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Anurag Kashyap Wins National Spelling Bee
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| June 02, 2005
Posted on 06/02/2005 1:24:02 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: moog
Or maybe the person was blinded by the glare from some sequins, and couldn't read the definition. ; )
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posted on
06/02/2005 6:00:01 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: nuconvert
Or maybe the person was blinded by the glare from some sequins, and couldn't read the definition. ; )
I wonder which sequen/insial order it was in.
42
posted on
06/02/2005 6:02:31 PM PDT
by
moog
To: moog
You're stretching that sequence, now. ; )
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posted on
06/02/2005 6:05:47 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: nuconvert
I never was a good sequencer. I never could put anything together or take it out.
44
posted on
06/02/2005 6:07:57 PM PDT
by
moog
To: moog
Guess you were never very good at the Hokey Pokey. ;~ )
45
posted on
06/02/2005 6:19:36 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: moog
And speaking of the Hokey Pokey..............
With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world
at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of
a very important person which almost went unnoticed
last week. Larry La Prise, the man who wrote
"The Hokey Pokey," died peacefully at age 93.
The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into
the coffin. They put his left leg in. And then the
trouble started.
46
posted on
06/02/2005 6:49:01 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: RushCrush
The final word was "sequence". I spelled it "sequins"... Welcome to the club. My word was "according". I spelled "accordion". Oh well - life goes on.
47
posted on
06/02/2005 6:52:25 PM PDT
by
Prince Caspian
(Don't ask if it's risky... Ask if the reward is worth the risk)
To: untenured
I took third place as a freshman in one of my high school bee's years ago. I missed "leprechaun" by one letter, "U". And I'm Irish. I've loathed dwarves ever since that day.
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posted on
06/02/2005 7:23:47 PM PDT
by
yooper
(If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there......)
To: Tax-chick
"Sequence" and "sequins" are not homophones."
Please. Must we bring gays into every thread on this board. This article is about a spelling bee, not Greenwich Village or San Francisco.
49
posted on
06/02/2005 7:29:14 PM PDT
by
yooper
(If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there......)
To: OldFriend
Some of the words seemed particularly easy. Strange indeed. And using a proper word, the name of a medicine?
I was sitting in the ballroom watching the event and the words were definitely not easy in the later rounds. The winning word was actually easier that many of the preceeding words, but still challenging.
The name of a medicine appears in Webster's 3rd and has an etymology of ISV.
All of the children participating did fantastic and are a great group of kids. The Indians look like they'll be "running the show" for many more years...
50
posted on
06/02/2005 8:02:43 PM PDT
by
politicket
(Hypothesis of Evolution - HOE - The Secular Religion)
To: Onelifetogive
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posted on
06/02/2005 9:42:47 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Father of the Beeber)
To: politicket
I only watched for a short time and was appalled when one woman commentating for TV said.......
All that work and one LOUSY word can knock you out.
Now, I am paraphrasing but she used the word LOUSY.... and that was really totally inappropriate. One LOUSY word?????????????
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posted on
06/03/2005 5:23:02 AM PDT
by
OldFriend
(MAJOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH.....INSPIRATIONAL)
To: politicket
Care to explain your 'running the show' comment?
Perhaps we ought to have an Asian quota?
53
posted on
06/03/2005 5:25:29 AM PDT
by
OldFriend
(MAJOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH.....INSPIRATIONAL)
To: dead
"He won by being the only contestant who could correctly spell "Anurag Kashyap"
- Runner up was contestant, "Igonna Shutyoyap" who credited his near win to his love of rap music.
To: OldFriend
All that work and one LOUSY word can knock you out.
I agree. That "lady" was awful! She should have just shut up and let the audience watch the kids spell. Her verbal input brought the show down.
55
posted on
06/03/2005 6:00:40 AM PDT
by
politicket
(Hypothesis of Evolution - HOE - The Secular Religion)
To: moog
No definition? That doesn't sound fair. It was out of sequence.
How about:
"The dress was out of sequins."
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posted on
06/03/2005 6:08:28 AM PDT
by
Onelifetogive
(* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
To: OldFriend
Care to explain your 'running the show' comment?
Sure...I meant it as a high compliment to them. They have a whole different level of perseverence and diligence from many children not raised in their culture. They have established a national network, via computer, where they all train together year-round.
There is absolutely no way that a child of non-Indian descent will win without putting in more effort than that (and I don't see it happening for a number of years).
No, there should not be an Asian quota. However, there should be consistency in the national rules:
All of the children are sent to nationals from newspaper publishers around the country and the children are allowed to return year-after-year so long as they meet the "age" and "grade" requirements.
There are a very small number of publishers (like the Rocky Mountain News out of Denver) that will only allow a child to go once. My son went (from the Rocky) as a 6th grader this year after having studied for 4 months. He, of course, didn't get very far (which is fine). The problem is that all of the other 6th graders that dropped out said: "Oh well, I'll just try again next year".
The national bee should either 1) Allow child to keep coming back until they surpass the "age" and/or "grade" requirements, or 2) Only allow children to compete once at the national leve.
Either way, it should be consistent competition across the board...
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posted on
06/03/2005 6:11:46 AM PDT
by
politicket
(Hypothesis of Evolution - HOE - The Secular Religion)
To: nuconvert
EUONYM!!!!
**pummels annoying 13 year old**
To: nuconvert
Guess you were never very good at the Hokey Pokey. ;~ )
Don't you know how hard that is to do with two left fee????
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posted on
06/03/2005 6:23:04 AM PDT
by
moog
To: moog
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posted on
06/03/2005 6:23:48 AM PDT
by
moog
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