Thursday, June 1, 2006

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS: Three spellers remain, and in several ways they're not what stereotypes might have suggested. Here's the relevant rule:
16. At the beginning of any round in which either two or three spellers remain, the pronouncer shall move to the Championship Words section of the word list. The Championship Words section contains 25 words. If a champion does not emerge in the course of administering these final 25 words, the remaining spellers shall be declared co-champions.

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There are few cooler things than seeing a speller smile as soon as she hears a word. When all the training pays off.

But we're down to two.

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And at this rate, we may have two for a while. I can watch this battle all night. (Okay, why is "The Break-Up" advertising now? What's the overlap between that audience and this, exactly? Okay, and an IBS+constipation pill follows?)

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People in later time zones: set your TiVos to run long. How long? I don't know yet.

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Wow. Kerry Close is spelling exceptionally fast. And well. Just automatic.

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Those of us who have seen Akeelah and the Bee might be feeling a sense of deja vu right now.

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We have a winner! The word is OOR-shrpah-kheh, the German term for a language that is the recorded or hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages. And Kerry Close is jubilant.

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