tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post3932901613877372744..comments2024-02-29T03:29:52.934-05:00Comments on A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago: Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-84183659379253249362012-05-31T11:49:00.763-04:002012-05-31T11:49:00.763-04:00I would like to LIKE this one hundred thousand tim...I would like to LIKE this one hundred thousand times. Where's the BBC Bailly tumblr, y'all? Gleemonexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-89344562676822465052012-05-31T02:57:11.666-04:002012-05-31T02:57:11.666-04:00Just answered my own question; Sriram Hathwar was ...Just answered my own question; Sriram Hathwar was defeated in the apparently super-tough Campbell, N.Y. regional competition by Sruti Akula, who has made the semifinals. Watch out for Sruti.... Sriram was a top 10 finisher last year and probably would have been a top favorite with Rushlow, Vanya, and Arvind simply by qualifying for the bee. Bobbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-79764206985128154092012-05-31T02:41:23.469-04:002012-05-31T02:41:23.469-04:00What in the world happened to Sriram Hathwar? He w...What in the world happened to Sriram Hathwar? He was like 11 last year, no way he graduated and went to high school, right? Bobbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-49755883350264847302012-05-30T20:24:04.357-04:002012-05-30T20:24:04.357-04:00Spike, will you tell us in your posts tomorrow who...Spike, will you tell us in your posts tomorrow who your speller is? I'm assuming you can tell at some point, don't know if you can before the Bee is over.Genevievenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-6981747166336205492012-05-30T20:13:01.213-04:002012-05-30T20:13:01.213-04:00Thank you! I'm absolutely thrilled and over th...Thank you! I'm absolutely thrilled and over the moon.Uncle Spikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-60771251585370068062012-05-30T19:55:15.238-04:002012-05-30T19:55:15.238-04:00Wasn't there a protest from some anti-smoking ...Wasn't there a protest from some anti-smoking group years ago when "cheroot" was in the bee?<br /><br />I was mildly surprised Gamblers Anonymous or someone didn't complain about panguingue and barbotte in recent years.BeeFannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-21550455406379049752012-05-30T19:35:28.615-04:002012-05-30T19:35:28.615-04:00I'll do a separate post on the written round l...I'll do a separate post on the written round later tonight. I've got two spellers here to tend to first. <br /><br />Also, Spike, congratulations.Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-21310619982999653502012-05-30T19:15:44.025-04:002012-05-30T19:15:44.025-04:00I was surprised it was as low as it was, too. Kind...I was surprised it was as low as it was, too. Kinda makes me wonder how tomorrow will go.Uncle Spikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-76455664661102820002012-05-30T19:12:41.252-04:002012-05-30T19:12:41.252-04:00I'm not saying that it's not significantly...I'm not saying that it's not significantly harder than last year -- it is. But yeah, I'd have expected the cutoff to be in the 25-27 range. Amynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-8811901673844105532012-05-30T19:04:23.528-04:002012-05-30T19:04:23.528-04:00I think the written test this year was significant...I think the written test this year was significantly harder than last year. The words last year:<br /><br /><br />fourteen, drowsy, wasteland, secrecy, generate, normalize, youthquake, unswerving, remembrance, electromagnetic, appointee, oracular, theatricality, benediction, quietive, jiggety, infobahn, calenture, bonobo, pinealectomy, Kafkaesque, monodomous, vitelline, acetarious, hukilau.Uncle Spikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-91047573750251330172012-05-30T19:03:11.441-04:002012-05-30T19:03:11.441-04:00<span>It surprises me too. Assuming you got...<span>It surprises me too. Assuming you got both your bonus words in Rounds 2 and 3, and given that 'rife,' 'alternate,' 'befuddle,' 'demolition,' 'alacrity,' and 'specimen' should be considered "basic" words for NSB-caliber spellers, you're left with needing only 11 out of the other 19 words. That's 58%. If you go a little farther, 'doxic' and 'statuesque' shouldn't really give good spellers much trouble. Out of the others, the only REALLY hard ones [in my opinion] are 'Thucydidean,' 'outrecuidance,' 'tomalley,' 'quelea,' and 'muesli.' Even if you miss all five of those, you're left with three points to play with -- out of fourteen words. I dunno. You're right, I'm really having a hard time conceiving a scenario in which a top notch speller would have trouble with qualifying. </span><br><span> </span><br><span>But then again, we're older and we've been through it already and we're not there right now in the pressure of the situation. So perhaps through an actual speller's lens, the test might be a little more challenging.</span>Samir Patelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-84308604073158562272012-05-30T18:53:03.514-04:002012-05-30T18:53:03.514-04:00I note that Adam's nominee for the Dominic Err...I note that Adam's nominee for the Dominic Errazo Award (Simon Ricci, speller #58) is among the semifinalists. I am amusing myself now by imagining the other semifinalists humming Tom Petty's "You Got Lucky" as he comes up to spell tomorrow. Although if it's true that one could have actually made it without spelling both words in the live rounds, that sentiment may be muted.Lori Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-85115743135833755762012-05-30T18:52:09.780-04:002012-05-30T18:52:09.780-04:00And she lives near Wicked Twister, a roller coaste...And she lives near Wicked Twister, a roller coaster at Cedar Point.Amynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-60992719101535656952012-05-30T18:49:06.523-04:002012-05-30T18:49:06.523-04:00The "matter of course" is the five to th...The "matter of course" is the five to the next speller in line. Lori Anne stopped to talk to the first kid in her row on her way back after her afternoon ding. Apparently she was asked to go sit down by someone waving off camera. On her way back, one speller near her number stopped her for an unexpected high five, even in the face of the waving, which Lori appeared to like and which was the source of my hearting of 266<span>½</span>.sconstantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-70661280488272192672012-05-30T18:40:09.755-04:002012-05-30T18:40:09.755-04:00What do people think about the difficulty of the t...What do people think about the difficulty of the test words? I don't think they were that hard ... *shrug*Amynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-58447673872757512762012-05-30T18:31:24.425-04:002012-05-30T18:31:24.425-04:00Words Scripps tends to avoid:
- variants
- words w...Words Scripps tends to avoid:<br />- variants<br />- words with controversial meanings (sexual, violent, disturbing, etc...although "vivisepulture" was a winning word)<br />- words longer than 15 letters long (exception this year: "idiosyncratically"...and we all know how well that went down.)<br /><br />Alcohol is free game. Daiquiri, zwetschenwasser, gewurztraminer, liebfraumilch, and curacao have all been given before.<br /><br />Amy: why would omphaloskepsis be questionable? It just means navel-gazing or deep contemplation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-61572729515475396732012-05-30T18:26:18.635-04:002012-05-30T18:26:18.635-04:00Thanks so much, Samir!
So many great kids in the f...Thanks so much, Samir!<br />So many great kids in the finals. Yay!<br />I probably won't pick him for the pool since it's his first year, but I've got a rooting interest in Jae Canetti from Reston, VA (the closest that the NoVa suburbs get to participating). Plus I like his bio (a Little Leaguer and voted "most compassionate student") and he's got a great smile.Genevievenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-39989866241769570292012-05-30T18:24:03.561-04:002012-05-30T18:24:03.561-04:00Have you given that a lot of thought?Have you given that a lot of thought?Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-16877019993951535562012-05-30T18:22:18.977-04:002012-05-30T18:22:18.977-04:00I've felt that omphaloskepsis is a bit questio...I've felt that omphaloskepsis is a bit questionable, but it's been given multiple times recently.Amynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-74023193712924088862012-05-30T18:12:53.916-04:002012-05-30T18:12:53.916-04:00Did any of the kids misspell either of their words...Did any of the kids misspell either of their words? Seems that could be possible again, what with the cutoff so low.Amynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-39800768538895044122012-05-30T18:03:56.428-04:002012-05-30T18:03:56.428-04:00So: both five-timers return, 2/3 of last year'...So: both five-timers return, 2/3 of last year's prime-timers return, 3/4 of the four-timers return. Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-40660596781946300562012-05-30T18:01:16.035-04:002012-05-30T18:01:16.035-04:00I was taking notes, and I don't have him down ...I was taking notes, and I don't have him down on my list. I may have messed up on one of the foreign names, but I'm pretty sure I would've noticed a Samuel.Samir Patelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-31762726871587844212012-05-30T17:59:03.011-04:002012-05-30T17:59:03.011-04:00RESULTS [will be on spellingbee.com within an hour...RESULTS [will be on spellingbee.com within an hour, but I figured I'd post it here for those unable to view the broadcast. Adam, feel free to add it to the body of the post.]<br /><br />[[in random order.]]<br /><br />[[[apologies if I misspelled any of the names.]]]<br /><br />[[[[not guaranteed to be error free, but I'd estimate this is at least 95% correct]]]]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Qualifying score: 23 (of 31)<br />Only one speller achieved a perfect score: 92 Vanya Shivashankar<br />Lori Anne Madison did not qualify ;’(<br /><br /><br />SEMIFINALISTS (50)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />92 Vanya Shivashankar<br />155 Nabeel Rahman<br />174 Ty Korsmo<br />198 Dharani Kotekal<br />202 Max Lee<br />1 Kevin Lazenby<br />30 Frank Cahill<br />213 Lina Greenberg<br />49 Rachael Cundey<br />141 Gokul Venkatachalam<br />239 Mark De Los Santos<br />241 Sivateja Tangirala<br />131 Roshini Asirvatham<br />19 Snigdha Nandipati<br />20 Siddharth Kulkarni<br />40 Grace Remmer<br />162 Arvind Mahankali<br />42 Vaidya Govindarajan<br />148 Sanjana Malla<br />193 Nicholas Rushlow<br />244 Thomas Rubio<br />79 Gina Solomito<br />50 Simola Nayak<br />262 Jae Canetti<br />105 Jack Nolan<br />136 Jordan Hoffman<br />254 Vismaya Kharkar<br />238 Abigail Spitzer<br />11 Apolonia Gardner<br />127 Kavyapranati Pratapa<br />156 Sruti Akula<br />185 Sunny Levine<br />31 Rahul Malayappan<br />201 Vishnu Nistala<br />145 Emma Ciereszynski<br />130 Antony Joseph<br />25 Jennifer Mong<br />60 Marlene Santora<br />43 Christal Schermeister<br />27 Mignon Tsai<br />113 Amber Born<br />94 Emily Keaton<br />44 Stuti Mishra<br />204 Noah Cassidy<br />58 Simon Ricci<br />5 Sumaita Mulk<br />93 Emma Steimle<br />237 Chetan Reddy<br />89 Gifton Wright<br />66 Pranav SivakumarSamir Patelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-2908666811738425192012-05-30T17:58:54.636-04:002012-05-30T17:58:54.636-04:00That was my question as well. That was my question as well. Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-57891308429627111422012-05-30T17:56:09.970-04:002012-05-30T17:56:09.970-04:00Did I miss Sam Estep's name?Did I miss Sam Estep's name?Amynoreply@blogger.com