[Mr. Brightside]

Are they series?

[Popman]

Anybody who would protest a spelling bee needs to arrested for stupidity or mental deficiency.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

If the argument for this type of spelling can be boiled down to the literalness being an advantage, why is not the literalness of basic arithmetic instantly grasped?

Hint: If it ain’t tot, it ain’t lurnt.

[uglybiker]

Run through the The English-to-12-Year-Old-AOLer Translator

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