr. Smart. I suppose you can guess what they call me?
[holds up right arm, with a large horseshoe magnet for a hand]
Maxwell Smart, Agent 86: Lefty?
The Claw: No, Mr. Smart. I am employed by KAOS. The international organization of evil. My name is The Claw!
Maxwell Smart, Agent 86: The Craw?
The Claw: No, not The Craw, The Claw!
Maxwell Smart, Agent 86: Ah yes, The Craw.

rnatalie		2012-05-31 12:49:36 PM

Here's the video..
Link

The Muthaship		2012-05-31 12:59:52 PM

Just in case your parents make the mistake of letting you read this, Lori Ann...Great Job! You should be very proud. If it weren't for spellchecker, most of the posts by the idiots in this thread (myself included) would be incomprehensible.

Go get 'em next year!

TheShavingofOccam123		2012-05-31 01:14:41 PM

rnatalie: Too obscure.
Ingluvies is a synonym for "Craw".

[img.photobucket.com image 222x338]

The Claw: Very amusing, Mr. Smart. I suppose you can guess what they call me?
[holds up right arm, with a large horseshoe magnet for a hand]
Maxwell Smart, Agent 86: Lefty?
The Claw: No, Mr. Smart. I am employed by KAOS. The international organization of evil. My name is The Claw!
Maxwell Smart, Agent 86: The Craw?
The Claw: No, not The Craw, The Claw!
Maxwell Smart, Agent 86: Ah yes, The Craw.

Maxwell Smart used the best technique to subdue an enemy ever.

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