Millennial Writer Cries at Work, Puts Mother on Speakerphone after Editor Corrects Her Spelling
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PJ Media ^
| July 15, 2019 | Stephen Green
How does a boss manage a worker who believes their feelings trump reality, right down to the way she "feels" about her misspelled words? Gently.
And probably badly, even though that's no fault of the boss in question. Carol Blymire -- a "communications and public policy executive, branding consultant, professor, writer" -- took to Twitter on Friday to tell the story she overheard of a young writer, probably "in her late 20s," going over edits with her boss. What issue caused mentor and student such agitation and aggravation? Had the boss been needlessly cruel? Had the young writer pushed some...
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Millennial Writer Cries, Puts Mother on Speakerphone after Editor Corrects Her Spelling
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PJ Media ^
| 7-15-2019 | STEPHEN GREEN
Full Title: Millennial Writer Cries for Mother at Work, Puts Mother on Speakerphone after Editor Corrects Her Spelling How does a boss manage a worker who believes their feelings trump reality, right down to the way she "feels" about her misspelled words?Gently. And probably badly, even though that's no fault of the
boss in question.Carol Blymire -- a "communications and public policy executive, branding consultant, professor, writer" -- took to Twitter on Friday to tell the story she overheard of a young writer, probably "in her late 20s," going over edits with her boss. They had been speaking in low...
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Here's Every Word That Stumped Spellers During the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Time ^
| May 31, 2019
A record-breaking number of spellers — 562 — competed their hearts and minds out during this week’s 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. And a record-breaking number beat the bee, with eight contestants crowned “co-champions” at the conclusion of Thursday night’s finale. For
the rest though, a word (or words) got the better of them. Whether their elimination was controversial or incontrovertible (both knockout words in round No. 3), whether it left them feeling dubitative, stolid, or even, say, inured (round No. 3 again), these unlucky competitors made a typo, and got dinged for it — literally dinged,...
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A historic win. The National Spelling Bee has not one, but 8 champions
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Channel 3000 ^
| May 31, 2019 | MAdeline Holcombe
Can you spell history? The 92nd Scripps National Spelling Bee had an epic ending with eight co-champions. The
spelling bee was finally over after it went 20 rounds, which included a run of 47 correct words. Thursday night's unprecedented decision was made after round 17, when it was announced that while there were plenty of words left in the dictionary, there were only enough challenging words for three final rounds. The eight co-champions are: Rishik Gandhasri; Erin Howard; Saketh Sundar; Shruthika Padhy; Sohum Sukhatankar; Abhijay Kodali; Christopher Serrao; and Rohan Raja. "We have plenty of words left on our list...
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National Spelling Bee ends in 8-way tie
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Washington Post ^
| May 31, 2019
The eight co-champions of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, from left, Shruthika Padhy, 13, of Cherry Hill, N.J., Erin Howard, 14, of Huntsville, Ala., Rishik Gandhasri, 13, of San Jose, Calif., Christopher Serrao, 13, of Whitehouse Station, N.J., Saketh Sundar, 13, of Clarksville, Md., Sohum Sukhatankar, 13, of Dallas, Texas, Rohan
Raja, 13, of Irving, Texas, and Abhijay Kodali, 12, of Flower Mound, Texas, hold the trophy at the end of the competition in Oxon Hill, Md., Friday, May 31, 2019. OXON HILL, Md. — The Latest on the National Spelling Bee (all times local): 12:07 p.m. Eight spellers...
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Australian $50 note typo: spelling mistake printed 46 million times
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theguardian.com ^
| May 9, 2019 | Naaman Zhou
Red faces after discovery $2.3bn worth of currency has a misprint of the word responsibility in banknote’s ‘micro-text’ ... “It is a great responsibilty [sic] to be the only woman here, and I want to emphasise the necessity which exists for other women being here,” it says.
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Al Sharpton Messes Up Spelling of Legendary Aretha Franklin Song: 'R-E-S-P-I-C-T'
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Washington Free Beacon ^
| August 19, 2018 | Paul Crookston
MSNBC’s "PoliticsNation" host Rev. Al Sharpton called on President Donald Trump to be respectful in his rhetoric toward women but inadvertently misquoted legendary singer Aretha Franklin's most famous lyric. Sharpton
was addressing Trump’s insults toward Omarosa Manigault Newman, the former White House aide and "Apprentice" contestant who wrote a new tell-all book criticizing him. Trump called Newman a "dog," a favorite insult of his that Sharpton called an "animalistic slur." "I think you might’ve learned the lesson this week, sometimes the dog bites back with a book deal," Sharpton said. Sharpton concluded his comments with a reference to Franklin's 1967...
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Dallas duel: Wild card turns tables at National Spelling Bee
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foxnews.com ^
| 6/1/18 | BEN NUCKOLS
OXON HILL, Md. – The end of the biggest Scripps National Spelling Bee in history came abruptly, and it wasn't the conclusion that many expected. Naysa
Modi, a poised and charismatic four-time participant whose long spelling career seemed to be building toward triumph, sat next to a newcomer whom she had already beaten this year — at the county level. But 12-year-old Naysa blinked immediately, mixing up the single and double "s'' in the German-derived word "Bewusstseinslage" — a state of consciousness or a feeling devoid of sensory components — and 14-year-old Karthik Nemmani seized an opportunity that he wouldn't...
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Mother renames son after tattooist makes spelling error
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News.Com.Au ^
| MAY 17, 2018 | Raffaella Ciccarelli
THE one time you’d hope never to encounter a spelling mistake is when you’re getting your child’s name etched on your person. Tattoos,
like children, are for life. Unfortunately one Swedish mother fell victim to an embarrassing typo after her tattooist misspelled her son Kevin’s name as Kelvin. But rather than let it get her down — and face an expensive, painful removal process — 30-year-old Johanna Giselhäll Sandström had an ingenious solution: She had her son’s name legally changed. “I said I wanted the names of my children tattooed on me and I gave the artist their names. The...
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Mocking Trump Spelling Mistake, Chris Cuomo Makes One Himself
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FinkelBlog ^
| Mark Finkelstein
Friendly advice to Chris Cuomo: when mocking President Trump over a spelling mistake, try to avoid making a mistake yourself . . . On
CNN this morning, Cuomo went out of his way to note that in a tweet about James Comey, the prez misspelled “shady” as “shadey.” Continued Cuomo: “unless [Trump was] maybe referring to Slim Shadey, the alternate persona of Eminem.” Here’s the problem, Chris: Eminem spells it Slim Shady. Not Slim Shadey. Ruh-roh! Get the rest of the story and view the video here.
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Police Respond To ‘Female Mental Illness’ Call At Home Of Tori Spelling
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cbs2la ^
| March 1, 2018
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Police responded to a disturbance call Thursday morning at a San Fernando Valley home reportedly belonging to the family of actress Tori Spelling. Officers arrived at the home on the 21200 block of Mullholland Drive in Woodland Hills just after 7 a.m., according to LAPD Media Relations. Dispatch
audio described a “female mental illness” call, according to Entertainment Tonight, which was awaiting a response to a request for comment. While police wouldn’t confirm any details, sources told TMZ the call came after Spelling became “very aggressive” in her home.
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Muslims burn Pampers; cartoon cat's whiskers on them 'look like the Arabic spelling of Mohammed'
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Daily Mail ^
| 2/21/2018 | DAVE RUDGE
Muslim protests in India are calling for a boycott of Pampers products after claiming to have seen the word 'Mohammed' in the face of a cartoon cat which appears on its nappies. The
lines illustrating the whiskers, nose, mouth and left eye of the smiley feline have been suggested to resemble the Prophet's name when written in Arabic or Urdu, although the company that makes the products vehemently denied the claims. The Prophet Mohammed, it added, was a 'holy personality in Islam' and the 'disrespect cannot be tolerated'. The letter went on to say: 'Arrest them and punish them.' 'The...
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Proving The Memo With Mainstream Media – Spelling It Out For The Left – FACTS DO NOT LIE.
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IWB ^
| Ruby Henley
The Left is crying out, “lies, lies, the Memo is filled with lies!” Let’s
go back and prove to the Left that their cohorts in the Mainstream Media helped to back up the Memo. I want to thank Tracy Beanz for her thorough video, which led me to do this report. We will start with the following https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-t Ex-British spy paid $168,000 for Trump dossier, US firm discloses. Although it was public knowledge that Fusion GPS paid for the work, the amount had not been disclosed. Fusion GPS hired former MI6 officer Christopher Steele to collect information about Trump and...
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12-Year-Old Fresno [CA] Girl Wins Scripps National Spelling Bee After Spelling ‘Marocain’ Correctly
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ktla ^
“I just focused on my word and tried to spell it right,” she said. The
12-year-old spelled “marocain,” which is a dress fabric that is made with a warp of silk or rayon and a filling of other yarns. “It’s a like a dream come true. I am so happy right now,” she said. She rocked side-to-side, without completing a smile that began and went away, until her dad rushed to hug her. As the rest of her family joined her, the new champ finally let her happiness show. ... The winner receives a $40,000 grand prize and plenty of...
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A CNN host assumed an Indian American spelling bee champion could read Sanskrit
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WaPo ^
| 6/5/17 | By Kristine Phillips
A CNN host assumed an Indian American spelling bee champion could read Sanskrit A CNN anchor became the target of rebuke for assuming that the 2017 national spelling champion, a California resident who’s of South Asian descent, is “used to using” Sanskrit. Alisyn Camerota and Chris Cuomo were talking to 12-year-old Ananya
Vinay on “New Day” after Ananya’s Thursday victory at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Toward the end of the interview — and after several awkward seconds of asking the sixth-grader to spell “covfefe” — Camerota joked about the origin of the gibberish that President Trump conjured on Twitter...
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CNN Cranks Ask National Spelling Bee Champ to Spell “Covfefe” (VIDEO)
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thegatewaypundit.com ^
| Jun 2nd, 2017
CNN does the impossible and finds a way to smear President Trump during their interview with National Spelling Bee champion Ananya Vinay. Far left cranks Alisyn Camerota and Chris Cuomo ask the champion to spell “covfefe” in an on-air test. Alisyn
Camerota: So Ananya, we have a challenge for you. We’d like you to spell a word. It has recently become popular. We’re not sure if you’re familiar with it or know the definition. Do you know the word, ‘covfefe?’… Definition is a nonsense word made up by the 45th President of the United States.
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Scripps National Spelling Bee: Sixth-grader spells 'marocain' for the win
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Fox news ^
| June 2, 2017
OXON HILL, Md. – Twelve-year-old Ananya Vinay has won the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee. The sixth-grader from Fresno, California, won by spelling "marocain," a French word for dress fabric made of ribbed crepe. She
gets more than $40,000 in cash and prizes. Runner-up Rohan Rajeev missed the word "marram," a Scandinavian-derived word for beach grass
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School Employee Fired for Tweet Aimed at Student's Spelling [fired for pointing out spelling error]
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ABC News/Associated Press ^
| Janaury 14, 2017
Nash ran the school district's Twitter account. On
Jan. 5, a student tweeted to the account, asking that schools be closed "tammarow." Nash responded from the district's account, "But then how would you learn how to spell 'tomorrow?'"
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University of Kansas students are being offered buttons spelling out their preferred gender pronouns
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Daily Mail ^
| Dec. 28, 2016 | AP
University of Kansas students are being offered buttons through the school's library system meant to make their preferred gender pronouns clear. Various
University of Kansas Libraries employees now sport the square-shaped pins, with extra ones also doled out to interested students, the Lawrence Journal-World reports. Library leaders say the buttons are part of the library system's 'You Belong Here' marketing effort meant to lure undergraduates and ensure that they feel welcome, including transgender students. The buttons come in three versions: 'He him his,' ''She her hers' and, for people who don't identify themselves as male or female, 'They them theirs.'...
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Hanukkah Or Chanukah: What Is The Correct Spelling For The Jewish Festival Of Lights?
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International Business Times ^
| 12/23/16 | JASON LE MIERE
The Jewish Festival of Lights will commence at sundown on Saturday. But even for those who will be lighting the candles on the menorah there may well be some confusion over just how to spell the name of the holiday. Is
it Hanukkah or Chanukah? The truth is there is no right or wrong answer. They are both translations of a Hebrew word meaning “dedication” or “consecration.” The holiday was given that name because of its celebration of the rededication of the Holy, or Second, Temple by the Maccabean Jews after it had been desecrated by the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire...
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