It’s time to pull out your dictionary
by Matt Vensel | May 28, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Posted in education, weird
For all of you Scrabble players and avid dictionary readers, the Scripps National Spelling Bee is taking place this week in Washington, D.C. On Thursday and Friday, 288 young spellers will compete to see who knows how to spell a bunch of words that are never actually used in conversation. Yet, the National Spelling Bee is oddly fun to watch, even if it’s to see if another kid will pass out before successfully spelling a word (like above).
One more National Spelling Bee item: if you got a few minutes, check out this ESPN.com feature on the “Dan Marino of spelling,” Samir Patel. It’s an interesting read about the popular National Spelling Bee contestant who came up short five straight years.
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May 28th, 2008 at 8:39 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Wait until they have cell phones. txt msg is a spelling kllr! WOOT!
May 29th, 2008 at 12:42 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Myb w cn jst lv t th vwls! Wht tmsvr!
May 29th, 2008 at 5:48 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
This never gets old.