Comments on: Scripps-Howard Spelling Bee (2006) http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=10 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 By: Wu Swee Woo http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-340266 Wu Swee Woo Sun, 07 Aug 2011 05:53:55 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=10#comment-340266 Dear Dr. Goodword Could you let me know why or the rationale the organiser of the Scripps National Spelling Bee only permit the contestant to be champion once only even if he/she is still within the age permitted? Thanks and regards Dear Dr. Goodword

Could you let me know why or the rationale the organiser of the Scripps National Spelling Bee only permit the contestant to be champion once only even if he/she is still within the age permitted?

Thanks and regards

]]> By: Dr. Goodword’s Language Blog » Blog Archive » Swarming to Schwärmerei? http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-18 Dr. Goodword’s Language Blog » Blog Archive » Swarming to Schwärmerei? Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:13:44 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=10#comment-18 [...] Now, I have already said my piece on using foreign words in an English-language spelling bee. Since Merriam-Webster is the major supporter of that event, their acceptance of Schwärmerei as an English word should come as no surprise. I once commented that Merriam-Webster not only accepts any word it meets in print as a member of the English vocabulary, it sweeps the gutters for neologisms. This is almost understandable since announcing its acceptance of new words, such as its premature announcement about googling recently is one of their primary marketing techniques. [...] [...] Now, I have already said my piece on using foreign words in an English-language spelling bee. Since Merriam-Webster is the major supporter of that event, their acceptance of Schwärmerei as an English word should come as no surprise. I once commented that Merriam-Webster not only accepts any word it meets in print as a member of the English vocabulary, it sweeps the gutters for neologisms. This is almost understandable since announcing its acceptance of new words, such as its premature announcement about googling recently is one of their primary marketing techniques. [...]

]]> By: Dr. Goodword’s Language Blog » Blog Archive » Better Watch your Ts and Ds, too http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-4 Dr. Goodword’s Language Blog » Blog Archive » Better Watch your Ts and Ds, too Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:54:04 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=10#comment-4 [...] Me, too, though I am encouraged by the growing interest in spelling that I mentioned in my first blog, Scripps-Howard Spelling Bee (2006). The misspelling, of course, is wrong. Since we congratulate graduates when they graduate, it is easy to confuse the spelling of the two. [...] [...] Me, too, though I am encouraged by the growing interest in spelling that I mentioned in my first blog, Scripps-Howard Spelling Bee (2006). The misspelling, of course, is wrong. Since we congratulate graduates when they graduate, it is easy to confuse the spelling of the two. [...]

]]> By: Skinem http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-3 Skinem Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:23:25 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=10#comment-3 Thank you Dr. Goodword! Nice inaugural post. (And I didn't notice any misspellings!) Look forward to your next one. Thank you Dr. Goodword! Nice inaugural post. (And I didn’t notice any misspellings!)
Look forward to your next one.

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