About 16 years ago, I screwed up in front of my entire school. I was on stage for the school’s Spelling Bee finals, and I misspelled “length” as “legnth.” My teachers, especially Mr. Kesten(baum)*, were quite upset with me; I think some may have placed bets.
Fast forward to present day. I still would get knocked out at the school level, although on a more difficult word. I got nine out of ten on this quiz. Give it a try (without the aid of Merriam-Webster, you cheater) and see what you get. For more “fun,” guess which word I spelled wrong.
* He legally changed his name from Kestenbaum to Kesten when his son was born. The reason he gave was because it would be “easier for the kid to learn.” I think the CIA made him do it.
I’m not even going to try. I can’t spell to save my life.
wow. if people did that all the time… everyone’s last names would be smith, brown, etc. i think a complicated name gives you character 🙂
I didn’t do too poorly – 8/10. I got the two medical terms wrong.
I am so kewl. I learnt how to spel properlee, and I akshualy got a tin out of tin (10/10). I won my skoolz speling bee. by the way.
i think you got croissant wrong.
Nope, the one I got wrong was sacrilegious, so I would have lost the contest in 1942.
Hey! I did pretty well! 10/10! I had my doubts on “intelligible” for a minute – thought for sure I missed it. But I got it right, too!
8/10, but I misspelled eczema, which annoys me because I actually encounter that word in my job. The other word? Sacrilegious. As long as I got deification right…