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piratebg
06-02-2006, 07:45 AM
who in hell knew how to spell this before yesterday???? I didn't even such a word existed and had to look it up.

Ur•spra•che

Pronunciation: (oor'shprä"khu; Ger. OOr'shprä"khu), [key]
—n.
a hypothetically reconstructed parent language, as Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of the Germanic languages.
pirate44
06-02-2006, 07:46 AM
Originally posted by piratebg
who in hell knew how to spell this before yesterday???? I didn't even such a word existed and had to look it up.

Ur•spra•che

Pronunciation: (oor'shprä"khu; Ger. OOr'shprä"khu), [key]
—n.
a hypothetically reconstructed parent language, as Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of the Germanic languages.
they have word lists to study. she said she got lucky and got a word she knew
piratebg
06-02-2006, 07:47 AM
They said that all but 1 of the finalists parents had been in the national spelling bee as kids. I can't help but wonder how much pressure they put on their kids and their spelling skills.
pirate44
06-02-2006, 07:50 AM
Originally posted by piratebg
They said that all but 1 of the finalists parents had been in the national spelling bee as kids. I can't help but wonder how much pressure they put on their kids and their spelling skills.
that reminds me of all the parents that OVERDO the children's beauty pagent "circuit":crazy: