I'm sure that the Spelling Bee creators are sometimes meany heads who live to make us suffer. Other times, they feel compassionate and toss in the ing or ed fillers to make us feel accomplished.
And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Laura - May 24, 2025 12:23:19 pm PDT #7415 of 7419
Our wings are not tired.
Steph L. - May 24, 2025 1:00:44 pm PDT #7416 of 7419
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Other times, they feel compassionate and toss in the ing or ed fillers to make us feel accomplished.
Man, a Spelling Bee with I, N, and G makes my entire day!
megan walker - May 24, 2025 2:45:33 pm PDT #7417 of 7419
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Man, a Spelling Bee with I, N, and G makes my entire day!
I feel this.
The thing I hate about the Bee is when a perfectly cromulent word is not accepted. I still shake my fist at myoma not being in whatever mysterious dictionary they use.
Steph L. - May 24, 2025 2:51:45 pm PDT #7418 of 7419
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The thing I hate about the Bee is when a perfectly cromulent word is not accepted.
They use some slang, but not other slang — "gimme" and "phat" are accepted words, but "yeet" is not.
I still shake my fist at myoma not being in whatever mysterious dictionary they use.
There are a lot of medical terms they don't accept. It's really annoying.
Susan W. - May 24, 2025 3:50:42 pm PDT #7419 of 7419
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I've had to learn not to treat Spelling Bee, Connections, etc. as a daily IQ test/proof that I'm not yet senile because that way madness lies.