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Spelling Bee (How many can you get out of 20?)
NRO's The Corner ^ | 6-4-08 | John Derbyshire

Posted on 06/04/2009 11:54:19 AM PDT by SeafoodGumbo

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1 posted on 06/04/2009 11:54:19 AM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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To see the correct spelling, I typed them in an online dictionary. You could also type them in Word and use the spell checker.


2 posted on 06/04/2009 11:55:07 AM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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wat u say?


3 posted on 06/04/2009 11:56:04 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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Actually, instead of typing them in Word, I meant paste them in Word.


4 posted on 06/04/2009 11:56:21 AM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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spelling bee

b-e-e.

Sheesh.

5 posted on 06/04/2009 11:56:29 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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I missed roccoccco. Rocooccoo Rooococcococccocccoooo.

Dang it.

6 posted on 06/04/2009 11:56:58 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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hmmm....got all but #11


7 posted on 06/04/2009 11:58:59 AM PDT by freedompursuit (Meet the new President of Government Motors - Barack Camaro)
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To: SeafoodGumbo
To see the correct spelling, I typed them in an online dictionary. You could also type them in Word and use the spell checker.

I just post the word here or FR. Someone is sure to correct you:)

8 posted on 06/04/2009 12:01:34 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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I got 14 going through the list quickly and trusting WordPerfect’s spellcheck to nail me.


9 posted on 06/04/2009 12:01:34 PM PDT by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find!)
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I got 16.........

What do I win?

10 posted on 06/04/2009 12:02:45 PM PDT by Osage Orange (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. - Will Rodgers)
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Rookookoe...rocccokkoco...rowkowkow...raccooko...


11 posted on 06/04/2009 12:04:41 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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I got 16.........

What do I win?

Your leather-bound book of Obama's greatest speeches is in the mail!

12 posted on 06/04/2009 12:06:24 PM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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They’re misspelled?


13 posted on 06/04/2009 12:09:56 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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How many people are ever honest about how many of these they get correct? Impossible to tell if anyone is being honest.

Nothing to see here...

14 posted on 06/04/2009 12:17:39 PM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly ("Mantra of the left: 'It's only okay when WE do it.'")
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Dang, that’s tough. I got 12 and thought I could do better than that.

}:-)4


15 posted on 06/04/2009 12:21:10 PM PDT by Moose4 (Hey RNC. Don't move toward the middle. MOVE THE MIDDLE TOWARD YOU.)
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I just post the word here or FR. Someone is sure to correct you:)

Guilty.

16 posted on 06/04/2009 12:23:11 PM PDT by humblegunner
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Already got the “Little Blue Book”.........


17 posted on 06/04/2009 12:46:21 PM PDT by Osage Orange (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. - Will Rodgers)
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Liar!


18 posted on 06/04/2009 12:47:04 PM PDT by Osage Orange (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. - Will Rodgers)
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LOL!

Jailhouse honesty...!!

19 posted on 06/04/2009 12:50:12 PM PDT by Osage Orange (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. - Will Rodgers)
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Wow...got them all right except resuscitate. That danged ‘c’ got me. Most of the time I can look at a word and tell if it looks right.


20 posted on 06/04/2009 2:28:32 PM PDT by moonpie57 ("Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." MLK)
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