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Here's another game for this nearly empty forum...
So here's the deal: I wanna practice for Game Show network's spelling bee this year, so I'm going to post the pronunciation of a word, and the next person to post it has to spell it right, and gets to post the next pronunciation. If you look up the spelling your a cheater and defeat the purpose.
Lets play
1st word is... puh-des-tree-uhn
Keith Warner
2007-05-02, 08:02
P E D E S T R I A N ?
Don't forget to salute the Curnal!
How's that? :)
KW
Keith Warner
2007-05-02, 12:52
And by the way, are you sure it's "..your a cheater."?
:) KW
And by the way, are you sure it's "..your a cheater."?
You're right, it's "you're," its also "want to" and not "wanna." Good catch, I've never been a great proofreader. And thank you for your reply, but you didn't post another pronunciation to keep things rolling. So here we go:
PAL-in-drohm
Does a spellchecker count as cheating?(just kidding).
palendrome?Looks wrong,but I'll go for it anyways. :laugh:
md usa spybot fan
2007-05-02, 23:08
Palindrome
Reads the same forward and backward. Like "racecar ", "Able Was I Ere I Saw Elba" or "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama".
Hul-ah-bah-loo
Oops.Now you'll know what a bad speller I actually am.(Did I hear a gong? :laugh: )
Hulabalo?
md usa spybot fan
2007-05-02, 23:19
Palendrome vs. Palindrome:
I'm not sure that it isn't the difference between English (British - UK) and English (American).
It wasn't at freesearch,which says it's a uk dictionary:
http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/palendrome
Keith Warner
2007-05-03, 01:20
I guess I was a little too suttle.
You missed my incorrect spelling of Colonel.
:)
Keith Warner
2007-05-04, 15:26
Looks like this thread has kinda stalled. While waiting for new inspiration, check out Cookie Monster:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdAKgJDahzw
:laugh: KW
it was a bit too SUBTLE i guess...
RUHS-tih-kayt\
Well i guess it did kinda stall...
so check this out too then. its the contest im studying for here.. www.winwithwords.com
but if you read that, read this:
soo-per-stish-uhn
..and repost
Yeah, the more I started studying for this thing, I quickly realized this was a vocabulary competition, the National vocabulary Championship....I probably dont stand a chance, but I learned some good words in here....does anybody know any vocabulary games? www.winwithwords.com has all kinds of study related material from the princeton review on how to pick up new words....
any other suggestions?
Crossword puzzles?
Does anyone in here who currently is in high school wants to enter the National Vocab Competition? If so register at http://www.winwithwords.com/compete.phpor by entering the Citywide Championship in selected cities across the country. I'll be competing in Los Angeles this November.
Did anyone happen to watch the Spelling bee yesterday?????
OverDose
2007-06-08, 16:15
oops... missed that one.
ilcaster
2007-08-15, 07:08
killing me, Smalls!:laugh:
ilcaster
2007-08-15, 07:22
we could start a new game that everyone can play, even my Mom!
Any American or British English word (depending on your translator capability). The word begins with the ending letter of the last word. The word MUST be 8 or more characters. It MUST NOT be a person, or a Public place.
In other words from you folks from Yorba Linda, no film stars, or fast food restaurants.
Spelling from both languages (Britain and America are separated by a common language - Winston Churchill)
Sole judge is the Forum at large. (should cause some discussion by itself ...)
What Say You?
First word:
Defenestrate
Wiki is allowed. Any research is prolly good research.
I dare you all to play!
maia2222
2007-09-02, 00:27
:angel:
Pedestrian
maia2222
maia2222
2007-09-02, 01:16
not superstition but
supersticious:lip:
maia2222
finally refind the game
maia2222
2007-09-02, 01:24
:funny:
entering
maia2222
a word meaning "One who is against another, who is against the establishment."
anti-disestablishmentarianism
revolutionist or opponent ?
anti-destablishmentarianism?
Ehennigan
2011-04-02, 05:10
P E D E S T R I A N ?
Don't forget to salute the Curnal!
How's that? :)
KW
That's COLONEL :police: !
Ehennigan
2011-04-02, 05:47
You're right, it's "you're," its also "want to" and not "wanna." Good catch, I've never been a great proofreader. And thank you for your reply, but you didn't post another pronunciation to keep things rolling. So here we go:
PAL-in-drohm
Grammer Police Edit:
You're right!1 It's "you're"!2 It's3 also "want to" and not "wanna". Good catch!4 I've never been a great proofreader. [no "and5"] Thank you for your reply, but you didn't post another pronunciation to keep things rolling.6 So, here we go:
Citation List
1. Explatives such as this have a subject {You} and verb {'re (are)}. They need an ending punctuation mark {. or ! or ?}. If you use a comma here, it becomes a "run on sentence".
2. Punctuation marks go after the quotation marks.
3. When {its} is used in the possessive, the spelling is this: its
When {it's} is used as a contraction ("it is"), the spelling is this: it's
4. "Good catch" is used here as an explative. It therefore needs an ending punctuation mark.
5. Grammer proper sentences do not begin with the word "and".
6. I think the poster was trying to post the pronunciation for the word "colonel" because it was spelled phonetically and highlighted in red.
Grammatically yours,
:police:
Ehennigan
2011-04-02, 05:52
we could start a new game that everyone can play, even my mom!
Any american or british english word (depending on your translator capability). The word begins with the ending letter of the last word. The word must be 8 or more characters. It must not be a person, or a public place.
In other words from you folks from yorba linda, no film stars, or fast food restaurants.
Spelling from both languages (britain and america are separated by a common language - winston churchill)
sole judge is the forum at large. (should cause some discussion by itself ...)
what say you?
First word:
Defenestrate
wiki is allowed. Any research is prolly good research.
I dare you all to play!
elephant
Here's another game for this nearly empty forum...
So here's the deal: I wanna practice for Game Show network's spelling bee this year, so I'm going to post the pronunciation of a word, and the next person to post it has to spell it right, and gets to post the next pronunciation. If you look up the spelling your a cheater and defeat the purpose.
Lets play
1st word is... puh-des-tree-uhn
Most recent post didn't leave anything to guess so I guess I'll go with this:
uh-dik-tiv