1 posted on
06/02/2005 1:24:04 PM PDT by
nuconvert
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I was one of two finalists in my 8th grade spelling bee. The final word was "sequence". I spelled it "sequins" because they wouldn't give me a definition.
I still think I should have gotten the title.
2 posted on
06/02/2005 1:26:13 PM PDT by
RushCrush
(Never give in. Never, never, never, never! Never yield in any way great or small.)
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He won by being the only contestant who could correctly spell "Anurag Kashyap".
4 posted on
06/02/2005 1:27:34 PM PDT by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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Bursting into tears, eighth-grader Anurag Kashyap (search) of California became the U.S. spelling champ Thursday,Imagine the media comments had Anurag been a homeschooler....."can't handle pressure"....."needs to get out more"......blah blah blah.
That said, congrats to him and the others. By the way it's interesting to note that the top 3 are all Indian.
5 posted on
06/02/2005 1:27:54 PM PDT by
Lizavetta
To: nuconvert
Homeschooler Samir Patel tied for 2nd at the 2005 National Spelling Bee.
8 posted on
06/02/2005 1:31:39 PM PDT by
Momaw Nadon
("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
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I guess if he can spell his own name, he can spell anything, lol.
To: nuconvert
Some of the words seemed particularly easy. Strange indeed. And using a proper word, the name of a medicine?
11 posted on
06/02/2005 1:36:07 PM PDT by
OldFriend
(MAJOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH.....INSPIRATIONAL)
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14 posted on
06/02/2005 1:37:26 PM PDT by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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I like how FoxNews always mentions when achieving kids have been homeschooled. Kudos! Look in vain for such a mention in the MSM reports.
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Finola Hackett, a seventh-grader in Tofield, Alberta, mastered "whiffet," a small or unimportant person. Could you use that in a sentence please....
"Whiffet Jefferson Clinton was a national embarassment."
16 posted on
06/02/2005 1:39:03 PM PDT by
Onelifetogive
(* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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Congratulations Anurag Kashyap! Well Done!
18 posted on
06/02/2005 1:40:26 PM PDT by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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Yeah Poway.! Go Big Green.!!
19 posted on
06/02/2005 1:41:09 PM PDT by
Pompah
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With name like he has he had to be a good speller.
21 posted on
06/02/2005 1:52:56 PM PDT by
ex-snook
(Exporting jobs and the money to buy America is lose-lose.)
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It would seem like knowledge of Latin and Greek would be most useful in such a contest, as well as familiarity with basic phonology.
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Appparently, the two remaining spellers went round after round after round w/o being able to determine a winner.
The judges eventually decided upon a tie-breaker, whereby one student had to spell their opponent's name....
Congrats to all the participants!
25 posted on
06/02/2005 2:11:56 PM PDT by
mikrofon
(C-H-E-C-K-E-R)
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Amazing no one has made fun of the name yet in this thread.
30 posted on
06/02/2005 2:41:10 PM PDT by
cyborg
(I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
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EUONYM!!!!
**pummels annoying 13 year old**
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