# SDMB Spelling Bee Challenge (Akeelah ain't got nothing on me!)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228>\
**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:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/21 "2007-09-03T23:30:43Z")

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[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth]  
You’re right. I blame lack of sleep.  
[/QUOTE]  
I can’t understand how you failed to understand me.

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**Author:** ![papaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@papaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papaw)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/22 "2007-09-04T00:02:59Z")

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Onemotopaeia

Dammit- I can’t spell it!

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**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/23 "2007-09-04T00:06:07Z")

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[QUOTE=papaw]  
Onemotopaeia  
[/QUOTE]

Wrong. It’s onomatopoeia.

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**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 4, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-spelling-bee-challenge-akeelah-aint-got-nothing-on-me/412228/24 "2007-09-04T02:55:50Z")

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[QUOTE=papaw]  
Onemotopaeia

Dammit- I can’t spell it!  
[/QUOTE]

Well, just assure me that you at least had to look up /%Qn@%m{t@"pi@/ and didn’t just instantly see what word it was.

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