GT: 2017 Spelling Bee Draft - Finals start 8:30PM ESPN

Post #1 » by **fatlever** » Sun May 28, 2017 4:43 pm

Thread for the 2nd Annual Hornets Board Spelling Bee Draft. Live coverage of the top 10 finalists starts at 8:30PM on Thursday June 1st on ESPN. Coverage of the earlier rounds begins on ESPN 2/3 on May 31st.

Sign up for those who are interested. Only 10 slots are available, since only 10 make it to the finals. You'll need to around the forums on June 1st so that once the 10 finalists are announced, we can start selecting our spellers. Selections will be made on a first come basis. Those who signed up but don't pick a speller on June 1st will either be replaced by another active willing participant or assigned one of the remaining spellers once others have selected.

Follow along with the official website and twitter page for updates
http://spellingbee.com/
https://twitter.com/ScrippsBee

Final 15 Spellers (to be announced)
27. Rohan Sachdev PAGE of Wake County, Raleigh, North Carolina
36. Erin Howard Adventure Travel, Birmingham, Alabama
75. Mira Dedhia Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois -> Ginobiliflops
114. Shrinidhi Gopal East Bay Times, Walnut Creek, California
143. Tejas Muthusamy Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia -> bwgood77
167. Sreeniketh Vogoti The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida JDR720
187. Saketh Sundar Howard County Library, Columbia, Maryland
191. Alice Liu St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri -> Ginobiliflops
200. Raksheet Kota Houston Public Media, Houston, Texas -> fatlever
210. Naysa Modi The News-Star, Monroe, Louisiana -> fatlever
235. Rohan Rajeev The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -> Ginobiliflops
254. Shourav Dasari Houston Public Media, Houston, Texas -> bwgood77
259. Alex Iyer San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas JDR720
264. Ananya Vinay The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California -> fatlever
278. Shruthika Padhy Rosa International Middle School, Cherry Hill, New Jersey -> JDR720

Draft Participants
1. fatlever
2. JDR720
3. Yosemiteben
4. bwgood77
5. ginobiliflops
6. Kerrsed

Post #2 » by **fatlever** » Sun May 28, 2017 4:44 pm

Never forget

Post #3 » by **JDR720** » Sun May 28, 2017 4:55 pm

Gonna dominate this ******

RaisingArizona · Post #4 » by **RaisingArizona** » Sun May 28, 2017 6:32 pm

YouTube · Post #5 » by **Kerrsed** » Sun May 28, 2017 6:33 pm

Count me in. I shall be the vanquisher!

vanquisher [ vang-kwish, van- ]

Part of Speech: noun

Definition: defeater in competition; preeminent supporter

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Post #6 » by **fatlever** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:01 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #7 » by **fatlever** » Tue May 30, 2017 5:18 pm

Anyone else getting in on the action? Braggins? Diop? Snidely?

We're thinking about combining with the Suns forum to have a cross forum thread/draft.

Post #8 » by **JDR720** » Tue May 30, 2017 7:20 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #9 » by **fatlever** » Tue May 30, 2017 7:42 pm

"college" is the most misspelled word in South Dakota? Too funny.
"Nanny"? Are you kidding me Mississippi?
"Twelve"! **** "twelve"? What the hell is going on in New Jersey that they can't spell "twelve"?
Rhode Island can't spell "liar". It's only four **** letters. I was half expecting to see "road" as the word people from Rhode Island couldn't spell correctly.
"Cent's" vs "Sense"? Come on Oregon, have some sense.
I never realized anyone on the planet was having trouble with "diamond". Do they not have diamonds in Nebraska?
Wait a minute! Wait a **** minute... The most misspelled word in Wisconsin is **** "Wisconsin"? You have got to be **** me. That is awesome. They can spell "Favre", but not Wisconsin?
Vermont. Just LOL. They need some cheese from Wisconsin.
I don't even want to talk about the "people" from Hawaii.

How about "misspelled" as one of the most misspelled words?

Post #10 » by **fatlever** » Tue May 30, 2017 7:46 pm

And the Angle came down from the heavens and said to the people of Charlotte, "90 degrees is right", and the people prayed.

Post #11 » by **fatlever** » Tue May 30, 2017 7:53 pm

If this map was based on my own personal misspellings I am 100% sure that "rhythm" would be #1 on my list. I am positive I have never correctly spelled that word in my life on the 1st attempt. I even misspelled it in this post and needed to click the blue squiggly line for help. My brain just will not allow me to learn how to spell it.

Snidely FC · Post #12 » by **Snidely FC** » Tue May 30, 2017 11:35 pm

hate to miss it but I've got to be at a meeting Thurs night

Post #13 » by **fatlever** » Wed May 31, 2017 7:00 pm

If the Spelling Bee had any sense of humor they'd ask a kid to spell "Covfefe".

HornetJail · Post #14 » by **HornetJail** » Wed May 31, 2017 10:57 pm

fatlever wrote:"college" is the most misspelled word in South Dakota? Too funny.

this one is only confirming stereotypes :rofl:

Post #15 » by **fatlever** » Wed May 31, 2017 11:02 pm

MotorKeepsGoing wrote:
fatlever wrote:"college" is the most misspelled word in South Dakota? Too funny.

this one is only confirming stereotypes

Do people from North Dakota look down upon those from South Dakota? That has to be a thing, right?

HornetJail · Post #16 » by **HornetJail** » Wed May 31, 2017 11:11 pm

fatlever wrote:
MotorKeepsGoing wrote:
fatlever wrote:"college" is the most misspelled word in South Dakota? Too funny.

this one is only confirming stereotypes

Do people from North Dakota look down upon those from South Dakota? That has to be a thing, right?

implying that people actually live here?

but yes of course. Also most everyone who moves here from other places (myself included) can't wait to move again

Post #17 » by **bwgood77** » Thu Jun 1, 2017 3:14 am

Kerrsed wrote:Count me in. I shall be the vanquisher!

vanquisher [ vang-kwish, van- ]

Part of Speech: noun

Definition: defeater in competition; preeminent supporter

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ginobiliflops wrote:In.

Since not much participation, are you guys still up for it if we do a joint one on Hornets forum?

YouTube · Post #18 » by **Kerrsed** » Thu Jun 1, 2017 3:17 am

I'm down! I was just watching a crappy movie on Netflix, and these 2 people watched the bee every year, but would take shots Everytime someone asked for a re-pronunciation.

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RaisingArizona · Post #19 » by **RaisingArizona** » Thu Jun 1, 2017 5:01 am

Sure. I'm just bee watching tomorrow so it'll be fun to have some friendly competition.

Post #20 » by **bwgood77** » Thu Jun 1, 2017 6:12 am

Sounds good. If anyone else is interested, speak up...I am going to move the thread and merge or something like that.