# SDMB Spelling Bee Challenge (Akeelah ain't got nothing on me!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228 "2007-07-18T04:44:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/1 "2007-07-18T04:44:16Z")
Stump me. Go ahead, give it a try. I will spell any word you challenge me with. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/2 "2007-07-18T05:11:25Z")
It’z naut faer. Yeu havv axcess 2 teh intarnetz. Yeu kan louk wyrdzz upp aunleyne. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/3 "2007-07-18T05:54:22Z")
[QUOTE=foolsguinea] It’z naut faer. Yeu havv axcess 2 teh intarnetz. Yeu kan louk wyrdzz upp aunleyne. [/QUOTE] Don’t be facetious. F-A-C-E-T-I-O-U-S ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/4 "2007-07-18T09:05:07Z")
Spell “hello” in Australian. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/5 "2007-07-18T09:21:00Z")
Can’t fool me, I spent a month on that island: G’day! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/6 "2007-07-18T16:12:21Z")
In Bush-speak, spell “truth”. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/7 "2007-07-18T17:29:12Z")
Spell the word for a sickly-green color that rhymes with “smart moose.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/8 "2007-07-18T18:02:59Z")
Spell the word for a particularly vivid shade of purple that begins with an “f.” ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/9 "2007-09-03T01:36:43Z")
Aye thenq y’aull shtumppt hir. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/10 "2007-09-03T02:32:50Z")
I don’t get it… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/11 "2007-09-03T02:56:33Z")
I was actually on a televised spelling bee show as a kid. Called “Spelling Bee”, it aired on 2&7 Calgary. Fiver: [pedantic Canadian]It’s not a moose.[/pc] Unless you’re British. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/12 "2007-09-03T05:33:16Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Fiver: [pedantic Canadian]It’s not a moose.[/pc] Unless you’re British. [/QUOTE] What do pedantic Canadians call meese? ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/13 "2007-09-03T06:59:51Z")
chartreuse, fuchsia Now for the next edition of “guess that word” German origin, you’re happy about someone else’s bad luck. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/14 "2007-09-03T07:52:55Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] I was actually on a televised spelling bee show as a kid. Called “Spelling Bee”… [/QUOTE] You Canadians are so clever - however did they think of that catchy title for the show? I just watched Akeelah and the Bee last night and loved it. OK, here is a word for you: Spell Cecil’s last name. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/15 "2007-09-03T07:54:59Z")
[QUOTE=Hilarity N. Suze] German origin, you’re happy about someone else’s bad luck. [/QUOTE] haliburton ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/16 "2007-09-03T12:17:14Z")
[QUOTE=Diomedes] What do pedantic Canadians call meese? [/QUOTE] Fiver was thinking “smart alek”, from “smart elk”. An elk and a moose are not interchangeable. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/17 "2007-09-03T12:20:17Z")
I thought \*\*Fiver \*\* was going for chartreuse. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/18 "2007-09-03T14:26:33Z")
[QUOTE=DMark] Spell Cecil’s last name. [/QUOTE] Adams? 😕 (Sorry, thought this thread was dead over two months ago.) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/19 "2007-09-03T14:41:52Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] I thought \*\*Fiver \*\* was going for chartreuse. [/QUOTE] You’re right. I blame lack of sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/20 "2007-09-03T16:51:12Z")
Well, in a real spelling bee, we would be saying the words to you. So I guess the best alternative is to give you the phonetic of the word, and have you spell the word. Here goes (SAMPA phonetic coding): /%Qn@%m{t@"pi@/ Try that one on for size! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228.md?page=2)