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ET Awful

(24,753 posts) Fri Jun 2, 2017, 11:04 AM Jun 2017

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CNN to National Spelling Bee champion - "Spell convfefe"

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/06/02/national-spelling-bee-winner-ananya-vinay-sot-newday.cnn

Not sure if this was posted earlier or not, but it did get a good chuckle from me on the way to work this morning (listening on the radio, not watching on TV

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CNN to National Spelling Bee champion - "Spell convfefe" (Original Post) ET Awful Jun 2017 OP

MSNBC showed a clip of this just now... Wounded Bear Jun 2017 #1

I love how she asked all the permissible questions ET Awful Jun 2017 #2

Is the V silent? Renew Deal Jun 2017 #3

Wounded Bear

(58,647 posts)

1. MSNBC showed a clip of this just now...

Reply to ET Awful (Original post)

Fri Jun 2, 2017, 11:06 AM

Jun 2017

looks like they had some fun with it.

The young lady took it well, it seems.

ET Awful

(24,753 posts)

2. I love how she asked all the permissible questions

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 2, 2017, 11:07 AM

Jun 2017

language of origin
alternative pronunciations

Renew Deal

(81,856 posts)

3. Is the V silent?

Reply to ET Awful (Original post)

Fri Jun 2, 2017, 11:12 AM

Jun 2017

Please use it in a sentence?

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