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06-01-2006, 01:15 PM
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Spelling Bee
Is anyone watching the preliminary rounds on ESPN today? They're showing the finals tonight on ABC (I think).
I love watching this stuff, some of these kids are such dorks though! I think all they do is sit at home and read the dictionary. I wonder if these home school kids actually learn anything else, or if their parents make them focus on winning the spelling bee.
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06-01-2006, 01:18 PM
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Spelling is one of those things...you have it or you don't (and you get a really good spellchecker )
Although if I was a homeschool parent, that's not a bad way to go (beefing your kid up for spelling bees), those kinds get all kinds of cool crap and scholarships. If you're going to spend 18 years not working a paying job, a scholarship has to look pretty nice.
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06-01-2006, 02:11 PM
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I was wondering why this is on ESPN. It would be awesome if they had Chris Berman or John Madden doing the commentary. Madden would be all, "If you're going to spell a word, you have to use the right letters!"
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06-01-2006, 02:13 PM
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Because it's Entertainment Sports Programming Network— ESPN
Apparently, a spelling bee is supposed to be entertaining.
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06-01-2006, 03:11 PM
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ESPN also broadcasts scrabble tournaments. It just doesn't get any better than this!
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06-01-2006, 04:13 PM
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My friends came up with a Spelling Bee drinking game....its hilarious! And yes we're all burning in hell.
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06-01-2006, 06:04 PM
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care to share the drinking game!?
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06-01-2006, 10:41 PM
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I watched it with my kids and quizzed them on why they couldn't spell those words...
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06-01-2006, 10:50 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by AGDee
I watched it with my kids and quizzed them on why they couldn't spell those words...
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Because you're a bad parent
Don't feel bad, most adults can't spell, much less pronounce, those words.
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06-01-2006, 11:15 PM
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My drinking game would involve taking a drink every time a word has a vowel in it.
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06-01-2006, 11:27 PM
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Remember that girl who screamed the letters of each word? She won the bee.
I'm such a nerd that I looked her up. She is 1997 champ Rebecca Sealfon from New York, NY. Click here to see her in action.
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06-02-2006, 06:27 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by valkyrie
My drinking game would involve taking a drink every time a word has a vowel in it.
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valkyrie, you're hilarious!
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06-02-2006, 11:21 AM
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is the spelling bee a sport? because it was broadcast on espn.
winning word "ursprache"
for the first time, pinnaclesports.com, an offshore gambling site, offered bets on it, including:
will the winner be wearing glasses? will the winner be a boy or girl? will the final word have an "e" in it? how many letters in the final word? the company received $70,000 in bets.
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06-02-2006, 11:22 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by AznSAE
is the spelling bee a sport? because it was broadcast on espn.
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Quote:
Originally posted by AlphaFrog
Entertainment Sports Programming Network— ESPN
Apparently, a spelling bee is supposed to be entertaining.
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06-02-2006, 12:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by docetboy
care to share the drinking game!?
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It went something like - you pick a kid in the first round and that's your "horse" so to speak..every time your kid gets a word right, you hand out a drink. your kid loses and you finish your beer. That's the main premise of the game but there are also specific shots you have to do if something happens: a shot of Redhot when the country of orgin is asked, Yager if someone cries, etc.
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