Monday, May 28, 2012

TODAY, THE BARBECUE; TOMORROW, THE WORDS:  A few more articles on this year's competitors in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which starts with the written round tomorrow:

8 comments:

  1. janet7:28 PM

    Adam, did you type or copy/paste that word?

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  2. Copy/paste, of course, but it's not that hard in its component parts.

    That's the great thing about Bee-blogging (or hosting Pub Quizzes) -- I don't actually have to know all the answers; I can look them up.<span> </span>

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  3. The Pathetic Earthling9:26 PM

    Can someone point me to the complete list of competitors?  

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  4. But what do you do when sources differ on such critical issues as the name of the country borded by India, Bangladesh, China, Loas, and Thailand?

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  5. Go to hell, Marcotte.

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  6. sconstant11:57 PM

    Not a competitor article, but I liked the one in the NYT by a former speller. 

    ( http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/opinion/the-specter-of-the-spelling-bee.html )

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  7. KarenNM1:41 AM

    This young competitor is SIX. SIX YEARS OLD.

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/28/national/a152723D26.DTL&tsp=1

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