Comments on: Numbnuts? Could you use that in a sentence please?

By: BertDawg

BertDawg — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:28:16 +0000

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.”

By: Rachet_Head

Rachet_Head — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:59:20 +0000

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

By: Zooma

Zooma — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:59:30 +0000

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?

By: Politically Correct

Politically Correct — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:53:19 +0000

Ebonics… “niggard”

There sure are some numbnuts in this thread!

By: Sea Lawyer

Sea Lawyer — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:36:39 +0000

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

By: No1foghead

No1foghead — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:26:50 +0000

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

By: andy

andy — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:52:30 +0000

now this is the DU i know and love

By: SJP

SJP — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:10:20 +0000

And now spell Uranus.

By: jbenson2

jbenson2 — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:00:57 +0000

#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.

By: Esteban

Esteban — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:43:51 +0000

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

By: eyeofthetiger

eyeofthetiger — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:05:50 +0000

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.

By: Olo Baggins of Bywater

Olo Baggins of Bywater — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:45:44 +0000

That kid was hilarious all night.

By: Mister Ketchup

Mister Ketchup — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:31:51 +0000

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

By: Mister Ketchup

Mister Ketchup — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:30:29 +0000

#6 – You do and you’ll clean it up!

By: QB

QB — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:16:55 +0000

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