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AndreaGail
1st June 2013, 10:56 AM
Some say spelling of winning word in national bee isn't kosher
Posted: 06/01/2013 12:01:00 AM MDT
Updated: 06/01/2013 01:12:59 AM MDT
By Joseph Berger
The New York Times

NEW YORK — The national spelling bee spelled it wrong.

Or so say mavens of Yiddish about the winning word, knaidel, in the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. Knaidel is the matzo ball or dumpling that Jewish cooks put in chicken soup.

But somebody might have farblondjet, or gone astray, the Yiddish experts say.

The preferred spelling has historically been kneydl, according to transliterated Yiddish orthography decided upon by linguists at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the Manhattan-based organization recognized by many Yiddish speakers as the authority on all things Yiddish.

The spelling contest, however, relies not on YIVO linguists but on Webster's Third New International Dictionary, and that is what contestants cram with, said a bee spokesman, Chris Kemper. Officials at Merriam-Webster, the dictionary's publisher, defended their choice of spelling as the most common variant of the word from a language that, problematically, is written in the Hebrew, not Roman, alphabet.

"Bubbes in Boca Raton are using the word knaidel when they mail in their recipes to the St. Petersburg Times," said Kory Stamper, an associate editor at Merriam-Webster in Springfield, Mass. The dictionary itself says the English word is based on the Yiddish word for dumpling: "kneydel, from Middle High German knödel."

If nothing else, the dispute is a window into the cultural stews that languages like Yiddish, not to mention English, become as people migrate and assimilate.

The word was spelled on Thursday — correctly, according to contest officials — by Arvind Mahankali, 13, an eighth-grader from Queens, who is a son of immigrants from southern India and New York City's first national champion since 1997. He has never eaten an actual knaidel.

Arvind is no rebellious word-changer. Starting in the fourth grade, he began memorizing words his father collected from the dictionary and, when he started winning spelling bees, browsing the dictionary himself for uncommon words. Arvind has always had a knack for languages, and in addition to English speaks Telugu, a southern Indi tongue, Spanish and some Hindi. This year was his fourth trip to the national contest.

Although he has never tasted a knaidel, he will soon. He said his seventh-grade science teacher, Carol Lipton, had promised to bring one to school Monday.



http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_23365909/some-say-spelling-winning-word-national-bee-isnt

Cebu_4_2
1st June 2013, 11:24 AM
Why would they even put such a stupid word in a spelling bee anyways? They should mix it up a bit and include ebonics and ghetto slang.

Ponce
1st June 2013, 12:13 PM
I for one belive that no foreign word should be used.....I saw one time that they had a Spanish Mexican word and I was saying to myself, SAY WHAT?

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Twisted Titan
1st June 2013, 02:01 PM
It is so funny that I clicked on this article. I heard about this on the radio the other day and I was surprised the winning word was Jewish I said to myself they are getting more brazen about how much they control

So I shake my head in utter disbelief that even though they control all of it they still find a reason to complain.

Typical Jewish modus operandi

gunDriller
2nd June 2013, 12:06 PM
Why would they even put such a stupid word in a spelling bee anyways? They should mix it up a bit and include ebonics and ghetto slang.

then i would have a chance.


just out of curiosity, and because i don't have a TV - do they have any TV shows where white people try to rap ?

that could be entertaining ... for about 30 seconds.

they got dumb TV shows about almost everything else.


OK let me practice,

"Silver be on sale, bro. Stack it, says The Man. Dance to the beat of a 1 by 9, Yo !"

actually, i was at a bus stop once when some black kid said that last part. it is a gun reference.

vacuum
2nd June 2013, 02:24 PM
It is so funny that I clicked on this article. I heard about this on the radio the other day and I was surprised the winning word was Jewish I said to myself they are getting more brazen about how much they control

So I shake my head in utter disbelief that even though they control all of it they still find a reason to complain.

Typical Jewish modus operandi

Eerily similar to certain effective trolls we've had who simply don't stfu and keep posting and posting and posting until the forum tears itself apart.

Cebu_4_2
2nd June 2013, 04:21 PM
Eerily similar to certain effective trolls we've had who simply don't stfu and keep posting and posting and posting until the forum tears itself apart.

But they are both not posting now, one and the same.

Serpo
2nd June 2013, 04:34 PM
Saddam Hussein Complaining To Other Angels About All The Jews In Heaven

News (http://www.theonion.com/features/news/) • Uncensored (http://www.theonion.com/channels/uncensored/) • News (http://www.theonion.com/channels/news/) • ISSUE 49•08 (http://www.theonion.com/issue/4908/) • Feb 21, 2013
http://o.onionstatic.com/images/19/19613/original/700.jpg?9112 The former dictator and current angel is considering talking to God about limiting the number of Jews in Heaven.





THE HEAVENS—Sources within the Kingdom of God confirmed Thursday that late president of Iraq Saddam Hussein has been constantly complaining to his fellow angels about the abundance of Jews in Heaven.
Hussein, who has resided in Heaven since his death in 2006, reportedly claims to be “sick and tired of seeing Jews every day” of his infinite afterlife.
“Don’t get me wrong, this place is a hallowed paradise of unfathomable splendor, but to be perfectly frank, it’s a little hard to enjoy with all these damned Jews floating around,” said Hussein as his white angelic robes were bathed in the blessed light of the Lord. “It’s just frustrating that after putting in 69 years of hard work on Earth, I have to come up here and see Jews everywhere I turn.”
“Sure, I figured I might see a few of them around, but this is way too many,” continued Hussein, a golden halo shimmering magnificently above the former dictator’s head. “Just way, way too many.”
Reports confirmed that upon passing through the Pearly Gates and receiving his angel wings from Gabriel, Hussein quickly noticed that the Kingdom of Heaven was “literally crawling with Jews” and immediately began grumbling to his fellow holy guardians.
“At first I thought somebody had just screwed up, but I asked around, and apparently they’re supposed to be here,” said Hussein, who reportedly shares a cloud with two other Heavenly angels, both of whom are Orthodox Jews. “I talk to Uday, Qusay, and [St.] Thomas [Aquinas] about it all the time. I’m like, ‘Can somebody do something about this, please? It’s ruining Heaven for me.’”
Although the former Iraqi leader claims to be doing his utmost to simply ignore the Jews, Hussein reportedly becomes increasingly vocal about his feelings whenever another Jewish spirit ascends to the sacred realm of the Almighty.
According to sources, Hussein has also grown so frustrated with the situation that he occasionally disappears to Earth, appearing in messianic visions and performing miracles solely to “get some time away” from the many Jews in the Empyrean.
“It wouldn’t be as big of a problem if they had their own separate Jew section, but they’re right in my face every day,” said Hussein, adding that he “can’t fly more than five feet” without hearing angels speaking Hebrew or playing “Jew music” on golden harps. “It’s like I was telling Timothy McVeigh the other day: I’m sure they’re no happier to see me than I am to see them. So if we just had our own segregated areas of the Kingdom, we’d never cross paths, and we’d all be a lot happier. Simple, right?”
“I mean, c’mon, it’s not like the place isn’t big enough,” added Hussein, gesturing to the boundless divine utopia surrounding his glowing, ethereal body.
Having voiced his concerns to many of the roughly 20,000 other inhabitants of Heaven, Hussein is reportedly planning to soon take his objections directly to God, while also acknowledging “it wouldn’t kill Him to put in a few rape rooms, either.”
However, Hussein is said to be very satisfied with his overall experience in the House of the Father, claiming that he loves the gold-paved streets and is “really enjoying [his] eternal salvation.” Sources confirmed that the presence of Jews is the former dictator’s only “major gripe” with the Heavenly Kingdom.
“I would honestly be totally fine if they just got rid of, say, half the Jews,” Hussein said. “But if anything, it seems like more of them are showing up every day. Honestly, what’s the point of my soul even being here if I can’t enjoy my everlasting bliss?”
“I guess it could be worse, though,” Hussein added. “At least there are no homosexuals.”

http://www.theonion.com/articles/saddam-hussein-complaining-to-other-angels-about-a,31390/