June 3, 2010

It's Spelling Bee time again.

And, as usual, the best place to hang out is ALOTT5MA.
Posted by Ann Althouse at 9:19 AM
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5 comments:

Unknown said...

Are they phonetically syllablizing (?) everything for kids or the adults?

I remember, back about 1958, the country was fascinated by the kid who won it when she got cyzygy.

And everybody asked, "OK, what is it?".

6/3/10, 10:07 AM
Tom McGlynn said...

I presume that's 'syzygy'?

6/3/10, 11:22 AM
Unknown said...

No, I looked it up before I typed it in.

Cyzygy is a Greek word meaning an alignment of planets or celestial bodies

6/3/10, 12:49 PM
Triangle Man said...

Cyzygy is a Greek word meaning an alignment of planets or celestial bodies.

The OED agrees with Tom that it is syzygy.

6/3/10, 1:28 PM
Freeman Hunt said...

Well, syzygy for you to say.

6/3/10, 2:55 PM

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