| 单词 | spelling |
| 例句 | But Leah and I have not thought of her in that way since the second grade, when we passed her up in the school spelling bee. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mom and Jack met with his teacher for their conference, she proudly reported that Connor is a confident and popular boy, with excellent skills in spelling and math. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Laurie bit his lips, and turning a little from the pensive speaker, read the following document, with praiseworthy gravity, considering the spelling: Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was a seventh grade student at Finley Avenue Elementary School, Mr. A. G. Gaston held a spelling bee for Birmingham’s black students. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The last time I won anything, it was a spelling bee in second grade. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Good at baseball, spelling, musical theater, drawing manga. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks for spelling it out for me,” I say. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “Yes!” everybody cheers because warm fuzzies are only for Fridays after the spelling test and today is Wednesday. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I guess Jeri was my little sister’s name, so I changed the spelling for his name. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Above the door, the outline of the faded letters spelling Seed Vault have been removed. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Before that, people used to just make up spellings—there were no right or wrong ways to spell. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The kids who carried pagers communicated in code, spelling out their messages with digits. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Each month, the Hitler Youth headquarters sent letters to the leaders, spelling out how to run the meetings. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The teacher helped her put the cap back on, then we finished the spelling test and did some fingerpainting, and after school that day Nick Veenhof and I walked her home. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, the camp song B-I-N-G-O appears to be a relatively straightforward spelling song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z My mother banged the spelling book shut and stood up as if she were ready to leave that very minute. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I had learned the spelling and definition of the word skirmish, which I had added to my notepad to memorize that day. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I’m not sure what was easier or less lofty about that name, but I was well into elementary school before I became comfortable spelling either. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Jam almost rolled her eyes, spelling it more slowly. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I add, hoping to win a smile for using a spelling word. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He must be one ’em folk that believe it’s bad luck to take a bath in May, June, July, or August plus any month that’s got the letter r in its spelling. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Branwell told The Ancestors that Tina had started school without knowing a word of English and was the Illinois state spelling champion when she was in fourth grade. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I struggled in my English class but always did well on spelling tests, which we had once a week. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z But I've been spending very little time spelling things out for you and taking chances and putting my heart on the line. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Her parents bought her a dictionary of her own, giving her an advantage in classroom spelling contests. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z When, a few years later, the postal authorities changed the spelling of the town to Downe, the Darwins did not go along. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Every once in a while, the spelling test would sneak back into my brain, but mostly Calista was right. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Because of his home-training program—spelling games, geography quizzes, and the arithmetic and languages—we sometimes were prepared to skip; but never so prepared as Dad thought we should be. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It only got worse in high school, where there were more spelling and essays tests, with more complicated words that seemed too impossible to memorize. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z When did middle schools eliminate weekly spelling bees? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Finally, when our English teacher, Mr. Nicoll, asked me for the millionth time why I was too lazy to study for spelling tests, I snapped. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z We were doing our spelling lesson when I heard barking. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z At first her questions were legitimate enough: Arithmetic, spelling, languages, geography, and the sort of purposeful confusion—about ringing numbers and underlining words—in which some psychologists place particular store. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I draw her all over my spelling notebook and get in trouble with my teacher. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z How her feet hurt, how she misses him, how Kim got a 90 percent in spelling. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z They had never developed alphabets or rules for spelling, never set their histories down in stone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The traditional spellings have just one s in the middle. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Their messages have lots of spelling mistakes, but they are so sweet. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I saw a movie about a spelling bee once. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I still use it to check my spelling when I come across words that have an e and an / next to each other. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “OK. Pencils down. Pass your spelling quizzes up.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Desis kill at the spelling bee. And my dad was right: When I’m scared, I always feel like I can fight a little harder.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z For quite a while, Francie had been spelling out letters, sounding them and then putting the sounds together to mean a word. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A kid like me does not belong in the spelling bee. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The preferred American spelling has no e right after the g. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Haven’t you heard of spelling reform?” he asks in a low voice. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She had to practice for a spelling test. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z It was the end of September and we had been taking a spelling test. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The Commander was patient when I hesitated, or asked him for a correct spelling. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He made spelling and grammatical mistakes he’d long mastered and soon he was writing broken English and then no English at all. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z What was my brain doing, spelling out his name without my permission? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He did not want our parents to think that those letters of ours were censored in this way, and therefore he never allowed us to correct a spelling mistake in the letter itself. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent long days tackling spelling and multiplication and grammar. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Though some dictionaries now accept “ wile away,” which began as a spelling error, I’ll stick to the original. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A dialog window popped up, asking me to confirm the spelling of each of their avatar names. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z You clean it out, but if you leave a few pencils and an old spelling test behind, you don’t worry about it too much. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Took him until second grade to realize he was spelling Mississippi. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Tam Lin had marked the route with a red pen and added comments using his own creative spelling, such as Ratlesnakes heer and Saw bare under tree. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “And also do you have a brother who was into spelling bees?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z It must have been a comfort that her first name was unusual, if only in its spelling. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I have preserved original spelling and punctuation in quotations, except that I have regularized ‘u’ and ‘v’, and ‘i’ and ‘j’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She dutifully wrote down all the names Mrs. Coulter suggested, spelling them atrociously and then crossing them out when Mrs. Coulter decided against them after all. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Ammu had corrected the spelling mistakes, and below the essay had written: If I am Talking to somebody you may interrupt me only if it is very urgent. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to learn some spelling rules while I worked, but I couldn’t. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z In the evening he come out on the porch in his Sunday best She be sitting there with me shelling peas or helping the children with they spelling. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time I thought about that spelling test and not getting all ten words 100 percent perfect, I felt sick, right in my stomach. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z On the corner of Sterling and Commonwealth was the old Masonic Temple, where one Saturday afternoon thirty-five years before, Milton had been runner-up in a spelling bee. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The writing was clear, no spelling mistakes, no wasted words. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “I loss spelling contest my school. I come in second.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He took the letter from her lap, and when she wiped her face and tried to smile, he grinned anxiously and pointed to their mother’s primitive spelling. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “I expect you to get a perfect score on your next spelling test, Albie.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z These language theorists then make up rules that clarify grammar and spelling and point out the relationships between words. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She took the roll, checking on the spelling and pronunciation of each child's name, and passed out general supplies and the books for the social studies she would be teaching. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z And don’t even talk to him about checking his spelling! Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When two acceptable spellings are listed for the same word, use the first, because it may be more common. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Sheldon gives me a special card with lots of the scratch-and-sniff stickers she hands out only for perfect papers in spelling. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Even though it doesn’t work a hundred percent of the time, it's a good trick for dealing with a tricky spelling problem. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “The spelling,” a fellow German said of Fuchs’s name, “sometimes caused people to pronounce it in a somewhat embarrassing way.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I try spelling it as many ways as I can think of, but have no luck. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Communicating the letter and its word, even spelling it out backward for him, was inconceivable. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We have to do spelling tests and sums in arithmetic; it’s like real school, but worse, because we never get to draw pictures. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The language was old-fashioned, and Emily noticed a spelling mistake right off the bat and then another a few sentences later, so she was having trouble getting into the story. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z My spelling and my grammar were as bad, if not worse. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z See that your grammar and spelling are impeccable. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z That was assuming the spelling tests and five-paragraph essays didn’t kill me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Dude, you have any idea how much we’ve studied these things? Don’t you think we would’ve noticed if it were spelling out freaking words?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z No offense, Merci, but I want to study my spelling words with somebody else. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He made fun of me all last year because I got 100% on every spelling quiz. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Every language arts teacher in the world enjoys making kids use the dictionary: “Check your spelling. Check that definition. Check those syllable breaks.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Be careful with the spelling,” I warned him in a voice that was wormy with shame because I didn’t do well in that subject at school. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She would have been impressed with my grammar and spelling, though she might have found fault with my penmanship. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I told him maybe my spelling wasn’t going to be all that terrific, but he said he didn’t care. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I saw at once that I was on the right track; phonetic spelling had again misled me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Oh sure, he looked over his spelling words on Thursday nights, and there had been a few short book reports in fourth grade, but other than that, nothing. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After lunch, the class plodded through a spelling pretest, followed by a science work sheet on simple machines, but all George could think about was trying out for Charlotte. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Then all night, until my eyes do not want to stay open, I study for the Friday spelling test. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Quiet as mice, thought Ralph, as heads bent over spelling words. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z It was like his frozen breath was spelling out the awful words. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Another perfect score. This time not in arithmetic, but in spelling. I am proud of you.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z We often took turns spelling each other behind the wheel. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, a word with the same spelling but different sounds and meanings. A-l-l-y spells your name, but it also spells ‘ally’ with a long ‘i’ sound at the end. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I first met her when she and I had entered the Gaston spelling bee in the seventh grade. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We sat at our desks quietly while Mrs. Backus, our teacher, dictated the spelling words we had to learn by that Friday. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I say the phrase carefully, like I’m announcing a spelling bee word. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And if our readers do know the lingo, we might be insulting their intelligence by spelling it out. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I stayed there until the next week, when the whole class was given a spelling test and I scored the highest grade. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In the elementary school spelling bee when you intentionally misspelled heifer, he almost had a cow. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z What did math or spelling matter now that she was going back to Italy? I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z “The spelling of my country estate is a little difficult for those unacquainted with the language.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Having someone check your spelling wasn’t against anybody’s rules for anything. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z My spelling had always been bad, but in Ms. Laverne’s class it didn’t matter so much because we were all at different levels in one thing or another. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Or perhaps I’ve romanized the spelling wrong and it is Hao Chi Kuei, which could mean they are calling us “Good Foundation Ghosts.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I then marked the spelling rules I wanted to memorize that day. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z If someone had trouble spelling a word, that person asked Miss K about it. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Headmaster turned to gaze at the schoolyard, where Class Two students were standing in rows and reciting their spelling lessons. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “All right, then. Just don’t forget your spelling.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Jutta makes a log to match a scale that Werner draws on the tuning coil, carefully spelling the name of each city they manage to receive. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z William Gilbert is the name that he has become known by in the history books, although the preferred contemporary spelling used by his own family was Gilberd. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Learning basic finger spelling to enhance musical activities with pitch and using sign language to enhance a song performance is very helpful. Sign language is a beautiful way to communicate; all students will benefit.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Even though Connor aced a hard spelling problem and Claire came through on a difficult history question, Perry Valley kept staying one or two points ahead of us. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z We sang songs, told continued stories, played spelling games and riddles, and had pillow fights. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z On Sundays I would read the newspapers with my mother guiding me and spelling out the words. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I got six words right on my spelling test. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Her spelling was no better than their mother’s, so she did not really see the joke at first. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “I know,” he replies with a grin, “but I still can’t spell! I hope they don’t have any spelling questions in the finals.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He’d clap his hands, happy with Tolstoy and my perfect spelling. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z On the board are ten vocab words and ten spelling words. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I liked ciphering all right, but I didn’t care much for spelling and studying the Bible and memorizing psalms. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Today's discussion was dominated by an Italian nanny, two chatty Poles, and a pouty, plump Moroccan woman who had grown up speaking French and had enrolled in the class hoping to improve her spelling. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Because I never thought before about being a mom as something you had to try at, like math or spelling. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “This flu wouldn’t have anything to do with your spelling test tomorrow, would it?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z How did you do on the spelling test? Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I got it right on my spelling test,” I remarked, trying to make a joke. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And Siobhan said that she would help with the spelling and the grammar and the footnotes. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I studied for the spelling test every Thursday. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Carefully, she cut out letters spelling the Beiderman’s name from the green felt; then she threaded her needle and sewed the letters onto the rectangular red piece. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Besides, watching a mouse in a maze was more fun than social studies or spelling. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Liyana sorted through perfect spelling tests and crackly finger paintings from a box under her bed. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I took that B is for Bear spelling test from a couple weeks before, and I taped it to my door, right underneath my letter from Mountford. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z For the second time, he raised his right fist and displayed to Scrimgeour the scars that still showed white on the back of it, spelling I must not tell lies. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Sometimes, I caught myself spelling out his name. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The pages were thin and her fingers calloused and clumsy, and she did not know the spelling. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I’m in English class, taking a spelling test. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She reached into the bag and pulled out three yellow T-shirts with sparkling black letters spelling out BRAINIACS. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She did not have to wait long for it to begin; in fact, she had barely made it through the task of giving the children the day’s spelling words before the summons came. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The words may be harder to read, and Writing Mistress dispares of my spelling, but when you stand away from the page, is the result not charming? Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He happened to be an unusually bright child and his mother had worked hard with him at home on spelling and reading. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Only the big red letters at the top of the page, spelling out the name of the school. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Seven highly polished, brand-new handles and seven sets of fine gold lettering spelling the words Nimbus Two Thousand and One gleamed under the Gryffindors’ noses in the early morning sun. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z During those years when I was memorizing the questions and answers of The Baltimore Catechism, I was also impressing on my memory the spelling of hundreds of words, grammar rules, division and multiplication tables. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems all the cities I have heard of, except Shanghai, have changed their spellings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened the book with some apprehension, wondering what archaic spelling and punctuation I would face. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z George came out from under the bed with his spelling book. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “It’s something my dad told me once, when I was in the district spelling bee. He said that my fear made me more alert. That I could channel my fear into focus.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I may have been bad with my spelling but Mr. Greene was equally bad with his dates. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “We’ll just have to take that chance,”said Miss K. “Now please settle down and finish those spelling sentences.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I wrote the spelling words in my notepad and studied them as I worked. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The other spelling, discrete, means “separate,” “distinct,” or “unconnected.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Fabian is already writing spelling words on the board. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Good spelling and good grammar and good word skills are essential for every student. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Remember what your dad said to you about fear when you were in the spelling bee? Soheil, too? About how we should be scared, about how we can use that?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Want to hear something even worse? My first spelling quiz the teacher marked that I spelled favorite wrong because I included the u.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway. I walked past Kool Koffee, which I have avoided forever because you know I don’t find cutesy spellings cute, and she stepped outside to throw away some trash and I became trash for her.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I got two B’s in a row on my spelling tests,” I told him. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Your loving daughter, Lydia Worthen She checked her spelling in Oliver. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “You have a D in spelling,” Dad told me before the door was even closed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z "I'm sure it's Windkloppel, Judge, I checked all my spellings three times over." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Same way I spelled my word in the spelling bee on Friday morning. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “Now why don’t you go away? I was just advising the lad of the importance of proper spelling.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I stock up, and before I go back into the school to find her, I arrange them on the dashboard, spelling her name. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She was in the spelling bee, she was in the Academic Olympics, she was the salutatorian of her class. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z For my twin sister’s name I prefer the spelling Lee, as that makes her—from the back-court position from which I generally watch her—the slippery length of muscle that she is. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I also wrote other things I needed to learn for school and things I wanted to know by heart, like spelling words, and math and grammar rules. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I started studying for my spelling test the very next day, Tuesday, which was two days before I normally started. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Mami will think my detention is another badge of shame, like last year when I said I didn’t want to be in the spelling bee. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z On Monday we got our spelling tests back, and I got eight right, more than I’d ever gotten. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “Especially is an especially stupid spelling word,” I said. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Penelope had begun reading poetry to the children in the belief that it would improve their English faster than lists of spelling words ever could. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z She also helped him with his grammar and his atrocious spelling. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They quit spelling words when it hurt too much to talk. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The years I’d spent helping Mom check spelling on her students’ homework had given me lots of practice for this line of work. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But the various spellings of even one name can reveal a strong disparity. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z For the last couple nights, Nailer had lain in his bunk, his head filled with words and letters, dreaming of spellings that Knot had tricked him with. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s all about T-O-N-I,” she says, spelling out our uncle’s name in English. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z By midafternoon she was so mad that nothing had happened that she missed three spelling words, all of which she knew perfectly well. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Now let’s get to know some of the most persistent spelling troublemakers. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The letter he finally wrote to Jenny with Ross Milton’s book close at hand as an aid to spelling was a simple one. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The lamps around the door were flickering on and off almost randomly now, spelling out no words that Coraline could understand. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Winnifred, the girl who beat you in the elementary school spelling bee, raises her hand: Ms. Hardwick, wasn’t Nick supposed to present a malapropism to us today? she whines. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It took her two weeks to write her last letter with revisions and corrected spelling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A boy his age should certainly be sure of the spelling of his own name—even a name like this with an unusual spelling. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She be sitting there with me shelling peas or helping the children with they spelling. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a spelling test or a vocabulary test. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “Teacher says I’m real good at my spelling words. Best in the class.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I watch him read it, and wonder if he knows about Ben Franklin’s spelling reform movement. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Had to be the easiest word ever in a seventh-grade spelling bee. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z At about ten o’clock that morning as my mother was reviewing me in spelling, we heard the front door being flung open. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Granger glared at the spelling mistakes, but then chuckled and shook her head. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Yr. loving daughter, Lydia Worthen She didn’t take the time to check her spelling. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’m just demonstrating the absurdity of English spelling.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “She won't even repeat the questions on the spelling test, no matter how much I beg.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z A white cardboard sign on a table in the back of the cafeteria beckoned them, its crisply stenciled black letters spelling out the lunchroom hierarchy: colored computers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And there we are, jumping like two little schoolgirls who just got a sticker on a spelling test. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Chuckie” was a derisive term coined by infantrymen, using the army’s spelling alphabet where a word is assigned to each letter of the alphabet. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I made a vague effort to remember who had painted or composed what, but I didn’t memorize spelling. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This is the preferred spelling, though dictionaries now accept sherbert as a variant. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There were things I was good at in school, such as reading and spelling, but it seemed to me that my speech somehow became more important than anything else. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Far away from her cigarettes and her snobbishness, her cliquish friends, her atrocious spelling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I still had never got more than seven words right on a spelling test. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I practiced spelling long words and matching facts and dates. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I took out Smollet’s letter, and as I read it it seemed to me that the lesson of the spelling of the name of the court might guide me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It was written in one long paragraph, with little punctuation and many spelling errors, and at first I fixated on these grammatical irregularities as a way to mute the text. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The lines turned out to be a hundred dull ones, as Aeneas—Turner thought he finally had the spelling down—moped about and looked for a place to live. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I don’t point out how that’s exactly the way regular spelling is. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Aha! So you admit it. All the spelling in your essay wasn’t your own?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I did the same thing with spelling and vocabulary words. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z But when he got home, he didn’t ask about my spelling test. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z What we did was practice the spelling words, over and over and over. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z "Why are all these women married? And anyway you're not meant to teach poetry when you're teaching spelling. Cut it out in future, Miss Honey." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z In most cases the standard spellings of the names—Tabitha, Cheyenne, Tiffany, Brittany, and Jasmine—also signify low education. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “That’s a lie. My dad just helped me with some of the spelling.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Monday night’s homework always took forever, because the spelling words were also vocabulary words, and Ms. Udell insisted that each student write an official dictionary definition of each word before using it in a sentence. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Sometimes the spelling changes when adding an s. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z That was a B. Which I figured I should’ve felt pretty happy about, because a B was better than a C or even a D, which was what I used to get on spelling tests. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The Cunninghams and the Coninghams married each other until the spelling of the names was academic— academic unless a Cunningham wished to jape with a Coningham over land titles and took to the law. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Some of that spelling is next to impossible.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was way better to look forward to a donut day than a spelling test. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z She moved her lips, spelling out the conditions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Figure 5.16: Changing the spelling of any note in a chord also changes the chord's name. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “I do not understand Americans. They say ‘job’ and you think they have said ‘jab,’” her father declared, spelling both words. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I have been told by family members that I inherited my gift of spelling from my grandmother. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z One of them was the test which the New York woman was in the process of giving us—not the embarrassing personal questions, but the business of circling numbers, spelling, and filling in blanks. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It was very neatly written, and except that “friend” was written “freind” and one of the “S’s” was the wrong way round, the spelling was correct all the way through. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Everyone in fifth grade got at least one word wrong on his or her spelling test each week. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z You cannot take your time in a spelling bee. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z This spelling is a holdover from medieval times. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When I won the city, county, and state spelling competitions organized for black students, Mr. Wesley publicly expressed a special pride in me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The confusion over the aluminum/aluminium spelling arose because of some uncharacteristic indecisiveness on Davy’s part. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They included preserving the last words of dying people, recording books for blind people to hear, announcing clock time, and teaching spelling. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My tongue felt thick with the effort of spelling. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z As one source of the signs themselves, Sequoyah practiced copying the letters from an English spelling book given to him by a schoolteacher. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z No little ducks and vultures and baskets, all spelling words, appeared upon a slab under the skillful chisel of an artist. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Calista asked when she was showing me some more art tricks on Thursday, after we both got sick of studying spelling flash cards. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “Adore” had been on his second-grade spelling list two weeks ago, and it had been a great discovery for him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z My dad always used to ask me my spelling words while he was fixing dinner. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Apart from the spelling mistakes, the last line—Hope you will enjoy this recipe—was Estha’s only augmentation of the original text. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Even granted the vagaries of spelling in the seventeenth century, why should Newton choose to emphasize this word? The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I think they were still mad at Ms. Simon for all those spelling tests she gave last year. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I felt especially hopeless and depressed when I had to take an essay test where spelling counted toward my grade. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He already had our book out of its hiding place and was spelling out words to Carrie. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Some botanical purists still insist on spelling it wistaria. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z While Ralph sat brooding behind the books, he was not forgotten by Room 5, who found the problems of a mouse much more interesting than making sentences out of spelling words. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z This spelling stuff is all his fault, since he’s the one who got it in his head that we all needed to spell the same way. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z She traces her finger through a mound of flour, starts spelling her name. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Well, I don't know about the boyfriend. She had a brother. He was a first-rate nutcase, actually. He was into spelling bees. Went to Nationals, I think.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z One time, in spelling, Miss Gordon read the words aloud, and I pointed to the letters on my board. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Sometimes, however, I got so sick of spelling and spelling books that I cried. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She gets the spelling off the tag on my shirt, then, already poised to jot down the next name, says, “R-and-W.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The language was old-fashioned, and Emily noticed a spelling mistake right off the bat and then another a few sentences later, so she was having trouble getting into the story. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I auditioned different spellings, each worse than the last. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Francie, shaky enough regarding English grammar, spelling, and punctuation, didn’t stand a chance with the French language. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Attempts to develop a new language by first inventing the grammar and spelling never seem to result in a language that people find useful. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “And I reckon you want to keep that silly spelling.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s applied indiscriminately to professional athletes, lottery winners, and kids who clean up at spelling bees. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Or almost exactly the same: around Miss Spink and Miss Forcible’s door were blue and red lightbulbs that flashed on and off spelling out words, the lights chasing each other around the door. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Every week she gave us vocabulary and spelling lists and a poem to memorize. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Boy, did I have crazy spelling and punctuation! Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He drew in the air a Greek letter, making clear the spelling of his mockery. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Observe them carefully, and you will find that they are spelling out words. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z With the most common spelling of the name, Brittany, at number eighteen among high-end families and number five among low-end families, it is surely approaching its pull date. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I think Trump would rather look like a man who doesn’t care about such mundanities as spelling correctly than like a man who needs help to seem literate. Perspective | Hey, President Trump, is there room on your staff for a spellchecker? 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z THE FACTS: The apology, which included several spelling errors, is fake. FACT FOCUS: False claims spread in aftermath of Oscars slap 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z “The certificate is a fake, ditto the signature, ditto the spelling, ditto the drawing,” she told The New York Times in reference to one of the works, a drawing of a faun. Maya Ruiz-Picasso, Artist’s Daughter and Inspiration, Dies at 87 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Every year, about 11 million children in the United States participate in school-level spelling bees. How Indian Americans Came to Love the Spelling Bee 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Blunt announcements, startling confessions, mean little snipes… Errors of logic are subtly teased and bad spelling highlighted, the exchanges transformed into surreal little plays. Adam Buxton: 'I was called a smarmy, greased-up dwarf' 2013-05-11T17:00:03Z These points about fate, what little we control and what we cannot ultimately grasp, are big, obvious ones, and Ms. Pite spends rather a lot of energy in spelling them out rather too clearly. Dance Review: In a Struggle of Wills, Who Is Really the Manipulator? 2010-10-26T20:17:00Z Zaila Avant-garde's father realized her aptitude for spelling when she was around 10, which is relatively late for a contest in which eligibility ends after eighth grade, when most spellers are 14. Zaila Avant-garde stands where Black children were once kept out 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Top French students prize themselves on taking down dictée in much the same way their American counterparts compete in spelling bees. Je suis circonflexe 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z There are something like 12 spellings of Madison. Better baby names: Author urges going classic but fresh 2011-05-09T18:05:05Z Later images include a postage stamp of a grid of faces with almost-hidden texts spelling out “Black Power” and “White Power.” Faith Ringgold Will Keep Fighting Back 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Both of our moms are Vietnamese, and we had the same name but different spelling: I’m Christina. The Stylist Behind Grimes’s Futuristic Look 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z “Writers should need little to no editing when computers check spelling, etc.” The incredible vanishing editor: What we can learn from Martin Scorsese’s new documentary 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The gift shop was called — in blatant disregard of both Victorian spelling and the title of Dickens’s novel — the Olde Curiosity Shoppe. Voyages: The World of Charles Dickens, Complete With Pizza Hut 2012-02-07T19:16:01Z That post was followed up with one apologizing for spelling errors. John Stamos says Bob Saget will be on 'Fuller House,' calling it 'perfect reunion' 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Whistleblowers have a long, diverse and complicated history, right down to the definition and spelling of the word. Trump-Ukraine whistleblower is part of long tradition 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Yankovic's song takes aim at people who make errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation. Got writer's block? Lin-Manuel Miranda has a playlist for you 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Alphabetical order requires us to pay attention not to meaning but to spelling, ensuring it would stay rare through the Middle Ages, disdained as an arbitrary imposition that was “the antithesis of reason.” A Smart, Playful Book About the Underappreciated Index 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z As you may remember from grade school, homophones are words that are pronounced the same way but ultimately have different meanings, and often, different spellings, like “be” and “bee” or “none” and “nun.” Blogger allegedly fired from language school for teaching students about “homophonia” 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Even a fellow ticketholder who nearly botched a trick with poor spelling. Is the Hand Quicker Than the Zoom Window? 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z We corresponded by email with Neiman, who favors British spelling, from her home in Berlin. “Why grow up?” is a political question: Our cult of youth is no accident — and it has dire consequences 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z “Cool, I like that spelling,” she said, slipping the paper into her pocket. My online impostor: When that Facebook profile isn’t you 2014-04-01T23:00:00Z For Ghani, the most challenging part of the project was spelling each of the languages correctly. Ready When You Are, Terminal C Is Now an Art Destination 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z But the show regularly veered off course as Tom and Ray pondered the spelling of women’s names, reminisced about cities they once lived in, explored philosophical quandaries and squabbled good-naturedly over decades-old family disputes. Tom Magliozzi of NPR’s ‘Car Talk’ helped turn Saturday-morning radio into a joy ride And, please, don't even get her started on creative spellings. Better baby names: Author urges going classic but fresh 2011-05-09T18:05:05Z If you watch closely you can see his hand gestures are spelling out “Please Send Help.” Dancing with the Stars Watch: The Last Dance 2012-05-23T12:00:48Z Ultimately, however, it must be a complement to learning proper vocabulary, the rudiments of grammar and basic spelling. Phonics speaks to children's knack for nonsense 2012-11-19T13:31:18Z They were just merciless in terms of grammar and syntax and spelling, which was incredibly helpful later. George Saunders's Humor 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z According to biographer Gwenda Blair, who wrote the book The Trumps: Three Generations of Builders and a Presidential Candidate, the Trump family originally went by Drumpf, before “the family changed the spelling of its name”. John Oliver launches anti-Trump campaign: #MakeDonaldDrumpfAgain 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Malarkey, with the alternative spelling of "y" at the end, is of unknown origin, but Merriam-Webster surmises it's more Irish-American than Irish, tracing it to newspaper references as far back as 1929. Capitalism and socialism wed as words of the year 2012-12-05T14:42:08Z The title’s spelling is a nod to Johann Sebastian Bach, who Mr. Eggleston called “my great hero in music.” William Eggleston, at 78, in a New Key 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z “The correct spelling is ‘skank,’ ” Daniels replied promptly. Perspective | For Stormy Daniels, swatting away Twitter trolls is a work of art 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z The band was Centavrvs, from Mexico City, and as the V-laced spelling of its name suggests, it owes something to Mexico’s long-running and still innovative Café Tacvba. SXSW Music 2015: Sometimes a Band's Equipment Can Make You Stick Around 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Written in Catalan, the dedication includes a spelling mistake frequently made by Dali. Early Dali work confirmed by experts 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z A beginner level French course, for example, introduces vocabulary words and then jumps into exercises: multiple choice questions, using words in sentences, spelling and speaking aloud. Want to Learn French? Italian? Russian? There’s No Time Like the Present 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Without spelling things out, Lewin and Macy cleverly allow the audience to notice the wistful expression on the priest's own face. The Sessions – review 2013-01-17T16:26:01Z Last week, Majcher said, he received a letter from Polish lawyers representing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences protesting the use of the name "Oscar" in its Polish spelling "Oskar." Polish folk art society defends its 'Oskar' award 2012-02-20T18:16:09Z Make sure the spelling is right and that the prose ain’t too lame And most of all, don’t forget to disclaim! Style Invitational Week 1424: We Bee back — a neologism contest 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Incorrect usage of punctuation wasn’t found to be too offensive, but when combined with spelling errors and improper forms of tenses produced many an eyeroll and reduced the likeliness of the person receiving a response. It’s why UR still single: Millennials aren’t impressed by suitors with bad grammar and spelling 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z “The metaphor often used is of a spellchecker on a computer: if you don’t have it, you might have a spelling error in your document. The limitation of that metaphor is, nobody dies.” ‘I was not willing to die for my breasts': the young women opting for mastectomies 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z Born Fay Mitchell in New York, she won the state spelling championship at 12 and was presented with the award by the then governor, Franklin Roosevelt. Fay Kanin obituary 2013-03-31T16:20:21Z Some parents are quite strict, limiting all technology “outside of a computer for spelling or Google docs.” When Tech Is a Problem Child 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z And the internet is allowing more people to influence spelling than ever before. David Crystal: the story of English spelling 2012-08-23T13:00:01Z “Even spelling mistakes are left as they are, because no one dares to phone the Central Committee about something like that,” Mr. Leo writes. Books of The Times: ‘Red Love,’ a Memoir of East Germany 2014-04-13T21:01:38Z His work mixed conventional English diction and usage with Southern dialect, swapping “the” for “de” and employing frequent contractions and unusual spellings to mimic the contours of spoken language. Patricia McKissack, children’s author who brought black history to life, dies at 72 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Each of the 40 chapters is a short essay with topics such as spelling, accents, slang and etymology. 'A Little Book of Language': How we say what we say, and why 2010-06-02T22:42:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, June 29: our contest for poems using spelling bee words. Pen & ick: Winning captions for Style Invitational cartoons 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Because we're not going to lose our minds over Trump's spelling in a tweet. Trevor Noah talks to Salon about worrying less about Trump’s spelling and more about democracy 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z She was a nonconformist down to her last name, spelling it “di Prima,” in honor of her Italian ancestors, even as other family members capitalized the “D.” Diane di Prima, Beat poet and activist, dead at 86 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Viewers can see themselves reflected amid images of human, animal, plant and spiritual life projected on triangles, connected by letters spelling “relative.” What Would Ben Franklin Say? Artists Weigh the Dream of Democracy 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z As two dancers arrive leaping, more letters fade in, spelling “DIVISIBILITI.” Review: In Liz Gerring’s Latest, Words Dance, Too 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z The show premiered in 2003; two years later, the Oxford English Dictionary added the word to its database, under the spelling “zhoosh.” ‘Jeuje,’ ‘Zhoosh,’ ‘Zhuzh’: A Word of Many Spellings, and Meanings 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z On the Jersey Shore, officials are wasting little time in erasing the embarrassing error in the spelling of Lavallette on a sign directing drivers to the family-friendly beach town. Whoops! Typos on highway signs vex drivers from New York to Ohio 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The spelling bee works like this: Contestants, called by name, step up to a microphone near the judging table. Pete’s Candy Store Hosts a Spelling Bee for Adults 2013-08-01T20:06:51Z “We needed to get the right angle,” said Rose Schnall, who created a poster for the Philadelphia Theater Company that has a pinkie spelling the letter I in “Tribes.” When Hands Talk, Be Careful Where You Point 2014-02-07T23:10:32Z “There’s something a little funny and self-deprecating that after all this education in literature ... the real test is how good you are at spelling.” Wordle is our new drug 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Because of the new national identity, Webster conceived of a standard-setting dictionary that might eliminate regionalism and affirm Americanized versions of British spellings. Exhibition Review: ‘1812: A Nation Emerges,’ at National Portrait Gallery 2012-06-25T21:40:37Z Fortunately, it appears that Spears' fans care more about freeing her than proper spelling. Retailer stuck with 10,000 misspelled 'Free Brittany' shirts amid #FreeBritney movement 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z We ask you to remind him about the importance of setting a positive example to his peers through both sharing and proper spelling. Disrupting the Playground 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z By February I was using a spelling board for all my communication. Experience: I talk with my eyes 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z For years I've wished that I had been given a book as a child that explained abuse, spelling out tactics like gaslighting and love bombing, terms that only recently have entered popular conversations and understanding. Evan Rachel Wood's "Phoenix Rising" and the art of trauma 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Norris shares her views on spelling, punctuation, dangling participles and troublesome pronouns, providing apt illustrations from an editing life. ‘Between You & Me,’ by Mary Norris 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z That standardization is interesting in light of another historical detail in this book that you write about, the role that the Dictionary People played in the campaign for reformed spelling. Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z The beauty of Tchaikovsky's original is that his anguish never needs spelling out. Eugene Onegin; La traviata – review 2013-02-10T00:06:16Z The barrage of songs do come in handy, spelling out every beat of emotion contained in the story. 'The Last Song' plays a familiar, maudlin tune 2010-03-31T16:02:00Z According to Grammarly, "omelet" is the standard American spelling of the word, while "omelette" is typically used in the United Kingdom and many other English-speaking countries. How to make an omelet, according to pros 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z A decade later, in his well-known bronze “Heech,” he seamlessly united three calligraphic characters spelling the Persian word for “nothing” into a single, Brancusi-sleek curve. Six Artists From Iran at Grey Art Gallery 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z “I don’t know whether John had already considered that spelling,” he said in a 2013 interview with International Business Times, “but it was my encouragement that made him choose it permanently.” Royston Ellis, Bridge Between Beat Poets and the Beatles, Dies at 82 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z But the years of shortage had left their scars and American spelling was never the same again. Need Some Kind of Explanation? 2012-05-30T12:26:46Z If there is a mistake in that information after the checks are printed, you will still owe for them, so pay close attention to all the information and spellings you provide. Hints From Heloise: Bank on these checks Foggy-brained, the transcription was spoilt by spelling mistakes and typographical errors. Peston transcribed wife's final book 2013-04-30T09:31:12Z I’m not going to forbid bending the actual spelling of the word or phrase in the air quote, but I predict that correct spellings make for funnier jokes. Style Invitational Week 1359: Back up in the ‘air’ 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z There’s a lesson in this book, and Rash isn’t shy about spelling it out: “You make choices in life and you must accept the consequences of those choices.” A newly discovered corpse raises new questions about a 20-year-old mystery 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Her godparents keep their feedback focused on clarity, accessibility, grammar and spelling. At 15, Daniela Shia-Sevilla’s writing has already wowed the literary community 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z They will be quizzed on spelling, math and memory, with each round tougher than the last. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Instinct’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Helga A. in Ohio: “Gray” is the more commonly accepted spelling here in the United States; “grey” is a more European spelling. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Go get that promotion 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z He is not at the mercy of political correctness or good taste or spelling conventions. John Waters’s First Novel Is Manic, Hyperbolic and Deviant. Surprised? 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Above severe block letters spelling “Great Western to Devon’s Moors,” a yellow road extends from an empty intersection in the foreground over rolling hills to the horizon and an eerily radiant sky. Art Review: ?Art for All? at the Yale Center for British Art 2010-06-17T21:44:00Z The reminder takes up only a single line of small print in the program, but it’s the kind of rule that doesn’t usually need spelling out: “No smoking permitted inside the venue.” ‘Cannabis!’ Review: Preaching to the Partaking Choir 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z With its bouncy combination of soap and satire, “Succession” demonstrates an elliptical elegance in clearly diagramming these relationships without spelling them out. “Succession”: An Irresistible Family Power Struggle, Told Through Soap and Satire 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Hence, for example, “while examining a treatise on trade and exchange rates, one of them corrected the spelling and redid much of the arithmetic.” Book review: ‘Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature,’ by Robert Darnton Previous paintings confronted us with solid walls of fat letters spelling out synonymic insults and dismissals, often profane; they were colorful in both language and hue. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Scripps announced Paige Kimble’s departure on Monday after 22 years in charge of the world’s preeminent spelling competition. Longtime National Spelling Bee director steps down 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z The show by this North Carolina-based artist is appropriately titled “Mettle” — once a variant spelling of the word “metal” — but also an indication of resilience in the face of inhospitable situations. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The single sheet of paper features a rough draft of the lyrics, including crossings out and a spelling error where "film" is written as "flim." Lennon's "Day in the Life" lyrics up for auction 2010-04-29T10:39:00Z In the United States there has been a popular belief that Asian people are ruthless competitors obsessed with technical achievement, whether as classical pianists, spelling bee champs or math whizzes. Stop calling Asians "robotic" please 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z For whatever reasons, he never changed the spelling back when he went on to invent the equally mythical clans of Yoknapatawpha. Sarah Churchwell: rereading The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 2012-07-20T21:55:05Z In 2009, he went to Cheyenne, Wyo., and won the national spelling bee championship sponsored by the AARP, an event for spellers over 50. Pete’s Candy Store Hosts a Spelling Bee for Adults 2013-08-01T20:06:51Z Fastidiously typing in the memo, and not knowing what the document was or its origins, I’d changed all the American spelling “mistakes” to British English. 'You've caused an international incident': how my work mistake came back to haunt me 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z “Taliban bans sanitory napkins in Afghanistan, says it’s not a Sharia complaint practice,” says the falsified post, which has multiple spelling errors. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z The complete set of spelling bee words is at wapo.st/spellingbee2019. Style Invitational Week 1335: Put it in Bee-verse! Or . . . 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z But plenty of ordinary people hate spelling, just as in English. Je suis circonflexe 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z By focusing not just on the parts of speech but on how those parts of speech are used, her analysis gets away from a dependence on words and spelling. Forensic linguistics: Do your e-mails, texts and tweets reveal clues to your identity? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z And to think that Murray in his early career was also a proponent for spelling reform. Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Frankly, I’m most “disappointed” in the guy’s spelling. Vance McAllister’s Christian failure 2014-04-09T18:48:00Z The poll also found that women are more likely than men to notice grammar and spelling errors in writing. Millennials are annoyed when your grammar's not on fleek 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z He watches, with awe, a form of communication called skywriting, in which male prisoners make sweeping hand motions, spelling letters in the air. Books of The Times: True Tales of a Prison Librarian 2010-10-19T16:13:00Z Exhibit A: in that bar scene, he gets the guy who "found" Will's fake body talking by bragging that she won the spelling bee. The 10 Most Fascinating Theories About 'Stranger Things' Season 2 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The early letters are filled with boyish enthusiasm and littered with spelling mistakes. African cats and American espionage – Roald Dahl's letters due in 2016 2013-07-25T09:10:30Z As Nabers shared in a New Yorker article spelling out the TV writer's dilemma, "Swarm" is the product of a 14-week mini room entirely conducted on Zoom that ended in early 2021: What to expect with TV writers on strike: First late night will go dark. Then comes the fall? 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Nanking is the old spelling for the city now called Nanjing. New film has Japan vets confessing to Nanjing rape 2010-03-31T14:16:00Z Sometimes the rushed nature of emails creates sentences that are beautiful precisely because of the poor punctuation, spelling and grammar that email encourages. What You Can Learn By Reading Lena Dunham’s Email 2013-11-11T10:45:24Z “The fact that there was an alternative spelling made me aware that some women have been feeling excluded,” she said. What Do Womxn Want? 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Is “hoes” the correct plural spelling of “ho?” Twitter vigilantes gone bad: Stop live-tweeting takedowns of harmless strangers in public 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z If Trump declines, as he well might, my second offer would be an eighth-grade civics exam, or a simple single-elimination spelling bee. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: That time I challenged the president to a duel 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The written test introduces a fresh hurdle for participants spelling ever-tougher words in the Bee, a national institution since its launch in 1925. New U.S. spelling bee rules aim to prevent T-I-E-S 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z A spelling mistake on a t-shirt almost left a United Kingdom-based retailer in a tough spot. Retailer stuck with 10,000 misspelled 'Free Brittany' shirts amid #FreeBritney movement 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Even more confusingly, his spelling in first-draft work was always and persistently terrible, either because of some kind of dyslexia or because of his brain injury, I wasn’t sure. David Bowman and the Furry-Girl School of American Fiction 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z There are obvious differences beyond the creative use of spelling — for starters, one guy is real and the other's made up — but there are also some similarities. 'In Harm's Way': Ridley Pearson's Fleming and Boldt team up to solve a murder 2010-08-05T20:27:00Z Mr. Sim sometimes grabbed a microphone and stalked the floor, or faced off against Ms. Croft, their body language spelling a pantomime of romantic impasse. Music Review: The xx Play to Small Audiences in a Big New York Space 2014-03-20T11:33:13Z She noted that the handful of small spelling errors followed the phonetic sounds of words — “pitcher” instead of “picture” — which would be common in the writing of a young child. Did a 9-year-old called ‘Pickle’ really write that letter to Trump? Yep, he’s real. 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z For me and others, a match’s vaccination status has become as important as age, location and whether their profile has spelling errors. For some singles, finding out a potential love interest isn’t vaccinated can stop romance cold 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Encourage the girls in their pursuits: soccer, spelling, being kind to others. Social Q?s: Take Pride in Doing Good, Not Looking Good 2012-01-26T23:04:51Z On to Round 4 of the spelling bee! Style Invitational Week 1356: Ask Backwards 38 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Reid and Meg’s relationship grows through a game in which they text photos of hand-painted letters from around the city, spelling words with images instead of letters. Perspective | Technology is transforming our love lives — and our romance novels 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z But there's no piece with the flowers that tells you what it's spelling out, because there were too many flowers. Nick Hornby gave up record stores for Spotify, cigarettes for vaping, and adapting his own books 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z A topiary spelling "Grimm" juts from the restaurant's roof. ArtsBeat: TV Pumps Up Its Presence at Comic-Con 2012-07-12T17:26:49Z A garland spelling out “Welcome to Little Italy” spanned the tenements. Arrivederci, Little Italy 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z One of the 16 federal states went as far as to hold a referendum against the spelling changes—which passed. Je suis circonflexe 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Dhroov said that one of his favorite things about spelling is how it intersects with his other passions, including music. How Indian Americans Came to Love the Spelling Bee 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z A Scottish immigrant, he changed the spelling soon after he moved to New York, “to promote an image of sophistication,” Mr. Brown and the historian Matthew A. Thurlow write in the catalog. Antiques: A Portraitist Considered the ?Titian of Louisiana? 2011-12-15T21:47:17Z Bare bones spelling What would you do with d’em extra shin bones, knee bones, bone bones? Bare bones spelling 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z She uses poor grammar and spelling constantly throughout the book to portray the style of speech that Saba uses. Blood Red Road by Moira Young - review 2012-02-10T09:00:00Z One template is an outline of his own profile, to which Ad Reinhardt added small penciled letters at the lips, spelling “silence.” Review: Recalling Ray Johnson, a Pioneer of Mail Art 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z At Christie’s in New York and Julien’s Auctions in West Hollywood, Calif., it spent thousands of dollars on Michael Jackson’s black fedora and James Brown’s jumpsuit with rhinestones spelling out SEX. Antiques: Edna St. Vincent Millay?s Home; the Apollo; Irons Galore 2010-07-29T20:44:00Z But here’s the thing: Some people are really good at spelling things correctly — with or without liquor — and especially on a phone that generally fixes their mistakes for them. Apps to help you avoid drinking and ... texting 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Beth: Pay careful consideration to your spelling, punctuation and nomenclature! Disney introduces its panel of experts . . . moms and dads with plenty of park time 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Wayne Palsson, music director of Seattle’s NW Seaport Maritime Heritage Center, says he uses both spellings. Did you know Seattle has a thriving sea-shanty scene? Get onboard with singalongs and shows 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z True, you don't hear many coinages such as Mama Thompson's "beautimous" on Channel 4's latest Child Genius series, given that spelling is one of the many tests in which the winner must excel. Is this parade of 'genius children' a really stupid idea? 2013-06-15T19:00:03Z The spelling of "wile" as a verb meaning "to magic," is surprising and produces a neat, unostentatious pun with the implicit "while." Poem of the week: The Shortness of Life by Francis Quarles 2013-01-07T10:21:04Z It will also be miles ahead of 2002, when network executives like to joke that the Scripps spelling bee was assigned more resources. ESPN is thinking big with its World Cup soccer coverage 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z “I’m mildly dyslexic and I’ve always had trouble spelling,” he said. Arts Meets Science and Chemistry Wins the Day 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z They meet cute aboard an airplane to the spelling bee finale when Chaitanya introduces himself, and Guy tells him to point his “curry hole” elsewhere. Movie Review: Jason Bateman Stars In and Directs ‘Bad Words’ 2014-03-13T22:41:54Z Don’t bother to use boldface or a special format to highlight the word you’re spelling out; even the Empress can figure that out, and the entry form won’t show it anyway. Style Invitational Week 1332: Call them Spellimericks 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z ALI: You elitists with your geography and your maps and your spelling even though -- Don Lemon, this is no laughing matter 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z In recent years, though, many edible cookie doughs have popped up on store shelves and in small storefronts, often with trendy monikers or differing spellings of the word dough. Is eating raw cookie dough really that bad for you? Nutrition experts weigh in 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Four days later, the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, spelling the end of the war and . America’s original California girl 2012-08-06T20:33:00Z Ma’s replacement derives from the Chinese name for his three children’s generation and the phonetic spellings of the Chinese words for one, two and three. Kyirisan review: Tastefully pushing boundaries in Shaw 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z It also gave children free reign to swallow questionable amounts of sugar and excellent fodder for spelling bees. 11 of the Most Memorable Original Movie Musicals 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Caitlyn's spelling decision was meant to help her become her own person and prevented her from being lumped in with the rest of the Kardashian brand. How Caitlyn Jenner chose her name -- and why it's not with a K 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z The Neighbourhood may go for an Anglicised spelling of their name but they're American and sound it. New band of the day – The Neighbourhood (No 1,392) 2012-11-09T17:13:02Z Their reception followed at the Van Horne Ballroom on the grounds of the nearby Algonquin Resort, which was decorated with four gold-colored balloons spelling “Love.” Alex, We’ll Take ‘To Have and to Hold’ for $1,000 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Zuboff describes how Google, in its early days, happened to keep a cache of data byproducts — spelling, click patterns, location — that were produced with each search. O.K., Google: How Much Money Have I Made for You Today? 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Still running — deadline Tuesday, July 5: Our contest for short poems featuring spelling bee words. Style Invitational: Where in the wor(l)d? Explore What3words 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z This year's Bee will draw contestants ages 5 to 15 culled from more than 11 million in the spelling program. New U.S. spelling bee rules aim to prevent T-I-E-S 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z There was no standard spelling for the first 1,000 years of the language’s development, giving rise to four or five spellings per word. The truth about Internet slang: It goes way back 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Wordle sparks transatlantic rift as Brits denounce American English spelling of ‘favor’ Wordle is our new drug 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z With their giant, pneumatic, spray-painted letters spelling names like Crash and Daze against apocalyptic backgrounds, those unauthorized moving murals amazed me. Art Review: Graffiti Art at the Museum of the City of New York 2014-02-06T22:42:14Z When taken to task by contemporaries for both her grammar and spelling, she declared it was "against Nature for a woman to spell right." Poem of the week: Of Many Worlds in This World by Margaret Lucas Cavendish 2012-07-02T10:52:13Z And she showed off the notebooks that she uses to catalog her ideas: a black Moleskin, and another, replete with color-coded tabs, that was a vintage spelling book. Erykah Badu Is Blazing a New Trail (From Badubotron) 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Reading the poem in the original spelling, we can see English words and grammar in their infancy, still not quite ready to grow up and settle down. Poem of the week: Bird on a Briar by Anonymous 2013-03-25T10:53:30Z “Kids think it’s hysterical because they’ve been taught all the rules of spelling and phonics and now here are all these ridiculous words that break the rules they just learned,” she says. The Story Behind ‘P Is For Pterodactyl,’ The Self-Described ‘Worst Alphabet Book Ever’ 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z As the gods enter their new home, letters appear on stage spelling “Germania,” suggesting a geographical entity totally foreign to the opera’s text. Review: A Promising Start to 'Ring' Cycle 2010-03-23T17:10:00Z "Here is a surprise," one wrote, with more feeling than attention to spelling and grammar. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: Making Room for the Women 2012-12-25T15:26:30Z Maybe, also, because that is the Middle English spelling of diverse, a word that hints at the multiplicity in Joanna Newsom’s work. Review: Joanna Newsom’s ‘Divers’ Shares Thoughts of Life and Death 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Let’s hope the children in attendance throughout the summer don’t try that spelling when they return to class. A London Musical With Energy to Burn, and Two Without It 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z My Windows phone already puts emojis in to the suggested spelling bar. Hands Off My Smiley Face: Emoji Become Corporate Tools 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z This comedy game show is a twist on the traditional childhood spelling bee. Comedy in NYC This Week 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z And in spelling out these issues, the show inverts some familiar situations and characterizations. Review: ‘Jessica Jones’ Returns, Well Timed for the Time’s Up Moment 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z With the industry transitioning rapidly from film to digital and VR movies possibly spelling the end of the “one perfect shot”, what do cinematographers expect from the next 100 years? One perfect shot: the unsung power of cinematography 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Chase Manhattan Bank almost bought “Flag for the Moon,” a painting that reminded them of a Jasper Johns — until they realized these stars and stripes were letters spelling a violent racial slur. Faith Ringgold: ‘I Didn’t Want People to Be Able to Look, and Look Away’ 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z “Polisse” — a child’s spelling for Police — is a tough inside look at a group of men and women who work together on child abuse cases. Film: At Cannes, Women With Diverse Visions 2011-05-17T11:30:06Z I knew when it was time for the Japanese characters spelling “The End” to flash on the screen. Film: Slashing Samurai: A Culture Savored 2011-02-12T03:43:01Z In my three years at the agency, I received about two dozen emails from the executive director, all of which were addressed to the entire staff and contained grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors. Policing the police 2012-08-29T18:11:00Z A week later, two letters in NME pointed out a spelling mistake. How we made: New Order's Gillian Gilbert and designer Peter Saville on Blue Monday 2013-02-11T17:31:49Z One is based on a soldier’s letter — Smith maintains the original spellings — and includes these words: Scorching, Sophisticated New Work From Two of America’s Leading Poets 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z First of all, double-check the spelling of your guests’ names. Ask Amy: Bereaved woman clashes with jerk 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Title tracks ... imagine spelling some of these names down the phone. Readers recommend: Mr and Mrs songs ? results 2011-04-07T11:23:48Z The picture's theme was the provenance of great art – hardly box-office bait – while the title was feared so offputting that a phonetic spelling was added to the poster. Living dolls 2010-06-30T19:00:00Z “From a competitive standpoint, we owe it to the spellers to identify the champion of the spelling bee.” Vocabulary, lightning round added to National Spelling Bee 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z A similar step back was taken by nonprofit arts organization KEXP, which also used the controversial spelling and received critical feedback. Twitch retracts ‘womxn’ spelling for Women’s History Month 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Next time, knock on the dressing-room door and ask for the correct spelling of her name. Social Q?s: The Case of the Back-Seat Bag 2010-04-29T20:14:00Z The story partly turns on the difficulties of English spelling and reading comprehension. | 'Winnie the Pooh': Hundred Acre Gang Is Back in Town 2011-07-14T23:35:54Z It is also found throughout Central Europe under myriad spellings and names, and in Italy, primarily Alto Adige, the Tyrolean region in the northeast, where it is again simply called silvaner. Silvaner, a Lovely yet Unloved Spring Wine, Needs Friends 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z His English was poor, though he had just sacrificed an umlaut in his surname in deference to American spelling. For the Conductor Charles Munch, Virtuosity Meant Taking Risks 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The prime-time opener of the Jan. 6 committee's hearings demonstrates comprehension of dramatic structure, not only regarding episodic presentation but in terms of spelling out a full season arc. From clear scripts to big-name casting, the Jan. 6 hearings meet the standards of must-see TV 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z All of the other spellings are wrong and must be purged from the record. Perspective | Gene Weingarten’s definitive guide to the ‘nothingburger’ 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z The OED celebration continues this weekend with “A Very L.A. Spelling Bee,” where participants of all ages will be able to compete in a dual language English and Spanish spelling bee. Why Jamaica Kincaid loves the OED 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Not so long ago, the factors spelling success at fashion week for a label were threefold: who attended, what the critics said, and how the buyers responded. Ranked by Instagram: The Latest Men’s Wear Shows 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z No, fucus isn’t a charming olde English way of spelling ficus, as in tree, or a variant of mucus, as in the intestinal coating soothed by eating immense quantities of yogurt. Don’t get butthurt over the OED’s awesomesauce — ephemeral slang in the dictionary has a rich and delightful history 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z The staff barely touches the prose; they will fix the author’s spelling, grammar and punctuation or redact a name, but they will not correct facts. She broke your heart. He left you. An L.A. museum wants to know all about it. 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z You can’t change the spelling of the original; I’m not going to ban tinkering with capitalization, punctuation and spacing, but I think they might weaken the joke. Style Invitational Week 1355: The inside word — our ‘air quotes’ contest 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Each post is given literal points “for lack of basic spelling and punctuation skills; bad sexual innuendo; reliance on cliche; terrible taste in books, music or movies; use of twelve-year-old-girl text-slang; and creep factor.” The world’s worst online daters 2012-12-06T01:00:00Z At the time, it’s managing director called it, “in a digital world of URLs and email addresses, a more versatile and practical spelling.” Not without our apostrophes! 2013-03-29T19:50:00Z As often with texts from this period, the variant spellings raise another question: was the scribe aiming for a particular effect or set of effects? Poem of the week: Bird on a Briar by Anonymous 2013-03-25T10:53:30Z Along the way, the book addresses hyphens, commas, spelling, “that” and “which,” and many other things, including profanity in print. Mary Norris Muses on a Lifetime of Literary Vigilance in ‘Between You & Me’ 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Sporting a suit and neatly combed blond hair, Backer shared his made-for-cable story, shyly spelling out a curse word he alleged a teacher had said to him. Meet the conservatives who want to fight climate change — their way 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Nor did I know how to pronounce all the weird Tudor spellings. We're all going on a ... 2011-07-30T23:04:12Z As the title — typical of Mr. Thompson’s eccentric spelling — indicates, flashlights, wielded by Mr. Thompson, provided most of the illumination. Dance Review: An Otherworldly Wildness This Way Comes 2011-01-30T22:12:14Z His spelling was pretty bad – he would write a lot in the margins of books he was reading – so I wonder if he preferred speaking to writing. Marlon on Marlon… the Brando tapes 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Bob explains to him how to edit newspaper copy: “It’s just a matter of checking the facts and the spelling, crossing out the first sentence, and removing any attempts at jokes.” Michael Frayn’s comic novels: ‘Mad Men’ settings with a modern message 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z In place of a gazing ball, each bag has been adorned with highly reflective gold or silver letters spelling the artist’s name on the outside like a giant piece of hip-hop jewelry. A New Line From Jeff Koons 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Gestures that begin as cringe can occasionally become romantic depending on how they are received — a fool spelling out “Marry Me” with 7,000 daisies is a fool only if the answer is “no.” Perspective | Lessons Kanye West and Ben Affleck taught us on Valentine’s Day 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Becoming a spelling bee champion requires several stars to align. Zaila Avant-garde stands where Black children were once kept out 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Her mother is a washed-up divorcee working at the local truck stop, but RD is clever enough to be entered for the school spelling bee. First novels: Catherine Taylor's choice – reviews 2012-08-24T21:55:02Z A spelling bee is among the contests run by the organization, and it’s common for top contenders to continue on to Scripps. How Indian Americans Came to Love the Spelling Bee 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z The spelling of words such as “half” Is a bane for an editor’s stalf. Style Invitational Week 1400: Back on track 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z When Twitter trolls batter some of these spelling champs because of their brown faces, doesn’t it seem wise to gird them with a reserve of self-confidence? Someday, the spelling bee winners may wish they had just played football 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The word Faile is a rearrangement of letters spelling “a life,” but there’s not a lot of real life in the duo’s work. Review: Faile Mines the Dark Depths of Modern Youth With Two Exhibitions 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Except for red letters spelling the name of a different variety on each label — Tomato, Minestrone, etc. — they appear nearly identical. Review: A ’60s View of Warhol’s Soup Cans, at MoMA 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The one I chose had fewer spelling mistakes, and no photo of a fake doctor with shiny hair. The drugs do work: my life on brain enhancers 2013-05-03T22:00:00Z I was hopeless at school, messy and terrible at spelling. My iPhone has revolutionised my reading 2010-04-06T18:30:00Z He had to work especially hard to correct and understand spelling errors and analyse synonyms. Google and the future of search: Amit Singhal and the Knowledge Graph 2013-01-19T21:59:00Z If you Google spelling bee winners, you always see that they're doing really amazing stuff with their triple PhDs, working at NASA, or they're killing it on the professional Poker Tour. "Insecure" star Sujata Day redefines South Asian stereotypes in spelling bee movie 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z He wrote that Mahatma Gandhi’s name had appeared misspelled on the Web more than 44 million times, “more often than the correct spellings of Picasso, Kierkegaard and Liebniz combined.” ‘I am a genious’ and other cluelessly ironic spelling errors 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The correct spelling of one famous designer's name. NPR's smart kids are picking on Kim Kardashian 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z As a rule, I never offer the barista assistance with the spelling unless it is requested, which it seldom is. The Name on My Coffee Cup 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Cunningham describes his spelling as atrocious, and that may be true, but he brings skepticism, honesty and passion to his work. Review | Bill Cunningham left behind a memoir. It is, to use one of his favorite words, marvelous. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z It seems barely worth spelling out but we are complicated organisms and our physical desires don’t always sit comfortably in a tidy graph of acceptable behaviour. My girlfriend wants me to spank her. Should I feel guilty? 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Sesame Street was impressively multicultural long before that became fashionable and will spread through its Pakistan spin-off the message it preaches in America: spelling counts and counting spells intelligence. Bob Dylan's political road ? and Sesame Street's 2011-04-10T18:30:00Z At that song’s peak she’s basically yelling, and only a glimpse at the lyric sheet will tell the full story, spelling variations included. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-03T22:17:00Z It was immediately followed by the same tweet, but with "library" spelled correctly, possibly a dig at Trump's occasional spelling errors on the social media platform. Trump will have the first presidential Twitter library, thanks to 'The Daily Show' 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z The anonymous author, whose strong suit was not spelling or grammar, was probably paid by madams to promote certain houses; after all, it was routine for madams to pay off the police. Mike Huckabee’s worst nightmare: Meet the radical sisters who revolutionized 19th century America 2014-03-09T15:00:00Z He was stunned to be among the last dozen standing, including "the big names" of the spelling world, he said. Fist pumps, visualization carry youngsters into U.S. spelling finals 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Like Art3mis he spells his name funny because the other spellings are already taken. Books of The Times: A Future Wrapped in 1980s Culture 2011-08-14T23:02:57Z Large prints in vibrant color, such as a turtle-neck and cross-over dress, featured blown-up letters spelling the house name to evoke neon lights. Chanel celebrates cinema industry to cap Paris Fashion Week 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z This clue will go down in history as having prompted a change in The New Yorker’s official spelling of “schmaltz.” Our Favorite New Yorker Crossword Clues of 2018 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z “Sometimes there’s 20 different spellings for the same dish,” and because “each woman’s version is the gold standard,” the taste of the dish changes weekly. Toronto Suddenly Has a New Craving: Syrian Food 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z The spelling rules are useful, but this is, after all, a novel, not a textbook. Revisiting the Shaker Community in Michael Downing’s “Perfect Agreement” 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z “The spelling bee teaches you discipline,” she says. Spelling whiz shares her tips to beating the competition: Steady discipline, not a blitzkrieg 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Little Amar’s spelling test, for instance, is just one of an infinite series of moments in the child’s life — until his father and his sisters consider it later as a point of inflection. Review | Sarah Jessica Parker thinks she knows what you should read. She’s right. 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z When I told him he’d spelled my name wrong, he said “I’m an actor, not a spelling bee winner!” I Proposed to My Invisible Boyfriend and Here's What Happened 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z And I was always really happy to see South Asian Americans winning these spelling bees. "Insecure" star Sujata Day redefines South Asian stereotypes in spelling bee movie 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z It’s important to write continuously and not worry about spelling, grammar, or style — after all, you will probably be the only one to see it. ‘I started crying uncontrollably’: Dealing with mixed emotions over the pullout from Afghanistan 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z But here’s the thing: Lochte’s ego, tackiness and poor spelling are not all that remarkable. Ryan Lochte: So sexy, so dumb 2012-08-06T21:30:00Z A previous version of this article gave an incorrect spelling of Norm Aladjem's last name. How Roy Wood Jr. crushed the toughest room in comedy 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Most of these were improbable, for reasons that are worth spelling out. The New York Philharmonic Picks Jaap van Zweden 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z When your dad shows up stoned to a spelling bee and roots for it like a sporting competition. Television: Kevin Hart Learns to Tell the Truth 2012-08-30T12:00:00Z By the way, this review refrains from spelling out the gunman's name for the same reason given by Carol Black, a survivor of his crime: it humanizes him and makes him famous. "A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting" is a warning, and a message of resilience 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The caterpillars softly wiggled in her hand, spelling out 'goodbye.' Harris Burdick fans write new tales for drawings 2011-11-05T04:51:58Z I am an English major, but I do not correct anyone's spelling and grammar unless my work requires it or I'm asked to proofread something. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Adopt a good-faith approach to others’ language 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The sense that these poems have been written out of pain hardly needs spelling out. New Light for the Old Dark by Sam Willetts 2010-04-17T23:10:00Z The occasional "phonetic spelling" is there for a reason, too ... Captain Underpants' creator returns with more poopypants 2010-08-10T15:11:00Z I would send him detailed instructions spelling out which numbers to press on his phone to reach my pay-as-you-go cell. When a Summer Hookup Lasts 12 Years, It’s Time to Reassess 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z The early 1930s were a grim period for Havoc, the spelling she adopted from her birth name. June Havoc, immortalized in `Gypsy,' dies at 97 2010-03-29T16:47:00Z His mother defended the spelling, and from then on he was known as Leee. Leee Black Childers, Photographer of Counterculture, Dies at 68 2014-04-11T04:47:07Z He didn’t care about my spelling or grammar. Modern Love: Learning to Silence My Inner Editor 2014-02-13T19:38:06Z Whatever that impact may be — pure destruction or barely noticeable annoyance — texting’s use of various spellings, abbreviations and speech patterns is actually nothing new for English. The truth about Internet slang: It goes way back 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z I guess if the word doesn't fit the composition, change the spelling. Rising design star: Naz Sahin 2012-05-17T21:42:00Z Her ability to suggest without spelling out can be extraordinary. Artists Holgate and Becker-Black transcend the limits of landscape and portraiture 2012-06-14T20:50:07Z The shoot’s intentional shoddiness — authentically kitschy in the original — rings false, with Hazanavicius spelling out the crew’s missteps in such a way that flattens the humor and kills the momentum. ‘Final Cut’ Review: A Feeble Rise of the Living Dead 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z However, as the Migos song suggests, the word’s spelling variants are beginning to take on subtly different meanings. Bad and boujee: the lifestyle that took over TV 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z The spelling of his surname and that of the restaurant vary because of a quirk of Japanese orthography. Jue Lan Club’s High-End Chinese in the Flatiron District 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Letters spelling “Tribe” ran down the center of the logo in a twisting pattern, as if braiding the two faces together into a single shape. The Enduring Power of the Detroit Jazz Collective Tribe 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z To get there, they have to ace a written spelling and vocabulary test and spell several words correctly onstage over a span of three days. Scripps National Spelling Bee ditches written tiebreaker test 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z There is something beguiling about the very project of teasing out the thought processes of someone like Nate, who so often cuts and runs, avoiding spelling things out when feelings get complicated. Books of The Times: In ‘Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.,’ Women Flummox a Writer 2013-08-04T17:47:50Z We will correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and length where necessary but we won't change what contributors want to say. Guardian children's books: Frequently asked questions 2011-03-02T12:27:59Z “Nelle” was a backward spelling of her maternal grandmother’s first name, and Ms. Lee dropped it when “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published, out of fear that readers would pronounce it Nellie, which she hated. Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Despite the linguistic debate, tweets appear to show that not all see a problem with the spelling of womxn. Twitch retracts ‘womxn’ spelling for Women’s History Month 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Because of that, there is no correct spelling for the holiday. Keep your ugly sweaters – Hanukkah isn't Christmas and doesn't need to be 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z On Dec. 16, Nezhukumatathil was helping her fifth grader practice for a spelling bee when she learned that the book was No. 5 on the hardcover nonfiction list. Aimee Nezhukumatathil Wants You to Get Some Fresh Air 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z It's a bit like suggesting to a writer that there was no need to correct the proofs of a book because the spelling errors won't mislead, and everyone knows there must have been typos anyway. Mary Beard: So much for TV dumbing down 2013-07-13T08:01:02Z The spelling was modified and the brand was born. British tsunami brothers use funky footwear to help children 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z "There's less emphasis on altering the spelling; it's more to do with the line scheme of the rhythm pattern of a language." James Kelman 2012-07-29T19:00:01Z And while he keeps his family's livelihood viable, he manages to become a spelling bee champion. "Little America" is a joyful roadtrip through the American dream in Apple TV+'s best series yet 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z The spelling alone will make you despair for humanity. Australia’s female prime minister gets bullied online 2012-10-08T15:39:00Z Long scenes are built on one-barrel gags, like an extended “Entourage” takeoff in Episode 7 or the closeted Tobias’s vanity plate — an alternate spelling of “a new start” — in Episode 5. Watch List: ‘Arrested Development’ on Netflix.com 2013-05-26T21:43:38Z The text is garnished liberally with “sic”s and symbols, typos and solecisms, spellings inconsistent and incoherent. Review | In ‘Endland,’ Tim Etchells finds squalid humor in post-Brexit Britain 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z They provide sample agreements spelling out the responsibilities of both parties. A Primer in House Sitting 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z My last few times on Broadway, I played a kid in a spelling bee, or I did this quirky one-man show about reservations. Jesse Tyler Ferguson Tips His Cap to ‘Take Me Out’ 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z As traffic flows between the canyons of buildings lining Broadway, a candy-red billboard looms three stories above on the side of the Ace, emblazoned with blocky white letters spelling out: "Never Odd or Even." Ace Hotel joins growing billboard art movement in a big way 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z It’s an entertaining game, a Linguistics 101 illustration of how much information is embedded in a sentence that doesn’t show up in spelling. Forensic linguistics: Do your e-mails, texts and tweets reveal clues to your identity? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z In all the cables he sent from the Carpathia, he reversed the spelling of his last name both when signing them and talking about himself. They really have no shame: From the Koch brothers to Woody Allen, how bad actors justify themselves 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z The operator couldn’t find a listing, and I almost said goodbye before wondering aloud if any investigator with a similar name, but perhaps a different spelling, worked in the sex-crimes division. R. Kelly and the Damage Done 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z The only thing I didn't like was the poor French spelling. Beswitched by Kate Saunders - review 2012-11-16T15:00:00Z But if "S" doesn't stand for "Superman," "Man of Steel" is the one with the identity issues - not to mention a spelling problem. Review: The laden 'Man of Steel' doesn't soar 2013-06-11T14:50:10Z Prichard then wrote a letter to Rubenstein in which he attached the document spelling out the financial problems facing the institution. Heavily in debt, Newseum considered risky strategy to improve finances 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z How it goes, with spellings based on updates of antiquated English: "They have slain the Earl of Moray, and laid him on the green." 6 geezers laying? Holidays bring on song botches 2013-12-11T14:48:03Z The first published collection of her poems, from 1890, cleaned up her eccentric punctuation and spelling, cut stanzas and created titles, presenting her as a more conventional poet than she was. A Very Modern Emily Dickinson (Twerking Included) 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The title’s spelling aberration, in which “lost” gets tweaked to rhyme with “note,” is a clue. Pulling back for the big picture of media overload 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Nearly all the letters include messages and asides from Father Christmas’s friend and helper, the Great Polar Bear, whose spelling is atrocious but whose heart and paws are in the right place. Review | Before he dreamed up Frodo, J.R.R. Tolkien let his imagination run wild as Father Christmas 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Upon hearing the correct spelling of the word, she said “That was my first instinct!” and then she left the stage to meet her parents, where she went fully supine on the cry couch. Watching the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Instead of spelling out specific solutions, however, Quinn suggested that the state wait for task forces to complete their work. Quinn: Budget woes a long time coming 2012-02-23T04:32:00Z As they settle into their English lessons, they will be made to learn grammar, spelling and punctuation as if these were as fixed as the stars in the sky. Rue the rules 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z And a new analysis of text messages—a medium that is supposedly spelling the period’s demise—helps illustrate why. Why You’re Still Using Periods in Texts 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z She has modernised his spelling and stitched in clarifications, but on the whole this is Aubrey speaking. A man for all seasons 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Each wore a wrist tag spelling out who they were, where they were headed and who would take care of them there. ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ Review: A Life Too Simplified 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Some users were skeptical as to the veracity of the images, with one questioning how the prank's victim didn't notice all of the spelling mistakes. Woman tricks man who texted her into thinking he adopted a chimp: 'You have successfully adopted Bubbles' 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Their language is spare, seemingly etched, and spoken with a formal, even archaic diction that calls attention to the spelling of words that contain usually silent consonants or unvoiced vowels. Eugène Green's “The Son of Joseph,” a Grand and Comedic Drama of Father and Son 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z It starts right there in the cutesy spelling of Kidz with a ‘z’ instead of an ‘s’ and assumes a world where children can’t handle the existence of death, tattoos or skull belts. Kidz Bop is the go-to of tot music. But do we really need to replace ‘tattoo’ with ‘hairdo’? 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Grammar and spelling are not the only problems here: is this a story you need to see played out onstage? Dance Review: Paul McCartney?s ?Ocean?s Kingdom? - Review 2011-09-23T23:00:16Z Most failed on grounds of spelling, looks or assorted qualifications he found to be lacking. My glass was barely clinked before my online date asked: ‘Guess my age?’ 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z Ree quizzes the children on spelling and arithmetic as she walks them to school and teaches them to shoot and skin squirrels and to handle firearms responsibly. Winter's Bone 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z But I don’t see the big deal with spelling it out once in print. About Samantha Bee, Ivanka Trump and That Word 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z This does not happen systematically, so most Greek grapes have multiple spellings in English. For Greek Reds, No Matter How Good, the Embrace Will Be Slow 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z A blithering assault of fireworks followed, at one point spelling out “TRUMP 2020,” turning the sky itself into a scorched canvas for the Trump Aesthetic — which is now, it seems, the American Aesthetic. The presidency has been swamped by the Trump Aesthetic 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z If that was the plan all along, then why kowtow to a bunch of uptight bloggers by spelling it out in the DVD release? The Dark Knight Rises and Prometheus DVDs to shed a little light 2012-10-08T11:47:04Z “Fussiacus” is the ancient Roman spelling for the town of Fuissé in a part of Burgundy known for producing some the world’s greatest chardonnay. You want a peachy chardonnay? A $10 French rosé? 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z He's also overly given to spelling out exactly what his movies are about. Life of Pi is a visual triumph but it won't stand repeat viewings 2012-12-14T16:00:00Z A criminal trial is not a spelling bee. Should jurors have to take a test? 2013-02-23T18:00:01Z The big dictionaries of later years, such as Johnson's and Webster's, did their best to standardise spelling, but with only limited success. David Crystal: the story of English spelling 2012-08-23T13:00:01Z About 10 percent of the play is written in Chinese, using Chinese characters rather than spelling out the English transliteration. Max Yu, Young Theater Graduate, Wins $45,000 Playwriting Prize 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Goriely likens the problems caused by a man’s age to “spelling mistakes” in a copying process, but these errors can accumulate in serious ways. ‘There was nothing wrong with my wife – it was me’: the men waking up to fertility problems 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z If Booth’s calling card were a laser printed copy, or the spelling bee recording a dramatic re-enactment, or the forgery really a forgery of a forgery, we might be a lot less entranced. Museum Exhibitions at National Archives and the Smithsonian 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The best analogy outside spelling might be the demoting of Pluto from its status as a planet. Je suis circonflexe 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z “If I attend to sense,” he complained, “I forget the spelling and vice versa.” Darwin’s Dim View of the Second Sex 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Kenturah Davis takes language as a departure point, using rubber stamps of letters spelling out personal texts meaningful to her portrait subjects to draw their images. Behind 3 Champions’ Smithsonian Portraits 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Without spelling them out overtly, the differences between Mr. Fontana’s and Mr. Shalhoub’s allows us to assess both the blessing and the toll of answered prayers. Theater Review: Several Moss Harts Are in ‘Act One,’ at Lincoln Center 2014-04-18T02:00:15Z Spellers are instructed to be alone in a room with only a laptop or desktop computer, and to keep their hands in view of the camera while spelling. Top spellers prepare to crown national champion, from home 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z The demise of hats leads to a career in fashion reporting, where his atrocious spelling and “plain-Jane” sentences raise a few eyebrows. Bill Cunningham: An Enigma in a Blue Sanitation Worker’s Jacket 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z They are not variant spelling of the same word, and they not interchangeable. Do not dismiss playwrights as mere content providers 2013-06-19T07:00:00Z She, Mr. Cohl, and Mr. Harris still have not signed a final agreement spelling out her creative rights over the show going forward, despite weeks of negotiations. A Final Bow for Julie?s Taymor?s ?Spider-Man? Vision 2011-04-15T10:33:35Z She spent more than 20 minutes typing an editorial lead for the newspaper, checking spellings and verb conjugations along the way, before reading her manifesto to the reporting team. Hippie, control freak, editor, star: Gaga in action 2011-05-17T10:38:26Z Handwriting and spelling, as well as the fact that a lot of people who thought Kid A was impenetrable ended up calling it the album of the decade, will be taken into account. Radiohead: The King of Limbs ? review 2011-02-24T15:30:01Z It may be that your spelling, grammar and other details were flawless, but the body of your work was missing some vital organs. @Work Advice: No good way to say it. Deflecting—or not firing—casual insults. He began spelling his name Johnny after that. Johnnie Wright, Country Singer and Bandleader, Dies at 97 2011-09-27T17:00:08Z That these artists, composers and designers did not take a scientific interest in Japanese culture hardly needs spelling out, any more than Japanese printmakers did when they depicted the “exotic” West. How Hokusai’s Art Crashed Over the Modern World 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Besides, spelling out why she isn't with Jimmy in the future is far more compelling to explore. "Better Call Saul" goes deeper into the grey as it accelerates toward the end 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z In a fanciful moment in high school, he took the name Kenneth, experimented with it, and created on his own idiosyncratic spelling. Meet Kenn Nesbitt, the New Children’s Poet Laureate 2013-06-15T14:58:08Z Despite his album’s title, don’t be surprised to hear tunes about archaeology and spelling bees. Spare Times for Children for March 13-19 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z P: I’m sorry, that is incorr … Ahem, I’m being informed that we have now been instructed to consider that the preferred spelling. Style Invitational Week 1373: Prime time for creative product reviews 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Family quarrels buzz around decisions that, in the wake of a devastating bereavement, mean nothing and everything: The disposition of the infant’s remains, the spelling of her chosen name. ‘Pieces of a Woman’ Review: A Raw, Ragged Study of a Loss 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z At several regional productions of the 2012 Off Broadway hit “Tribes,” the marketing teams who proofread show posters aren’t just looking at syntax and spelling. When Hands Talk, Be Careful Where You Point 2014-02-07T23:10:32Z Despite his album’s title, don’t be surprised to hear rollicking tunes about archaeology and spelling bees. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 21-27 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Read the email to check for spelling, grammar, and word usage errors. 6 Tips for Writing Better Emails 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z There are a dozen words that inevitably turn up in spelling bees, and “millennium” is very high on the list, up there with “minuscule.” Pete’s Candy Store Hosts a Spelling Bee for Adults 2013-08-01T20:06:51Z It was just past 10 in the morning and the classrooms were full of students doing spelling exercises, singing songs, learning math. Harnessing ESP to Forestall Death and Disaster 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Eventually, an angry mob of Party loyalists in the Bay Area beat up Tsiang and the staff of his weekly, spelling the end for the Chinese Guide. The Remarkable Forgotten Life of H. T. Tsiang 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Underestimate him — on the battlefield, in the carpool lane, at a spelling bee — at your own peril. On 'Game of Thrones,' an Awkward Dinner and a Stony Encounter 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The story is a celebration of language, told through the eyes of a girl who is invited to participate in a spelling bee. Where Do Best-Selling Authors Want You to Buy Their Books? 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Jose Angel Vincench's work takes the form of five mobile home trailers spelling the word Exile to represent the transient existence of people who have left their homes for political reasons. In pictures: Liverpool Biennial 2012-09-16T11:00:57Z Today, we’re kicking off a video series devoted to language in all its facets: grammar, syntax, vocabulary, spelling, usage, and punctuation. The Comma Queen: Series Première 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z I heard him patiently explain, probably for the 12th time that day, how the company name is based on the traditional spelling of Copenhagen. Critical Shopper: Service? Maybe It’s a Danish Thing 2013-12-04T21:57:31Z The term — with spelling corrected — took on a life of its own. Salman Rushdie digs in on the Charlie Hebdo PEN fight: “Our fellow artists were murdered for their ideas and you won’t stand up for them” 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The name Khaleesi was given to 560 girls in the US last year, many more if you include variations on the spelling. Latest Game of Thrones episode sends curveball to children named Khaleesi 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Judge Forrest's decision noted that Mr. Indiana had approved plans for a sculpture spelling out "PREM" using "a Hindi script design," but not the block capital Roman letters in the sculptures bought by Mr. Tovar. ArtsBeat: Robert Indiana Wins Suit Over Hindi 'Love' Sculptures 2013-01-18T23:15:32Z Beyond the slack, dumb xenophobia of bullying these children, though, there’s another question: what makes the difficult skill of spelling so outrageous to us? Spelling bees make trolls of us all 2013-06-01T15:00:00Z “How are you spelling that?” replied the State department official. ‘I witnessed the birth of Isis’: how one film-maker captured the horror of Iraq 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z The format is a head-to-head contest in math, geography and spelling between teams of three 8- to 12-year-olds. Do you have what it takes to earn the title of ‘Genius Junior’? 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z This year, the main event took place in Frontierland at the Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree, which was decked out with colorful Minnie-inspired balloons, several of them spelling out North's name, Us Weekly reported. Kanye West dozes off during Disneyland show on North's 2nd birthday 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z The red stripes are made of letters spelling out murderous statistics for Kublai Khan, Spain, Stalin, the Nazis and the United States. Art Review: ?Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life? - Review 2011-09-23T23:19:41Z Squeezing tears is a talent that Mr. Bateman’s bullying 40-year-old, Guy Trilby, has perfected as the unwelcome participant and universally loathed champion in a national spelling bee where everyone else is decades younger. Movie Review: Jason Bateman Stars In and Directs ‘Bad Words’ 2014-03-13T22:41:54Z Ananya spent one to two hours each day studying definitions and roots to prepare for the spelling bee last year. Spelling whiz shares her tips to beating the competition: Steady discipline, not a blitzkrieg 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The website offers some ways to celebrate, including playing word games like crossword puzzles or word searches, hosting a spelling bee or learning a new word. National Dictionary Day: Surprising facts about the resource book 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z But, for some reason, we both decided, without spelling it out, not to push it. My Dead 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z It’s basically a nice way of saying dirty stuff without spelling it out for their parents watching at home. Love Island bluffer's guide: everything you need to know before the 2018 final 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Even the cover’s stark nature is streamlined: It’s a brilliant tomato-red color with green text spelling out the album’s name in a classic typeface that recalls a storied newspaper. "Talking Heads: 77," released 40 years ago tomorrow 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z They want to trick you into speaking French or spelling better or understanding quadratic equations. Will Iran shoot itself in the foot with a video game about Rushdie? 2012-06-30T23:05:50Z The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift sounds a bit like the Ku Klux Klan, and the two organisations did have something in common apart from eccentric spelling. The Art of Camping by Matthew de Abaitua - review 2011-07-06T09:00:01Z It’s the equivalent of, if you wrote a book, and you had two million spelling mistakes. Q. and A.: Rockstar’s Dan Houser on Grand Theft Auto V 2012-11-10T01:05:01Z Every aced quiz, every spelling bee prize, every science fair trophy is confirmation that the decision to leave India was correct, while failure of any kind throws the family’s entire sacrifice into doubt. Review | Sanjena Sathian’s ‘Gold Diggers’ is a witty social satire with a dash of magic 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z Without actually spelling out the idea that people of color are taking over the nation and forcing white men to an early grave, Anthony's song cleverly implies this powerful right-wing myth. "Rich Men" versus the rest of us: A country hit embodies the GOP's narrative 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z “She is going to hviii this name when she is older, will end up changing it by deed poll to the proper spelling,” one Facebook commenter wrote online, earlier this week. Couple mocked for unusual baby name: 'KVIIIlyn’ 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z With no live competition to show, broadcasters are offering a buffet of leftovers — “classic” games, old poker tournaments, spelling bee marathons — and constantly replenished chatter about what’s not happening. Starved for Sports? Here Are 5 Options That Aren’t N.B.A. Classic 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Corrects spelling of Gibson spokesman's last name to Nierob in 8th paragraph. Mel Gibson is focus of domestic violence inquiry 2010-07-08T19:37:00Z The original medieval spelling without h is reasserting itself. David Crystal: the story of English spelling 2012-08-23T13:00:01Z I wanted to shout at her, and then I felt sad, because even just the spelling of her name was turning me into a shrieky nerd. Riff: Dealing With Your Own Cultural Irrelevance (at Age 28) 2011-11-13T08:48:07Z He composed a melody and set an acrostic poem to it, with the first letter of each line spelling the name “Igor” in Russian. Review: Ghosts Hover Over a New Collaboration at City Ballet 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z He later changed the spelling to "Evel" as his daredevil career took off to avoid being perceived as a bad guy. Evel Knievel: showman, rogue, reality TV Star 2011-07-20T09:27:20Z It looks like the phonetic spelling of some long-lost language of the Northwest Coast — maybe Haida? — but in fact it's Hill's guide to pronouncing words backward so they'll sound like English when played back-to-front. A stroll with sound/video artist Gary Hill through his new show 2012-05-02T22:15:08Z "Only one way to find out: spelling bee." Comedian Russell Peters is doing just fine being 'Almost Famous' 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z I presume the intention is to show that spelling bees are a way for American kids to shed their hangups by exhibiting their verbal prowess. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - review 2011-02-22T02:09:02Z I get involved in these minute things, the spelling of the dolly grip's name. The Cure's Robert Smith: 'I don't worry about my epitaph' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-08-21T12:17:40Z Shalini Shankar, a scholar of spelling bees, breaks down the importance of this historical moment. Zaila Avant-garde stands where Black children were once kept out 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Instead, I corrected his spelling and grammar with a red pen, finding some satisfaction in that. Cropped Out of My Own Fantasy 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z But it also sharpened her skills in challenging authority – and, to the discomfort of some teachers, the exceptionally bright Crenshaw represented the school in debating and spelling competitions. Kimberlé Crenshaw: the woman who revolutionised feminism – and landed at the heart of the culture wars 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Such suspicions, substantiated or not, have inspired many applicants to attempt to avoid detection by partaking in a new rite of passage, changing their Facebook names to alternative spellings or clumsy puns. Harvard’s Ugly Offshoot of Campus Meme Culture 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z I am aware of spelling out themes that Ms. Coppola leaves unstated. | 'Somewhere': The Pampered Life, Viewed From the Inside 2010-12-21T23:13:01Z After they drink some more, Rachel announces that she is throwing a spelling bee, judged by children, which is the cruelest and most hilarious thing ever. On The Bachelorette, Rachel Looks For A Man Who Can Spell 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z For example, she reports that in the 19th century the British Shakespeare Society’s big contribution “was to introduce the commonly accepted modern spelling of Shakespeare’s name.” ‘The Millionaire and the Bard,’ by Andrea Mays 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z “When I began to write seriously, I wrote strictly dialect with aberrant spelling, subject-verb disagreements,” she recalled in “hills.” C. D. Wright, Poet of Ozarks and Beyond, Dies at 67 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Was the spelling in it as atrocious as the spelling in Cunningham’s early fashion reporting? Bill Cunningham, Style Maven, Leaves Behind a Memoir and It’s ‘a Real Dilly’ 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The proper spelling for the spirit in Canada most of the U.K. is "whisky". Canadian Whisky’s Long-Awaited Comeback 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Nearly all the editions modernized the plays’ spelling and punctuation; some went further. Why We (Mostly) Stopped Messing With Shakespeare’s Language 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z In fewer than 140 characters, I count one error in punctuation, one in spelling, one in grammar and one in word usage. ‘I am a genious’ and other cluelessly ironic spelling errors 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z This year’s bee, the 90th in history, kicked off Wednesday morning in National Harbor, Maryland, with 291 spelling stars — including the contest’s youngest-ever competitor. Scripps National Spelling Bee kicks off with new rules and youngest-ever speller 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z And which spelling of Hanukkah do you prefer, Chanukah or Hanukkah?” Motherlode Blog: Tough Choices This Hanukkah (Holiday) Season 2011-12-26T21:18:24Z “There are a lot of clues for the actors in Shakespeare’s original texts, in terms of spelling, capitalization and punctuation,” Mr. Sugarman said. Instant Shakespeare Company?s Bare-Bones Readings 2010-07-15T22:08:00Z Oren, more interested in small gestures than gleaming sound, begins the first scene with bumptious brasses and a breakneck tempo that make the room spin, spelling disaster for Verdi’s hard-partying demimondaine. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The past tense of forbid was originally supposed to be spelled and pronounced "for-bad," but then people started spelling it as forbade and rhyming it with made. Eleven common words you're probably mispronouncing 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z He screamed with joy after nailing the word and did the same after spelling "harlequinade." Fist pumps, visualization carry youngsters into U.S. spelling finals 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z But there was something about telling a story that I found liberating within the otherwise smothering universe of spelling and grammar. My Rear Window 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Finding no spelling book suitable for his rural Austrian students, he decided to compile one himself. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Its pages are a messy amalgam of heavy-handed graphic design, tiny type, competing fonts, and articles that often had typos, and grammar and spelling errors. Behind Lucky Peach’s Closing, Colliding Visions 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z I find myself looking up absolute nonsense only tangentially related to my work, fuelled by obsessions and whims and characterised by topic-hopping, bad spelling, squinting, forum lurking and comically wide-ranging search terms. The internet: is it changing the way we think? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z Other Twitter users argued the spelling forces people who identify as non-binary into a binary. Twitch retracts ‘womxn’ spelling for Women’s History Month 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z “Paradais” is a phonetic spelling of Paradise, a gated community in Mexico whose English name our protagonist, Polo, finds difficult not to pronounce “Pa-ra-dee-sey.” Inside a Gated Paradise, Evil Breeds and Strikes 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Next, I hunted around for Kabob & Brew, a little restaurant that had deeply impressed me as a kid by spelling its name three different ways on canopy, overhead sign and window. Sometimes the most challenging travel destination is your own home town 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Half an hour later, I was watching the Evening Standard's Henry Hitchings take part in a spelling bee in a musical at the Donmar. Michael Billington on reviewers who join in the play 2011-02-23T22:15:01Z Though not as guffaw-rich as previous efforts by the talents involved, it comes close enough to the mark to please their fans, spelling strong box-office appeal, if not comic edge. Cast rises above indignities of "Dinner" 2010-07-16T21:38:00Z The silly name says it all, and the over-complicated spelling makes it worse. 2010-01-25T09:32:00Z More than 11 million spellers started their spelling journey in hopes of winning the $40,000 grand prize and appearing on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Spelling whiz shares her tips to beating the competition: Steady discipline, not a blitzkrieg 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Nobody yearns for a Vera Drake society where sex is unmentionable and the only popular song is the equivalent of a covered-up piano leg – but not everything needs spelling out. Is pop music sexualising our children? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z While most readers are understandably enraged when they buy a book and then spot spelling, grammar and factual errors, some may feel that other considerations are more important. The lost art of editing 2011-02-11T14:05:33Z So if the editor is not in charge of fixing “spelling, etc,” then what does an editor do? The incredible vanishing editor: What we can learn from Martin Scorsese’s new documentary 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, Feb. 29: Our contest for spelling words backward. Style Invitational: ‘Wait Wait’ for us with multiple-choice trivia questions 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z My spelling, rustic under the most relaxed circumstances, became downright primeval whenever I turned to the blackboard. Perspective | Summer reading shouldn’t be a chore 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The manuscript, written with the dramatic flair of a natural storyteller but in unpolished English, with grammatical and spelling errors, traces his life from childhood to his years at Auburn. Prison Memoir of a Black Man in the 1850s 2013-12-11T22:27:21Z Below that, listen to Secret Colours — that's Colours, different spelling — from Chicago. Seattle/Chicago: Secret Colors versus Secret Colours 2012-06-06T01:24:07Z It may seem surprising, but specialized brain sports like the bee – and so many other kid contests today – require a great deal of expertise, such as spelling coaches. Zaila Avant-garde stands where Black children were once kept out 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z From a distance its lowercase cursive looks like maybe it’s spelling out a name. Martyna Majok on Hoping for Magic, and Wishing for Ghosts 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z He’s constantly relieving himself — spelling out “Merry Christmas” in cursive with urine on one sweater, or pooping down a chimney. Santa’s a sleazebag. The elves are drunk. How did Christmas sweaters get so raunchy? 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z An algorithm will even look at things such as your grammar and spelling. Apptitude: Tired of Match.com and OkCupid? Here are apps that offer a different way to rate a potential date 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The word has been in use for so long in so many shifting contexts that your dictionary is useless here even as a spelling guide. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Though dueling might look harebrained and utterly irrational, “gentlemen were not particularly interested in the promptings and pleas of reason. That is an essentially bourgeois scruple, rather like spelling correctly or counting one’s money.” The literary history of duels, those absurdly formal fights to the death 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Although this sense of fleeting loveliness was not quite as powerful this season, it was still a beautiful show spelling out the spirit of rare designer. Fashion Review: Then Comes the 4th Dimension 2012-09-30T17:54:41Z We also quite like that one of the best songs on their MySpace page is called Empty Chruch and it might not even be a spelling mistake. Music in 2011: skater hip-hop, dark 60s pop, Punjabi folk 2011-01-01T00:04:01Z SUN Middle-school students compete to advance to national spelling bee, 1 p.m. Community calendar 2012-03-21T21:24:04Z The Q is a solution to his parents' poor spelling. What is it like to live with parents very different from you? 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Then there is "BFFs," which I refuse to discuss until it starts spelling itself correctly. NBC picks up four new comedies, loses "Outsourced" 2011-05-13T21:14:00Z Ms. Gadsby also mentions other serious, predatory violations in her childhood and young adulthood, without spelling much out; she did not feel ready, she said, “because I knew those people.” The Comedy-Destroying, Soul-Affirming Art of Hannah Gadsby 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z The one about using an online spelling checker won't be of help with usage because all of the words used as examples are spelled right. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Fido goes to work? 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Almost immediately he started spelling words – I watched with shock and awe. The ballad of my son's struggle 2013-06-17T18:07:00Z And yes, it doesn’t quite seem like a sport—although it’s worth noting that the Associated Press started running spelling bee stories on its sports wire recently—and yes, these are reedy, brace-faced, terrified tweens. Spelling bees make trolls of us all 2013-06-01T15:00:00Z Protesters carried signs outside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion that read “our black history matters” and “Akhenaton was a black pharaoh,” the latter using one of the many spellings of the pharaoh’s name. Demonstrators protest L.A. Opera over casting of white singer as an Egytian pharoah 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Ruth P. Watson’s 2012 novel, “Blackberry Days of Summer,” is now a bluesy new musical called “Blackberry Daze,” and that change of spelling in the title foreshadows more bafflement and confusion than was probably intended. Storytelling haze shrouds the musical ‘Blackberry Daze’ 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z While checking the results from the preliminary test, officials realized that their official dictionary listed alternative spellings for two of the words. After 1st vocab test, Spelling Bee gets a champion 2013-05-30T18:32:12Z In a horrible miscalculation of Swedish spelling, it turns out his name is actually Martin. A Midsummer Day’s Dream in Sweden 2013-05-10T18:10:13Z “We would play word and spelling games. My dad would play guitar, or mom would play piano. The music was, of course, part of 99 percent of it.” A Young Singer Takes the Opera World by Storm 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z At the beginning of the film, Carson is failing school—but just scenes later he’s a spelling bee champion and science genius. Ben Carson’s hilariously bad TV biopic: Outrageously incoherent and brimming with obnoxious politics, it’s a quintessential Carson calling card 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z As Harry tells it, Charles and Camilla "wanted Kate to change the spelling of her name, because there were already two royal cyphers with a C and a crown above: Charles and Camilla." The 13 biggest bombshells from Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir “Spare” 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z “My only notion of quadriplegia,” David confesses, “came from the movies: noble invalids painstakingly painting with their teeth or spelling out impenetrable theories about the origins of the universe one letter at a time.” ‘No. 4 Imperial Lane’: A powerful elegy for lost love and lost empire 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z It's somewhat akin to spelling out all the firsts she achieved: though they weren't easy for her to accomplish, it tells us little about the reason she scored those victories. Barbara Walters knew we wanted the juice 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Neil's parents didn't know he was participating in a spelling bee with his third-grade class — until he came home and told them he had won. Born deaf, 11-year-old is among nation's top spellers 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Reading, writing and spelling were all a bit tricky. Top 10 tips for interior design 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z One of the other teachers is played by Suzy Kendall, and I just liked the name, the spelling of it, because Suzy could be spelt in about four or five different ways. "If they shout at me, I'll shout back": Eddie Izzard talks comedy, transphobia and taking a stand 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z I never wanted to do bad spelling in the book because to me that isn't what dyslexia is totally about. Sally Gardner on Maggot Moon 2013-06-20T06:53:27Z On a grammar/usage note - when someone writes something ungrammatical, is the NYT obliged to use the incorrect spelling when it quotes them? When the Cyberbully Is You 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The Meat Hook’s restaurant, on Lorimer Street, does not look expensively decorated; the neon sign spelling “sandwich” in big white block capitals was a hand-me-down from another sandwich business. Restaurant Review: Meat Hook Sandwich in Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z We call back subjects; we confirm the spelling of names; we make sure we aren’t saying cement when we should say concrete. Fact-Check of a ‘Lifespan’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z In early April he issued an ultimatum, threatening to block from his account anyone who sniped at his spelling or grammar. On the Twitter Patrol 2010-04-28T16:26:00Z Similar to a spelling bee, the students competed in poetry recitation at 2,000 high schools across the country. 53 Students head to DC for US poetry finals 2011-04-27T11:54:09Z That word determined the winner last year in this incredibly involving spelling contest. Friday TV picks: Scripps National Spelling Bee, a voyage with Capt. Nemo 2010-06-03T20:53:00Z Bad grammar or spelling doesn’t make us laugh; that just makes us weary. Style Invitational Week 1081: It’s the stupidity, stupid — be a dumb-ask “With a slight change of spelling to avoid trademark trouble, Wham-O’s Frisbee was born,” The Washington Post’s 2010 obituary for Morrison noted. The Frisbee is 60 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z James wrote, but the handwriting was scrawled and the spelling was terrible. Modern Love: Learning to Silence My Inner Editor 2014-02-13T19:38:06Z But, shockingly enough, spelling is just one of several of Avant-garde's stunning talents and interests. First Black American national spelling bee winner is a basketball legend too 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z It allows students who were not outright champions - those who won a school spelling bee, those who were a former national finalist and others - to apply. National Spelling Bee drops perfection as a prerequisite to entry 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z The play spends the first half of its 105-minute running time spelling out the details of the study, and the potential missteps that led to an unexpected outcome. Review: In ‘Queen,’ the Numbers Don’t Always Add Up 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z They made a whole new culture out of the shards they picked up, and in its pasted pieces — right down to the headline spelling G-R-I-S — they found themselves transformed. Made You Look: The Cubist Art of Deception 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z In the studio, behind the camera, he set up poster boards with the phonetic spelling written on them. Dispatch Has Rereleased ‘The General’ in Russian to Support Ukraine 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z If it needs spelling out, no one has drawn pleasure from the riots. Rap responds to the riots: 'They have to take us seriously' 2011-08-12T17:15:46Z In US productions of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the audience were called on to show off their spelling prowess alongside the cast. This week's new theatre 2011-02-05T00:05:41Z The spelling of Old English was largely phonetic: all letters were pronounced. David Crystal: the story of English spelling 2012-08-23T13:00:01Z There's no point in spelling out precisely which poor lead singer struggled all evening to find the note, with some catastrophic misses. Aida; Elegy for Young Lovers; O Sonho 2010-05-01T23:07:00Z On a long work table the perfectly made letters spelling out “negro” rested against a white metal backing. The Inside Story on Outsiderness 2011-02-25T21:36:23Z Though the production plies the paranoiac distortions of Expressionism, it also uses the bright, mechanistic figures of Constructivism — including oversize three-dimensional letters spelling out brand and place names — rendered in eye-searing swaths of color. Review: A Mesmerizing ‘Hairy Ape’ Brings Existentialism to Park Avenue 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z For many students, spelling isn’t just a study, but also an all-encompassing way to learn about the world. How Indian Americans Came to Love the Spelling Bee 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Not so, however, as, with a dastardly flourish, Lewis had replaced her Italian For Lovers DVD with one he'd made earlier, spelling out how he'd swindled her good and proper. Coronation Street: Tyrone and Fiz, the Bonnie and Clyde of the M6 2013-02-16T05:59:01Z You came home, fuming and self-conscious, and looked up the spelling. 'Don’t pretend to be something you’re not': a letter to my teenage self 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z It's a very clean manuscript with no spelling mistakes. Enid Blyton manuscript found 2011-02-23T01:25:24Z But it’s a fluid feature-directing debut, and he pulls the ensemble together smoothly: The performances are funny, appealing and, in the case of Allison Janney, as a spelling bee official, wonderful. Movie Review: Jason Bateman Stars In and Directs ‘Bad Words’ 2014-03-13T22:41:54Z Jermaine Jackson wants to change the spelling of his last name. ArtsBeat: The Jacksun 1? 2012-11-09T17:14:42Z Smith shortens the letters, preserves the original spelling and punctuation, then titles and resets them so they look like poems. In Her New Work, a Public Poet Balances the Personal and Political 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z “I don’t think the problem is that those sorts of spelling bee words don’t exist.” Top spellers prepare to crown national champion, from home 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z On asking people to use a nontraditional spelling or pronunciation of a name: Carolyn Hax: Readers’ wisdom on saying no and troublesome names 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z As the nerdy grandson, spelling bee champ and honor student, I was called in to relieve them of their anxiety: The document was a mailer announcing a clearance sale at the furniture store. Rigoberto González grew up in a family of immigrant farmerworkers. Now he writes award-winning books. 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z The single sheet of paper features a rough draft of the lyrics, including crossings out and a spelling error where "film" is written as "flim". John Lennon handwritten lyrics sell for $1.2 million 2010-06-18T21:00:00Z While arguments about whether it should be ‘Merica or ‘Murica might lead to fisticuffs in some quarters, a dominant spelling of the even the most outlandish spoken phrases typically rises above the rest, she adds. Oxford Dictionary Adds 'Gender-Fluid,' ''Merica' and 'Squee' 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z This story corrects the spelling of Schnider in the 2nd paragraph. ‘Piano Pat,’ Montana Tiki bar entertainer for decades, dies 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The horse-drawn hearse was decorated by vibrant orange flowers spelling “Keef” and “Chief”, while his infamous fluorescent green microphone and an elegant arrangement of white and red roses adorned the coffin. Music and motorbikes mark UK funeral of Prodigy frontman Keith Flint 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z "It's not spelling the end of peaches in Georgia yet," she says. Georgia’s peach crop loss is about more than just fruit 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z In one picture, workers load a display sign spelling “damaged” in capital letters onto a truck. A Bygone Time Captured Through the Lens of Walker Evans 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Estabrooke said that the different spellings and bottle designs adequately distinguish the products. The Tipsy Diaries: Pride of Place in Every Drop 2011-02-03T17:33:09Z Late-breaking revelation: We hadn’t noticed, when we printed our list of horse names to work with, that it’s “American Pharoah,” not the literate spelling “Pharaoh.” Style Invitational: Maters gonna mate — it’s the ‘foals’ and now ‘grandfoals’ 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z In the second year of secondary school, an English teacher abandoned impulsively the proposed double spelling lesson to speed-declaim the entire second half of Albert Camus's The Outsider, turning vulnerable pre-teens into nascent existentialists. Fists full of sausage, Michael Gove declaims his vision of the future 2013-03-24T00:05:37Z In his scene, Mr. Kaplan blankly requests the spelling of “Pinky,” a term of endearment between the prominent lawyers that they allow to slip out in court. Marvin Kaplan, character actor who won laughs in ‘Adam’s Rib’ and ‘Alice,’ dies at 89 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z That needs spelling out because, for many years after the demise of his band Creedence Clearwater Revival, he was famous for being miserable. John Fogerty: 'I had rules. I wasn't embarrassed that I was ambitious' 2013-05-29T11:58:15Z Going forward, remember that Stephanie Carter and Lucy Flores received nearly identical treatment, and one of them ended up spelling “COMFORTING” and one of them used nearly the same tiles to spell “MORTIFYING.” Perspective | How gross is Joe Biden’s touching? There’s no point system for determining harassment. 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Onstage, in front of red block letters spelling out her first name, Ms. Griffin wore the blue dress from the fateful photo, and appeared defiant one moment, shook up the next. Kathy Griffin’s Wild Show: Defiant, Shaken, Then Fainting 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Rather than spelling out the inspiration, "Falling" creates an outline that anyone can color in with their own experiences. Falling for Duran Duran's "Future Past," which reflects the band's signature ingenuity and sentiment 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z In the quaint spelling bee environs, Bateman is a cruel but hilarious villain. Jason Bateman: First Time Director, Toronto Hit 2013-09-09T18:00:59Z The English teachers, they swear and curse, Say students’ spelling’s gonna get much worse. Style Invitational: What do you mean ‘What are these’? 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, July 26: Our contest for poems based on spelling bee words. Style Invitational Week 1446: Clue us in — as we spill the beans 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Her father, a former art instructor, is behind the bar’s pink neon sign spelling out “pasta power” and the dining room’s clever “paintings” of a lemon, vase and espresso pot. Review | Falls Church is lining up for Thompson Italian. You should, too. 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z Let us not unbend our breakfast, or oversimplify our spelling too eagerly, or too soon. Straightened-Out Croissants and the Decline of Civilization 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z You just did basic things like correcting spellings, but the job was interesting, too, especially because it was under William Shawn, and I got to see his editing. New Yorker copyeditor dishes on the wacky side of her (quite dignified) job: “One feels so silly looking up [profanity]” 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z If students wanted to practice spelling, they used alphabet or speller boards, which were popular learning toys at that time. During the 1918 flu pandemic, at-home learning meant little schoolwork 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Still, everything seems normal enough, with Martin even conducting an impromptu spelling bee during dinner. Review: 'Playroom' a family drama from kids' view 2013-02-06T02:46:05Z In his writing, Du traces complex intersections of identity with easy assurance, allowing psychological weight to accumulate rather than spelling it out for emphasis. ‘Hong Kong Mississippi’ Review: The Bluesman Next Door 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Bikini is the anglicized, or colonial, spelling of Pikinni Atoll, a group of islands within the Marshall Islands that includes a lagoon. SpongeBob’s Bikini Bottom is based on a real-life test site for nuclear weapon 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z It might be that, much like soccer, spelling will never be appreciated by the majority of Americans. Spelling bees make trolls of us all 2013-06-01T15:00:00Z One is the spelling out of its title in elegant gray lettering just below the turtle's front flippers. Creatures with a purpose: the heightened 'naturalism' of Skagit Valley painter Robert McCauley 2010-12-30T20:48:04Z Corn teen aside, states generally made classic spelling errors. Quarantine or corn teen? The most misspelled word in each state 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z If you know a young millennial, chances are they've never once had a problem spelling the word "aardvark." "Arthur" creator on iconic cartoon's 25-year legacy and those "legendary" memes 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Was I hopelessly Neanderthal in thinking that spelling still mattered? Modern Love: When Dating Takes More Than the Click of a Mouse 2012-10-04T22:29:41Z Jeff and Mark ranged between first and fifth grades in arithmetic and spelling. Memories of Mexico 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z What is your preferred spelling and definition of that word? Carson Kressley shares 3 gift-wrapping hacks anyone can master 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Child Genius The kids are quizzed on zoology and spelling in this new episode. Felicia Day guest stars on a new 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The “M” went nicely with the name of the sponsor, Mobil, and the “re”-spelling seemed extra British, though some American publications refused to use the British spelling of “theater.” How Americans Almost Missed Out on Downton Abbey 2013-10-29T09:45:14Z It represents the implementation of the Facebook’s Community Standards, which present the social media site’s priorities around acceptable content, but stay miles away from actually spelling them out. When the school is the bully 2012-05-18T16:15:00Z Furthermore, signing in Bell’s day meant time-consuming finger spelling, not modern A.S.L. What Contributed to American Culture After World War II? And Other Letters to the Editor 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z You can take part in trivia or a spelling bee, or you can kick back with food truck treats and music. Spare Times Listings for March 13-19 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z This is a gentle introduction to various facets of language study: from language acquisition in babies, to historical spelling change and linguistic evolution, sign language, slang, place-names, new electronic-writing traditions, advertising rhetoric, and so forth. Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice | Book reviews 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z One such T-shirt, and an early entry in the crowded field, is a simple split-screen combination of the two movie logos, spelling out “Barbenheimer” with the release date of the films. Mark Your Calendars: ‘Barbenheimer’ Is Coming 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Davis even insisted that she change the spelling of her name to make it “more distinctive.” Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Seen Inside and Out 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z But a vocal minority abuse him about it nonstop, telling the star that as much as they liked “The Sure Thing,” his grammar and spelling sure stink. On the Twitter Patrol 2010-04-28T16:26:00Z They also drew ribbing from critics, who noted the beauty queens’ numerous spelling mistakes. Miss Venezuela pageant to probe contestants' ethics after social... 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z The champion speaker and powerful writer had a weakness in spelling. 10 things you may not know about Abraham Lincoln 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Believe spelling is a waste of time in the age of spell check? Motherlode Blog: In New Hampshire, parents rule the curriculum. Phonics? Civil Rights? Not if Mom and Dad say no. 2012-01-17T18:23:36Z The odd spelling of "Genisys," for example, was met with derision when it was unveiled last August. 'Terminator Genisys': A sci-fi franchise faces its reckoning 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Another piece bound for the conventions will also use words not quite taken at face value: giant ice sculptures spelling the phrase “The American Dream.” Political Art in a Fractious Election Year 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Struggling with the spelling of “osteoblastogenesis” I abandon my notes and instead look across the lecture theatre at Rigby who has ditched his suit in favour of a professorial knit sweater. The secret world of liggers: ‘Free booze is everywhere’ 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z In fact, he reinforces Romney’s frames in the first part of his speech by repeating Romney’s language word for word — without spelling out his own values explicitly. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z Able as conspirators and scenery are several lovely Japanese girls whose names are so superfluous and difficult there is no point in spelling them out.” ‘Bond, James Bond,’ Through the Years 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z In Round 3, the survivors keep spelling one word at a time until they are eliminated. Pete’s Candy Store Hosts a Spelling Bee for Adults 2013-08-01T20:06:51Z Over the weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival, Bateman premiered his spelling bee comedy Bad Words, a foul-mouthed R-rated riot. Jason Bateman: First Time Director, Toronto Hit 2013-09-09T18:00:59Z James Garish is no spelling bee champ, but he never forgot the tricky string of letters that add up to the last name of his kindergarten crush, Elizabeth Stipkovits. From Crayons to Chemo, He’s Back by Her Side 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Autocorrect originated with word processing programs of the 1980s, in which the language used was checked against a dictionary to make sure the spelling was correct. When Autocorrect Goes Wrong (And So, So Right) 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Another mom complained her seventh grader got decent marks on a writing assignment rife with spelling and grammatical errors. Motherlode Blog: I Know My Son Isn't Doing His Homework. Why Doesn't HIs Report Card Show It? 2013-04-30T16:23:01Z Yes, it is a Siegfried reference, Mr. Tarantino said, never mind the playful spelling. ArtsBeat: Spaghetti Surrealism Makes a Comic-Con Appearance 2012-07-15T22:39:39Z Editors’ note: The two spellings for the former Libyan dictator’s name reflect the varied conventions in Western translations of Arabic names. A Book That Captures the Singular Life of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z One is therefore very surprised to find this old stickler for the English language using spellings that many consider vulgarly American: "realized" for "realised", "organize" for "organise", "privatization" for "privatisation". Margaret Thatcher: The Authorised Biography, Volume One: Not for Turning by Charles Moore – review 2013-04-27T13:00:11Z A project of Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research and Oxford University Press, the dictionary will not just collect spellings and definitions. Hip, Woke, Cool: It’s All Fodder For the Oxford Dictionary of African American English 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z It is not to do with spelling, it is to do with differences. Costa awards 2012: graphic novel grabs best biography prize 2013-01-02T19:29:01Z |
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