Sometimes I think that I'm the inspiration for the phrase "too clever for your own good" (part 2).
Take my middle school spelling bee experience. All things said, I do pretty OK around the English language when it comes to vocab (maybe not so much on grammar or Strunk and White's style points), and I can wake up and spell supercalifragilisticexpialidocious or antidisestablishmentarianism first thing in the morning. But I was knocked out in the first round of the spelling bee in 7th grade on the word "vault" [what? vault. one more time? vault. that's not a word! vault. I don't know -- v-a-l-t?] and in 8th grade on the word "piano" [easy one - p-a-i-n-o (proving that haste makes Scrippsian waste)]. Always a good memory when a little humility is what the doctor ordered!
OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE SCRIPPS BEE:
http://www.spellingbee.com/
VAULT REALLY IS A WORD!:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vault?&qsrc=
STRUNK AND WHITE ONLINE:
http://www.bartleby.com/141/
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