hello quizlet
Home
Subjects
Expert solutions
Create
Study sets, textbooks, questions
Log in
Sign up
Upgrade to remove ads
Only $35.99/year
logainne! // spelling bee hehe
Flashcards
Learn
Test
Match
Flashcards
Learn
Test
Match
Terms in this set (125)
RONA: Our winner here last year: Chip Tolentino. Let's give him a hand!
Ms. Peretti!
CONEYBEAR: AND TRY TO KEEP FROM SHAKING
ALAS, HIS SHAKING WILL NOT PASS. CAUSE IT'S A VERY BIG, VERY FRAUGHT, SIMPLE BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S A VERY BIG UNDERTAKING.
MARCY: Marcy Park
WINNER'S DESTINATION: WASHINGTON DC, PLASMA TV, IN A FANCY HOTEL, WHERE THEY TREAT YOU WELL, ALL BECAUSE YOU LOVE TO SPELL, WE SPELL.
CONEYBEAR: AT THE 25TH ANNUAL, WE'VE MEMORIZED THE MANUAL...
ABOUT HOW TO SPELL THESE WORDS. WORDS THAT REQUIRE THOUGHT. PEOPLE THINK WE'RE AUTOMATONS. BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE NOT.
MARCY: WE HEAR THE WORD
WE BREATHE
CONEYBEAR: WE WAIT
UNLIKE IDIOTS WE IDEATE
CONEYBEAR: AT THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
WE FEEL NO ANIMOSITY, AND YET OUR HEADS ARE SPINNING
CONEYBEAR: HOLY COW
WE SHALL TAKE A SOLEMN VOW TO CONCENTRATE ON WINNING, WE CONCENTRATE ON WINNING. AT THE TWENTY FIFTH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, WE SPEAK SO DAMN CONVINCINGLY
RONA: THEY'RE NERVOUS BUT THEY'RE GRINNING
IT SEEMS WE'RE LIVING OUT OUR DREAMS
BOYS: WHICH IS A VERY NICE, VERY NICE, VERY VERY VERY NICE
VERY NICE, VERY NICE, VERY VERY VERY NICE, VERY NICE BEGINNING
RONA: TWENTY FIFTH ANNUAL
TWENTY FIFTH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
MARCY: Don't worry, I'm not nervous.
Have you ever been in an underground gymnasium before?
PANCH: A SPELLER
A SPELLER
PANCH: MAY ASK QUESTIONS
MAY ASK QUESTIONS
PANCH: ABOUT THE WORD'S PRONUNCIATION OR DEFINITION
DEFINITION
PANCH: USE IT IN A SENTENCE
IN A SENTENCE
PANCH: AND LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN
LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN
PANCH: IF YOU START TO SPELL A WORD YOU MAY START OVER
BUT THE SEQUENCES OF LETTERS ALREADY SPOKEN MAY NOT BE CHANGED
RONA: IF YOU MISSPELL A WORD
MISSPELL A WORD
RONA: WE WILL RING
YOU WILL RING
MITCH: MITCH MAHONEY
MITCH MAHONEY
PANCH: So, is that understood spellers?
YES
PANCH: STRABISMUS
Strabismus. May I please have the definition of that word?
PANCH: The inability of one eye to obtain binocular vision with the other because of an imbalance of the muscles of the eyeball.
And use it in a sentence please?
RONA: Notice how she writes on her forearm. This is her way to see the word before she speaks it out loud.
Strabismus. S-T-R-A-B-I-S-M-U-S. Strabismus.
RONA: Mr. Coneybear was second runner up in the Putnam Basin district.
Brook, will you tell Leaf he has a phone call, please?
LEAF: I made the county finals in the spelling bee!
Oh sweetheart, no, you came in third honey.
LEAF: I know! But they just called and said the person who came in first has to go to their bat mitzvah and the person who came in second...has to attend the bat mitzvah, so they want me to do it!
You understand the other kids will have all won their district bees?
CONEYBEAR: It's unbelievable, I just said the first letters that came into my head, and that 'y' was really..
Shhh.
CHIP & CONEYBEAR: SHE'S SUCH A LOVELY GIRL, WITH A LOVELY LITTLE VOICE
AND I'VE HEARD THAT SHE'S PRO-CHOICE, THOUGH STILL A VIRGIN
OLIVE & RONA: MY FRIEND THE DICTIONARY IS A VERY RELIABLE FRIEND
DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO BAH DAH DAH DAH DAH DAH DAH
(First audience volunteer gets eliminated)
GOODBYE, YOU WERE GOOD BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH SO PLEASE DON'T ASK WHY SIMPLY SAY GOODBYE
PANCH: MEXICAN
Mexican!
OLIVE & CHIP: THAT WORD'S SO MORONIC
I COULD CRY; I WANT WORDS AS LAME
PANCH: Staphylococcus
THAT'S THE REASON WE DESPAIR
BARFEE: I KNEW THAT WORD
AWW, DAMN IT
CHIP: IT IS SUCH A CALAMITY
WHERE SHOULD WE BEGIN? THE BEST SPELLERS
CHIP: DON'T NECESSARILY WIN
LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM, LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM
PANCH: Miss Park. "Antediluvian"
WE HAVE RIGHTS. We have rights. THAT'S WHY WE COMPLAIN.
MITCH: LIFE IS RANDOM AND UNFAIR, LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM
THAT'S THE REASON WE DESPAIR
CHIP: I KNEW THAT WORD
I KNEW THAT WORD
CHIP: I KNEW THAT WORD
AWW DAMN IT! IT IS SUCH A CALAMITY, WHERE SHOULD WE BEGIN? THE BEST SPELLERS...LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM, LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM.
BARFEE: NO THEY DON'T
LIFE IS RANDOM AND UNFAIR, LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM , LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM, LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM, LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM, LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM, LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM, LIFE IS PANDE PANDE PANDE PANDE PANDEMONIUM
CHIP: YES IT IS
YEAH!
PANCH: CYSTITIS
Thithitith? May I please have the definition of that word?
PANCH: An inflammation of the urinary bladder.
And use in a sentence please?
PANCH: Sally's mother told her it was her cystitis that made her special.
Cystitis. I think I studied this one with my dads.
CARL DAD: Segue.
S-E-G-U-E
CARL DAD: Good. Siphon.
S-I-P-H-O-N
CARL DAD: Good. Cystitis.
S
CARL DAD: No. Think.
C
CARL DAD: Good.
I
CARL DAD: No! Logainne-- are you concentrating?
Yes-
CARL DAD: Daddy conference. Now.
No, dads, let me get this one first, please!
PANCH: We need a spelling, please, Logainne.
Cystitis. C-Y-S-T-I-T-I-S. Cystitis.
CONEYBEAR: EVERYONE KEEPS SWATTING
DUMB KID
CONEYBEAR: EVERYONE KEEPS YELLING
DUMB KID
RONA: While the correct response for girls is:
Honestly, I think there's a good chance I would do okay, but it's unlikely I'd win the whole thing, I'm a good speller, but I'm not a truly great speller, and though I have trained hard there's so much luck involved.
RONA: Though in my experience the girls are sometimes thinking:
I'm taking it all. You're all going down, suckas!
BARFEE: IT'S TERRIFIC WHEN YOU MAKE A WORD WITH YOUR GOOD, MAGIC FOOT
MAGIC FOOT, MAGIC FOOT, MAGIC FOOT, MAGIC FOOOOOOT! MAGIC FOOOOOT! MAGIC FOOOOOT!
BARFEE: IT'S AN ALPHABETTER WAY TO SPELL
DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO AHHHHH
BARFEE: MAGIC FOOT WRITE THAT LETTER!
MAGIC FOOT MAGIC FOOT! MAGIC FOOT MAGIC FOOT! MAGIC FOOT MAGIC FOOT! MAGIC FOOT MAGIC FOOT MAGIC FOOT! FOOT!
(Magic Foot song ends)
MAGIC FOOT MAGIC FOOT MAGIC FOOT
PANCH: "If you start to spell a word you may start over...
but the sequences of letters already spoken may not be changed.
MITCH: THAT'S THE REASON WE DESPAIR
LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM, LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM, LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM, LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM, LIFE IS PANDEMONIUM
MITCH: Let's go kid.
GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE
RONA: WHEN THE FAVORITE LOSES 1-2-3
Bye!
MITCH: THAT DUDE IS MY PRAYER
GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE
MITCH: YOU NEED THE STRENGTH TO PRETEND IT'S NO BIG DEAL
OOOH! OOOH! OOOH! AHH! AHH! AHH! NOT YOUR MOTHER! OOH!
MITCH: MAKE YOUR EXIT WITH CARE, THAT IS MY
PRAYER!
MITCH: GOODBYE GOODBYE
GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, BYE BYE BYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE GOODBYE, GOODBYE GOODBYE, GOODBYE GOODBYE, GOODBYE GOODBYE, GOOD
MITCH: GOOD! BYE! AUDIENCE VOLUNTEER!
GOODBYE!
RONA: And from the Magna Magnet Grammar School, Miss Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre.
I'd like to take one moment to thank my two fathers Daniel Schwartz and Carl Grubenierre who've been so supportive of me and all my endeavours. Thank you dads!
CARL DAD: Yes we do. Go get em!
I HOPE YOU CAN LOVE ME, AMERICA. I'M GUNNING FOR FIRST PRIZE. HERE'S WHY YOU SHOULD LOVE ME, AMERICA. MY NEEDS I CANNOT OVEREMPHASIZE. I MAKE MYSELF CRAZY, BEING WHAT MY DADS HOPE I'LL BE. BUT WHAT ABOUT ME DADS? WHAT ABOUT ME? GEEZ LOUISE! WHAT ABOUT ME?
CARL DAD: Practice your breathing, Logainne.
THOUGH I PRACTICE YOGA, I DON'T BREATHE. I TRY NOT TO DISAPPOINT. BUT STILL I DISAPPOINT THE DADS WHO MY FRIENDS MOCK. KIDS ARE MEAN. KIDS'LL TALK. ALL MY SO-CALLED FRIENDS ROLL THEIR EYES, SO INCREDIBLY PETTY. BECAUSE MY DADS ARE MY DADS AND ALRIGHT ENOUGH ALREADY! WOE IS ME, WOE IS ME, WHICH IS WHY I GOTTA WIN THIS SPELLING BEE.
CARL DAD: Take another picture for her BM
Dad!
CARL DAD: Sorry. Her "Birth Mother."
Peggy Jenkins.
DAN DAD: Who'd be very proud if she could see you spell.
MY BIRTH MOTHER LIVES IN KANSAS MO. IN A TRAILER IN A PARK.
DADS & SPELLERS: TORNADOES
EVERY NOW AND THEN SHE SENDS A CARD. LIFE AND MEN, SHE WRITES, ARE HARD. SHE WOULD LIKE TO MEET ME WHEN I'M GROWN AND I'VE BURST LIKE A COMET. I'M SO STRESSED BY MY STRESS, I JUST WANT TO UP AND VOMIT. WOE IS ME, WOE IS ME, WHICH IS WHY I GOTTA WIN THIS SPELLING
DAD & SPELLERS: BE SMART, BE COOL, BE AN ADULT, BE REMARKABLY ADROIT IN SOCIAL SITUATIONS
WOE IS ME, WOE IS ME, WHICH IS WHY I GOTTA WIN THIS, WHICH IS WHY SHE'S GOTTA WIN THIS SPELLING BEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
PANCH: Miss Schwarzandgrubenierre. Please spell INDICANT.
Indicant. I-N--D-I-C-A-N-T. Indicant.
PANCH: Correct. Miss Schwartzandgrubenierre. TILAPIA
T-I-L-A-P-I-A
PANCH: Miss Schwartzandgrubenierre, please spell PEREGRINE
Part of speech.
PARK: Could you use it in a sentence?
PANCH: Yes
L-I
MARCY: THOUGH I PLAY MOZART MORE
OH AHH, AHHH!
MARCY: UNAMAZED AM I
WINNING IS A JOB AND SHE GETS NO REAL ENJOYMENT BUT OOH, AAAHH! SA SHA DES, YA ZI KI, YOR DAT SHALOM, IM NOCH MINDESTENS SIEBEN MEHR
MARCY: I'M THE LIGHTEST OF THE GIRLS IN MY CLASS
SHE KNOWS SIX LANGUAGES, SHE KNOWS, SHE KNOWS, SHE KNOWS, SHE KNOWS, SHE KNOWS, SHE KNOWS, SIX!
GOD: Of course I can, my child
AHHHHH!!
GOD: Yes, and also, this isn't the kind of thing I care very much about.
AHHHHH!
MARCY: I BLEW THAT WORD
SHE BLEW THAT WORD, PRAISE THE LORD!
MARCY: THE BEST SPELLER WON'T NECESSARILY WIN!
SHE WON'T WIN, GOODBYE!
PANCH: Miss Schwartzandgrubenierre.
Dads! I'm in the final three!
RONA: Let's allow it this once. Miss Ostrovsky's line, Rona speaking. Just one minute, Logainne.
Doesn't anybody else here care about the rules! This bee is about as well-organized as (ad-lib here)
PANCH: Does anyone mind if we get back to spelling
I've been waiting for my word.
PANCH: I gave you a word.
No you didn't.
PANCH: Didn't I give her a-
No-
PANCH: My apologies. SLUICE.
May I have a definition?
PANCH: It's an artificial passage for water with a valve or gate for stopping and regulating flow.
And are there any alternate definitions?
PANCH: Yes--a channel to drain or carry off surplus water.
Hm. Are there any alternate definitions?
PANCH: Yes--it's a body of water pent up behind a floodgate.
Are there any alternate definitions?
BARFEE: Gee, I wonder why.
SLUICE. S-L-U-I-C-E. SLUICE!
CARL DAD: The foot, we have to disable the foot.
What foot?
CARL DAD: The magic foot
Wouldn't that be wrong?
CARL DAD: Do you want to win?
Yes, but I believe in ethical conduct.
CARL DAD: And isn't having a magic foot an unfair advantage?
I don't have a magical foot.
RONA: Can we have all parents in their seats please? This is not a soccer game.
You're lucky your parents are in India.
BARFEE: Crepuscle. One moment please.
William. William.
BARFEE: Mom, I did it without the foot!
I'd just like to say, Carl Dad - I can do this on my own.
PANCH: VUG
Vug? That's the whole word? Vug?
PANCH: Vug
Language of origin?
PANCH: Cornish dialect, a Latin derivative.
Cornish. That's like English with Dutch influence. Vug. V-U-G-G-H-E. Vugghe.
PANCH: I'm sorry, the correct answer is V-U-G. Vug.
So simple?
PANCH: So simple.
I'm so sorry dads. I overcomplicated. I HOPE YOU STILL LOVE ME, AMERICA. AMERICA, I GAVE IT MY BEST TRY. IF YOU STILL DON'T LOVE ME AMERICA, I UNDERSTAND WHY. YOU HATE LOSERS. SO DO I. I'M A LOSER. SO GOODBYE.
MITCH: GOODBYE
GOODBYE
MITCH: GOODBYE
GOODBYE
MITCH: GOODBYE
GOODBYE
BARFEE: YOU WILL NOT OUTRANK ME. I WON'T WAVE MY HANKIE!
OOH, OOH. AAH, AAH. AHH, AHH, AHH, AHH, WHO WILL COME IN FIRST AND WHO WILL COME IN SECOND, SECOND
PANCH: That is correct.
WHO WILL COME IN WHO WILL COME IN WHO WILL COME IN...
BARFEE: YOU...
DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO
DOO DOO DOO DOO
AHHHH!
AHHHH!
DOO DOO DOO
DOO DOO DOO
AH AH AH AH
AH AH AH AH
AH
AH
MMM MMM
MMM MMM
OLIVE: WHERE NEITHER CONDESCENDS
WHO WILL, WHO WILL, COME IN SECOND, SECOND OOH OOH OOH, OOH OOH OOH OOH
PANCH: We have a winner!
CHAMPION! CHAMPION! CHAMPION! AT THE PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE!
CONEYBEAR: Leaf Coneybear has cats.
Logainne Schwatzandgrubenierre won the 31st annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on her 7th try and final year of eligibility. She went on to become Secretary of Education under President (adlib)! Her speech therapy was completely successful.
(All character monologues are finished)
AT THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, WE GREW UP UNDENIABLY.
BOYS: AND LOOK OUR HAIR IS THINNING
OUR PAST CAUGHT UP WITH US AT LAST. IT WAS A VERY NICE VERY NICE, VERY VERY VERY NICE, VERY NICE, VERY NICE, VERY VERY VERY NICE, VERY NICE BEGINNING
RONA & MITCH: 25TH ANNUAL
25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE. GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE GOODBYE, GOODBYE. GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE.
Other sets by this creator
SCENE 16 SKM
13 terms
SCENE 15 SKM
38 terms
SCENE 14 SKM
59 terms
SCENE 13 SKM
13 terms
Verified questions
vocabulary
Using the vocabulary list for this lesson, supply the correct word to complete each sentence Mandy's _____ remark got her grounded for three days
question
Most of the sentences in the following paragraph contain errors in the standard, formal use of modifiers. Identify each incorrect modifier, and then give the correct form. If a sentence is already correct, write $C$. EXAMPLE: Long-distance running is probable one of the oldest sports in the world. *probable-probably* For example, finishing in the top half of the field would please many amateur road racers.
vocabulary
Complete the sentence in a way that shows you understand the meaning of the italicized vocabulary word. Mount Everest is not a place for novice...
literature
How would you paraphrase lines $16-19$ of "Beat! Beat! Drums!"?
Recommended textbook solutions
Technical Writing for Success
3rd Edition
•
ISBN: 9780538450485
(3 more)
Darlene Smith-Worthington, Sue Jefferson
468 solutions
Technical Writing for Success
3rd Edition
•
ISBN: 9781133467199
Darlene Smith-Worthington, Sue Jefferson
468 solutions
The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric
2nd Edition
•
ISBN: 9780312676506
Lawrence Scanlon, Renee H. Shea, Robin Dissin Aufses
661 solutions
Technical Writing for Success
3rd Edition
•
ISBN: 9781111260804
Darlene Smith-Worthington, Sue Jefferson
468 solutions
Other Quizlet sets
ch 29 ?
29 terms
Economics Mid Term Study Guide
37 terms
Chapter 19: Anatomy & Physiology of Hearing & Type…
23 terms
STEM Engineering Final 2016
83 terms