Unusual combination of talents
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wrote on 9 Jul 2021, 12:33 last edited by
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/08/1014312875/scripps-spelling-bee-winner
One 14 year old with a spelling Bee championship title and Guinness World Records for bouncing basketballs.
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wrote on 9 Jul 2021, 12:52 last edited by
Cool. I hope she uses her powers for good.
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wrote on 9 Jul 2021, 14:43 last edited by
That’s a very interesting duathalon.
I think her accomplishments are great! Our future rests in our kids hands.
As a side note I did read somewhere this week that Guinness business model these days is to monetize record setting and ergo their records are not what they used to be.
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wrote on 15 Jul 2021, 12:03 last edited by
@horace said in Unusual combination of talents:
Cool. I hope she uses her powers for good.
Machiavellian!
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wrote on 15 Jul 2021, 17:27 last edited by
Do people stop spelling competitively after high school?
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wrote on 15 Jul 2021, 17:28 last edited by
Her super power may just be discipline instead of raw talent. I bet she can do other things well.
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wrote on 15 Jul 2021, 19:29 last edited by
@xenon said in Unusual combination of talents:
Do people stop spelling competitively after high school?
The people who write the reports I have to review seem to have some kind of weird competition going regarding spelling, but not in a good way.
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wrote on 15 Jul 2021, 19:37 last edited by
According to my reading of posts on NextDoor, which should resemble a representative sample of people who live around me, 80% of people can't write a complete sentence, and each sentence fragment contains multiple spelling and grammar errors.
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wrote on 15 Jul 2021, 23:42 last edited by
@xenon said in Unusual combination of talents:
Do people stop spelling competitively after high school?
Not me. The stakes are just lower now.
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wrote on 16 Jul 2021, 01:07 last edited by
Do we have any bad spellers at tncr?
Do we have any good spellers at tncr?
With spellcheck turned on, we'll probablee never know.
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wrote on 16 Jul 2021, 01:19 last edited by
Apparently, you haven't read any of my stuff. Typos and screw-ups abound...
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Do we have any bad spellers at tncr?
Do we have any good spellers at tncr?
With spellcheck turned on, we'll probablee never know.
wrote on 16 Jul 2021, 01:32 last edited by@copper said in Unusual combination of talents:
With spellcheck turned on, we'll probablee never know.
Huh. Spellcheck is an ass. It gives you things like 'slinked', 'got another thing coming', and worst of all, 'alright'.