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Spelling (Bee) Question
On Celebrity Spelling Bee on Friday night, somebody got the word "Supercede."
That's how the celebrity spelled it, and got credit for it as a correct answer.
Dictionary.com does not recognize supercede. It does recognize supersede, with the usual definition.
So who's right? The producers of "Celebrity Spelling Bee" or dictionary.com?
By the way, Brett Butler's comeback and eventual victory was quite impressive. It looked like Thicke and Wendt were the class of the field, but both got bounced in the semis.
Another observation, neither Gina Lee Nolan nor the 10 year old champ they had to help out the celebs knew how to spell bustier. And the funniest moment involved Corbin Bernsen (no surprise). He got the word prestidigitation, and based on the reactions of the host (J. Peterman) and the other contestants, he was probably standing there for 30 minutes trying to work it out. He got it wrong. They edited it to normal speed, but from the reactions of the people, and from what I've seen of Corbin on celebrity mole, he probably spent more time than that, actually.
Anecdote: I was on a people answering questions game show. No time limit. One woman spent about 15 minutes thinking about a question. They edited it like she answered it right away, of course.
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