Words escape me!

[Steely Dan]

http://news.yahoo.com/mo-spelling-bee-hits-snag-runs-words-224418481.html

Mo. spelling bee hits snag, runs out of words

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — After 19 rounds in a Missouri county's annual spelling bee over the weekend, only two of the 25 contestants who started the competition remained.

Several hours and 47 rounds later, an 11-year-old and her 13-year-old adversary had used up all of the available words, forcing organizers of the Jackson County Spelling Bee to temporarily halt the showdown.

"It was legendary," said Mary Olive Thompson, a library outreach manager and co-coordinator of the Saturday spelling bee....

 

[FL Wannabe]

Ran out of words? Too funny!

 

[Steely Dan]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/08/us/spelling-bee-marathon/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Winner declared in rematch of marathon spelling bee
By Susanna Capelouto and Janet DiGiacomo, CNN
updated 5:17 PM EST, Sat March 8, 2014

(CNN) -- The D-E-F-I-N-I-T-I-O-N of a good spelling bee may have forever changed in Missouri.

It took seventh grader Kush Sharma more than 90 rounds and two days -- separated by about two weeks -- to finally get the winning word.

He beat fifth grader Sophia Hoffman, who went out on the word "stifling," earning a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee....

Oh c'mon! I could spell stifling.

 

[TrackerSam]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/08/us/spelling-bee-marathon/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Winner declared in rematch of marathon spelling bee
By Susanna Capelouto and Janet DiGiacomo, CNN
updated 5:17 PM EST, Sat March 8, 2014

(CNN) -- The D-E-F-I-N-I-T-I-O-N of a good spelling bee may have forever changed in Missouri.

It took seventh grader Kush Sharma more than 90 rounds and two days -- separated by about two weeks -- to finally get the winning word.

He beat fifth grader Sophia Hoffman, who went out on the word "stifling," earning a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee....

Oh c'mon! I could spell stifling.

As Archie said to Ethel, "Stifel yourself".

 

[Steely Dan]

As Archie said to Ethel, "Stifel yourself".

Who's Ethel? His wife was Edith. :floorlaugh:

 

[AlwaysShocked]

Yeah. And it's spelled stifle, not stifel.