Boy collapses at spelling bee, nails word

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[Sub-Driver]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Spelling Bee took a scary turn Thursday when a 13-year-old Colorado boy appeared to faint and collapsed on stage, drawing gasps from an audience packed in for the finals. Akshay Buddiga gathered himself after a few seconds, stood up and, to the amazement of the judges, immediately started spelling his word: "alopecoid."

[LauraJean]

Yep, them spelling bees are certainly weighted against immigrants.

[steplock]

coached very well in dramatics, I would bet.

Not denegrating the accomplishment - just a bit irritated at the dramatics taught our children by the current "reality" shows garbage.

[martin_fierro]

alopecoid
n. fox-like.

[Jaded]

When spellers heard the dreaded ding of the bell for a misspelling, they were escorted off stage to a comfort room of snacks and sodas — and a dictionary, just in case they wanted to review what went wrong.

A room of comfort food? ABC is just this week going on about the obesity problemo in 'Merka. They are feeding the kids who get bumped? Here, you'll feel better when you eat chocolate and drink some coke.

Am I the only one who doesn't get this?

[retrokitten]

"...and a hot plate!"*

*If you get that joke you watch too much Simpsons.

[Integrityrocks]

Good for him. What a kid!

[ClearCase_guy]

The stumper words included "belonoid," "Nigerois," and "solipsistic."

Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning!

[FroedrickVonFreepenstein]

Shake it off, man.
Just gotta play through the pain!

[Adder]

THAT, I submit, is dedication to a spelling bee!

[Constitution Day]

I'm still wondering why the Spelling Bee was on ESPN2.

I guess the "S" in ESPN is for "Spelling" now.

[Willie Green]

Akshay Buddiga gathered himself after a few seconds, stood up and, to the amazement of the judges, immediately started spelling his word: "alopecoid."

Alopecoid
Alopecoid

You know you´re a cute little heartbreaker
Alopecoid
You know you´re a sweet little lovemaker
Alopecoid

I wanna take you home
I won´t do you no harm, no
You´ve got to be all mine, all mine
Ooh, Alopecoid lady

I see you, heh, on down on the scene
Alopecoid
You make me wanna get up and scream
Alopecoid
Ah, baby listen now
I´ve made up my mind
I´m tired of wasting all my precious time
You´ve got to be all mine, all mine
Alopecoid lady
Here I come

I´m gonna take you home
I won´t do you no harm, no
You´ve got to be all mine, all mine

Here I come
I´m comin´ to get ya
Alopecoid lady
You look so good
Yeah, Alopecoid
Yeah, give us some
Alopecoid
Yeah, get it, babe
You make me feel like
Feel like sayin´ Alopecoid
Alopecoid
Alopecoid lady
Alopecoid lady

[Lizavetta]

A few years ago when homeschoolers took the top prizes the NEA came out with the comments that A) spelling isn't all that important, and B) that it wasn't fair that school children, who have to go to school all day, had to compete with homeschoolers, who don't. It was even floated that perhaps the Scripps Howard organization should make two separate bees to accommodate for this.

I wonder what their whines will be this year if a homeschooler wins.

[xJones]

Nine of the first 15 on stage advanced, acing such words as "xerostomia," "technetium," and "Weimaraner." The stumper words included "belonoid," "Nigerois," and "solipsistic."

Only the last 3 are listed as stumper words for spelling? For a real fainting fit, what if the judges asked for the definitions?

[talleyman]

Caviar emptor (a warning from the sturgeon general).

[kevao]

Kroxyldiphyvic

[Blood of Tyrants]

Sounds like a ploy to shake up the competition. Kind of like the high school bashetball player who got down on all fours and started barking like a dog in order to distract the other team so his could score the winning goal.

[r9etb]

I wonder what their whines will be this year if a homeschooler wins.

FWIW, the kid who collapsed (and his brother who won a couple of years ago) both attend public schools here in Colorado Springs....

[Melpomene]

I doubt this kid watches much television.

[Lizavetta]

[Blood of Tyrants]

I'm sure you knew that right off the top of your head. (Yea, right.)

[talleyman]

Alopecoid lady

LOL!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I can no longer hear any story about a spelling bee without the image of Rebecca Sealfon popping into my head.

"EUONYM!"

[Salvation]

Education (and I mean good education -- probably at home) bump!

[southernnorthcarolina]

Nine of the first 15 on stage advanced, acing such words as "xerostomia," "technetium," and "Weimaraner."

Yay! (Any excuse to post a pic of pups my dog just sired. Does that make me a grandfather?)

[zencat]

Wonder if he can spell 'narcolepsy'?

[wmichgrad]

Where does the NEA think these kids learn how to spell words liek "alopecoid?" It certainly isn't at school.

And "it wasn't fair that school children, who have to go to school all day, had to compete with homeschoolers?"

Is that an admission that homeschooled children are better off?

[Lizavetta]

I remember the PBS elites smirking about her unbecoming behavior - how unsportsmanlike her jumping and shouting was - prompting Margaret Carlson to say "put that child in a public school".

[Drammach]

burglephrickle

[subterfuge]

Um, so, what happened to the kid. Diagnosis?

[snopercod]

I don't recall getting clues when I was in a spelling bee.

But then I don't recall why I just walked into the living room, either.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

LMAO!

[talleyman]

"No entry found for kroxyldiphyvic." - Dictionary.com

Did you mean "kr#@xz%*chy!^@phl&*tszyc?"

[wmichgrad]

"liek" = "like"

Obviously, I wasn't home schooled and never won a spelling bee.

[xJones]

"Foxy lady", one of Hendrix's best. In looking it up, alopecoid means 'fox like' which I'd never have guessed. It is listed, however, in books for obscure words including homeschooling-type texts.

[Poser]

Here I come...
Comin' to git you

Jimi would be proud to sing it that way.

[kevao]

- Kroxyldiphyvic!

- What?

- Kroxyldiphyvic!

- Definition!?

- Something which has a kroxyldiphlyke quality!

- Uh, could you use it in a sentence?!

- Certainly! Kroxyldiphyvic is a hard word to spell!

[Tamzee]

Oh wow, how beautiful and sweet! Just seeing the pic makes you itch to pick them up and start snuggling :-)

[No Blue States]

I bet he will not need to use or spell any of these words in real life, ever.

Yet I applaud him nonetheless for studying.

[Cicero]

Solipsistic seems simple enough. It's the central problem for most liberals. But I confess I never heard of Nigerois. In any case, it's not a word you'd want to get caught using in the District of Columbia.

[Xenalyte]

Dude, that is hilarious!

[xJones]

"I don't recall getting clues when I was in a spelling bee.

But then I don't recall why I just walked into the living room, either.

Don't feel bad, I don't recall ever getting a clue.:)

[familyofman]

"Alopecoid"

Alopecoid not equal to 'foxy' in number of syllables, therefor does not work in the lyrics.

[rabidralph]

DC residents' niggardly grasp of the etymology would see you either strung up or shot dead by sundown.

[SnarlinCubBear]

You're a lucky man...puppy breath and puppy luv!

[Sunshine Sister]

I've never even heard of some of these words!

[Sunshine Sister]

Of course that makes you daddy! Cute pups!

[Beelzebubba]

[simpsons]Kwijibo on the loose![/simpsons]

[Willie Green]

Alopecoid not equal to 'foxy' in number of syllables, therefor does not work in the lyrics.

You're just saying that because you've never had the misfortune of hearing me sing karaoke. I can MAKE it fit.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Maybe kids would get interested in education more if there were tag-team spelling bees. (WWF style)