Ozy and Millie by Dana Simpson for January 21, 2015

I’ll never forget missing first place in the regional spelling bee for my grade level when I screwed up the spelling of “icy”: i-c-e-y. Three letters.

I did that on a math test once pasted all the other sections but failed the addition section

Really I thought you guys spelled it as D-A-W-G.

One always fails with the easiers.

I somehow missed the “joy” of spelling bees in grade school, they were not a part of the curriculum of the “special ed” school I was (somewhat incorrectly) transferred to. Thus, the only “memory” of spelling bees was from “A Boy Named Charlie Brown”, in which Chuck makes his way to a national spelling bee, but misses the word “Beagle”.

Where were they getting the words from, Breaking Bad?

Yes, and what does that say about you. :)

My word (it was a classroom spell-down) was s-e-p-A-r-a-t-e. I made the first “A” an “E”. Haven’t made that mistake since then, the fourth grade. I have started reading a lot of British fiction since then, however, and have begun giving words their British spelling. I also had to stop and think when someone used the spelling “defence.” Only correct in the context of “Boss! De fence, de fence!” ;-)

If you beat a nerd, Felicia, what does that make you?

You’ll never stop the music of one who dances to her own tune, Felicia.

Oh S-H-I-P!