Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Spelling Bee

My pick for the best words of the Lutheran Unity School Association annual Spelling Contest:

(As you know, my son is in EIGHTH GRADE)

ugly
sandwich
medicine
naughty
needle
knife
alcohol
kerosene
gland
eulogy
obscene
tobacco
gauze
vomit
syringe
tanning
saliva
execute
typhoid
fatal
lynch
gentile
pharmacy
hemorrhage
psychology (woot!)
chloroform
BURLESQUE
garlic
beefsteak
sausage
neuter
narcotic
coroner
lubricate
anarchist
fertilize
Timothy (??!?!?!?!?!)
opiate
cancer
whisky
cocaine
mortuary
suffocate
bologna
decease
embryo
paraphernalia
weird
illiteracy
gewgaw
asphyxiate

I'm dead serious...

10 comments:

VHM said...

What the deuce? Where the hell did they come up with this list?

The Offbeat Drummer said...

Obviously while they were eating bologna sandwiches, smoking opium and snorting cocaine at a burlesque mortuary.

But how did Timothy get dragged into this list?

The Offbeat Drummer said...

Luke read the comments and said, "Didn't I ever tell you my graphic novel idea for a BDSM dentist?"

ONLY. MY. CHILD.

The Offbeat Drummer said...

I asked my favorite linguist, Bill Wyman, what a "gewgaw" was, and he said it's the same thing as a "Thingamajig." That's helpful!

BMF said...

It's better than learning about it on the streets!

The Offbeat Drummer said...

A gewgaw could also be a whoseewhatsits.

Kate said...

A " Thingamajig " ? I use that word all the time . I think I should meet your friend Bill.
We have the latin thing in common already. Did you notice by the way ,not a lot of the words on the spelling bee list are latin based words?

The Offbeat Drummer said...

No, Kate, they're rooted in NONSENSE!

You would love Bill. He's hysterical and smart and sassy and adorable. He wants to come to town and have a big party. Until then, you'll just have to watch him on Al Jezeera USA.

I still can't explain why Timothy is in the list. Burlesque!

Kate said...

When you say your pick , do you mean there are more ?

The Offbeat Drummer said...

There are more, but they're baby words Luke knew how to spell in 3rd grade. These were the most risque and odd, for a Lutheran school, on his list. .
...with the exception of Timothy....