What was that word? (Bee)

[iamlachesis]

Ursprache
The term Ursprache is German for "the speech of Ur", Ur being an ancient city of Babylonia (modern day Iraq). The home of the fabled Tower of Babel. God is said to have confused human language to prevent us from attaining god-like powers. So the term Ursprache means the "Lost Language of Paradise".

Katharine Close of New Jersey correctly spelled "ursprache" to win the 2006 national spelling bee.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A 13-year-old New Jersey girl making her fifth straight appearance at the Scripps National Spelling Bee rattled off "ursprache" to claim the title of America's best speller on prime-time television Thursday night.

Katharine Close, an eighth-grader at the H.W. Mountz School in Spring Lake, New Jersey, is the first girl since 1999 to win the national spelling title. She stepped back from the microphone and put her hands to her mouth upon being declared the winner.

Congratulations, Karrie!

Comments

[rojagato.livejournal.com]

Most.Goth.Word.Ever (in spelling bee)

Yay, Karrie!

[frankensplean.livejournal.com]

"goth" as in German? :)

[lachesis.livejournal.com]

heh. I never thought of that. :)
where DID I put that goth card?

[mechanacor.livejournal.com]

That contest had to have been rigged...I mean Ursprache?!? it's a freaking german word with a strightforward simple spelling and pronunciation.
Where's the challenge in Ursprache? should've been something like Acesulfame potassium.That would've been a word worthy of a national spelling bee.
But then again growing up in germany I guess I'm used to wierd german spelling.

[lachesis.livejournal.com]

You're used to a lot more weird things than spelling, my friend. :)

[frankensplean.livejournal.com]

aww, cute story! but r-e-t-a-r-d-e-d word! not even bloody english, harumph..
you got your wienerschnitzel in my lederhosen! ach! schadenfreude!

[lachesis.livejournal.com]

I was saying, I wondered if there was a spelling manual for some of the kids NAMES... it'd be like - ok kid, spell Apu's last name, and win-a-million-dallahs.

[termofart.livejournal.com]

Eeee!

Your name came up last night. Okay, I invoked your name last night. Warm fuzzies all 'round.

Okay, someone tripped and THEN I invoked your name, but I assure you it was all love.

I'm going to go listen to "our" song.

[lachesis.livejournal.com]

you still need to send me a link for "our song", missy.
(I asked a few months back, IIRC)

Love, FPM. :)

[termofart.livejournal.com]

But I don't have a link. That's the problem.

So sad. Perhaps you'll give me an address and I can send a disk?

[lachesis.livejournal.com]

ah. I heard there was a way to email someone the song file from iTunes, but darned if I know how. I cant get it to work either.
(smart friends, dont be shy!!!)

anyway, I emailed your sisterperson that very thing the other day since she is sending me something(presumably) soon - put it with that!
(and maybe some other cool songs, so that one dont feel oh so lone-leh? :))

fankew.

[denonymous.livejournal.com]

Bullshit. I was rooting for Finola. And yeah, ursprache was weak sauce. One of the five or six words I got should not have been one of the Championship Words and the contest-ender. I call shenanigans.

[(Anonymous)]

heh. I got quite a few, and was surprised by quite a few.
I wonder if "Shenanigans" was one of the spelling words. :)

Lightning round!

[lachesis.livejournal.com]

duh, that other reply was me, not logged in. :)