Some commentary about the spelling bee –
From Midwest Voices
From Midwest Voices
Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion, gives Kansas a welcome national reputation boost.
From Pet Rock: The Pop Culture Blog
Get a look at some of the words in the final round these kids were asked to attempt to spell:
phoresy
menhir
Maecenas
sophrosyne
isagoge
guayabera
ophelimity
oriflamme
bouquiniste
antonomasia
diacoele
reredosSeriously, these are words? These aren’t words. These are those security captcha code words that make you turn your head in nine different directions trying to figure out if that’s an “r” or an “f” or an “a” or an “n.”
That’s funny!
Here’s the zinger –
(also from Pet Rock: The Pop Culture Blog)
She won it by spelling her last name. Just kidding!
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#1 by Efusjon on July 25, 2009 - 1:45 pm
Those are tough words… I would’ve gotten bumped out on any of those words. Shoot, I couldn’t even spell the winner’s last name.