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June 02, 2006
Miss New Jersey Takes It!!
The spelling crown, I mean.
She was a cool customer. I could barely stand to watch ~ tension so thick you could cut it with a knife.
Bingley Update and bump: I live in Jersey, so this is great, but I'm sorry, the best part of this for me is that the Canadian Champ was knocked out by "weltschmerz". That's just too delicious.
Posted by tree hugging sister at June 2, 2006 07:06 AM
Comments
I'm pretty surprised at the number of foreign, especially German words. I think it is a bit of a stretch to claim that "Wehrmacht" is now an English word. Many of the other words were obscure jargon from academia. It's strange that these are now entered into a spelling contest.
Posted by: Mike Rentner at June 2, 2006 11:24 AM
I can't believe that girl missed that word, especially when they told her it was of German origin. Even I knew that if it sounded like V it started with W. Does German even have a V?
And her dad SPEAKS GERMAN! Argh. I think she just choked.
I couldn't get over how pretty that one girl was that got third place. I bet there's 13- and 14-year-old boys all around the country studying their spelling! :)
Posted by: Lisa at June 2, 2006 12:05 PM
Well, I can see what you're saying, Mike, but when I open up the 1980 edition of the Funk and Wagnalls dictionary sitting behind me I find "wehrmacht" in it, so I guess it's kosher for the Bee.
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at June 2, 2006 12:11 PM
I would think "Wehrmacht" would be found in any U.S. history book text addressing Germany/WWII, right?
Posted by: tree hugging sister at June 2, 2006 12:17 PM
And Lisa, you're dead on ~ the third place girl was a babe ~ and so damn sweet, too!
Posted by: tree hugging sister at June 2, 2006 12:17 PM
I bet I'm the only one here who had to break out my Funk and Wagnalls for "weltschmerz".
Posted by: Rob at June 3, 2006 09:36 AM