Google has released its annual list of “America’s most misspelled words.”
According to Google’s data on “how to spell” queries.
It would have been a great story, but it wasn’t to be—Lori Anne Madison, the six-year-old Virginian that became the youngest speller in the history of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, didn’t make it past the bee’s preliminary rounds yesterday.
It’s been a full day of spelling at the Scripps National Spelling Bee over at the National Harbor, as the 278 participants compete to make it to the semifinals tomorrow.
The Scripps National Spelling Bee kicked off today at the National Harbor, and Virginia local Lori Anne Madison has become the youngest competitor in the contest’s 87-year history.
This little man shooting a look at the camera is Donovan Jordan, D.C.’s representative in the National Spelling Bee, which wrapped up last night. Jordan didn’t take home top honors, but he certainly did his city proud.
Good morning Washington. Were you at last night’s mayoral debate up on Foxhall Road? If so, did you get the sense that Mayor Adrian Fenty is getting a wee bit more aggressive?
Martin and I will have more to say on that later today but there were two key phrases that came out of the mayor’s mouth that suggest he may be getting ready to pounce: “Vincent Gray’s ‘early-90s days’” and “shenanigans about the streetcars.” Many people are sick and tired of the squabbling over the streetcar issue, but take a look-y here. Perfect fodder for Fenty, no? This is all getting interesting, for sure! Check out Martin’s fantastic live-tweeting from the chilly Field School gym last night. Speaking of tweeting, the National Spelling Bee finals are today and even D.C’s first responders are getting in on the act. Isn’t this just precious? “Spelling Bee Contestants in DC -Finals are TODAY – How do you spell help in DC – DC F&EMS – we R fast, we R well-trained & we R NICE” That’s the type of efficient spelling strategy that should please these protesters!
What else is making news? (Yes, we know about the stuck train in the Rosslyn-Foggy Bottom tunnel. That’s what you get for living on the Orange and Blue Lines.)
Among the thrilling matches of human prowess coming soon to our city: the Scripps National Spelling Bee and the US Air Guitar Championships. The Spelling Bee got started today, with the Round One Test, in which all 293 spellers spell 50 words on computers. The onstage action stats tomorrow. The Air Guitar Championship arrives on the 29th, at the 9:30 Club. Too bad the dates don’t overlap. Wouldn’t it be great if the competitors spent…
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It’s hard to believe that a musical could get you hooked on phonics. But spelling suddenly becomes irresistible in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” the touring production of the Broadway hit, now playing at the National Theater. The pleasing, goofy show takes an amalgam of precocious, oddball kids and makes you root for them all. There are archetypes for sure — the obsessive Asian kid, the nasal, self-important geek — but each one…
