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Were you ever in a spelling bee? What words did you struggle to spell?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on May 31, 2012
“I wasn’t in a bee, but I was put in small groups with the good spellers and had to pick out challenging words. I remember ‘mayor’ and ‘crystal’ were quite the doozies, back in second grade.”
“In sixth grade, I mixed up the ‘e’ and ‘l’ in ‘label’ and felt like an idiot.”
“It was just in class, but I remember I had to spell ‘banana’ and ‘couch.’”
“I remember I had to spell ‘invalid,’ which is kind of hard.”
“I don’t remember, but I was always a bad speller.”
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Comments
Did_I_say_that 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Everyday on LJWorld.com is a spelling bee. The most often misspelled word in the LJW spelling bee comes from the grammar police: grammer.
Andini 11 months, 3 weeks ago
I always chuckle when somebody calls someone a "looser" not "loser".
gphawk89 11 months, 3 weeks ago
F? F??? It's H. Thought everyone knew that. Although no one has ever been able to tell me what the H stands for.
RoeDapple 11 months, 2 weeks ago
The "devine" monogram of Jesus has been translated in several ways but most agree it is JHC
http://tinyurl.com/87x2dc4
misterlee 11 months, 3 weeks ago
I recall being in only one. In the fifth grade i misspelled cabinet by leaving out the i.
RoeDapple 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Teh trubble with spelin' bees is teh jugges don' unnerstan cuzin speek. And it's Heyzues "H" Kriste for cryin out luod! Gots too bee dummer than a rock too not knoe that!
Andini 11 months, 3 weeks ago
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RoeDapple 11 months, 3 weeks ago
You sure seem a happy dude to me! Most of the time anyhow . . .
CWGOKU 11 months, 3 weeks ago
No, but I wish I had. My mother was an English major and always on us about spelling and speaking properly. I'm a natural but never made it to the big show. So here I am, on the OTS, with Babboy
rtpayton 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Never in the spelling bee. One can go to spellingbee.com to check out the semifinalist. That Lawrence, KS girl Emma Steimle at age 14 is a better spelling than most adults. Vanya Shivashankar from Olathe is trying to follow the same path as her sister Kavya the 2009 national champ. Jordon Hoffman from Lee Summit another area girl still in the competition.
RoeDapple 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Its the principal of the thing. Unless your all a bunch of loosers
8-)
rantor 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Ask your wife to read that first sentence and show you how to correct it.
RoeDapple 11 months, 3 weeks ago
You missed the obvious . . . oh, never mind.
Did_I_say_that 11 months, 3 weeks ago
rantor only had a problem with the first sentence? He had best check his sarcasm and humor meter.
puzzler 11 months, 3 weeks ago
+1+1+1+1+1
RoeDapple 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Ain't watched none of it. Had to watch WWE on the Spanish channel (MUN2) last night. Say, that channel out of Mexico can get kinda racy can't it?
JackMcKee 11 months, 3 weeks ago
invalid is hard? Well, I guess 'cat' is just out of the question. Good thing she's a teacher.
caughtinthemiddle 11 months, 3 weeks ago
I was in the Kansas Spelling Bee long, long ago, got knocked out by the word "paucity", and left in shame. Great time, though, especially for a kid of eleven, up in front of all those people. Also, that was the only time I ever enjoyed being in Topeka.
I wish all kids would learn to spell--it makes writing so much easier and informative. Even dumb ideas, presented well, seem cogent when spelled correctly and gramatically correct.
Andini 11 months, 3 weeks ago
If you see Kay.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Nope. Words based on those damn French surrender monkeys. They make sounds like they are speaking with a mouth full of peanut butter.
RoeDapple 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Always fun to get caught in an intentional error by a troll while he misses the other two! (too? to? tew?)
rantor 11 months, 3 weeks ago
You mean the other three? Wow,
RoeDapple 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Thought that might bring you back! So easy . . .
rantor 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Right.
I'll bet you were a hoot as a child. I can only imagine the stories that you provided the adults with every time you got in trouble and then tried to lie your way out of it. It's cute when kids do it. It's sad when adults do it.
RoeDapple 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Internet toughguys are pretty much the same rantor, but you are a little more pathetic than most. Should I be worried? Nah, being less than nothing seems to suit you just fine.
RoeDapple 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Its / It's principal / principle your / you're loosers / losers lack of puncuation mark at end of second semtence second sentence is incomplete sentence
Wow, cipher much? I had six, others may find more.
thefisherman 11 months, 3 weeks ago
I won the spelling bee when I was in fifth grade. The word that I won on was "thrice". I also had to spell the word my opponent missed, which was "charcoal". He spelled it "charchoal".
I placed seventh in county, missing out on the word "fuel". I flipped the "u" and "e".
CWGOKU 11 months, 3 weeks ago
I loved Aunt Bea on Andy Griffith
Andini 11 months, 3 weeks ago
I bet you loved Bea Arthur as Maude and on the Golden Girls as well.
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