[V8] German word wins US Spelling Bee?

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

I saw that too.

wierd.


Dave

Quoting Ingo Rautenberg <i.rautenberg at waratap.com>:

> OK, is it just me?  I mean Ursprache?  I mean, it's great that now
> everyone will understand I have an URquattro and not a You Are
> quattro :-)  I guess the world iIS getting smaller.  In case you
> missed it, "Ursprache" was the word that won the national spelling
> bee for a 13 year old NJ girl this year.   And it means Root
> Language. Hmm, Come to think of it, I've also got the Ur A8 -- the
> V8 ;-)  lol
>
> And the runner-up was a 14 old Canadian girl who stumbled on
> "Weltschmerz."  Also German.  Huh???
>
> Ingo (yeah, but I grew up speaking German)
> '84 urq - '91 V8 5 spd - '93 V8 - '90 V8 (project)
>
>
>
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