Stache-ional Spelling Bee
Meet Prateek Kohli. He was a finalist in the National Spelling Bee, and got dinged out on "oberok," which is, I believe, a variant spelling of "Obrok" \Ob"rok\, n. [Russ. obrok'.]
(a) A rent.
(b) A poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's
estate. [Russia] --Brande & C.
[1913 Webster]
Forgive me if I am wrong. Source
At any rate, he deserves some props for getting this far in the bee (I only got to sixth place in my regional bee. I blame this on having to pee, which made me unable to concentrate.).
(a) A rent.
(b) A poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's
estate. [Russia] --Brande & C.
[1913 Webster]
Forgive me if I am wrong. Source
At any rate, he deserves some props for getting this far in the bee (I only got to sixth place in my regional bee. I blame this on having to pee, which made me unable to concentrate.).
posted by HRH Pants at 7:18 AM
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