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Old 06-02-2004, 04:06 PM
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Cool! "Derailleur" among words spelled...
correctly at the National Spelling Bee. Probably the hardest cycling-related word out there, unless you can think of another.
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Old 06-02-2004, 04:28 PM
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correctly at the National Spelling Bee. Probably the hardest cycling-related word out there, unless you can think of another.
Actually, it's "dérailleur".
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Old 06-02-2004, 05:07 PM
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de rigueur!
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Old 06-02-2004, 06:10 PM
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Damn bloody surrender monkey frogs, gotta have a different word for everything and then they can't even spell it right. :argue:
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Old 06-02-2004, 08:44 PM
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Actually, it's Disraeli gears.
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Old 06-02-2004, 08:57 PM
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Bulli....
You do watch ALL the sports, don't you.
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Uh, OK, that’s . . .
“SuperSteelSerottaSandy” . . .UUUh, er, “S-o-o-p-r-e . . . . “
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Bulli....
You do watch ALL the sports, don't you.
I've got money on Vajpi Rhamadanadnai, Lu Ng, and Brian Silverstein to win, place, and show, respectively.

Had to bet on the Spelling Bee since there aren't any bargains in the Belmont. Like everyone else, I have a feeling Smarty Jones will pull a near-Secretariat in this one.
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Old 06-03-2004, 12:14 PM
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Probably the word that is misspelled the most is the verb "pedal".

peddle - to sell
pedal - what you do on a bike

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Old 06-03-2004, 01:45 PM
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i think that randonneur must be at least tied for first.

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Old 06-03-2004, 02:44 PM
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spelling bee
these are great examples of why i never won a spelling bee.
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Old 06-03-2004, 04:32 PM
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sorry bullie....
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I've got money on Vajpi Rhamadanadnai, Lu Ng, and Brian Silverstein to win, place, and show, respectively.

Had to bet on the Spelling Bee since there aren't any bargains in the Belmont. Like everyone else, I have a feeling Smarty Jones will pull a near-Secretariat in this one.
"Fourteen-year-old David Tidmarsh of South Bend, Ind., won the National Spelling Bee on Thursday. He defeated 13-year-old Akshay Buddiga, who rallied after becoming lightheaded and collapsing on stage. Tidmarsh won by corrrectly spelling the word "autochthonous" in the 15th round."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5122188/

better pay up!

BTW - what the heck's an "autochthonous"
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....BTW - what the heck's an "autochthonous"
Native, indigineous, aboriginal. Of course there are further meanings like: material, particularly within sediments and sedimentary rocks, that has formed or grown in situ and has not been transported, but you knew that already.
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Old 06-03-2004, 06:23 PM
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Native, indigineous, aboriginal. Of course there are further meanings like: material, particularly within sediments and sedimentary rocks, that has formed or grown in situ and has not been transported, but you knew that already.
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