When an average person joins the national spelling bee

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  • @dsanchack332
    @dsanchack332 ปีที่แล้ว +6707

    "And did you burn the witch afterwards" had me dieing.

    • @anantrathi373
      @anantrathi373 ปีที่แล้ว +400

      It's dy- I see what you did there

    • @dsanchack332
      @dsanchack332 ปีที่แล้ว +371

      @@anantrathi373 No, I actually did not know that. I just suck at spelling. Thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt, though.

    • @Soundy777
      @Soundy777 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Me too xDDD

    • @penginguy2177
      @penginguy2177 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      dying*

    • @AndresMagnone
      @AndresMagnone ปีที่แล้ว +30

      It had me dieieieing too!

  • @AtrakKarta
    @AtrakKarta ปีที่แล้ว +3015

    "Can you use it in a sentence?"
    "The opposing team fell for our guetapens."
    "...Can you use it in a sentence that's relevant to our century?"
    *Ahem* "You've activated my guetapens card."
    "..."
    "..."

  • @eternalcanadiandevyt
    @eternalcanadiandevyt ปีที่แล้ว +1861

    I'm getting PTSD from my Grade 6 spelling bee.

    • @cheesyfromindonesia9969
      @cheesyfromindonesia9969 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not the only one

    • @therealking6202
      @therealking6202 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      My school was so poor we couldn't even afford any bees so we just had spellings.

    • @eternalcanadiandevyt
      @eternalcanadiandevyt ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@therealking6202 Lmao nice

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think I could do alright if I could have some paper and a pencil. I'm terrible at spelling when I can't physically see the word.

    • @RaneBoDasch
      @RaneBoDasch ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I lost the final round of the 3rd grade spelling bee. I still can't spell "Scissors" correctly after 30 years.

  • @jason2mate
    @jason2mate ปีที่แล้ว +5987

    This is why spelling bees are kind of nuts, because it literally becomes which kid has spent more time reading the dictionary, rather then anything useful.

    • @cheesyfromindonesia9969
      @cheesyfromindonesia9969 ปีที่แล้ว +671

      All that learning and spelling from a dictionary for a medal/plastic throphy? Fuck that id rather do Steam Achievements

    • @niki8280
      @niki8280 ปีที่แล้ว +257

      It's more of acknowledging the logic of each word's language source and identifying the logic of the word's construction.

    • @GeekNewz
      @GeekNewz ปีที่แล้ว +364

      @@niki8280 Sometimes that's nice, but then you have words that come from French, where word construction was destroyed for the sake of getting money- They added random letters to the words because each letter cost money, and they received more money for longer words. (honestly, other languages also do that, but not nearly as much) How can you appreciate that?!

    • @irtur52
      @irtur52 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Well I doubt you can learn all possible words they can ask. It's rather about linguistic patterns and connections between different languages, I wouldn't say it's not useful. After all many things can be considered useless, chess for example is just basically board game. I think if someone thinks that something is ineresting then it's useful.

    • @toseltreps1101
      @toseltreps1101 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      being proficient in orthography is very useful.

  • @maodebo3301
    @maodebo3301 ปีที่แล้ว +1571

    The funny thing is that everytime one english show aired dubbed in my country and there was a spelling bee it was always so weird because I was like "Can't they just hear the word and say the letters???" but then you learn english and you finally get it.
    Everytime I have to write the past tense of teaching, thinking or "even though" I just wing it

    • @RishabhSharma10225
      @RishabhSharma10225 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      Yep. Spelling bee would be trivial in Hindi. It's written exactly as it's pronounced.

    • @daniloroganovic9359
      @daniloroganovic9359 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      @@RishabhSharma10225 Same in pretty much all Slavic languages

    • @shivanshukantprasad
      @shivanshukantprasad ปีที่แล้ว +41

      ​@@RishabhSharma10225it will be trivial as soon as I figure out how to differentiate between स श and ष or ‍‌harshi i and dirghi i

    • @Conta_Minated
      @Conta_Minated ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@RishabhSharma10225 So, basically fun for everyone at first grade, but super boring for anyone older than that?

    • @anonl5877
      @anonl5877 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      English borrows a lot of words from French and German. If you learn how to spell in those languages, and you ask the person what language the word originates from, I assume it becomes easier.

  • @themushroommonarch
    @themushroommonarch ปีที่แล้ว +689

    I remember losing a spelling bee because the teacher pronounced decor as day-core and refused to use it in a sentence.

    • @zacharyrollick6169
      @zacharyrollick6169 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      It IS a valid pronunciation, unfortunately.

    • @themushroommonarch
      @themushroommonarch ปีที่แล้ว +149

      @@zacharyrollick6169 True, but she had a different accent so I couldn't recognize it. I was also, like, 8.

    • @belle_pomme
      @belle_pomme ปีที่แล้ว +19

      ​@@themushroommonarchcouldn't you ask for definition?

    • @themushroommonarch
      @themushroommonarch ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@belle_pomme I did, she wouldn't do it.

    • @Noferrah
      @Noferrah ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@themushroommonarchisnt that like illegal or something

  • @JackMadness91
    @JackMadness91 ปีที่แล้ว +435

    G-wiz, they clearly make up words with complicated spellings just to screw with people. I can respect that.

    • @GeekNewz
      @GeekNewz ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Even better. They did it for money. If no one knows how to write, then the guy who does know would get paid to write and would receive more money for more letters

    • @pollypockets508
      @pollypockets508 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We are French!

    • @mentosvagabond
      @mentosvagabond ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well I can't.

    • @duckymomo7935
      @duckymomo7935 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We have words like butyraceous and soubrette

  • @jackadams3878
    @jackadams3878 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    "If the next letter isn't T, somebody has to die." I feel you, man

    • @josephpostma1787
      @josephpostma1787 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      But some kid still died.

    • @thekingscrown8931
      @thekingscrown8931 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@josephpostma1787 That was for the s at the end.

    • @HyperX755
      @HyperX755 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me when something isn't going the way I was hoping it would:

    • @mystey1
      @mystey1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@josephpostma1787 It was inevitable with a word like that

    • @f5673-t1h
      @f5673-t1h 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's like David [Guet]ta, who is French.

  • @ptolemyhenson6838
    @ptolemyhenson6838 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

    The subtitles literally spell it more reasonably. "Getapaw".

  • @KnightSlasher
    @KnightSlasher ปีที่แล้ว +1828

    For real those kids have +10 intelligence in their SPECIAL stats while wearing an item that gives +2 more

    • @yamimounir3231
      @yamimounir3231 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Correction +99

    • @Batkudev
      @Batkudev ปีที่แล้ว

      It also gives them a debuff of getting absolutely 0 hoes under any circumstances

    • @g3n3r1c6
      @g3n3r1c6 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      according to every kid, that item with the intelligence stat bonus is called glasses

    • @WibleWobble
      @WibleWobble ปีที่แล้ว +31

      picking the asian starter 💀

    • @Serhii_Diemientieiev
      @Serhii_Diemientieiev ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@g3n3r1c6Actually, those are just aesthetics(they either give +50 or -50, nothing in between). The real ones are "Encyclopaedia Stash", "Dictionary Tower", and "1000 and 1 TH-cam Educational Channels"

  • @Blue2x2x
    @Blue2x2x ปีที่แล้ว +746

    Zach: "Whatever happened to sound it out?!"
    Silent letters: **laughing maniacally**

    • @OmniscientWarrior
      @OmniscientWarrior ปีที่แล้ว +34

      They're just standing there, menacingly!

    • @determineddaaf3
      @determineddaaf3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      In Dutch we have a bunch of common tones that can be spelled in different ways. We are screwed badly.

    • @satansbarman
      @satansbarman ปีที่แล้ว +6

      English also has silent letters, it's just less common

    • @syenous2454
      @syenous2454 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      sunami

    • @chryssandermahinay5562
      @chryssandermahinay5562 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A is for Aisle

  • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
    @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley ปีที่แล้ว +189

    "Whatever happened to sounding it out? You guys juat said 'fuck that advice', right?"
    "That is correct."
    😂😂😂

  • @amyhouck7247
    @amyhouck7247 ปีที่แล้ว +385

    I love the fallback to reciting the alphabet. You’ll get to the right letter eventually!
    “What’s the origin?” “French”- Looks at the word. Yeah that checks out.

  • @HJM9x
    @HJM9x ปีที่แล้ว +73

    "Did you burn the witch afterwards"

  • @OrigenalDarkMew
    @OrigenalDarkMew 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    "Whatever happened to sound it out? You guys just said fuck that huh?"
    "Correct"
    😂

  • @unpythonic
    @unpythonic ปีที่แล้ว +197

    I, myself, have not once stepped through the alphabet trying to finish of the cross of two inconceivable clues in the nyt crossword. Definitely not once.

    • @SCP-173peanut
      @SCP-173peanut ปีที่แล้ว +8

      How could your comment be made 9 hours ago if the video was posted just two minutes ago?

    • @BallisticMC
      @BallisticMC ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think youtubes drunk

    • @rat.cheese
      @rat.cheese ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SCP-173peanutwas just about to comment this

    • @anoofhussain1895
      @anoofhussain1895 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@SCP-173peanut members have early access

    • @Leyrann
      @Leyrann ปีที่แล้ว

      I just go through my keyboard tbh.

  • @satansbarman
    @satansbarman ปีที่แล้ว +86

    "You're saying it wrong" as a Frenchman I have to agree there 😅

    • @headkraber
      @headkraber 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yeah, like what were they thinking? Let's borrow a French word, butcher the pronunciation and blame the French for screwed up words? Your silent letters are still silly though.

    • @justinchase6666
      @justinchase6666 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@headkraberfrom a language where 99 is 4_20_10_9

    • @boptillyouflop
      @boptillyouflop 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@headkraber Only the final s in guet-apens is silent in French tho. U is needed if you don't want to have Jet-apens, and "en" is a nasal vowel which is very much pronounced in French... of course English doesn't have nasal vowels though so the result is messed up.

    • @dragskcinnay3184
      @dragskcinnay3184 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@headkraberyup, French silent letters are stupid. Although, to be fair, English has some pretty bad ones too

  • @arjunharitas5068
    @arjunharitas5068 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Tbh i would have just killed everyone in the building and myself after hearing 'getapaw'. Also tiny Zach is a masterpiece.

  • @AmagiFaker
    @AmagiFaker ปีที่แล้ว +248

    l lost entering a national spelling bee TWICE because of the word "Tuff" I didn't even know there WAS a word with similar pronunciation. To this day, I absolutely despise that word

    • @davidcovington901
      @davidcovington901 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I won't say "tuff schist" because that'd be too cruel.
      I met "mufti" on an exam once.

    • @betterlatethannever4529
      @betterlatethannever4529 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      So ,
      Tough&Tuff
      Damn, that’s rough buddy

    • @AtrakKarta
      @AtrakKarta ปีที่แล้ว +33

      ​@@betterlatethannever4529Rough or ruff?

    • @BetaMaster2
      @BetaMaster2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Damn, that's tuff

    • @SupachargedGaming
      @SupachargedGaming ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Someone doesn't play minecraft.

  • @markgaumee
    @markgaumee 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    3:00 "and did you burn the witch afterwards?" 🤣🤣

  • @AByteofCode
    @AByteofCode ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Even as a french who knows the word guetapens, i would not have guessed it was that from the english pronounciation

    • @MrSamwise25
      @MrSamwise25 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah, I'm curious where he heard that pronunciation, because that sure isn't how I would pronounce it.

    • @OmniscientWarrior
      @OmniscientWarrior ปีที่แล้ว +8

      As a person that knows bits of other languages but exclusively only knows English, he did say it wrong.

  • @General-Z6
    @General-Z6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    "This is why nobody likes the fucking French!" Had me dying bro😂

  • @nothinghere7694
    @nothinghere7694 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    bro that “witch” line killed me 😂

  • @lukacunningham342
    @lukacunningham342 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I once had to spell “amphitheatre”, with two ways of spelling theatre and that I never heard that word in my life, I lost because of that one word

  • @Hugo-kt8hm
    @Hugo-kt8hm ปีที่แล้ว +224

    As a French person, I'm amazed that this word exists in English. By the way it's actually two words, guet-apens :)

    • @jazzy4830
      @jazzy4830 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Derived from French, but the resultant output is a single word in English that is apparently pronounced horribly in the US.

    • @OmniscientWarrior
      @OmniscientWarrior ปีที่แล้ว

      Why would you be surprised? English is known to hack things from other languages and art one time the French did what they could to mess English up in attempts to keep the people stupid in hopes they could maintain control.

    • @zanido9073
      @zanido9073 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      If they pronounced it properly it wouldn't be that hard to spell. Idk how you go from guet-apens to getapaw, it's like they didn't even try.

    • @ArjunTheRageGuy
      @ArjunTheRageGuy ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@zanido9073 Or how the word is spelled is how it should be pronounced as well, like how tf does this word "colonel" have the pronunciation of "kernel" and not "co-lo-nel"?

    • @jazzy4830
      @jazzy4830 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@ArjunTheRageGuy Colonel's weird pronunciation is the fault of the French, (who got the word from the Italian for a column of soldiers) two L sounds was deemed harder to pronounce than one R and an L, so the word degenerated into it's current pronunciation. The English pronunciation of lieutenant as "leff-tenant" is also bemusing.

  • @ironfistgaming8945
    @ironfistgaming8945 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    0:59 that bwaaadabababa is pure GOLD

  • @guy4036
    @guy4036 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    “Is the past tense got a paw” 😂

  • @robbymounce5764
    @robbymounce5764 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    “WhAt He SaId”
    “That’s CORRECT!”
    lol! 🤣

  • @AlienEditsMemes
    @AlienEditsMemes ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Bro may have entered a spelling bee in English but he choose to speak facts

  • @giantWario
    @giantWario ปีที่แล้ว +1218

    That's the problem with a language that has Germanic, French, Danish and even some Celtic influence. Every combination of letters in English can make three or four different sounds depending on which language that word comes from. Like you can laugh at us French but ''guetapens'' actually is spelled exactly how it's pronounced as far as we're concerned.

    • @xdeathcon
      @xdeathcon ปีที่แล้ว +93

      I think at the national level, language origin is probably the most useful thing you can ask because of this. I was only good enough to get to regionals once, and even there, they ask you these ridiculous words you wouldn't possibly be able to just know unless you have a photographic memory.

    • @TheLobsterCopter5000
      @TheLobsterCopter5000 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Explain Mille Feuille then? Why does ille sometimes make an ill sound and sometimes an ee sound?

    • @docomega7862
      @docomega7862 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      ​@@TheLobsterCopter5000as a french myself, the best way you can look at it is that french pronounciation is lazy. When several voyels follow each other, we fuse them into a into sound instead of pronouncing each one

    • @giantWario
      @giantWario ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@TheLobsterCopter5000 It's not about the ill, it's about the eu before it. Eu in French makes an ø sound but eui makes an œ sound. Yes I know it's weird but it is actually consistent.

    • @onedova2298
      @onedova2298 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@giantWariowhat does ø and œ sound like

  • @Fokkas
    @Fokkas ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was waiting for "That is correct" after asking if they burned the witch

  • @TaurielTheElf
    @TaurielTheElf ปีที่แล้ว +184

    And this is how I learn that spelling competitions are a thing that exists. Thanks, Zach!

    • @loafylovebit9964
      @loafylovebit9964 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      …WHAT?! Theres only two ways you got this far in life without ever, EVER realizing this was a thing:
      -Number One, you had the most depressing childhood since you’ve never seen a cartoon in your life, cuz believe me a spelling bee was overly used as some dumb plot driver.
      -Number Two: Your clearly an alien and your home planet realized how stupid things like a spelling bee are and chose not to implement it into their society remotely.
      These are the only two possible explanations, any other reason is a blatant lie and will not be heard.

    • @TaurielTheElf
      @TaurielTheElf ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@loafylovebit9964 Or option 3: I'm from a country where words are spelled the way they sound and the cartoons I watched didn't involve American kids in school. Ice Age and Scooby Doo ain't got no spelling bees, son.

    • @methatis3013
      @methatis3013 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      ​@@TaurielTheElfgive him a break. They don't learn other countries exist until they're 26

    • @someonerandom704
      @someonerandom704 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@loafylovebit9964 Most other languages spell words how they are pronounced. They also change the spelling of loanwords to make them easy to pronounce. Spelling competitions are pretty rare outside of English-speaking countries. Imagine trying to do a spelling bee in Spanish, for example.

    • @axiezimmah
      @axiezimmah ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Probably only in English because every other language is usually quite consistent in the spelling so it would be boring to watch

  • @jawz9455
    @jawz9455 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    As a wise man once said "Igowallah!".

    • @CynicalBolt314
      @CynicalBolt314 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Ah yes, from the famous country of 'Skurup'

  • @its_not_nate
    @its_not_nate ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "And that's why nobody likes the fucking French" killed me 🤣🤣🤣

    • @luar_RVM
      @luar_RVM 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Rest in peace dude 🙏

  • @zan1971
    @zan1971 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The most accurate explanation of the spelling bee to any person ever lol

  • @musicLover-tj6ry
    @musicLover-tj6ry 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Lesson learned. Cannot watch your videos and put my son to bed at the same time 😂. Instead of sleeping, he laughed because I couldn't stop.

  • @reverseflashplays8615
    @reverseflashplays8615 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Him giving up and just saying the alphabet was too jokes

  • @notsevens1
    @notsevens1 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    im convinced zach star is a funny person (dude i love your skits soooooo much)

  • @oilycheese4805
    @oilycheese4805 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    this was truly a guetapens

  • @CrispyParrot
    @CrispyParrot ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Couldn't help but audibly laugh in the bathroom stall at work 😂

  • @nevnoble7966
    @nevnoble7966 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    “What he said”
    “That is correct”
    🤴🏻”first try”

  • @swhite7929
    @swhite7929 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I'm French and it took me like a full minute to understand what the word even was because of how it's pronounced in English lmaooo

    • @ragequazar
      @ragequazar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      tbf he did straight up just pronounce it wrong, he didn't add the "en" sound in it, he just said it like aw.

  • @Terminarch
    @Terminarch ปีที่แล้ว +4

    No kidding. I did a spelling bee in middle school. The little girl before me got "schoolbus" or some shit. I got fucking PTERODACTYL!

  • @CaptainDogFood
    @CaptainDogFood 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    "Can you spell it?"
    "No."
    "Exactly. Cuz it's not a word."
    Made me laugh.

  • @punchboxnet
    @punchboxnet 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As a spelling bee champion from NYS this is painfully accurate for most people that get lucky in their spelling bees lmao

  • @rat.cheese
    @rat.cheese ปีที่แล้ว +9

    ngl, love how everything just ends with being shot

  • @dbro1205
    @dbro1205 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    3:00 was so funny, best moment in the video

    • @aliadosmc
      @aliadosmc ปีที่แล้ว

      Facts 💀

  • @NastassiaEvans
    @NastassiaEvans ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I won 2nd place in the spelling bee when I was in grade school. I misspelled banjo😂 After spelling all of these long complicated words I’d never heard of, I misspelled banjo with a g. As soon as g came out of my mouth, my mouth flung open in horror. Such is life😂

    • @horushyperion76
      @horushyperion76 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *banjo strumming*

    • @alexforce9
      @alexforce9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I think your brain was in "hard words" mode so when it come to an easy one you relaxed for a bit and that was the moment of your brain fart lol.

    • @DageLV
      @DageLV ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i just find these things weird. itd be so easy on our language. Did you guys have... dictates? Teacher reads a book chapter in front of the class and whole class has to write it as fast as they can as accurately they can, spotting the commas, the dots, new lines and so on, for about 40 mins straight, by just listening to how it sounds? Here everyone does them at school, no exceptions unless you're deaf probably. Then you get graded from 1-10 on how well you did.

    • @benmaiorella6296
      @benmaiorella6296 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I DID THE SAME THING AT MY SPELLING BEE but for me the word was "Lumberjack". but same deal of saying g instead of j

    • @amyhouck7247
      @amyhouck7247 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I got out on banana. I was secretly relieved.

  • @metriacantho
    @metriacantho 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    i love how he asked what the past tense is even though it's a noun💀

  • @icommitdie8756
    @icommitdie8756 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “what he said” is such a power move

  • @panda4247
    @panda4247 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    apparently, it's
    An alteration of Middle French d'agais apensés, corresponding to aguet (“ambush”) + past participle of apenser (“conceive of”).

  • @brawlingjosh112
    @brawlingjosh112 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Its like forecastle being
    foe-cstl

  • @purplenickname
    @purplenickname 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The one and only guy who unironically used that word once in his lifetime about 500 years ago is gonna be so happy now.

  • @bedro_0
    @bedro_0 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When you invest all your skill points in speech and none in bullet resistance

  • @NaudVanDalen
    @NaudVanDalen ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Spelling bees would be so easy in the Netherlands. All native Dutch words are pronounced exactly as they are written.

    • @stratonikisporcia8630
      @stratonikisporcia8630 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      True for all languages that are not French or English ngl

    • @gamerx3071
      @gamerx3071 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stratonikisporcia8630 Eastern languages: *laughs manically*
      (But seriously Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Arabic are dumb AF)

  • @pewnit
    @pewnit ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how it links back to the latest video

  • @HeKenMars4Ever
    @HeKenMars4Ever ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is literally how it goes. Like the judge is so focused on this one person and making them spell the word and all the other people are there listening and when this dude gets ONE letter off, the other kids are like OOH OK and go off of what the first dude said, change a letter and boom, they win or they lose and then the next student takes a try. BUT little do they know that the kid at the very end, who is also a middle child so he/she NEVER is noticed, is googling these words as they are. handed out and when everyone else is out for some dumb word like guetapens (idk if i spelled it right) this dude has the answer RIGHT there cause he took advantage of the situation

  • @jatexgamerzvlogs1721
    @jatexgamerzvlogs1721 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He might legitimately be my spirit animal

  • @hkayakh
    @hkayakh ปีที่แล้ว +5

    0:20 he’s not wrong. He said “U e” so he’s right

  • @jasoncollins5504
    @jasoncollins5504 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There was a reason I never got in spelling bee, Now as far as I know there never were any spelling bee's in my schools, But if there were I know I would have thrown that microphone at the judge in anger, I had severe anger issues. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @mediaaccount8390
    @mediaaccount8390 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I guess that little guy fell for the getapaw, and it was all over.

  • @2MeterLP
    @2MeterLP 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The worst part is that "get a paw" would make perfect sense for a trap/snare.

  • @yasininn76
    @yasininn76 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I wanna see the spelling Bee with either
    A a Scottish man with a HEAVY accent as the one who says the words to spell or
    B French

  • @abalakrishnan4152
    @abalakrishnan4152 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    As someone who competed as finalist, this is too accurate! English is such a stupid language that I am part of a non-profit where you DONATE FOR ME TO TEACH SPELLING BEE COMPETITION STRATEGIES!!! However, studying for the spelling bee gave me more than just knowing how to spell. As a current high schooler, I now have a really strong work ethic and decisionmaking skills all thanks to the hours of spelling bee prep I did in middle school. Btw the donations go to ppl who cannot afford a college education, and the foundation is called NorthSouth Foundation if you wanna donate.

    • @jazzy4830
      @jazzy4830 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You could have learnt those skills by obsessing over something productive or useful instead. It also sickens me to learn that people would give to this charity when there are people starving on the streets and dying of cancer.

    • @abalakrishnan4152
      @abalakrishnan4152 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@jazzy4830 It sickens you that more people from the slums of India (same ppl on the streets and dying of cancer) will get out of poverty, get a college education, and give back to the slums they came from?.You sicken me!

    • @jazzy4830
      @jazzy4830 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@abalakrishnan4152 It would be more useful to teach them almost anything other than how to spell obscure and almost unused words which so few people know that using them will actually degrade the effectiveness of their communications.

  • @chrisjackson1889
    @chrisjackson1889 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    0:03 When I look at the world today

  • @funfactor4528
    @funfactor4528 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "And did you burn the witch afterwards" had me rolling 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @blunttraumaairsoft1
    @blunttraumaairsoft1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Your comedic timing has improved, great work as always

  • @Zxy_227
    @Zxy_227 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Of course he didn’t get it first try, bro didn’t use the Magic Foot technique

  • @9024tobi
    @9024tobi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The 'pens' part would kill me i think, gueta is the same as the musician so that's kinda doable if u know him xd😅

  • @urrandomrandom9022
    @urrandomrandom9022 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It s impressive how the ending song has some attack on titan sounds in it and the last guy s name in the list is Jaegar.

  • @JosaxJaz
    @JosaxJaz ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Haven't laughed at one of your vida this hard in a while

  • @FaeTheMf
    @FaeTheMf ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn that’s ending was really like America during the Industrial Revolution

  • @darktigersharkmax4432
    @darktigersharkmax4432 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "If the next letter isn't t, someone has to die" lol

  • @Xeit
    @Xeit ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "And did you burn the witch afterwards" holy shit so true. Like what else are you supposed to do? xD

  • @awesomesquidyt
    @awesomesquidyt ปีที่แล้ว

    This and the parenting like TH-cam TOS video are probably my two favorite Zach Star videos this man is genius I love it

  • @drarrytrasher981
    @drarrytrasher981 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    'and did you burn the witch afterwards or-'

  • @BTemplar
    @BTemplar ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg you have to make this a series

  • @infinitely_intuitive
    @infinitely_intuitive 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As a speller who competed in the national bee for three consecutive years, I can confirm this is accurate.

  • @grumpylibrarian
    @grumpylibrarian ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I gave this video a like for nailing it on the first try.

  • @wingnightbackwards
    @wingnightbackwards ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I tried to predict what would be said after he gave the word and I was off I was thinking "guetapans, W-T-F, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"

  • @Doomzdeh
    @Doomzdeh 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Reminds me of when I was asked to spell “Wednesday” when I was 7. How was I supposed to know that it’s spelled in such a different way than it’s pronounced? I almost rioted on that one

  • @antonionnam6594
    @antonionnam6594 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was in his moment after T. Till it all went down hill. It's the patience of the judge for me

  • @LaminPlays
    @LaminPlays 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    HE THOUGHT
    GET A PAW

  • @lowonskillz1605
    @lowonskillz1605 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's funny how they use french words in the national spell bee of america

    • @OmniscientWarrior
      @OmniscientWarrior ปีที่แล้ว

      We have a lot of French words. We actually have a bunch of of words that will mess people up or the stupid people will be offended by (sadly some of those words are mispronounced by the people giving the words), like cwm, Niger, nigah, moot, maude, slav, slaven, and slavin, to name a few.

  • @Odyssey1337x
    @Odyssey1337x 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As someone who won my public school spelling bee, and then won my regional bee from ONLY kids from public schools I can 100% relate. For those wondering I made it to round 3 and misspelled the word “rayonnant”.

  • @zerodawn09
    @zerodawn09 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "did you burn the witch afterwords" epic line.

  • @GamingBelladonna229
    @GamingBelladonna229 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The winning word from Scripps National Spelling Bee 2012

  • @Jojo-ig1hd
    @Jojo-ig1hd หลายเดือนก่อน

    You’re a really funny guy, your videos are always a guilty pleasure for me.😂

  • @heybro345
    @heybro345 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    1:50 this is a serious warning 😂

  • @CartwAalbiel
    @CartwAalbiel ปีที่แล้ว

    The only spelling bee context I have is "little pig boy comes from the dirt. little pig boy."

  • @Ckema
    @Ckema 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Even as a French speaker, I knew the word but had no idea it was spelled this way 🤣

  • @chutspyro8087
    @chutspyro8087 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    as a french person myself i would have gotten this one wrong...

  • @Mutrax4706
    @Mutrax4706 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i love how when he gets completely clueless, he just guesses the whole alphabet, letter by letter till its right
    tho best part definetly when he ends the kid who gets it right, and somehow gets the reward for "first try" himself

  • @Kronoscyl
    @Kronoscyl ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the beat youve made imo

  • @ricardokojin7
    @ricardokojin7 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A yes, the famous street dogs gang... ghetto paws.

  • @timbuktu8069
    @timbuktu8069 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    I hope I'm not the only one who googled this:
    Guetapens, a word that's almost never used, means "ambush" or "trap." It comes from the French word that means "to lie in wait for." It's pronounced as it would be in French, get-uh-PAHN.

    • @OmniscientWarrior
      @OmniscientWarrior ปีที่แล้ว +4

      With a feint n sound.

    • @duckymomo7935
      @duckymomo7935 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Spelling be words are never used or extremely rare
      Like Smaragdine which just means yellow emerald colored

    • @Mythmasyer4728
      @Mythmasyer4728 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@duckymomo7935 htf is that a word?

    • @narthex1681
      @narthex1681 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's not how you pronounce it in French

    • @globalincident694
      @globalincident694 ปีที่แล้ว

      also it is more commonly spelt guet-apens

  • @dragonbornofnerevar1661
    @dragonbornofnerevar1661 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    3:40 Hail to the King, Baby - Ash Williams

  • @AtomicHaze
    @AtomicHaze ปีที่แล้ว

    I frequently rendezvous with my maecenas to scrutinize the abstruseness of spelling bee words.

  • @lozzar1069
    @lozzar1069 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The english dictionary is basically 10 different people who got jealous of the first guy who coined a word so they just mashed some letters together and made up some stupid convoluted rules in its pronunciation and forced everyone to follow those rules

  • @benstoysgames3262
    @benstoysgames3262 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I heard this guy was a tutor. Those are some lucky kids.