Numbnuts? Could you use that in a sentence please?

Published on May 31st, 2008

Posted by McCullough in General

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# 1 Ian (in the Tubes) said, on May 31st, 2008 at 8:46 am

Is that the world’s thinnest tablet he was checking the spelling on?

# 2 Les said, on May 31st, 2008 at 8:55 am

This had me laughing!

#1 A lot of the contestants use the back of their card to write the letters. It helps them see the word.

# 3 Numbnuts said, on May 31st, 2008 at 9:48 am

He should have spelled – H*I*L*L*A*R*Y C*L*I*N*T*O*N

# 4 bobbo said, on May 31st, 2008 at 9:53 am

That kid actually won the spelling bee for the 4th time AFTER his sister had won it 2 or 3 times==but I forget the details. All three last contenders looked of Indian descent to me and all the words they were given were “un-American.”

He won on guerdon-something that is earned or gained.

# 5 Mister Ketchup said, on May 31st, 2008 at 9:59 am

The word was of Hindi origin. If it had been a black kid would they give him a word in ebonics?

# 6 jbenson2 said, on May 31st, 2008 at 10:10 am

Neumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

Could you use that in a sentence, please.

# 7 QB said, on May 31st, 2008 at 10:16 am

Then there’s always George Bush trying to pronounce “shiite”.

# 8 Mister Ketchup said, on May 31st, 2008 at 10:30 am

#6 – You do and you’ll clean it up!

# 9 Mister Ketchup said, on May 31st, 2008 at 10:31 am

#7 – Could you use that in a sentence? I have to take a shitte. Origin please? Tidy bowl.

# 10 Olo Baggins of Bywater said, on May 31st, 2008 at 11:45 am

That kid was hilarious all night.

# 11 eyeofthetiger said, on May 31st, 2008 at 1:05 pm

Using non-common foreign words to spell out in English drastically increases the amount of words. I doubt many people in India even know what a numnuh is. I like the idea of making the contest multi-cultural, but damn some languages just don’t make sense when spelled out in English. Numnuh is used in Europe to describe the piece of cloth under a saddle. In the USA it is called a skirt.

# 12 Esteban said, on May 31st, 2008 at 1:43 pm

#7, There’s a silent “P” at the beginning of Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

# 13 jbenson2 said, on May 31st, 2008 at 2:00 pm

#12 – Good catch.

pneumono ultra micro scopic silico volcano coniosis

It is a lung infection caused by the inhalation of small particles such as volcano ash.

# 14 SJP said, on May 31st, 2008 at 2:10 pm

And now spell Uranus.

# 15 andy said, on May 31st, 2008 at 2:52 pm

now this is the DU i know and love

# 16 No1foghead said, on May 31st, 2008 at 4:26 pm

Oh Dvorak, you’ve done it again … this WAS one of the funniest things I’ve seen recently. It looked like the poor kid didn’t want to acknowledge that he’d ever even heard the word “numbnuts” let alone have to spell it! His unease and subsequent relief was palpable. ROFL Thank You

# 17 Sea Lawyer said, on May 31st, 2008 at 4:36 pm

Who wants to take a wager that you will never see the word “niggard” in one of these bees?

# 18 Politically Correct said, on May 31st, 2008 at 11:53 pm

Ebonics… “niggard”

There sure are some numbnuts in this thread!

# 19 Zooma said, on June 1st, 2008 at 11:59 am

These kind of ‘competition’ are an embarassment to America. Don’t they realize that these things circulate over the web and make us looks like idiots?

# 20 Rachet_Head said, on June 1st, 2008 at 3:59 pm

And who said Spelling Bee contestants don’t have a sense of humor. Absolutely hilarious!

# 21 BertDawg said, on June 1st, 2008 at 7:28 pm

Earlier in the contest a girl, given a different word, asked, “Could you use that in a song, please?” Her request really brought the crowd to her. The moderator said, “No, you really don’t want that.”

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