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The First Chang Chun Friends Spelling Bee

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The First Chang Chun Friends Spelling Bee

Time: September 13, 2013 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: Grandpa's Tavern
Street: Xi Kang Hu Tong
City/Town: The Chun
Phone: 1394 30 50 676
Event Type: spelling, bee
Organized By: Jack Field
Latest Activity: Sep 9, 2013

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Event Description

Come one, come all, patrons of that panoply of peculiar pronunciations and permutations of pulmonary philological perambulations - The English Language.

 

Together as a cohort of teachers and students in Chang Chun we have a unique and necessary appreciation and understanding of English.

 

So what better way to test that knowledge than with a good old fashioned Spelling Bee?

This night will commence with a reading from Chaucer and close with an excerpt from Darwin's "Origin of the Species," so as to give a full round trip experience of the evolution of this most marvellous language.

 

The Bee will be structured fairly allowing both North American and the Proper OED spellings of words.

 

Grand prizes will be ceremoniously awarded on the night along with lavish Certificates of Participation.

 

So come along and try your brain and tongue with words like these...

 

Lascivious

Loquaciousness

Receive

Egregious

Munificent

Sycophantic

And of course

Hippopotomonstrosequipedeliaphobia

Antidisestablishmentarianism

& many many more.

Everyone welcome. Everyone can participate. We hope to see you there.

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Comment by Jack Field on September 7, 2013 at 22:20

To burp or belch.

Brilliant.

Comment by Richard Roman on September 6, 2013 at 10:04
An interesting word I cam across in my daily readings - eructation

Anyone knows what it means - no cheating now!



This is an astonishing eructation of disinformation from an astonishing peer of the realm and an astonishing newspaper. Truly disreputable stuff.
Comment by Richard Roman on September 6, 2013 at 9:58
Hors d'oevre- but I might have the spelling wrong!
Comment by Jack Field on September 6, 2013 at 1:57

Should be fun, I know some French words which we use in English. They will make an appearance.

What is the correct spelling of the little snacks served at cocktail parties? First letter, H.

No cheating now. Sounds like "oor derves"

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