"My money is on the Dong kid"
WASHINGTON - When a competition goes prime time, the gambling industry cannot be far behind, even when the participants are little kids spelling big words.
"This is the first time we have offered it proper," said Simon Noble, CEO of PinnacleSports.com. "We had so many requests from customers. We scratched our heads and asked, 'Is it something we can do or not?'"
-Anqi Dong (above) spells out the word on his hand before he answers-
-Samir Sudhir Patel (above), of Colleyville, Texas, peers over his placard-
Will the winner be wearing glasses? Will it be a boy or girl? Will the final word have an "e" in it? What will be the nationality of the winner?
Those were just some of the betting propositions available online.
Can you spell A-D-D-I-C-T-I-O-N?
posted by Peter Matthes @ 12:30 AM
7 Comments:
The winner will definately be wearing glasses and may or may not have severe acne.
i loved watching the bee. i think it should always be prime time tv. honest.
URSPRACHE
U-R-S-P-R-A-C-H-E
URSPRACHE
Wow. Who'd-a-figured it? I thought spelling bees were such innocuous, almost retro activities. Dilton Doiley in the '50s. Must say that I was disappointed when the Canadian didn't nail it in the end, though.
i s-u-r-e c-a-n
But mine is spelled
S-T-O-L-I-C-H-N-A-Y-A
sad. i didn't even have to look that up. i just pictured it in my head.
loved it here too
That was great. When the kid juked on "heiligenschein" I was going nuts. As he was working it out I kept telling the screen "It's a German word, think think!" Then he went and spelled it with "hy". Oy!
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