Can you name the Correct spelling of each word? by torb

Language of Origin	Correct Spelling	Definition
Old Low Franconian		an upholstered armchair, esp. one with open sides
German		a hypothetically reconstructed parent language, as Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of the Germanic languages
Latin		one of two officers or magistrates jointly exercising the same public function
Greek		fear or a phobia concerning the number 13
New Latin		loss or impairment of the sense of taste
French		lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless
New Latin		one of a series of short parallel lines drawn on a map to indicate topographic relief
Medieval Latin		of or pertaining to alms, charity, or charitable donations; charitable
Unknown		a sticky clay formed by the thorough weathering of glacial drift, the thickness of the clay furnishing means for comparing relative lengths of interglacial ages
French		of, consisting of, or pertaining to Gypsies
New Latin		a rumbling or gurgling sound caused by the movement of gas in the intestines
Greek		the retentive basis or basic principle in a mind or organism accounting for memory
German		a situation in a chess game in which a player is forced to make an undesirable or disadvantageous move

Language of Origin	Correct Spelling	Definition
French		an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor
Latin/Greek		of or pertaining to parrots
Greek		an ancient region of Greece north of Attica and the Gulf of Corinth
Portuguese		the rosary pea, Abrus precatorius, of the legume family
French		one of a domesticated form of cattle, Bos taurus indicus, of India, having a large hump over the shoulders and a large dewlap
Greek		of or pertaining to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth
Late Latin		the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures
Welsh		an ancient Celtic musical instrument with the strings stretched over a rectangular frame, played with a bow
North American French		a small prairie
English		a four-wheeled, boxlike, closed carriage for two or four persons, having the driver's perch outside
Modern Greek		a Greek or Albanian brigand, exalted in the war of Greek independence as a patriotic robber; guerrilla
Mexican Spanish		a spiny, woody shrub, Fouqueria splendens, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a tight cluster of red flowers at the tip of each branch
Really? You really thought it would be that easy? Child please...	a spiny, woody shrub, Fouqueria splendens, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a tight cluster of red flowers at the tip of each branch

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First-Ever Sporcle Spelling Bee Quiz

by torb

Created Jan 22, 2010 in Miscellaneous
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	Tahnan:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 04:12 GMT		1 point
	It's an interesting idea, though there's a little more static in the recording than you really want. Plus, of course, people get more than one guess, not that that'll help much in some cases (I got 13 on my first try, and only three more on my remaining tries, two of them for words I knew but misspelled by a letter).

	confused:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 16:56 GMT		1 point
	Ditto Tahnan, tho I didn't get quite as many, and gave some a lot of tries! Was getting pretty fried by the time I got to "cleft", so I got (one of?) your message, which made me smile. Also, I lived in the SW for many years, and have never heard the last word pronounced like that - that's not Mexican Spanish.

	confused:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 16:57 GMT		1 point
	Nice idea, though, and obviously a lot of work. Sorry you're not getting more plays so far.

	Sporctastic:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 18:18 GMT		1 point
	Yeah, it's a shame that not many people have played this, good idea.

	Scottique:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 15:12 GMT		1 point
	Awesome idea! It would be greatly improved, though, if you could have the audio say the word, give a bit of the definition, and then say the word a second time. Any time I got past four or five words in a row that I didn't recognize, I lost track of which definition went with the word I was listening to, which made it much harder. For example, "Zebu. A cattle of India. Zebu. pause Chthonic. Deities under the earth. Chthonic." As I said, though--great idea, especially with the Scripps National Spelling Bee just a month away!