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alva is offline alva
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Good song

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The film is called 'Spellbound' BTW, it's well worth a watch in a 'Oh My God!'/ roadcrash type of way


That documentary scared the hell out of me. Those poor kids

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Other countries don't have spelling bees?

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No, 'cause competition would ruin the kids.

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What about quiz team?

Debate team?

Math olympics?

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Other countries don't have spelling bees?


The UK doesn't, I'm not sure if any other country is quite mad enough to have them either.

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What about quiz team?

Debate team?

Math olympics?


No, No and No

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* cough University Challenge cough *

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Thats a game show not a sporting event, I don't see Sky Sports looking to get in on the act.

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Yeh, but does Sky Sports have things like poker and bowling like ESPN does?

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On Sky Sports

quote:
Football
Cricket
Rugby Union
Rugby League
Golf
Tennis
Boxing
Athletics
Horse Racing
Speedway
NFL
Snooker
NBA
Darts
Pool
Greyhound Racing
British Superbikes
Motor Racing
Badminton
Equestrianism
WWE


Except for the Greyhounds, there's nothing there that you wouldn't see on ESPN... and a lot missing that you would.

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Yes, Sky Sports cover both bowling and poker.

Face it, making spelling a competitive sport is just plain weird.

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Other countries don't have spelling bees?


Lots of other languages are phonetically precise. Just by hearing the word said you know how to spell it. English requires a lot more memorisation of spellings because of the difference between pronounciation and letter order due to the great vowel shift.

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ESPN covers darts? Hmmm... I've never seen that.

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I saw a game on ESPN2 around 3:00 in the morning. Probably more "airing" it than "covering" it, but yes, it was on at least once.

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Oh I see you got your panties on twist. You counter allegatiosn with allegations. Nice. It makes you very much superior. But here is a hint for you. You know 0 about Finland. You know 0 about Finns. In real life that is. You might imagine you know something, but in real life, you know nothing. And that's a fact. Anyone who is born in country is native in my books. I guess that' snot enough for you though.

You might be smarter, you might be brighter, and you definitely are more rich than me, but here's a fact for you anyway... you know **** about us, but we know a lot about you. Go on, be a spin doctor about it. Helps you absolutely nothing. In fact, makes you look more like a fool if you even try. The fact is I wasn't even half serious. Now if you say well neither were you, we both know you were not honest. You were half serious. Let me repeat. You know nothing about us. maybe you don't even care to know, but that's not something I would lose a good night sleep for.... I ask you one thing though. And that is not to go and disrespect my country etc, just because you get overheated about something. I'm not a flag waiver, because it's not our custom. But when I see a clear foul, well that's something we have to call. I say BS things a lot, and many times not serious. But I ask you.. how many times have I offended the US as a country? So please, take your **** somewhere else, because it's not appreciated. If you need to be a bigot, do it somewhere else.

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Finns

Jari Litmanen
Sami Hypia

My cousin played in your first division for MyPa 48 (typo?)

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Litmanen should be retired already with his mullet. Samy Hyypiä is overrated...

Yeah.. MyPa.. it's a team.

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And hells yes I'm drunk, I should go to sleep. Usually I'm very respective about you John, but something got me in your post. Maybe it was your intent. To be provocative. Maybe I took it wrong, being drunk and about to go to sleep. Maybe I'll feel totally differently tomorrow, but your post was utter **** and one of the most disrespectful I have seen lately. I was joking. I hope you were too. If not, then I have no more to say.

Thanks. now ... sleep-o-land.... ZzzZzz

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Jari is one of the best players in Europe ever IMHO, I'm a bit biased with Sami, him being a red and all.....

My cousin actually got to play for MyPa against Liverpool at Anfield in the Champions League, lucky ****$r.

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Jari Litmanen

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Lots of other languages are phonetically precise. Just by hearing the word said you know how to spell it. English requires a lot more memorisation of spellings because of the difference between pronounciation and letter order due to the great vowel shift.



And also lovely things such as:

bough

cough

though

thorough

through

enough

sough

hiccough

lough

thought


Gaelic is a killer for words looking like an alphabet orgy but sounding nothing like the way they're spelt:

'Tha a' Ghàidhlig air te dhe na canain Ceilteach agus tha i air a bruidhinn ann an coimhearsnachdan ann an Iar Thuath na dùthcha.

Tha i cuideachd air a labhairt le moran ann am bailtean na h-Alba. Ged a tha an àireamh de luchd-bruidhinn na Gàidhlig air tuiteam san dà cheud bliadhna a chaidh seachad, chan eil an ìre aire a th'aig a' Ghàidhlig sa cultur an-diugh riamh air a bhi aice roimh'n a seo. '


Give me Italian any day.

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Well, you know, get your priorities straight- you're starving, don't know how to plough a field, can't fish to save your life, are having fallouts based on what minority sect you do or don't belong to, wars with hostile natives- solution?


A spelling contest !


The Scots Irish immigrants invented another learning game to improve the accuracy of their body counts in North America.

Blam! Blam! Blam!

One little two little three little Indians......

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Spelling bees were common in colonial times. They emerged well before the revolution.



Which begs the question- which dictionaries did they use for reference ?

 
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