Is Dubya a mumpsimus ?

[tocqueville]

Girl Wins Spelling Bee After 41 Rounds 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

BILLINGS, Mont. - After 41 rounds and 4 1/2 hours, Anna Rose Wright won the Treasure State Spelling Bee Saturday. "I have never seen a bee go this long," said round judge Lynn Schwanke of Missoula, a previous state bee director for more than 20 years. "It was really remarkable."

Anna Rose, 13, and Tim Best, 12, of Joliet battled head-to-head for 25 rounds after the remaining 63 contestants fell out of the competition.

Anna Rose, a home-schooler competing in her fourth bee, won an all-expenses paid trip for two to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in late May, a $100 savings bond and a dictionary.

She correctly spelled "mumpsimus," — a person who persists in a mistaken expression or belief — and then clinched the victory by spelling "galenical," — a medicinal preparation made mostly of herbs or vegetable matter.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060404/ap_on_fe_st/long_spelling_bee_2

[Ouabache]

1. Yes, mumpsimus* is a chimp too !!

eom

[TomInTib]

2. We just watched (last night) the coolest little indie movie about

spelling bees on IFC.

And yes, I do believe * is a mumpsimus as well as a lot of stuff I can actually spell.

[Auntie Bush]

3. Being a lousy speller...I really admire /appreciate her talent! n/t