Jezebel: Spelling

Find Yourself A Husband With Words With Friends

Erin Gloria Ryan — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:55:00 EST

A couple who met when they were randomly matched for a game of Words with Friends has taken their spelling-based relationship up a jillion notches by getting married. This means that a game so good it practically landed Alec Baldwin on the No Fly List is now responsible for just as many intact marriages as Kris Kardashian. More »

13-Year-Old Kansas Girl Wins Spelling Bee

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:30:00 EDT

Last night, Kavya Shivashankar, an aspiring neurosurgeon from Olathe, Kansas, took home the trophy at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. At the age of 13, this was her last chance to win the title. More »

Awesome Moment From Daytime TV

Anna Holmes — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:30:00 EDT

The lovely young woman at left is Kavya Shivashankar, who you may remember from this post. Anyway, Kavya - and a group of other smart, spirited young Americans - just finished up the Scripps National Spelling Bee preliminaries...and we've got a cute clip. (Added bonus: Kavya's sister makes an appearance.) More »

LOLSpellers!

Sadie Stein — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:40:00 EDT

From the preliminaries of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. earlier today: Oh noes!! 11! Spellin, Ur Doin It Rong!!1! More »

Kanye Wasn't In Threesome With Madge; Jennifer Wears A $10K Wig

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:30:00 EDT

Kanye West's girlfriend, Amber Rose, posted a picture of Madonna pinching her butt on her Twitter, prompting rumors that the three of them had a tryst. Kanye claims it never happened.

Spellbound!

Sadie Stein — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:20:00 EDT

Although fourteen-year-old Yulkendy Valdez moved to the United States from her native Dominican Republic less than four years ago knowing no English, this year she will be competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee! [NPR] More »

Madonna Doesn't Spend Time With Her Kids; Terrence Could Flee Prison Using Feces

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:30:00 EDT

Eric Ienco, Madonna's former house manager and cook, alleges that Madonna's kids are lucky if they get to spend a half an hour a day with her; "It's a puzzle she wants to adopt again."

Sic: Is The Econnomy Creating A Genneration Of Speling Bee-Otches?

Sadie Stein — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:00:00 EST

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“When I go through and mark up a menu, I’m not doing it to humiliate the person... I just want them to know so they don’t look uneducated." Is this persnickety dame a recession casualty? More »

Bad Spellers Of The World, Untie! Unite! And Then Blame Your DNA

Hortense Smith — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:00:00 EDT

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We all have our trap words: for some, it's "immediately," for others, "definitely," and for yours truly, as some of you may have seen before I've jumped back into the editing tool to fix it, the word "judgment" is a tricky one, as well. Even the best spellers get tripped up sometimes, and even exceptionally intelligent people have difficulty putting letters in the right order once in a while. Some of the smartest people on earth were also horrendous spellers: Mark Twain, whose spelling was often criticized, once said, "I don't think much of a man that can spell a word only one way!" So what's behind poor spelling? According to an article published in today's Times, researchers at Oxford University believe that "that our ability to spell lies partly in our DNA." More »

Christina Applegate Is 100% Cancer-Free

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EDT

A month after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Christina Applegate is now cancer-free. "I'm clear," she told Robin Roberts of Good Morning America earlier today. "Absolutely 100 percent clear and clean. It did not spread — they got everything out, so I'm definitely not going to die from breast cancer." She went on to say: "My decision, after looking at all the treatment plans that were possibilities for me, the only one that seemed the most logical and the one that was going to work for me was to have a bilateral mastectomy." Apparently she had the surgery about three weeks ago. She'll have reconstructive surgery in the coming months. Be well! [ABC News]
Madonna made a 40-minute speech on her birthday and admitted that she was "disappointed" that some of her celebrity BFFs, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Stella McCartney, didn't come to her party. But! Lourdes sang for her, and Guy told her she's beautiful. Is it enough for the woman who wants it all? (Do you think Madge gets depressed?) [MSNBC]
Apparently Jennifer Aniston is not impressed that John "The Player" Mayer made that speech about her being the smartest most sophisticated person ever. A friend of Jen's says: "He is the biggest jerk ever. How dare he set up a p.r. stunt like that? He should be ashamed of himself and just shut his mouth." [Page Six]