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malaise

(268,698 posts) Thu May 29, 2014, 07:15 PM May 2014

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Hey DUers - there's a Jamaican in the Scripps Howard spelling bee final tonight

Tajaun Gibbison of Mandeville, Jamaica spells his word during round two

The only foreigner to ever win was Jody-Ann Maxwell from Jamaica back in 1998 - and then they changed the rules.

Good luck Tajaun!

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Hey DUers - there's a Jamaican in the Scripps Howard spelling bee final tonight (Original Post) malaise May 2014 OP

Changed the rules? How Republican of them. Go Tajaun! hobbit709 May 2014 #1

so did they change the rules back ? JI7 May 2014 #2

Not to my knowledge malaise May 2014 #4

Smart kids "rule" etherealtruth May 2014 #3

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

1. Changed the rules? How Republican of them. Go Tajaun!

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu May 29, 2014, 07:17 PM

May 2014

JI7

(89,240 posts)

2. so did they change the rules back ?

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu May 29, 2014, 07:18 PM

May 2014

malaise

(268,698 posts)

4. Not to my knowledge

Reply to JI7 (Reply #2)

Thu May 29, 2014, 07:22 PM

May 2014

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19990113&id=AmNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6_EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6410,478965
The 1999 change

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/19990113/f5.html

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)

3. Smart kids "rule"

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu May 29, 2014, 07:20 PM

May 2014

Good luck Tajaun (and to all the other smart kids, too)

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