I couldn't get the spelling of "separate" right until I was in college, and a co-worker at the library told me his mnemonic for remembering it: "Just remember--there's always 'a rat' in 'separate'!" (I always spelled it "seperate".)
Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.
Gunn ,'Power Play'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - May 31, 2007 11:17:26 am PDT #229 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
aurelia - May 31, 2007 11:17:54 am PDT #230 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Nope. Just poof, gone.
Huh. I'm so out of the loop on the whole thing.
I can identify with the kid mixing up the j and g. I was eliminated from a bee by spelling "journey" with a g. I totally thought I had said "j". But since I wasn't all that interested in being up on stage it didn't bother me much.
Oooh, thunderstorm. Makes me want to nap.
ChiKat - May 31, 2007 11:28:11 am PDT #231 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Good thunderstorm. And I just got home, so perfect timing. Yay me!
Dana - May 31, 2007 11:54:01 am PDT #232 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
P.M. Marc - May 31, 2007 11:59:27 am PDT #233 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I can't speak and spell. Have to write it.
I've always hated spelling bees. I spell fairly well, generally speaking. Bees were torture and hell.
Steph L. - May 31, 2007 12:06:26 pm PDT #234 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I love Buffistas. Of COURSE we all remember what word we spelled incorrectly in the spelling bee! (Grade 6, city-wide bee, "smorgasbord." I thought it had an "A" in the "b-o-r-d" part.)
Any idea what is objectionable about a spelling bee?
According to one of the Spelling Bee blogs I've been following, "the contest has drawn a good sized crowd of protesters who are demanding an increase in the number of words that are spelled phonetically. I kid you not."
I think this picture says it all. I wish this were a joke, but it's not.
I can't speak and spell. Have to write it.
Man, ever since grade school, my friends and family have used me as walking, talking spellcheck.
P.M. Marc - May 31, 2007 12:08:57 pm PDT #235 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Man, ever since grade school, my friends and family have used me as walking, talking spellcheck.
I only function as that if I have a notebook and a pen with me.
Aims - May 31, 2007 12:09:26 pm PDT #236 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I think this picture says it all. I wish this were a joke, but it's not.
Boy, does the thread title fit that picture.
Kathy A - May 31, 2007 12:09:34 pm PDT #237 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
No thunderstorm up here, just a lot of blowing wind and overcast skies.
Laga - May 31, 2007 12:11:20 pm PDT #238 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
we all remember what word we spelled incorrectly in the spelling bee
Not me. All I remember is that it was a homophone and I didn't ask for a definition. Doh!