Our New Spelling Bee Champion!
13-year-old Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas beat out 11 finalists for the title of the greatest speller who ever spelled (under the age 14) at the Scripps National Spelling Bee last night. Kavya won $40,000 in cash and prizes as well as a giant trophy/fruit bowl/dust collector. This was Kavya's fourth time at the bee and it will also be her last, because of her age.
The word that won it for Kavya was laodicean. Fun fact for a Friday: laodicean is how Paula Abdul spells Lidocaine when scribbling an order to her back alley pharmacist because her mouth is too numb to speak.
Watching the spelling bee is always entertaining. Especially if you partake in a little audience participation. I like to rev up the bong, sip on a little Franzia on ice and compete right along with these tiny geniuses. Last night, I didn't get one word right. That's really not a surprise to anyone who reads this blog. I mean, I traded my Speak & Spell for a She-Ra doll when I was little. There you go.
But I didn't even come close last night. I even tried all the tricks! I wrote the word down on my arm with an air pen. I cupped my hands over my mouth and slowly sounded out the word. Even when they flashed the word on the screen, I still couldn't spell it! Does Sylvan Learning Center host a nightly happy hour?
Anyspellingishard, congratulations to Kavya! She is not only a spelling genius, but she is also connoisseur of French cheeses!
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xerquina, I am PROUD to be a spelling nerd!!!!! :)
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Submitted by EvilShoe on Sun, 05/24/2009
Well, if she is perfectly still she can claim she is not sexually active.
Submitted by Mrs. F. on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 11:12am.
I care.... my enemy was the "p" in rasPberry!
LOL.... rasberry, and that's how I will spell it from now on.
I came in third for my school spelling bee in 7th grade, like 5 th in 6th and i dont remember doing it in 8th because of Nacsiboco Nugyneen some smart ass chick who always won no matter what...
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Yeah no shit she won, she probably got bounced right to the Finals for just spelling her last name!
Submitted by Reeter on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 11:14am.
Submitted by madam s. on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 11:04am.
i really almost failed my incredibly easy speech class in hs and college (d-)
because i just couldn't and didn't do it.
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Submitted by madam s. on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 11:04am.
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I hear ya. I'm waiting for my appointment to protest my taxes in front of the appraisal board and It's making me sick thinking of getting up in front of those people. It's intimidating - child and adult! : )
Submitted by shut the smurf up on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 11:10am.
Submitted by Happy Hour on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 11:07am.
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lol.. first I thought of you..( well the hot guy on your awie) then I called my sister and she is like oh yeah.. bitch is like the hispanic Judge Judy.
Submitted by Stoney on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 11:03am.
No one cares about my chandelier trauma!!!!
*stomps off*
I care.... my enemy was the "p" in rasPberry!
edited to add: Cool! The raspberry turned pink! I love when that happens.
LOL this post brought out all the nerds.
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Submitted by Happy Hour on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 11:07am.
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yeah, is from a spanish TV Judge.(a Cuban Judge Judy) she is SO Hot slut material, but MK hasn't discovered her yet.
He Dicho! caso cerrado!!
Awww, she's from the next 'hood over from mine! Way to go, Kavya!
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OMG I hated spelling bee's in elementary school.
I guess this answers my question if the little girl from the Bay Area won.
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@shut the smurf up.. just an off T comment, yesterday I was channel surfing and all of a sudden I hear " He dicho, caso cerrado! LMAO... is that where you got your sig. from? that lady was mad for some reason..lol..
Ahaha parissucks and Reeter,
Thank you. Yeah, looking back it seems like pretty poor/unsympathetic adult behavior because surely it was clear before it even got to that point that I didn't like speaking in front of the others! On my part, I was a really shitty hider.
Oh thanks happy hour, lol.
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No one cares about my chandelier trauma!!!!
*stomps off*
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Submitted by Stoney on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 10:59am.
Yeah for smart GIRLS!!!!! Woooo!!!!!
but I accidentally left the "n" out of chandelier. I'm still not over it. Fun Stoney fact of the day.
Great story! .. awww that sucks! N is not even a pretty letter.
FYI there's also a Geography Bee hosted by National Geographic. The competition was on teevee last weekend.
Submitted by madam s. on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 10:58am.
The teachers in my school used to try and make me be in the spelling bees because I was a great speller, but I hated standing in front of the class/school so much that I would hide in a bathroom or behind the school and if they found me I would cry so hard that they would usually give up. On occasion I would get up and spell anyway with a tear-streaked face, all sad and tortured-like.
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Sad and cute! : )
awww madam s., I want to hug you!!!!
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Submitted by EvilShoe on Sun, 05/24/2009
Well, if she is perfectly still she can claim she is not sexually active.
See people, this is what we need! more educational TV not all the reality crap. Congratulations Kavya!!!
LOL, I spelled spelling wrong! With 3 L's. Teehee! usually when I spell it wrong on purpose, I write speeling, but that was an accident. Too much coffee, maybe.
Yeah for smart GIRLS!!!!! Woooo!!!!!
I won my school spelling bee in the sixth grade with the word cataclysm, and came in fifth in the city and won a set of dictionaries. I would have probably won that one but I accidentally left the "n" out of chandelier. I'm still not over it. Fun Stoney fact of the day.
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Submitted by Stock Broker on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 10:51am.
Funny you're reporting this MK....last nite I watched "Akeelah & the Bee
I love love love that Movie.
He Dicho! caso cerrado!!
The teachers in my school used to try and make me be in the spelling bees because I was a great speller, but I hated standing in front of the class/school so much that I would hide in a bathroom or behind the school and if they found me I would cry so hard that they would usually give up. On occasion I would get up and spell anyway with a tear-streaked face, all sad and tortured-like.
I didn't think that was how it was pronounced.
Methinks that redhed announcer lady has been skimming of the spellling bee fund to buy botox.
WoW! Good on her!
I take comfort in the fact that there are still nerdy girls out there representin'. I see far too many vapid little twats nowadays.
I love people who can spell! Poor spelling drives me crazy.....
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Submitted by EvilShoe on Sun, 05/24/2009
Well, if she is perfectly still she can claim she is not sexually active.
Lidocaine would make Paula's mouth numb. It's an anesthetic.
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it's always southeast Asians who win this! i remember i was a spelling bee champ in the second grade.
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Her Dad was so cute, everytime he knew she knew the word he was beaming....
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"let me tell you something about my family WE ARE AS TIK AS TIEVES"
"its 1492!! Come on people!!!" provolone
Awww... I love everything about this post! MK is hilarious, Kavya rocks, and laodicean is a cool word. Smart children make me happy.
My only concern is that this is posted under A Shot At Love. Please tell me Kavya isn't going to be the next Tila Tequila.
Shoot, I remember spelling a dumb word wrong from the spelling bee. I think it was Ladle and I spelled it Ladel or something like that.
Because I was curious:
La·od·i·ce·an (l-d-sn)
adj.
1. Of or relating to Laodicea.
2. Indifferent or lukewarm especially in matters of religion.
n.
A native or inhabitant of Laodicea.
@Stock: you should see "Spellbound":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spellbound_(2002_film)
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I watched this. I got ONE word right, LOL
Can you use it in a sentence? Can I have the part of speech please? Are there any other pronounciations?
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"This is MK. He started it" angel_i
"let me tell you something about my family WE ARE AS TIK AS TIEVES"
"its 1492!! Come on people!!!" provolone
Funny you're reporting this MK....last nite I watched "Akeelah & the Bee" with my Connie Selleca lookalike date.
It was a cute movie.
She needs to be HSOTD tomorrow!
He Dicho! caso cerrado!!