The Spelling Bee Isn't Just About Memorization - Cheddar Explains

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  • Опубликовано: 27 май 2019
  • As the Scripps National Spelling Bee approaches, only one thing is for sure: 568 kids will take the final stage and 1 person will come out the champion with the trophy, the title and $50,000. Cheddar explains what goes on inside the mind of a national spelling bee champion and why it's more than just memorization.
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  • @Finnfox66
    @Finnfox66 4 года назад +2241

    Laughs in phonetically consistent language

    • @user-hq5sp5pi2e
      @user-hq5sp5pi2e 4 года назад +44

      ははは
      草が生えるね

    • @meowBlitz
      @meowBlitz 4 года назад +31

      finnish

    • @meowBlitz
      @meowBlitz 4 года назад +5

      @@danu4763 kyll'a'

    • @sardette
      @sardette 4 года назад +14

      Korean Gang rise up

    • @meowBlitz
      @meowBlitz 4 года назад +4

      Justin C. 어 지메 하네요!

  • @sydney1777
    @sydney1777 4 года назад +8256

    they used the iridocyclitis kid for clickbait lmao

    • @julieguldchristensen5836
      @julieguldchristensen5836 4 года назад +161

      did you look that spelling up

    • @cheesecakelasagna
      @cheesecakelasagna 4 года назад +439

      @@julieguldchristensen5836 nah, fam. We know that vine meme by heart.

    • @G12eem
      @G12eem 4 года назад +69

      Julie Guld Christensen i remember the meme so much that I also can do his movements while saying it

    • @julieguldchristensen5836
      @julieguldchristensen5836 4 года назад +18

      @@G12eem you are a true blessing to this earth

    • @G12eem
      @G12eem 4 года назад +13

      Julie Guld Christensen thank you, i need an award

  • @UnordinaryCarl
    @UnordinaryCarl 4 года назад +1706

    6:42 I'M GONNA SAY THE N WORD
    N E G U S
    NEGUS
    *crowd starts chanting*

    • @unscripted205
      @unscripted205 4 года назад +10

      AHAHAH HI UNORDINARY FAM WHAT'S GOOD

    • @UnordinaryCarl
      @UnordinaryCarl 4 года назад +11

      @@unscripted205feels good to beat up some shitty wellston bullies

    • @inky1voryy
      @inky1voryy 4 года назад +2

      UNORDINARY YEAAA

    • @Dun4times
      @Dun4times 4 года назад +2

      unordiduew8

    • @inactive2378
      @inactive2378 4 года назад +3

      Omg I’m dyingggggggg 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

  • @BossuJmek2k18
    @BossuJmek2k18 4 года назад +1006

    Imagine having a language that makes so little sense in pronunciation that spelling bees are a thing lol

    • @ErzbischofAmurael
      @ErzbischofAmurael 4 года назад +37

      It's pretty hillarious

    • @daddy._._.nathan
      @daddy._._.nathan 3 года назад +8

      Why does colour make sense?

    • @moon_marina
      @moon_marina 3 года назад +15

      The last spelling bee I had in my life was in 3rd grade because it’s that time of life where you don’t know the difference between c and s and that’s pretty much it. And that’s on having a consistent language

    • @michaelesposito2629
      @michaelesposito2629 3 года назад +19

      Our language makes perfect sense. Problem is, we include words from languages from all over the world.

    • @EmptyHand49
      @EmptyHand49 3 года назад

      @@daddy._._.nathan Oh wait that's English as well

  • @kronik907
    @kronik907 4 года назад +2615

    "568 People will take the stage and only 1 will come out as the champion"
    Or in this case there will be 8 co-champions because they literally ran out of words....

    • @GreasyBaconBro
      @GreasyBaconBro 4 года назад +12

      What

    • @esoscorridasos105
      @esoscorridasos105 4 года назад +17

      @@GreasyBaconBro have you been living under a rock?

    • @GreasyBaconBro
      @GreasyBaconBro 4 года назад +326

      @@esoscorridasos105 Yes, the rent is cheaper than an actual apartment.

    • @esoscorridasos105
      @esoscorridasos105 4 года назад +6

      @@GreasyBaconBro If you live under a rock how can you afford internet?

    • @esoscorridasos105
      @esoscorridasos105 4 года назад +9

      @@GreasyBaconBro search up 2019 national spelling bee 7 champions

  • @WonkaSweet
    @WonkaSweet 4 года назад +1986

    Vine legend finally given the recognition he deserves

  • @vulliez
    @vulliez 4 года назад +437

    Judge: Your word is “your”.
    The Internet: Can you use it in a sentence?
    Judge: I like YOUR shirt.
    The Internet: Can I get the definition, please?
    Judge: “Associated with the person that the speaker is addressing.”
    The Internet: Origin of the word?
    Judge: Old English.
    The Internet: *sweats profusely
    “Your”. Y-O-U... apostrophe-R-E! “YOU’RE”!

    • @futrey9353
      @futrey9353 3 года назад +11

      this banter was monotonous and plain imbecillious

    • @noorhafizat
      @noorhafizat 3 года назад +19

      Judge: That's... incorrect.

    • @sandat8480
      @sandat8480 3 года назад +22

      I can’t stand people who confuse “Your & You’re”

    • @viksplosion7105
      @viksplosion7105 3 года назад +13

      @@sandat8480 Same! Your so funny! You’re sense of humor is amazing!

    • @jcplayz_1496
      @jcplayz_1496 3 года назад

      lol

  • @OsKuukkeli
    @OsKuukkeli 4 года назад +99

    And here I am, as a Finn, smiling at The concept. We spell everything like we pronounce the letters.
    I mean we have only one sound for each letter. That makes spelling quite easy.

    • @halfway7690
      @halfway7690 4 года назад +6

      (ノ`Д´)ノ彡┻━┻ .·´¯`(>▂

    • @kuru9157
      @kuru9157 2 года назад +1

      Well the ng sound isn't consistent. For example kuningas, and auringon. There are a few edge case but ofr the most part the words are pronounced the same way they are spelled.
      Edit:what i meant was that ng sound is different from how g usually sounds

    • @kuru9157
      @kuru9157 2 года назад

      @GlueEater87 in my dialect too but, normally the g is different like in the word gaala.

    • @josepbroz3306
      @josepbroz3306 Год назад

      PERKELE

  • @joecremer3633
    @joecremer3633 4 года назад +1720

    5:53 Any other physical movement they do
    D A B

    • @cheesecakelasagna
      @cheesecakelasagna 4 года назад +2

      @@dhruvkapur2101 relatable, have a nice day.

    • @dailymemies
      @dailymemies 4 года назад +3

      Oh no, that's cringe, now i can't sleep at night

    • @philippe_jones
      @philippe_jones 4 года назад

      help the cringe demon is chasing me

  • @neville1311
    @neville1311 4 года назад +671

    They did him dirty to give him the word "Negus"

    • @harmonym.s.40yearsago2
      @harmonym.s.40yearsago2 4 года назад +9

      Nikola Nedyalkov Because it sounds like the n word and he’s white

    • @thypfrog9023
      @thypfrog9023 4 года назад +2

      Nikola Nedyalkov you have a default profile pic why am i not surprised you didn’t get it

  • @greatexpectations9446
    @greatexpectations9446 4 года назад +28

    00:24 I like when he came back just to say thank you sir good manners and politeness👏🙏😊

  • @bobdunkel3534
    @bobdunkel3534 4 года назад +150

    Narrator: they have to win in their classroom, district, and state to advance.
    Also Narrator: there are 500 participants
    Me: a yes I forgot they added 450 more states

    • @captainleefy
      @captainleefy 4 года назад +4

      Well the competitors are not just from the states, some are from places all across North America

    • @captainleefy
      @captainleefy 4 года назад +11

      I’m Canadian and I’m competing this year.

    • @kerzariz8717
      @kerzariz8717 4 года назад +4

      @@captainleefy Good Luck :)

    • @Portrial
      @Portrial 4 года назад +1

      @@captainleefy i hope the virus isnt gonna cancel your plans

    • @captainleefy
      @captainleefy 4 года назад +1

      Katipunan ng Sentido Comun Thank you 😊

  • @sidharthraohejamadi4533
    @sidharthraohejamadi4533 4 года назад +4697

    Speller: Use it in a sentence
    The judges: I do not accociate with negus.
    SPELLER: BRUH

  • @evanlightrake5956
    @evanlightrake5956 4 года назад +812

    Oh, so instead of memorizing thousands of words they just have to memorize thousands of etymological rules

    • @LapisPebble
      @LapisPebble 4 года назад +35

      Along with the rules.

    • @Mashiris
      @Mashiris 4 года назад +2

      lol

    • @misse1228
      @misse1228 4 года назад +41

      it's not memorizing. It's analysis and inquiry. Which leads to understanding, comprehension.

    • @shiroutheb3st
      @shiroutheb3st 4 года назад +2

      @@misse1228 Yup.

    • @Swordart2022
      @Swordart2022 2 года назад +1

      @@misse1228 so you can tell why only stupid US and UK? Has such thing?

  • @teazona9028
    @teazona9028 4 года назад +740

    US National Spelling bee:
    Won by almost indians

    • @Shibagaesski
      @Shibagaesski 4 года назад +5

      James Mcgreevy I’m sure it’s from lala land...

    • @JohnNovakovich
      @JohnNovakovich 4 года назад +97

      Well I assume they're all US citizens, so no. Won entirely by Americans. Nice try at being racist tho

    • @teazona9028
      @teazona9028 4 года назад +37

      @@JohnNovakovich thanks

    • @oKayden9000
      @oKayden9000 4 года назад +12

      John Novakovich It’s a joke-

    • @CheezyEnsaymada
      @CheezyEnsaymada 4 года назад +12

      *_A l m o s t I n d i a n s_*

  • @w0lkyt817
    @w0lkyt817 4 года назад +172

    America: ENGLISH spelling bee contest
    India: I’m about to end this man’s whole career

  • @yael3326
    @yael3326 4 года назад +1673

    "negus" n - i... *crowd clamoring*

    • @jimothyjimothy1
      @jimothyjimothy1 4 года назад +4

      clamering*

    • @adithyasriram633
      @adithyasriram633 4 года назад +66

      @@jimothyjimothy1 no he's right

    • @clareobrien2446
      @clareobrien2446 4 года назад +64

      @@jimothyjimothy1 clamering is absolutely not a word

    • @SNAZINS
      @SNAZINS 4 года назад +3

      @@jimothyjimothy1 L

    • @---yd2cv
      @---yd2cv 4 года назад +19

      @@jimothyjimothy1 you probably wouldn't do too well in one of these

  • @Ryosous
    @Ryosous 4 года назад +1074

    Judge: Spell your mom
    Speller: Land of origin?
    Judge: Your Grandmother

    • @theinvincibles764
      @theinvincibles764 4 года назад +16

      Kaveevin naa the blade will break when u try haha

    • @HarvoSpoon
      @HarvoSpoon 4 года назад +6

      @@kaveevin1494 you limited his family down again
      if they never give birth again, the of family will be extinct

    • @abbytamayo6993
      @abbytamayo6993 4 года назад

      haha there's 666 likes

    • @warlitodesanjose193
      @warlitodesanjose193 4 года назад

      LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN

    • @HaXD1209
      @HaXD1209 4 года назад

      Judge: Spell Joe
      Speller: Origin?
      Judge: Joe Mama lmfao

  • @pb7199
    @pb7199 4 года назад +15

    only somewhat related, but learning etymologies of words can be really helpful not just for English spelling/meaning but also for languages which borrow a lot from Chinese, such as Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese. learning basic or common Chinese characters and their pronunciations in the language you're learning can help you to remember spelling and decipher unseen words

  • @rafi7252
    @rafi7252 4 года назад +23

    5:52
    Oh yeah, that dab

  • @samconcklin
    @samconcklin 4 года назад +384

    It’s nice that they have fun and cheer each other on. I don’t know why I assumed spelling bees are only stressful; maybe because that’s how I feel about them!

    • @AJJJJJJJJJJJJ
      @AJJJJJJJJJJJJ 4 года назад +6

      it is stressful.... you are competing against other people and theres a big prize

    • @Dayvit78
      @Dayvit78 4 года назад +9

      They specifically said they don't feel like they're competing against each other - they feel like they're competing against the dictionary. Replace "dictionary" with "their overbearing parents" if you wanna know what they're really thinking.

    • @realsushrey
      @realsushrey 4 года назад

      @@Dayvit78 True. I dont like this competition one bit.

  • @brambl3014
    @brambl3014 4 года назад +2884

    English is a damn weird language

    • @hkm239
      @hkm239 4 года назад +165

      English is like combining multiple languages and having a latin origin

    • @hkm239
      @hkm239 4 года назад +13

      @Deming Joe Well, yeah but it is easier to say that English has origins from Latin and German

    • @anguswu2685
      @anguswu2685 4 года назад +31

      R H K M However, your appeal to ease of explanation makes it inaccurate and makes you seem uneducated

    • @hkm239
      @hkm239 4 года назад +10

      @@anguswu2685 I know, I am just simplify it but my comment was just a joke saying that English is a very integrated language incorporating words from different origins. Trust me, I know what I am writing, I don't blurt out things without doing research. Plus, I am 15, so you can say that I am uneducated by a bit.

    • @barrybulletkin901
      @barrybulletkin901 4 года назад +41

      It isn’t a language it’s three languages in a Trenchcoat pretending to be a language

  • @izpademilioi7096
    @izpademilioi7096 3 года назад +26

    Negus
    *word reveals itself
    Kid: what have i done!

  • @Sigma1
    @Sigma1 4 года назад +203

    Oh how nice.
    3000 pages of a dictionary isn't enough.
    You also need another 3000 pages from every dictionary of every nation. Perfect.

    • @meowBlitz
      @meowBlitz 4 года назад +3

      ok weeb

    • @pop2art
      @pop2art 4 года назад +4

      *sighs loudly*

    • @mr._a
      @mr._a 3 года назад +1

      those german words are loanwords that are part of english dictionaries as well

  • @FlymanMS
    @FlymanMS 4 года назад +1917

    6:45 He did it, he said the N-word! What a mad lad.

    • @anshulbhandari9870
      @anshulbhandari9870 4 года назад +189

      it's at 6:35
      and
      RIP Grumpy Cat

    • @or4
      @or4 4 года назад +88

      It's 6:36

    • @solaris9426
      @solaris9426 4 года назад +45

      The word was negus, a hot drink of port, sugar, lemon, and spices. He wasn't using a slur.

    • @sudonim7552
      @sudonim7552 4 года назад +135

      @@solaris9426 whoosh

    • @nfrmis4825
      @nfrmis4825 4 года назад +95

      I do not associate with *negus*

  • @gabrielpresley6699
    @gabrielpresley6699 4 года назад +540

    Judges: Spell They’re
    Speller: use it in a sentence
    Judges: You must spell they’re

  • @Nicky_TM
    @Nicky_TM 4 года назад +61

    “Because of my french roots I know that manger is the French word for eating
    *proceeds to spell it wrong in a video about spelling bee’s*

    • @mr._a
      @mr._a 3 года назад +1

      Nicky he wasnt the one who cut the vid tho

    • @fischfortune
      @fischfortune 3 года назад +1

      Could be a conjugated form

  • @mitchal54321
    @mitchal54321 4 года назад +136

    1:03 sounds like Lil Jon. WHAAT

    • @sleepless2541
      @sleepless2541 4 года назад +5

      YEAAYEAAAH

    • @nightfury2161
      @nightfury2161 4 года назад +2

      What! What the fuck! 😂

    • @mztpar
      @mztpar 3 года назад

      Thats cuz it’s a audio of him. The actual video of the kid isn’t like that.

    • @pokemondude1007
      @pokemondude1007 3 года назад

      Lol yea. It also kinda sounds like 6ix9ine

  • @najrenchelf2751
    @najrenchelf2751 4 года назад +223

    You can be an athlete in anything if you win a prize!
    Quote of the year - frame it!!

    • @OPJuiceBox
      @OPJuiceBox 4 года назад +3

      Naj Renchelf I’ll frame it on my fridge

    • @remlet3753
      @remlet3753 4 года назад +20

      *beats claw machine and gets prize*
      I'm now officially an athlete

    • @najrenchelf2751
      @najrenchelf2751 4 года назад

      ThatGamingNobody, hahaha - hell yeah! 🙃

  • @wkapcio
    @wkapcio 4 года назад +282

    Reading a dictionary 2 hours a day for 7 years 🤯

    • @xaris5309
      @xaris5309 4 года назад +2

      @@_Ekaros Well if we count 300 days per year excluding holidays that would given an average of 50.000 dollars / (7*300*2) = 11.9 dollars per hour. And that is if you win the competition which is 1 in a 1000 case at best. Afterall there are 1,5 billion Indians out there, how on earth can you compete? LOL!

  • @jeffreym68
    @jeffreym68 4 года назад +10

    Thanks for explaining that we ask the language of origin, use, definition, pronunciations, etc. not to identify the word, necessarily, but because we know that certain origins, like Latin or Greek, lead to particular word endings, vowel patterns, silent letters, etc. There is also a book called 5000 words that comes out each year (or did) that helps learn newly recognized words. Much !more deductive reasoning and strategy involved along with memorization.

  • @porcuspine2368
    @porcuspine2368 4 года назад +61

    "one thing is for sure" "1 person will come out the champion"
    lol

  • @sovyyboi
    @sovyyboi 4 года назад +117

    6:40 when you pass the test that you didn't study for

    • @davinderc
      @davinderc 4 года назад +2

      I need the original clip, this needs to be made into a meme

    • @YaBoiShining
      @YaBoiShining 4 года назад +1

      Davinder Chandhok He looked genuinely terrified 😂

  • @allan.adventures
    @allan.adventures 4 года назад +121

    1:04 When your prom date leaves you two days before the dance

  • @nikostube5809
    @nikostube5809 4 года назад +28

    6:41 When you pass the exams 👌

  • @user-bx4px5sr4h
    @user-bx4px5sr4h 3 года назад +2

    5:25 kid went down in a blaze of glory.

  • @ZackScriven
    @ZackScriven 4 года назад +386

    1:30 would have been so hilarious If she messed up! 😅

    • @ZackScriven
      @ZackScriven 4 года назад +5

      @@adnans3222 😂😂😂😂 #dying. I'm on the spectrum too. Too funny. My friends would call me savant, cuz I was so smart yet an idiot at the same time.

    • @fdl238
      @fdl238 4 года назад +1

      She would be psychologically damaged permanently if that happened lol.

    • @jacksonendo
      @jacksonendo 4 года назад +1

      It sounded like she said Euonymum

  • @MiyuruWeerarathna
    @MiyuruWeerarathna 4 года назад +153

    That word “KABARAGOYA” in the intro credits is a Sri Lankan word in the language of Sinhala, native to TH country. Amazing such a word was featured here.

    • @retf8977
      @retf8977 4 года назад +4

      It is the name of the Sri Lankan water monitor

    • @benedictrodil4931
      @benedictrodil4931 Год назад

      Unfortunately in the dictionary of Merriam Webster, this word's origin is unknown :/
      Nice to see it being from Sinhalese

  • @mahmoudel-assadi6151
    @mahmoudel-assadi6151 4 года назад +13

    Scan my mans forehead to get a discount on your next spelling

  • @courtneyj9564
    @courtneyj9564 4 года назад +4

    That kid at 5:26 just gave up the word and start saying random things 😂😂😂😂

  • @randolpascano9613
    @randolpascano9613 4 года назад +29

    That moment when words in your language has the same spelling as it's pronunciation.
    Spanish, Koreans and fellow Filipinos we can cry together

    • @Brick-Life
      @Brick-Life 4 года назад +3

      and Japanese

    • @agme8045
      @agme8045 4 года назад

      Geo Li in Spanish it does lol that’s why spelling bee isn’t a thing in most places, spelling and pronunciation almost always coincide in a lot of languages, English is a language made of exceptions lmao

    • @kori228
      @kori228 2 года назад +1

      Korean does has some minor inconsistent spellings iirc

    • @benedictrodil4931
      @benedictrodil4931 Год назад

      ​@@kori228 That may be true, besides they were rarely asked in Scripps though :/
      Bulgogi lang alam kong isa sa mga pinaspell. Idk what else

  • @milliongaming3477
    @milliongaming3477 4 года назад +217

    "Imagine standing on a national stage..."
    Me: *With dat haircut BOIIIII*

  • @deborahl3083
    @deborahl3083 4 года назад +1

    Your channel teaches me, so I appreciate it

  • @charliemurphy3897
    @charliemurphy3897 3 года назад +2

    Dr. Jacque Baily is my Plato professor and is an amazingly awesome person. I just found out about his side job and I'm blown away.

  • @scarsorna1167
    @scarsorna1167 4 года назад +75

    Narrator:Or any other physical movement they do
    Kid: *proceeds to dab*

    • @Justin5s
      @Justin5s 4 года назад

      Scar Sorna no that’s dead fuck you

    • @scarsorna1167
      @scarsorna1167 4 года назад

      @@Justin5s Bro chill
      It's a joke

  • @ilyamakarchuk
    @ilyamakarchuk 4 года назад +634

    That feeling when your language has a sensible orthography and (fortunately) doesn't allow for such things.

    • @FlymanMS
      @FlymanMS 4 года назад +15

      No fun competition though

    • @MrWhiteVzla
      @MrWhiteVzla 4 года назад +45

      If you think that's bad, you have not encounter french

    • @galaxyhyrule9859
      @galaxyhyrule9859 4 года назад +60

      Exactly, in Latin America we don't have spelling bee competitions, because they are trivial, it's very obvious how to spell a word most of the time, BUT, we have spelling bee for English classes.

    • @RedHair651
      @RedHair651 4 года назад +23

      MrWhiteVzla If you hear a french word, you have a significant chance at spelling it right. There is no such thing as guessing the spelling of a word in English.

    • @surrealsoul9120
      @surrealsoul9120 4 года назад +9

      Imo Russian is difficult to write and pronounce correctly. If you don't know where the stress in a word is, you'll be mixing up the "о" and "а" sounds. "г" can be "g", "v" or "kh" and "e" isn't always "ye", it's sometimes pronounced as "e/э". "и" isn't consistently pronounced the same, sometimes it sounds like "ы" and "ё" is often written as just "е". Even though it's a better system than English, Russian is still a mess compared to other languages.

  • @samonellasgayclone1054
    @samonellasgayclone1054 4 года назад +8

    Call me by your name introduced me to etymology

  • @saifuusuri
    @saifuusuri 4 года назад +3

    "Your word is negus."
    "What'd you call me?"

  • @jackfilter702
    @jackfilter702 4 года назад +52

    1:51
    You telling me I was on athlete for picking grass as a soccer goalie.
    Damn, I need a scholarship.

  • @NotHPotter
    @NotHPotter 4 года назад +9

    5:23 I have never felt more empathy for a mistake in a competition. Hope he went on to do great things, because damn if he didn't take his moment and at least make something of it.

  • @marswrld2489
    @marswrld2489 4 года назад +14

    1:04 when someone snipes you in pubg

  • @iplayallday_4383
    @iplayallday_4383 3 года назад +13

    “Imagine being up on the National Spelling Bee stage spelling a word in front of millions of people.”
    Me up there on the stage spelling holomorphosis in the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee!

  • @kencho1403
    @kencho1403 4 года назад +165

    Negus

  • @VulcanTrekkie45
    @VulcanTrekkie45 4 года назад +93

    romanization: R O M A N I S A T I O N.
    What do you mean that's wrong? I'm not wrong, you're wrong!

    • @VulcanTrekkie45
      @VulcanTrekkie45 4 года назад

      @Qam05 I know. That's the joke.

    • @MrWizardjr9
      @MrWizardjr9 4 года назад +7

      they probably will count both spellings as correct

    • @ailinos
      @ailinos 4 года назад +1

      @@MrWizardjr9 they should, since the language is called English afterall

  • @mikkelkjrulff359
    @mikkelkjrulff359 4 года назад +6

    2:22 looks like she has a filter lmao

  • @sunkistjen7182
    @sunkistjen7182 4 года назад +92

    4:55 "I know milk is white and it's made out of milk"

    • @michaelesposito2629
      @michaelesposito2629 3 года назад

      Josh T. Lol damn. I’m ashamed to admit I must be an idiot too

  • @zxf1323
    @zxf1323 4 года назад +84

    2:54 you used a Slovenian-English dictionary. Interesting choice.

    • @FlymanMS
      @FlymanMS 4 года назад +10

      ZxF et cetera and so on and et cetera and so on *sniffs, rubs his nose*

    • @zxf1323
      @zxf1323 4 года назад

      FlymanMS hehehe

    • @krisizcelja
      @krisizcelja 4 года назад +6

      Ok you made me happy that our language has been recognised :D, but why slovenian tho?

    • @user-wm7rl6gy6s
      @user-wm7rl6gy6s 4 года назад +2

      @@krisizcelja Because it’s much easier to spell than English? 😂

    • @krisizcelja
      @krisizcelja 4 года назад

      @@user-wm7rl6gy6s What do you mean by "easier to spell"? Slovenian is quite complex, but I don't want to get too detailed.

  • @foreverplaceholder
    @foreverplaceholder 4 года назад +13

    In a nutshell, Spelling Bee is like Tetris, when the accomplishments are demolished and the mistakes stack up.

  • @peoplecallmepeechez
    @peoplecallmepeechez 2 года назад +1

    i enjoy all the clips they showed because all these kids seemed to enjoy themselves. I always figured kids would have a lot more breakdowns and freakouts. Damn just learning the rules was stressing me out.

  • @liamhawken1954
    @liamhawken1954 3 года назад +1

    I like how you saw the lady that hit the bell get upset when she had to, you can tell these people want the kids to succeed

  • @seoulting28
    @seoulting28 4 года назад +154

    2:37 White Vs. White
    Yeah, that's not going to get confusing.

    • @tree8821
      @tree8821 4 года назад +9

      I think they’re teammates practicing

    • @sulfurden9846
      @sulfurden9846 4 года назад +2

      @@tree8821 they could use pennies lol

    • @tree8821
      @tree8821 4 года назад

      Hezekiah Smithstein lol 😂

    • @maks9653
      @maks9653 4 года назад

      Also looked like a travel. I can't clearly tell

  • @Crosshill
    @Crosshill 4 года назад +8

    so they're basically spelling etymologist detectives. one of my favorite parts of classical studies and greek mythology is just how obvious those stories diffuse into modern spelling, and when you discover a danish word that must have the same old germanic roots as the english one, you really feel how organic an entity a language really is

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill Год назад

      @@adhanetkidane they're not silent they're just muddied shabby sloppy potato bleh sounds thank you very much

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill Год назад

      @@adhanetkidane oh i dont know i learned english before i had to worry about things like that but now that you mention it wtf cud u not

  • @phntmzk
    @phntmzk 4 года назад

    i don't study for spelling bees,
    i just chill and boom, i'm a champion

  • @AA-sb9ni
    @AA-sb9ni 4 года назад

    @1:04 His "what" got me 😂

  • @galaxyhyrule9859
    @galaxyhyrule9859 4 года назад +23

    In Latin America we don't have spelling bee competitions, because they are trivial, it's very obvious how to spell a word most of the time, BUT, we have spelling bee for English classes.

    • @izumi9133
      @izumi9133 4 года назад +3

      It's supposedly trivial and still a lot of my classmates have bad orthography, even adults do.

  • @Shirokroete
    @Shirokroete 4 года назад +86

    Spelling bees are funny to me since I am German.
    In German, there is no mystery about how a word is spelled. Pretty much all German words you can accurately find out how they are spelled, just by pronouncing them.

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 4 года назад +8

      as someone who had to learn german in middle school from an unenthusiastic worn out teacher i must admit that the consistency of your excessive consonanting escaped me entirely and to this day i still find myself lost when having to spell schwarzxchschild black holes

    • @Shirokroete
      @Shirokroete 4 года назад +4

      @@Crosshill It really is something that comes with practice/time spend reading the language.
      After a while, what sounds belong to what combination of letters become quite apparent and you'll be able to write down any word just by listening. You won't get a "Lead/lead" or "Leicester" situation.

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 4 года назад +3

      @Stephanie François non-english germanic languages may not be written at all phonetically sensibly, but at least its still predictable to a large degree. tho it helps that the size of total vocabulary is so low that you're less likely to encounter unfamiliar words lol

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 4 года назад

      ​@Stephanie François we're just making an arbitrary relative comparison list of difficulty arent we?

    • @meowBlitz
      @meowBlitz 4 года назад

      in finnish you cant say "almost all". in finnish EVERY word has accurate consistent phonetical spelling. Ai kuld vrait inglis laik tö vei finns vrait auor ovn langvitsh

  • @lannahaha1255
    @lannahaha1255 2 года назад +1

    i can't believe i decided to do the scripps spelling bee just looking at the list of words is making my head hurt

  • @freddieadams9051
    @freddieadams9051 4 года назад +2

    Person: all other movements they do help them
    Kid: dabs

  • @Tootus69
    @Tootus69 4 года назад +178

    "Any other physical movement they do"
    *shows kid dabbing*
    Edit: damn I should look at comments more turns out someone already said this.

  • @aintnobodylikeu
    @aintnobodylikeu 4 года назад +7

    okay but as a spelling bee kid, i agree with this. it's really not just memorization. that's IMPOSSIBLE. we don't spend nights just reading the dictionary, memorizing spellings. that would drive us insane lmao. it's luck and logic above everything else, pretty much.

  • @EktoHunter
    @EktoHunter 4 года назад +17

    "The German word pretzel"
    Did you smoke something weird?
    It's called a Brezel xD

  • @Ytjj2003
    @Ytjj2003 3 года назад

    6:37 Priceless..

  • @ohmiehomie5448
    @ohmiehomie5448 4 года назад +84

    1:04 is he 30 or 13?

  • @MrCoolChild
    @MrCoolChild 4 года назад +21

    4:48 "manger" is the verb "to eat," not "mange." The latter being the conjugated form of the verb. He pronounced it correctly but the spelling on screen was wrong.

  • @wudfle7342
    @wudfle7342 4 года назад +1

    2:35 how do you rebound after your opponents score 🤔

  • @breny07tubby64
    @breny07tubby64 4 года назад

    Introvert kid:joined spelling bee
    Question was spell life
    Also introvert:death

  • @ElementEvilTeam
    @ElementEvilTeam 4 года назад +45

    Negus, The king of Ethiopia

  • @IyonixItishima
    @IyonixItishima 4 года назад +24

    2:53 why did you use a picture of a Slovenian dictionary

    • @loocheenah
      @loocheenah 4 года назад +3

      Maybe because of a lot of dyacritic symbols that make it look weird and complex.

    • @meto7183
      @meto7183 4 года назад

      Excuse me my language is not complex

  • @YaduGovindM
    @YaduGovindM 2 года назад +1

    Dev is a gem ❤️

  • @thestealthyassassintsa7403
    @thestealthyassassintsa7403 4 года назад +4

    Other nations: We have many winners who won spelling bee.
    **Not even a fly**
    **Not even Zeus**
    India: *Hold ma biryani *

  • @bobdole5935
    @bobdole5935 4 года назад +50

    As a European I really wonder why this is a thing. Why parents let their children study that hard? And why do people watch children pronunciate words in television? But well, it´s still very impressive.

    • @moth4256
      @moth4256 4 года назад +18

      because in europe a lot of the languages have pretty consistent rules of pronunciation and everything like that, unlike english

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 4 года назад +1

      europe aint for tryhards lol if a 7 year old kiddo wants to study piano all the other parents'd give them a stinkeye regardless of how passionate the kiddo is because elitist tryharding childabuse is bad

    • @hhiippiittyy
      @hhiippiittyy 4 года назад +2

      I'm Canadian, but more relevant is just my general life outlook, and I find it weird to spend 7 years at 2hrs per day doing anything so pointless. Unless, of course, the child was truly passionate about it. In which case, good on them for finding what they love so young.

    • @hhiippiittyy
      @hhiippiittyy 4 года назад +1

      @@Crosshill
      Plenty of very accomplished European pianists. Piano creates truly moving and enjoyable life experiences. Spelling, generally, much less so. Music > spelling. Unrefined comparison, imo.

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 4 года назад +1

      @@hhiippiittyy thats not at all the point, i was picking up on the 'Why parents let their children study that hard?' part of it

  • @ianmsutherland
    @ianmsutherland 4 года назад +14

    With that VHS tape sound and rewind transition, I thought I was watching the SB Nation RUclips channel. Accidental or not?

  • @flickering.candle
    @flickering.candle 4 года назад

    I wish I watched this when i was in a musical about Spelling bees
    It would’ve low key been helpful

  • @conut1391
    @conut1391 4 года назад +2

    *Me when I’m try hard In Spelling Bee*
    Guy: Your Word Is Definition.
    Me: D E H F I N H I T H I O N
    .....

  • @kingkyro7603
    @kingkyro7603 4 года назад +36

    I'm to illiterate for this video...

    • @drlegitness5225
      @drlegitness5225 4 года назад +7

      Lol dont know if your grammar mistakes are sarcasm or you just being you.

  • @100tijs
    @100tijs 4 года назад +32

    It's such an american thing, except for movies I've never seen spelling bee.

    • @JaKingScomez
      @JaKingScomez 4 года назад +2

      You say it's an American thing when it's much more pushed by the Indians

    • @100tijs
      @100tijs 4 года назад +1

      @@JaKingScomez I did not know that, thanks!

    • @udonthavetoknowmyname
      @udonthavetoknowmyname 4 года назад

      Really?

    • @JaKingScomez
      @JaKingScomez 4 года назад

      @@100tijs you can clearly see half of them were Indians and most of the winners of this so called "sport" are also Indians.

  • @drewkline995
    @drewkline995 4 года назад

    6:37 bringing in a classic I see.

  • @paulinotou
    @paulinotou 4 года назад

    This is actually pretty impressive

  • @larrydinklepie9147
    @larrydinklepie9147 4 года назад +10

    Did I just have to watch two ads in a row to watch this?!?!

  • @F_And
    @F_And 4 года назад +57

    *It's about being Indian and having a 32 letter name*

    • @Seegtease
      @Seegtease 4 года назад

      Was scrolling for this comment, thanks!

    • @destintic133
      @destintic133 4 года назад

      jaskiranpreetjeet dhaliwjasstill

  • @hattu7924
    @hattu7924 4 года назад +6

    the host looks so much like chelsea perretti/ gina from b99

  • @sondreishasidharta9038
    @sondreishasidharta9038 4 года назад +1

    An ICONIC COMPETITION

  • @ShreyaanSeth
    @ShreyaanSeth 4 года назад +3

    4:52 the French cord for to eat is Manger not Mange but its pronounced that way

    • @haz226
      @haz226 4 года назад +1

      And blanc =/= bleu (prononciation)

  • @CarlosSanchez-en6mr
    @CarlosSanchez-en6mr 4 года назад +29

    Why didn’t anybody tell me about this when I was younger? I know how to spell negus
    C’mon

    • @ZKazeLP
      @ZKazeLP 4 года назад

      Lmao I hope he knows that he made a godly sample

  • @jamiewallace195
    @jamiewallace195 4 года назад +5

    Me:why is this in my recent
    RUclips:
    Me:hold up that’s iridociclytus dude

  • @dead2675
    @dead2675 4 года назад +37

    Spell bee starters pack
    1. Be born indian or asian
    2. Wear spectacles
    3. Be that one annoying kid in the class who always asks questions

    • @bittersweet3410
      @bittersweet3410 4 года назад +4

      Jammy You do realize India is literally in Asia?

    • @dead2675
      @dead2675 4 года назад +2

      @@bittersweet3410 yeah but I was too lazy to remove it after I wrote it

    • @oliver-wb4np
      @oliver-wb4np 4 года назад +1

      They're the kinda people that most people are jealous of.

    • @PrinceKashyap.
      @PrinceKashyap. 4 года назад +4

      Hmm, did someone called me?

    • @artsyneko8504
      @artsyneko8504 4 года назад

      Sounds exactly true to me ...

  • @PfeffergrubenNick
    @PfeffergrubenNick 4 года назад +6

    We dont have spelling contests in Germany so I was always confused in american shows that were translated to german when they said something about a spelling contest

  • @Asteroid_Jam
    @Asteroid_Jam 4 года назад +7

    This is kind of like the geography bee. You do not memorize everything. You use the information they give you. They may tell you a monument and terrain around it and you need to say what country it is in. You think about the name of monument and if it sounds like a certain countries language and the terrain matches you can say that country. I find it helps to visualize the world map and terrain around world and memorize a standard set of facts about all countries. Like language and a bit of history.

    • @TheAlps36
      @TheAlps36 4 года назад +1

      Wow! I never knew such a thing existed. Is it a national competition as well?

  • @lunablack1925
    @lunablack1925 4 года назад

    "We are not competing against each other but just to beat dictionary "
    Well said ....

  • @strawberryrass9588
    @strawberryrass9588 4 года назад +3

    Now I regret winning my classroom spelling bee I have to compete against the whole school in 2 days 😭