Friday, June 6, 2008

Could I be a bigger NERD?

I almost forgot to tell you about our nerd-a-riffic night. The only thing keeping us from being super nerds is that this happened on a Thursday rather than Friday night. So, I was a little tired and a little cranky after a little someone named Max clamped his little fishy lips closed and refused to eat ALL evening and then also didn't want anything to do with sleep. Finally, after we got Max settled, Dan called me into the living room saying, "I've got just the thing to cheer you up."

It was the National Spelling Bee finals (rebroadcast apparently) on the OCHO. Really, it was something like ESPN 537 but who can keep track?

What's so funny about this whole scenario is that Dan was right - it totally cheered me up. Congratulations to Sameer Mishra! It did seem as if the final words were a little easier (like "nacarat" "escalandre" and "sinicize" which are all pretty much spelled exactly like they sound)for him than Sidarth Chand, the guy we were rooting for who got words like aptyalism (silent 'P'), introuvable (though he had fun saying that one) and prosopopoeia (silent 'I'). Sidarth is from Pontiac, Michigan and he should have his own tv show.

One quick highlight for you: the back and forth pronunciation of the word, thymele, between the contestant and the announcer. We were laughing so hard. Poor kid. He got a rough word to spell.

You can learn more about all the spellers at http://public.spellingbee.com/public/results/finishers. I'm sure you'll all be heading right there. =)

That's all from our Nerdery for now.

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