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— Carole Miller, Co-Director, Houston Club #359
 
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=== Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) in the Austin Chronicle ===
 
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[http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid%3A787127 Playing Through by Thomas Hackett]
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Congratulations to Geoff Thevonot for winning ''The Austin Chronicle'' Adult Spelling Bee.
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The paper covered the competition in its sports column “Playing Through” by Thomas Hackett:
  
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The following excerpts were from an article in the Austin Chronicle May 29, 2009 regarding the "Geoff Thevenot's win in the adult spelling tournament in that city.
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The Threadgill's competition started with nearly 200 entrants. Each round cut the field roughly in half, until finally Thevenot was in a showdown with Dave Riddle, a lawyer from Pacific Grove, Calif. The word that tripped up Riddle was "onomatopoeically." In case you're wondering, that's spelled, "o-n-o-m-a-t-o-p-o-e-i-c-a-l-l-y."
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'''''Playing Through'''''
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How do I know this? Because Geoff Thevenot said so.
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Courtesy of Matthew Wedgwood
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Hackett, Thomas: [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid%3A787127 Playing Through], ''The Austin Chronicle'', May 29, 2009.
  
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I had to remind myself of this while watching Geoff Thevenot dispose of some shit. Actually, Thevenot just had to correctly spell a word that meant shit, or excrement. The word is "ordure." In print, it doesn't seem a particularly hard word to spell. The pronunciation – awr-jer – is what throws you. But not Thevenot. While other contestants in The Austin Chronicle Adult Spelling Bee last week at Threadgill's hemmed, hawed, asked for definitions and derivations, and twisted their faces in agonies of concentration, Thevenot coolly swatted one word after another out of the park. If words were fastballs, Thevenot was Hank Aaron.
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That he can spell doesn't in itself impress me. That he is willing to devote countless hours to mastering the lexicon, even if it serves no purpose and brings him no wealth or fame, does.
 
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The Threadgill's [spelling] competition started with nearly 200 entrants. Each round cut the field roughly in half, until finally Thevenot was in a showdown with Dave Riddle, a lawyer from Pacific Grove, Calif. The word that tripped up Riddle was "onomatopoeically." In case you're wondering, that's spelled, "o-n-o-m-a-t-o-p-o-e-i-c-a-l-l-y."
 
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How do I know this? Because Geoff Thevenot said so.
 

Revision as of 18:30, 6 June 2009

May 2009

Robin Lewis (Houston, TX): 644 points

The directors of Club #359, along with its members, want to congratulate Robin Lewis on her superb score of 644 on Sunday. Robin opened with MILIEUS for 74, then proceeded to play NATRONS (75), EXPLORER (101), COENZYME (114), and then bingoed out with REALISTS (77).

Wow, 5 bingos and 644. Way to go Robin.

— Carole Miller, Co-Director, Houston Club #359

Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) in the Austin Chronicle

Congratulations to Geoff Thevonot for winning The Austin Chronicle Adult Spelling Bee. The paper covered the competition in its sports column “Playing Through” by Thomas Hackett:

The Threadgill's competition started with nearly 200 entrants. Each round cut the field roughly in half, until finally Thevenot was in a showdown with Dave Riddle, a lawyer from Pacific Grove, Calif. The word that tripped up Riddle was "onomatopoeically." In case you're wondering, that's spelled, "o-n-o-m-a-t-o-p-o-e-i-c-a-l-l-y."

How do I know this? Because Geoff Thevenot said so.

Hackett, Thomas: Playing Through, The Austin Chronicle, May 29, 2009.

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