Sqwertz wrote:
>
> Anyway - the reports on the TV news I saw/heard said the definition
> they used during the contest was "A small mass of leavened dough".
> And Googling that phrase confirms that is indeed the definition they
> used.
>
> So not only was it a controversial word spelling, but they got the
> definition entirely wrong.
>
> -sw


So the national spelling bee is now just a metaphor for our education
system?

Bob