+Zorian Hudym (Brunsos) I don't think so..... "badly" is an adverb describing "misspelled". It is just describing the degree of misspelling. "If he misspelled it wrong, doesn't that mean he spelled it correctly?"....would be more what you're hinting at, but that's not what was said by Trebek.
Randy's right. Badly doesn't equate an adverb like "improperly" which indeed would constitute something like a double-negative case. But wasn't the misspelling just an extra T? I wanna see a goodly misspelling. I still handily side with jeopardy! here
MA Kim-k Correct. In fact the other kid got the question right and set the one day record for Kids Week at $66k. But I guess that story didn't spread as well.
@@jakeb2x266 I did, but the fact of the matter is that they made a big deal out of it for nearly two minutes before bringing it up. They had a clear bias, but they still had to cover their ass
Yeah he still got 1,000 dollars, even if he spelled it right he would have still gotten last place AND WHY WAS CNN DOING A REPORT ON THIS FOUR YEARS AGO????
I have to agree with u. Let's say I put Bob Saget as the answer, I can't just say I spelled Emancipation Proclamation wrong. The kid was close and I feel bad for him, but this is why we need to stop using spell correct XD
Well, does it matter that the idiot announcer doesn't know how to spell it either? The moron said: "You put a 'P' in there. The misspelling was that he put a 'T' in the word, not the 'P'. And this is not a spelling bee, it's a show about knowledge.
+Test Channel I agree he did say p instead of t I feel that the announcer should have been confronted for that. And wtf he spelled it badly. NO HE DIDNT. He accidentally put a t. Who cares life is literally too short to give a damn about that.
Stetson Graham if ANY of the other people had made the same mistake theye'd have been penlized as well, this is an entirely mute argument because jeopardy is completely unbiased in the contestants
Alex didn’t even know how to spell it, “You put a p in there.” No, Alex, the p is right, he only added a single extra t. Emancipation VS. Emanciptation You can’t even read the difference, you have to look closer.
@@jakeb2x266 Eh, you're right, but who cares? Alex wasn't the contestant. He gets told there was an error and has to try and point it out -- the guess remains disqualified. Rules are rules, the kid rightfully lost and should have owned up to it. It's not sad, it's a well-needed reality check.
@@SporeSpawn Rules are stupid rules. Why would he own up to it when he did get it right. They just counted it wrong because he "misspelled it badly." Proof of concept is there, and it makes no sense to judge based off spelling, especially with children. I think he has every right to complain, just as Jeopardy has every right to uphold their rules. I don't really care, I was only annoyed with "No, kid, that's the game, deal with life." As if this kid is an adult.
@@jakeb2x266 Well I don't find the rules stupid. Kid or adult, the game will start to lose integrity if they let this stuff slide. Should they also let it slide if the contestant doesn't answer in the form of a question, even if they got the answer correct? Because it has happened on this show and the contestant was justly penalized.
CNN left a big detail out. The kid wasn't cheated. According to the official rules of _Jeopardy!_, a contestant's spelling of the correct answer CAN be incorrect, but it MUST NOT change the pronunciation of the word(s). "Emanciptation" is pronounced much differently than "Emancipation." If the stupid kid knew the rules, he would know that he, in fact, was not "cheated."
***** Yes, that is correct. I've seen plenty of incorrect spellings on final jeopardy that were accepted because they didn't change the pronunciation of the word.
moevana12 But you know, he is a fucking 12 year old kid, so he wouldn't know the rules inside and out. Especially when he narrowly lost the prize money
That's what I was going to say. The other guy clearly has WAY more money. (Unless he bet it all and lost, which would have been a huge mistake.) But this might have been a tournment where they total three days worth of scores AND give the 2nd place finisher a lump sum of like $10,000 or something. So this probably did end up costing him a decent amount of cash.
You want me to watch till the end of the video or actually look into what I'm angry about? NO! Screw you and the system buddy. I will now commence to criticize society and what we've "turned into". I will also reminisce about "the times" where kids on TV shows were always given a trophy no matter what.
SomeCallMeFeast first of all, he wasn't "treated unfairly." Second of all, who gives a fuck if he was? He still would have lost. Aw, his poor little feelings were hurt. Not our fault his pussy ass can't handle the truth.
"Well, because he misspelled it badly.... you put a 'P' in there". So are you saying that is is supposed to be spelled "Emancitation Proclamation"? Edit: Well, now the real saddest moment in Jeopardy is when Alex Trebek died.
+Captain Xno I never said that Alex or the judges are crazy for penalizing him. I only said that he said he misspelled it because he put a P in there. If he did not put a P in there, it would be spelled "Emancitation Proclamation", which is not the correct spelling. The correct spelling is "Emancipation Proclamation".
Well, the host could have simply said: *_"I'm sorry, but the spelling of this word is incorrect"_* Rather than: *_...because he misspelled it badly..._* ...kinda harsh... I understand the rules, but be more hospitable about them....
Princess Lucina The problem wasn't that he misspelled it. It was that his spelling of the word changed his pronunciation of the word. This isn't the same situation than if somebody just traded one vowel for another, so yes, he misspelled it badly, as Trebek said.
Princess Lucina Really? Do you seriously think his phrasing was too HARSH? All he did was tell the child how to correctly spell it. This is education and constructive criticism. Holy shit, America be damned.
The judges said he misspelled it _badly_? I agree he should be penalized, but adding one extra letter isn't what I would call badly. And did Trebek say he put a P in there?
Saskeru the Ultimate It was bad, because his spelling made it sound different. If he wrote "emancypation" it should've been accepted but no emanciptation or wimbleton which change the phonetics of the word entirely.
I remember specifically hearing that “they don’t penalize for spelling errors” for an ADULT contestant later on, so the fact that they marked him wrong was bullshit no matter what way you look at it.
The official rules are that they don't take off for spelling errors, as long as the spelling doesn't change the pronunciation. This case was a grey area which could have gone either way. Many believe that as an 8th grader - they should have ruled in his favor, because he obviously got the right answer.
@@blue3381 There is no pronunciation for misspelled/nonexistent words. The kid can say the extra letter is silent, then the pronunciation is exactly the same. That rule means nothing. People have gotten entire words wrong in questions in the proper nouns and gotten credit.
@@eldiesel4593 I 100% agree that the kid's response should have been accepted. Just stating what I know to be the rules of the show. If the kid spelled it something like, "emansipayshun" the judges would have accepted it because it would have sounded out phonetically correct. But when you sound out the kid's spelling, it becomes, "ee-man-sip-TAY-shun." I'm guessing that's their reasoning, even though it's clear that the kid knew the answer.
Hell if i know, i dont watch the show But never the less, he was bitter about not getting the points he clearly got (despite the wrong spelling) after all, ''A person's intelligence is not based on their spelling''
I watched him as Jeopardy host when I was 12 or 13 in the early 90’s until his untimely passing. He allowed the game to be the star, not himself. Doc over here is apparently a PR rep for cnn
lightning kachowski But he lost the cash in the process of a simple error in spelling. Had they not said the spelling wasn't accepted. He would have got the cash he earned, even though he lost the game. That's the point.
"But he lost cash" Bitch, since he got second place whether or not he got the answer right or wrong he would've still won 2,000 dollars for participation award. Dumbass, you don't know nothing about jeopardy. That's the point. And you don't even know what you're arguing against, as I clearly stated out the misused information you put in your argument.
Second place doesn't keep winnings, only first place. Second place gets paid 2,000 REGARDLESS of whether the answer was wrong or not in this case scenario. Dumbass, how are you gonna try to make a statement on something you don't know the rules for. You have no point because everything you just said was wrong.
I've always known the rule to be: as long as it's phonetically correct, it counted. For example, one contestant wrote down Khazakstan instead of Kazakhstan but it still counted as that spelling still has the correct pronunciation. As sad as it is, Emanciptation Proclamation isn't an acceptable answer since the added T makes it a completely different in pronunciation. He knew the answer, but the slight spelling error can in fact make a difference.
I agree that Jeopardy has been consistent on the handling of spelling errors. Here's the way I think of it. If you change a vowel, or miss a double consonant, it can still be considered the same word, misspelled. If you add an extra consonant, it really can't be considered just a misspelling of the word. "Emanciptation" is simply not the same as "emancipation": it can't be considered the same word. This the way I've thought of the Jeopardy policy on spelling.
+TheAlabasterdeplume ha ha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that is hilarious omg lolololol omg in fifth grade lol hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that's the worst I laughing so hard now lol ha aha ahahahahaahahahahaaaaaaaahh
So adding an extra letter isn't reasonably close? If you can't add an extra letter and be "reasonably close", then the answer would have had to be correct which completely undermines your whole argument.
***** Rawbie the Sheeth The added letter changed the pronunciation of the word. According to Jeopardy rules, that is unacceptable. If he wrote "EmanSipation" instead of "EmanCipation" that would have been fine. The pronunciation is unchanged. However, he wrote "EmancipTation". Adding another phoneme, and changing the word's pronunciation They made the right decision.
***** The rules are clear, and according to the rules of the game, it was the correct decision. If you think that makes them dicks, fine, but it doesn't change the fact that the judges made the right call. BTW, how is Alex a dick here? He's not even involved in making these decisions.
They can't blame Alex Trebek for this. He's only the host, he doesn't decide on anything. And he wasn't smug either, he just said what was wrong and that's it.
I didn't see where Alex Trebek was "smug" about it. He simply conveyed what the producers told him to do in a straightforward way. It was a bad ruling but I didn't detect any smugness about it. I'm sure they felt bad too for the kid.
When did Jeopardy get so picky on spelling? The meaning was clear. There are no other words the kid might have meant with that spelling. This is bullshit, and they will surely bring the kid back or give him what he deserved.
+Roger McKay Unless you want a whole rulebook on when it's ok to misspell and when it's not (and by what degree), having that rule makes totally sense.
If we're being pedantic, Trebek said he misspelled it badly. Technically, that means he spelled it well. Trebek also said his mistake was he put a P in there. So Trebek thinks it is supposed to be spelled Emancitation Proclamation, or Emanciptation Roclamation. Trebek made more mistakes in his explanation than the kid did in his answer.
Trebek has no say in the ruling. The ruling is made by off camera judges. Having said that, this was a pretty bogus ruling, as there have been several Final Jeopardy! questions that have been ruled correct with slight misspellings.
Everyone's feeling bad for the kid saying his dreams are crushed or that he was cheated out of his chance at winning but even if he got it right, he still would have lost by like 60,000
Welcome to REAL LIFE kiddo. Sometimes you win & sometimes you lose. Better to learn it now then later. I lost a case in court because I over looked a key procedural point that would have let me win the case if I had asked the judge to rule on it. Not only did I not win money. I had to PAY money. Live & learn.
Daniel, Rollo's on point--it's not the spelling error, it's the pronunciation. They have said it time and time again: They don't penalize for misspellings, *unless the pronunciations get changed.* Here, the pronunciation *was* changed, hence why they had to count it wrong.
They did this because it's legally challenging to give money to a kid from something like this. It had nothing to do with the misspelled word, I guarantee it.
An intelligent young boy, standing before a live audience, under pressure, under scrutiny, misspelling a word ever so slightly that the meaning of his answer was still profoundly obvious, and Jeopardy disqualifies him? Correct answer and all? Truly appalling.
I'm a professor of linguistics (yes really, that's why the story interests me), so here's my professional opinion on the matter. The one additional phoneme /t/ the boy added does not significantly modify the word or it's meaning. It insignificantly changes the word on a morphological level and phonological level, yes, but definitely does not change it on either a semantic or syntactic level. But, place all of the science of it aside for a moment. On a level of humanity, the producers knew very well what the young boy's answer was and if they were able to decipher his answer and realize that this was nothing more than typographical (and clearly they did realize this), then the producers need to take onus more than the boy. It's their show, they may do as they wish, but from a professional's standpoint, they nitpicked at something that, on a language-level, we linguists would consider totally de minimis.
my opinion about why they should bend the rules for him, is that he is a kid. They showed other people getting penalized, who where these people? Adults. They are more prepared to participate and be under pressure. A kid is not, all the pressure from his parents watching him and a big audience can be overwhelming. If you do a speech in front of a class you might miss pronounce something, just because you are nervous. This kid was as well, all I'm saying is that Jeopardy should make the rules more flexible not only for him but for young contestants. I apologize for any grammar mistake.
It is simple semantics and I agree with you that clearly we, as well as the judges, were able to understand him. However they show an example at 1:24 that they penalized an adult for pronouncing it Wimbleton instead of Wimbledon. Even though we all know he meant Wimbledon, it is set in the rules that answers must be pronounced/spelled correctly.
I know it's TH-cam, but there has to be at least some people who agree with me on this. Considering TH-cam is also a place to express opinions even though some people will respond differently than you or hate you for your different opinion.
great reply..smh... give the kid a hug, hes a kid. Trebek, the show, the judges did nothing wrong. Its CLEARLY made known pre show, that spelling IS part of the deal.
He even fucked up saying what the poor kid did wrong: "You put a 'P' in there, that's unfortunate" You dumbass, Alex, there's supposed to be a 'P', not the trailing 'T'. Poor kid.
Omg, it's the rule. They didn't just make it up to shit on this kid. It applies to all contestants, all the time. You can definitely tell this kid and his supporters are part of the "participation trophy" generation. THAT's the saddest part of this Jeopardy moment. *smh*
+Gamer Torres Not really, "You've misspelled" is just more redundant. Also "You misspelled" refers to a past single action while "you have misspelled" can refer to repeated past actions.
The reason they counted him wrong wasn't because he misspelled the word. I've seen plenty of people misspell words on Final Jeopardy and still be counted right. The reason he was counted wrong was because. by adding a "t" to "Emancipation", making it "Emanciptation", it changed the pronunciation of the word.
The problem with this whole thing was Alex Trebek's poor explanation for it being wrong. The real reason the answer was wrong was because it changed the pronunciation of the word and had nothing to do with the spelling of it.
That wouldn't make sense that he said P because T is the letter that shouldn't belong there, not P. Maybe it's the way the sound came through the TV or on this clip but "You put a P in there" doesn't make sense for him to say, so why would he say that? "You put a T in there" makes more sense because the kid DID put a T in there, and the T didn't belong there.
bad·ly ˈbadlē adverb 1. in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way. "a badly managed company" synonyms: poorly, incompetently, ineptly, inexpertly, inefficiently, imperfectly, deficiently, defectively, unsatisfactorily, inadequately, incorrectly, faultily, shoddily, amateurishly, carelessly, negligently; More 2. to a great or serious degree; severely. "the building was badly damaged by fire" synonyms: desperately, sorely, intensely, seriously, very much, greatly, exceedingly "she badly needs help"
CNN brews all of this outrage in the first two minutes, then in the final ten seconds admits that he would’ve lost even if the answer was ruled correct. Figures.
As they said at the end, he still would have lost even if they'd accepted it. He would have lost by more than $50.000 and still gotten the same $2000 consolation prize. It had zero effect on the outcome of the game, he still came in second and was FAR away from first. Since the runner-up prizes are a fixed amount it didn't cost him any money, much less the win.
***** I think it would have been a slippery slope if they HAD given it to him. By the rules of the game he got it wrong. Simply giving it to him, just because, would have opened a can of worms and left the rules open to many interpretations. In Jeopardy the spelling does not have to be 100% correct, but it must be phonetically correct. If he had written something like Emancipaytion Proclamation they probably would have accepted it.
***** Well I doubt there have been many instances where somebody misspelled it but did so in a way that was phonetically correct in a different accent, but if they did I'm sure it would be something the judges would rule on. Just as they would accept an oral answer that has a different pronunciation with a different accent. They probably wouldn't accept it if you just said it wrong in any accent. Like the guy who said "Wimbleton" instead of Wimbledon. It was only one letter off, but wrong and so they ruled it incorrect. And yes the kid was only a letter off, but he added an extra letter that changed the pronunciation of the would, so it wasn't phonetically correct. The rule is that it must be so. Not going by the rules, either this time or times in the past when they may have let something slide, would be what creates the slippery slope. The problem would be the previous incorrect rulings, not this correct one.
"Oh he's so young, he should be an exception" do you see the questions they ask? His fail is funny when you realize how hard the questions he answered were and how easy emancipation is to spell
Tallen Smith if you want to watch something funny watch playboys weakest link. Its the normal show but with playboy bunny and seriously dumbed down questions.
Jeopardy’s rules for spelling is that so long as it is phonetically correct, and the spelling mistake isn’t major, you get credit for it. Jeopardy is hard, and spelling is just part of the game.
jayjay07 comparing elementary and middle schoolers is ineffective because some are far more accelerated than others, and really doesn't even out until your junior year of high school. And even then, there are very illiterate high schoolers.
"Cheated"? From a society that doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're", I'm not surprised to see that type of "blame the man" response.
That's not the argument he clearly knew how to spell the word but accidentally misspelled it. We've all done it but there's no way to prove it so no he doesn't get to be the exception to the rule
He *was* cheated. Truth is, he would have lost anyways. But I'll say this. If I were him, even though I'd have lost anyways, I'd have been pissed too. It's the *principle* of it.
Stetson Graham The "principle" of it is that his answer was incorrect. It is TECHNICALLY the wrong answer, so he deserved to lose. Kids don't get special treatment for crossing their arms and pouting.
Decore Noah It is TECHNICALLY the *right* answer. Because he spelled it wrong, but his ANSWER was the Emancipation Proclamation. The principle I'm talking about is that he was cheated out of a correct answer because some judges were being petty for no reason.
Stetson Graham The correct answer is "Emancipation Proclamation". Not "Emanciptation Proclamation" . Say if I go to the Jeopardy show and give an answer as "beer claws" instead of the correct answer "bear claws" , i would still be wrong.
TheLuna2766 I'm not talking about a machine at this point. I was talking about a person with a speech impediment. Are you telling me that a person with a lisp doesn't deserve all the rights normal person has?
+JayJay B If you earned something that you were promised and not given it for no real reason, you'd be upset too. But no, you'd rather blame those gosh darn kids for being all about themselves.
it also matters how harsh alex was being, he could’ve simply said “i’m sorry but you misspelled it” but he decides to arrogantly say that he misspelled it badly. it makes no sense to rule against his spelling, since he would’ve finished in 2nd place regardless
Jeopardy has always been a stickler for pronunciation and spelling. They are harsh and hard. But they are consistent. Tough break kid. Best to learn now that in life sometimes almost right isn't good enough.
They weren't "whining" on his behalf. They were being good and decent parents which is lots more than I could ever say about MY parents. One was a deadbeat drunk (Dad) and the other was a lazy narcissist (Mom).
As a veteran English teacher, this is WHY I am upset that this necessary skill has been phased out in elementary schools. I taught middle school a long time and lost many hours sleep correcting major assignments and still deal with some of this with my high school and college students.
I've practically had to rewrite papers because of the excesses of spelling and grammatical errors. Just what are they learning about English in the lower grades?
they ruined the kids confidence without confidence he may have problems doing things that make him stand out in the future and that how most people get a job, they stand out
Jackson Catlett No, you don't get any money if you are not the overall winner. 2nd and 3rd place get a consolation prize from one of the sponsors...no cash.
I think in the heat of the moment when you're overcome with nerves, it's not difficult to make a small mistake like that, especially when you're his age. Whether or not it should have cost him isn't something I hold a strong opinion on, but given that all too often, you have adults scrawl down a nearly illegible answer that disguises any possible spelling errors in a scribbled mess, I do question how consistently and concretely this rule is applied.
vorpal22 Exactly! That's what I was saying above! =) Of course yours is much more concise because I have no idea how to do anything short of verbal diarrhea. **rofl** Hey, at least I'm aware of it! =)
oh im too weak don't kill me please Your joking right? I was agreeing with you until you put up that dumb statement. I don't think he would go on your channel and see if you were black and say shut up. And if that you was sarcasm I am sorry for not noticing lol
Indeed. Half the time you can barely read what the contestants wrote for their final answer. I don't know why they don't move to touch keyboards instead.
"You put a "P" in there" so it's "emancitation"?
no its emanciptation roclamation
No it's Emancipation Proclamation
+Kartix My comment wasn't serious btw lmao
firewall705 I'm not sure if your being serious or sarcastic
Ltpwnface OHH XD!
2013: The saddest moment in Jeopardy history.
2020: Hold my beer.
Deadass tho
That
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ok whatev
May he REST IN PEACE
Nope, today is the saddest day of jeopardy.
Amen
Yep
Agree
RIP, Alex.......
bless alex trebek
This literally didn't change anything. He was going to walk away with $2,000 if he was right or wrong.
He got misspelled.
If you don't win you get nothing
@@drewdarren5599 not true.
@@arielgonzalez5296 you're right. I just looked it up.
Drew Darren Since May 16, 2002, consolation prizes have been $2,000 for the second-place contestant(s) and $1,000 for the third-place contestant.
Weeeeeeeeell, learn to spell.
frank ponds You spelled "well" wrong.
MP197742 didn't lose money over it. So, I'm not tripping.
It would be funny if TH-cam sent you a fee for every misspelled word in your comments, XD
+frank ponds u misspelled well
Emily Jayne C'mon, now. Don't steal jokes. MP already covered that lol.
If he misspelled it badly doesn't that mean he spelled it correctly?
+Zorian Hudym (Brunsos) I see what you did there
+Zorian Hudym (Brunsos) go dasher :P show em who is bwas
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+Zorian Hudym (Brunsos) I don't think so.....
"badly" is an adverb describing "misspelled". It is just describing the degree of misspelling.
"If he misspelled it wrong, doesn't that mean he spelled it correctly?"....would be more what you're hinting at, but that's not what was said by Trebek.
Randy's right. Badly doesn't equate an adverb like "improperly" which indeed would constitute something like a double-negative case.
But wasn't the misspelling just an extra T? I wanna see a goodly misspelling.
I still handily side with jeopardy! here
Wait, but the other kid had $36k? so even if he got it right he wouldn't have won unless the other kid decided to blow it.
MA Kim-k Correct. In fact the other kid got the question right and set the one day record for Kids Week at $66k. But I guess that story didn't spread as well.
CNN being CNN
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@@afmghost1759 Commenters being commenters and not watching the whole video... LOL
@@jakeb2x266 I did, but the fact of the matter is that they made a big deal out of it for nearly two minutes before bringing it up. They had a clear bias, but they still had to cover their ass
Saddest moment? I thought maybe the kid died between episodes. Misspellings are not sad moments even when it would have impacted the outcome.
Yeah he still got 1,000 dollars, even if he spelled it right he would have still gotten last place AND WHY WAS CNN DOING A REPORT ON THIS FOUR YEARS AGO????
dara salami He got 2,000
I honestly clicked this expecting death too.
Saddest moment..... Of the comments ? People watching this expecting the kid to pass away or have a medical crisis. W T F people !
Lol
I'm with Jeopardy. It would be cheating to say he's correct.
Cheating is going against the rules of the game. The judges only accept a misspelling when it doesn't change the pronunciation of the answer.
You are SEW RONG !
I have to agree with u. Let's say I put Bob Saget as the answer, I can't just say I spelled Emancipation Proclamation wrong. The kid was close and I feel bad for him, but this is why we need to stop using spell correct XD
Well, does it matter that the idiot announcer doesn't know how to spell it either? The moron said: "You put a 'P' in there. The misspelling was that he put a 'T' in the word, not the 'P'.
And this is not a spelling bee, it's a show about knowledge.
+Test Channel I agree he did say p instead of t I feel that the announcer should have been confronted for that. And wtf he spelled it badly. NO HE DIDNT. He accidentally put a t. Who cares life is literally too short to give a damn about that.
A wrong answer is a wrong answer. The show is just being fair and unbiased.
Au contraire, his answer was correct. His spelling was less so, but never the less, his ANSWER was the Emancipation Proclamation.
Stetson Graham The answer is what is written on the screen. Yes, his thinking was correct. His answer, however, isn't.
Stetson Graham if ANY of the other people had made the same mistake theye'd have been penlized as well, this is an entirely mute argument because jeopardy is completely unbiased in the contestants
TheDragonflyzero There have been adults that literally write down a zig-zag line and the judges have to get him to say it out loud. There IS bias.
Theres a difference between legibility and misspelling
What annoyed me was how he used the term “cheated out”. No, kid, that’s the game, deal with life.
That doesn't make it any less petty. He knew the answer. He just made a mistake, probably due to being on national tv with prize money at stake.
Alex didn’t even know how to spell it, “You put a p in there.” No, Alex, the p is right, he only added a single extra t.
Emancipation VS. Emanciptation
You can’t even read the difference, you have to look closer.
@@jakeb2x266 Eh, you're right, but who cares? Alex wasn't the contestant. He gets told there was an error and has to try and point it out -- the guess remains disqualified. Rules are rules, the kid rightfully lost and should have owned up to it. It's not sad, it's a well-needed reality check.
@@SporeSpawn Rules are stupid rules. Why would he own up to it when he did get it right. They just counted it wrong because he "misspelled it badly." Proof of concept is there, and it makes no sense to judge based off spelling, especially with children. I think he has every right to complain, just as Jeopardy has every right to uphold their rules. I don't really care, I was only annoyed with "No, kid, that's the game, deal with life." As if this kid is an adult.
@@jakeb2x266 Well I don't find the rules stupid. Kid or adult, the game will start to lose integrity if they let this stuff slide. Should they also let it slide if the contestant doesn't answer in the form of a question, even if they got the answer correct? Because it has happened on this show and the contestant was justly penalized.
The saddest moment in Jeopardy history happened last night when James Holzhauer lost, sorry kid.
James Holzhauer For President yes
James Holzhauer was ruining the game. Why would anyone want to watch if you automatically knew who was going to win?
Glad "Jeopardy James" is gone.
Fergal Devitt clearly you didn’t know who was going to win every night because he lost
@@joshcuneo2782; Praise God! Him thinking he's the smartest thing walking the earth. Thank God and Greyhound he's gone.
Only person sad about "Jeopardy James " losing, is him. No one else.
CNN left a big detail out. The kid wasn't cheated. According to the official rules of _Jeopardy!_, a contestant's spelling of the correct answer CAN be incorrect, but it MUST NOT change the pronunciation of the word(s). "Emanciptation" is pronounced much differently than "Emancipation." If the stupid kid knew the rules, he would know that he, in fact, was not "cheated."
moevana12 So in effect, if he spelled it "emansipation" he would have been okay.
***** Yes, that is correct. I've seen plenty of incorrect spellings on final jeopardy that were accepted because they didn't change the pronunciation of the word.
moevana12 But you know, he is a fucking 12 year old kid, so he wouldn't know the rules inside and out. Especially when he narrowly lost the prize money
@caesar
He would've lost by five digits. How you consider that to be close is beyond me.
I wonder if you would have done better than this 'Stupid Kid' at 12 years old?
Does nobody realize that he still would have lost even if he had gotten credit for this answer? It didn't make a difference.
That's what I was going to say. The other guy clearly has WAY more money. (Unless he bet it all and lost, which would have been a huge mistake.) But this might have been a tournment where they total three days worth of scores AND give the 2nd place finisher a lump sum of like $10,000 or something. So this probably did end up costing him a decent amount of cash.
You want me to watch till the end of the video or actually look into what I'm angry about? NO! Screw you and the system buddy. I will now commence to criticize society and what we've "turned into". I will also reminisce about "the times" where kids on TV shows were always given a trophy no matter what.
I reminisce about the times when kids weren't such big babies when they messed up, especially 10 years or older.
how was he treated unfair?
SomeCallMeFeast first of all, he wasn't "treated unfairly." Second of all, who gives a fuck if he was? He still would have lost. Aw, his poor little feelings were hurt. Not our fault his pussy ass can't handle the truth.
whos here after alex trebek passed away RIP 😣💔🕊
Everyone doesn't get a trophy kiddo- not this time.
Looks like nobody. Wait a month before your next survey.
The saddest moment is today (November 8th, 2020) The day we lost the iconic legend himself, Alex Trebek.
Just wait for more guest hosts if you want sad. Anderson Cooper? Who's next...Ellen D.?
"Well, because he misspelled it badly.... you put a 'P' in there".
So are you saying that is is supposed to be spelled "Emancitation Proclamation"?
Edit: Well, now the real saddest moment in Jeopardy is when Alex Trebek died.
+Gary Lu The rules are that you can't change the pronunciation of the word.
+Captain Xno I never said that Alex or the judges are crazy for penalizing him. I only said that he said he misspelled it because he put a P in there. If he did not put a P in there, it would be spelled "Emancitation Proclamation", which is not the correct spelling. The correct spelling is "Emancipation Proclamation".
He did misspell it. Rules are rules.
+Captain Xno When did I say that he is allowed to misspell it or that he did not misspell it?
You said the judges are crazy. The judges go by the rules.
This only a story because he is a kid
***** Well that isnt much of a story and more of a funny fail. Story is when everybody actually gives a crap about it and feel empathy for the victim.
+DoctorGuruGuru Well, no shit?
Locustmaster15 exactly
+DoctorGuruGuru and WW3 wouldve start if this was a black muslim kid
Mike Wright I agree
When did Jeopardy become a spelling bee?
Since Jeopardy.
Me: First comment, "Aw poor boy."
Boy: "Cheated"
Me: Deletes comment.
@Ruthless no...
Where do you see Ruthless?
Well, the host could have simply said:
*_"I'm sorry, but the spelling of this word is incorrect"_*
Rather than:
*_...because he misspelled it badly..._*
...kinda harsh... I understand the rules, but be more hospitable about them....
Rofl. The way the host said it was in no way smug. Stop being pussies, the little shit is even bold enough to say that he was cheated.
Same. That was kinda smug. And the host doesn't even look sad. I mean come on! He is just a kid!
Princess Lucina The problem wasn't that he misspelled it. It was that his spelling of the word changed his pronunciation of the word. This isn't the same situation than if somebody just traded one vowel for another, so yes, he misspelled it badly, as Trebek said.
Princess Lucina don't be ridiculous. It is what it is, the host was correct. What's happening with American Education?
Princess Lucina Really? Do you seriously think his phrasing was too HARSH?
All he did was tell the child how to correctly spell it. This is education and constructive criticism.
Holy shit, America be damned.
The judges said he misspelled it _badly_?
I agree he should be penalized, but adding one extra letter isn't what I would call badly.
And did Trebek say he put a P in there?
Yes, Trebek said he put a P in there. Trebek spelled it wrongly himself. He meant to say "He put a 't' in there".
Babyman Jr. why did you come back after one year?
Foba Bett why did u come back to it after one year? I did it because it was on my recommended list
Yes he BADLY misspelled it because he didn't even get it correct phonetically He wrote eman-cip-TA-tion
Saskeru the Ultimate It was bad, because his spelling made it sound different. If he wrote "emancypation" it should've been accepted but no emanciptation or wimbleton which change the phonetics of the word entirely.
Kid needs to learn. Can’t change the rules cause you don’t like them.
Dude he's a kid and he got it right, a typo shouldn't cost you that that's bullshit
I remember specifically hearing that “they don’t penalize for spelling errors” for an ADULT contestant later on, so the fact that they marked him wrong was bullshit no matter what way you look at it.
The official rules are that they don't take off for spelling errors, as long as the spelling doesn't change the pronunciation. This case was a grey area which could have gone either way. Many believe that as an 8th grader - they should have ruled in his favor, because he obviously got the right answer.
@@blue3381 There is no pronunciation for misspelled/nonexistent words. The kid can say the extra letter is silent, then the pronunciation is exactly the same. That rule means nothing. People have gotten entire words wrong in questions in the proper nouns and gotten credit.
@@eldiesel4593 I 100% agree that the kid's response should have been accepted. Just stating what I know to be the rules of the show. If the kid spelled it something like, "emansipayshun" the judges would have accepted it because it would have sounded out phonetically correct. But when you sound out the kid's spelling, it becomes, "ee-man-sip-TAY-shun." I'm guessing that's their reasoning, even though it's clear that the kid knew the answer.
That’s gotta sting.
Just like Ken Jennings beating James Holzhauer by $200.
Yeah that was some bullshit
Can nobody please talk about being rigged
thats just how the game works
"You put a "P" in there"
*Warms up hands*
BOI!
I don't get why he said that.
It is spelled wrong but, the P should be in it.
Emancipation Proclamation
right i was like... tf you saying he got out when you can't spell it yourself
i put MY p in there. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Revenge75 no
should've said puck you!
HE WOULDN'T HAVE WON EVEN IF HE SPELLED IT CORRECTLY
he felt like he got cheated out because he mispelled it, not because he didnt win
Kurowaka-Senpai
What did he get cheated out of exactly??
cheated out of getting more cash
But doesn't only the winner keep the cash?
Hell if i know, i dont watch the show
But never the less, he was bitter about not getting the points he clearly got (despite the wrong spelling) after all, ''A person's intelligence is not based on their spelling''
Pretty sure we've had a more upsetting loss in Jeopardy... RIP Alex
pReTtY sUrE this video came out well before that.
I watched him as Jeopardy host when I was 12 or 13 in the early 90’s until his untimely passing. He allowed the game to be the star, not himself. Doc over here is apparently a PR rep for cnn
saddest moment is today.... 11/08/2020....Rest in peace Alex.
He didn't lose just because of a spelling error, he lost because he had ~9,000 and someone else had ~36,000.
lightning kachowski But he lost the cash in the process of a simple error in spelling. Had they not said the spelling wasn't accepted. He would have got the cash he earned, even though he lost the game. That's the point.
No he wouldn't have, only the 1st place contestant keeps the full amount. 2nd place recieves $2,000 and 3rd place recieves $1,000.
That kid in the lead won $66,600. The other kid had no chance.
"But he lost cash"
Bitch, since he got second place whether or not he got the answer right or wrong he would've still won 2,000 dollars for participation award. Dumbass, you don't know nothing about jeopardy. That's the point. And you don't even know what you're arguing against, as I clearly stated out the misused information you put in your argument.
Second place doesn't keep winnings, only first place. Second place gets paid 2,000 REGARDLESS of whether the answer was wrong or not in this case scenario. Dumbass, how are you gonna try to make a statement on something you don't know the rules for. You have no point because everything you just said was wrong.
" It's LeviOsa, not LevioSA!!!" "$10,000 off!"
+mason methot LOOOOOL i laughed way too hard at this.
***** :D
Lawllllllllllllkkjjhhggffddssaalllll
Lol
Stop Ron stoooop
I've always known the rule to be: as long as it's phonetically correct, it counted. For example, one contestant wrote down Khazakstan instead of Kazakhstan but it still counted as that spelling still has the correct pronunciation. As sad as it is, Emanciptation Proclamation isn't an acceptable answer since the added T makes it a completely different in pronunciation. He knew the answer, but the slight spelling error can in fact make a difference.
My point exactly. They're loose on the spelling, but strict on pronunciation, that is the key phrase.
I agree that Jeopardy has been consistent on the handling of spelling errors.
Here's the way I think of it. If you change a vowel, or miss a double consonant, it can still be considered the same word, misspelled. If you add an extra consonant, it really can't be considered just a misspelling of the word. "Emanciptation" is simply not the same as "emancipation": it can't be considered the same word.
This the way I've thought of the Jeopardy policy on spelling.
Meh, kid learned an important lesson in fairness. Welcome to the real world.
true story, I once failed a 5th grade science test because I misspelled my name.
how the fuck are you supposed to misspell your name
true story, i failed my math final exam because one tear drops on the paper.
+Spacemace I left a letter out
Really, why just why, my teacher lets us know if we didn't write our names at the start.
+TheAlabasterdeplume ha ha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that is hilarious omg lolololol omg in fifth grade lol hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that's the worst I laughing so hard now lol ha aha ahahahahaahahahahaaaaaaaahh
Those are the rules. You have to spell it right, or at least reasonably close. You can't just change the rules because he's a kid.
he was reasonably close, he accidentally added a letter.
So adding an extra letter isn't reasonably close? If you can't add an extra letter and be "reasonably close", then the answer would have had to be correct which completely undermines your whole argument.
***** Rawbie the Sheeth The added letter changed the pronunciation of the word. According to Jeopardy rules, that is unacceptable. If he wrote "EmanSipation" instead of "EmanCipation" that would have been fine. The pronunciation is unchanged. However, he wrote "EmancipTation". Adding another phoneme, and changing the word's pronunciation
They made the right decision.
jojag5 No, they did not make the right decision. Both the judges and Alex are fucking dicks.
***** The rules are clear, and according to the rules of the game, it was the correct decision. If you think that makes them dicks, fine, but it doesn't change the fact that the judges made the right call.
BTW, how is Alex a dick here? He's not even involved in making these decisions.
They can't blame Alex Trebek for this. He's only the host, he doesn't decide on anything. And he wasn't smug either, he just said what was wrong and that's it.
I didn't see where Alex Trebek was "smug" about it. He simply conveyed what the producers told him to do in a straightforward way. It was a bad ruling but I didn't detect any smugness about it. I'm sure they felt bad too for the kid.
When did Jeopardy get so picky on spelling? The meaning was clear. There are no other words the kid might have meant with that spelling. This is bullshit, and they will surely bring the kid back or give him what he deserved.
***** You might want to rewrite that second sentence.
*****
I do that too.
+Roger McKay He would have lost even if he was awarded the correct answer, so he did get what he deserved.
+Roger McKay Unless you want a whole rulebook on when it's ok to misspell and when it's not (and by what degree), having that rule makes totally sense.
he didnt have the correct answer anyways lol.
If we're being pedantic, Trebek said he misspelled it badly. Technically, that means he spelled it well. Trebek also said his mistake was he put a P in there. So Trebek thinks it is supposed to be spelled Emancitation Proclamation, or Emanciptation Roclamation. Trebek made more mistakes in his explanation than the kid did in his answer.
That is not even the point, don't justify this nonsense. He lost because of the rules of the show, not because of a random announcer error.
your move, trebek.
They were both incorrect. Trebek being incorrect does not make the child's answer correct. If we're being pedantic.
lmao, touche, good sir.
Trebek has no say in the ruling. The ruling is made by off camera judges. Having said that, this was a pretty bogus ruling, as there have been several Final Jeopardy! questions that have been ruled correct with slight misspellings.
Actually, the saddest moment in Jeopardy history happened yesterday, when Alex passed away.
*made 7 years ago*
No question about that
He would've lost anyway.
2nd and 3rd place get paid differently if I’m not mistaken
@@kidd595 $2000 for second place, $1000 for third
Everyone's feeling bad for the kid saying his dreams are crushed or that he was cheated out of his chance at winning but even if he got it right, he still would have lost by like 60,000
Yes! It was $54,000 actually, but you are one of the few to realize this.
You really think nobody else realized this? Wow...2nd place prize is usually a lavish trip for the family, third place is usually 200$ prize.
Lucan umm... No. 2nd place is $2,000 and 3rd place is $1,000... He wasn't going anywhere but home, holding an L...
Welcome to REAL LIFE kiddo. Sometimes you win & sometimes you lose. Better to learn it now then later.
I lost a case in court because I over looked a key procedural point that would have let me win the case if I had asked the judge to rule on it. Not only did I not win money. I had to PAY money.
Live & learn.
Daniel, Rollo's on point--it's not the spelling error, it's the pronunciation.
They have said it time and time again: They don't penalize for misspellings, *unless the pronunciations get changed.* Here, the pronunciation *was* changed, hence why they had to count it wrong.
grown-ups do it all the time too. So the boy REALLY got cheated off.
He could not have won anyway, he still got $2,000 for second place.
I'm sure there is some organization now giving him a free ride to a 4 year private college because he really is smart and brave to be on Jeopardy!
You don't get full-rides for being "brave" by going on Jeopardy LMAO
Beast Mode, I'm sure some organization has given him a full scholarship to some university.
"cheated", you have to understand that's the rules, they've been consistent, and giving him the credit is not fair to the other contestants.
how about you shut the fuck up and get your teeth straight!
Everyone doesn't get a trophy kiddo- not this time.
He misspelled it badly; there's supposed to be a 'P' in there."
Seriously? The irony...
i didnt even notice the spelling error until alex trebek pointed it out
ive seen other episodes where they misspell on the final question and they let it slide
They did this because it's legally challenging to give money to a kid from something like this. It had nothing to do with the misspelled word, I guarantee it.
Sgt C4 what? He still gets money he just didn't win
tristannolan85 I think they're just big asses.
Today is the saddest day of jeopardy he will forever be missed
The saddest moment is Jeopardy! history is Alex Trebek's recent passing.
This video is 7 years old
An intelligent young boy, standing before a live audience, under pressure, under scrutiny, misspelling a word ever so slightly that the meaning of his answer was still profoundly obvious, and Jeopardy disqualifies him? Correct answer and all? Truly appalling.
The spelling ruins the pronounciation of the word, why should they bend the rules for him?
I'm a professor of linguistics (yes really, that's why the story interests me), so here's my professional opinion on the matter. The one additional phoneme /t/ the boy added does not significantly modify the word or it's meaning. It insignificantly changes the word on a morphological level and phonological level, yes, but definitely does not change it on either a semantic or syntactic level. But, place all of the science of it aside for a moment. On a level of humanity, the producers knew very well what the young boy's answer was and if they were able to decipher his answer and realize that this was nothing more than typographical (and clearly they did realize this), then the producers need to take onus more than the boy. It's their show, they may do as they wish, but from a professional's standpoint, they nitpicked at something that, on a language-level, we linguists would consider totally de minimis.
my opinion about why they should bend the rules for him, is that he is a kid. They showed other people getting penalized, who where these people? Adults. They are more prepared to participate and be under pressure. A kid is not, all the pressure from his parents watching him and a big audience can be overwhelming. If you do a speech in front of a class you might miss pronounce something, just because you are nervous. This kid was as well, all I'm saying is that Jeopardy should make the rules more flexible not only for him but for young contestants. I apologize for any grammar mistake.
It is simple semantics and I agree with you that clearly we, as well as the judges, were able to understand him. However they show an example at 1:24 that they penalized an adult for pronouncing it Wimbleton instead of Wimbledon. Even though we all know he meant Wimbledon, it is set in the rules that answers must be pronounced/spelled correctly.
Well, it's a ridiculous rule that could stand changing, and this was a child, not an adult.
Am I the only one here that just wants to give the poor kid a hug instead of bickering about if Jeopardy was right for doing that?
This is youtube so probably you are the only one, sadly.
I know it's TH-cam, but there has to be at least some people who agree with me on this. Considering TH-cam is also a place to express opinions even though some people will respond differently than you or hate you for your different opinion.
Jazzy Wood Probably true.. spend enough time browsing comment sections and you get a little jaded...
great reply..smh... give the kid a hug, hes a kid. Trebek, the show, the judges did nothing wrong. Its CLEARLY made known pre show, that spelling IS part of the deal.
I really doubt a hug from you would make him forget about losing $10,000
It has always been like this for years and years
Alex didn't pronounce the misspelled word correctly! What a hypocrite.
He even fucked up saying what the poor kid did wrong: "You put a 'P' in there, that's unfortunate" You dumbass, Alex, there's supposed to be a 'P', not the trailing 'T'. Poor kid.
He's 12 for God sake. I'm proud of him for knowing what the Emancipation Proclamation is in the first place.
+Kevin Cody i'd bet you're proud he can tie his own shoes as well.
+maroonoasis you probably can't explain it and if you did it would almost be 100% googled
+SirKittyGuy I think you are severely underestimating the stupidity of people on the internet.
I learned what that was in 2nd grade, doesn't matter. He spelt it wrong. Doesn't get the points, its been in the damn rule book for ages. Get over it.
***** **spelled
He wasn’t cheated, he lost. The sooner he learns the difference the sooner he can win.
Omg, it's the rule. They didn't just make it up to shit on this kid. It applies to all contestants, all the time. You can definitely tell this kid and his supporters are part of the "participation trophy" generation. THAT's the saddest part of this Jeopardy moment.
*smh*
the t is silent
fucking lol
When is the "p" silent? When you're in a pool!
cease
Best joke on the Internet right now. Lol man.
Yeah, that's a good point. And one time I accidentally farted on my penis and tried to blow myself and I got really sick.
"You misspelled it badly" isn't that a grammar error?
no that is grammatically correct
it's grammatically incorrect because it would be poorly
Preston Boelts it's an adverb with a verb so I don't think it matters which adverb they use
wouldn't it be
"You've misspelled it badly" as the correct way.
+Gamer Torres
Not really, "You've misspelled" is just more redundant. Also "You misspelled" refers to a past single action while "you have misspelled" can refer to repeated past actions.
The reason they counted him wrong wasn't because he misspelled the word. I've seen plenty of people misspell words on Final Jeopardy and still be counted right. The reason he was counted wrong was because. by adding a "t" to "Emancipation", making it "Emanciptation", it changed the pronunciation of the word.
No the saddest moment in jeopardy is that Alex Trebec died today. 😭 We miss you Alex.
Because you misspelled it badly, you put a c instead of a k, the comment judges are ruling against you.
wait a 12-year-old is in 8th grade? what the hell?
ThatOneKidYouDontKnow lol I was thinking that
ThatOneKidYouDontKnow I was 12 in 8th
Paramita guitarist seriously? im 13 and in 7th
ThatOneKidYouDontKnow when you hit highschool most people start at 14 idk that's just my experience
I'm turning 15 in 10th grade lol. Where do you live?
On jeopardy a guy spelled something wrong in final jeopardy and he didn't get penalized. Smh
Did it change the pronunciation?
SKG The Champion I'm pretty sure it did
I saw that episode. Trebek even responded to the moment "...we don't penalize for misspellings."
The problem with this whole thing was Alex Trebek's poor explanation for it being wrong. The real reason the answer was wrong was because it changed the pronunciation of the word and had nothing to do with the spelling of it.
PlutoIsMahBae :3 Stupid JK
I absolutely applaud Jeopardy for their statement.
Now The Saddest is losing our host.
R.I.P. Alex Trebek 💔 🙏
Why doesn't Alex get booted from being host for spelling it wrong as he tried to correct the kid?
"You put a P in there."
+SirKittyGuy It's actually the most salient
+Tyler Cottenie he said you put a "T" in there. Not P.
That wouldn't make sense that he said P because T is the letter that shouldn't belong there, not P.
Maybe it's the way the sound came through the TV or on this clip but "You put a P in there" doesn't make sense for him to say, so why would he say that? "You put a T in there" makes more sense because the kid DID put a T in there, and the T didn't belong there.
+A.J. Ello Perhaps it was imperative? It puts a P in there or else it gets the hose again.
Well, if we're being pedantic, how can you misspell something "badly"?
bad·ly
ˈbadlē
adverb
1.
in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way.
"a badly managed company"
synonyms: poorly, incompetently, ineptly, inexpertly, inefficiently, imperfectly, deficiently, defectively, unsatisfactorily, inadequately, incorrectly, faultily, shoddily, amateurishly, carelessly, negligently; More
2.
to a great or serious degree; severely.
"the building was badly damaged by fire"
synonyms: desperately, sorely, intensely, seriously, very much, greatly, exceedingly
"she badly needs help"
For example, spelling the word "necessary" as necesary is misspelling it whereas spelling it as nesezzery is badly misspelling it.
***** No!
english pls
LesterDragon So you're saying he spelt it well then?
Update: The saddest moment in Jeopardy! history is that Alex Trebek died on Nov 8, 2020. We've lost a legend. 💔
CNN brews all of this outrage in the first two minutes, then in the final ten seconds admits that he would’ve lost even if the answer was ruled correct. Figures.
As they said at the end, he still would have lost even if they'd accepted it. He would have lost by more than $50.000 and still gotten the same $2000 consolation prize. It had zero effect on the outcome of the game, he still came in second and was FAR away from first. Since the runner-up prizes are a fixed amount it didn't cost him any money, much less the win.
How is there a chance for slipper slope? Isn't it set in stone pretty much who was going to win?
***** I think it would have been a slippery slope if they HAD given it to him. By the rules of the game he got it wrong. Simply giving it to him, just because, would have opened a can of worms and left the rules open to many interpretations. In Jeopardy the spelling does not have to be 100% correct, but it must be phonetically correct. If he had written something like Emancipaytion Proclamation they probably would have accepted it.
***** Well I doubt there have been many instances where somebody misspelled it but did so in a way that was phonetically correct in a different accent, but if they did I'm sure it would be something the judges would rule on. Just as they would accept an oral answer that has a different pronunciation with a different accent. They probably wouldn't accept it if you just said it wrong in any accent. Like the guy who said "Wimbleton" instead of Wimbledon. It was only one letter off, but wrong and so they ruled it incorrect.
And yes the kid was only a letter off, but he added an extra letter that changed the pronunciation of the would, so it wasn't phonetically correct. The rule is that it must be so. Not going by the rules, either this time or times in the past when they may have let something slide, would be what creates the slippery slope. The problem would be the previous incorrect rulings, not this correct one.
Still a dick move for Trebek to mock him for putting a P in the word emancipation, which clearly contains a P.
There is no accent that makes "Emancipation" sound like "Emanciptation."
"Oh he's so young, he should be an exception" do you see the questions they ask? His fail is funny when you realize how hard the questions he answered were and how easy emancipation is to spell
Tallen Smith if you want to watch something funny watch playboys weakest link. Its the normal show but with playboy bunny and seriously dumbed down questions.
That sounds strangely amazing
That sounds like a misnomer
Ah well. Teach her how to spell complicated words
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Jeopardy’s rules for spelling is that so long as it is phonetically correct, and the spelling mistake isn’t major, you get credit for it. Jeopardy is hard, and spelling is just part of the game.
The contestants are informed of the rules. Need I say more?
on the bright side, he'll never forget how to spell the word emancipation
Final Jeopardy you're in a rush to write it down. Clearly he knew the answer it is a long word and he was making corrections. This isn't right.
Jim Duggan Dude, I am in the 6th grade. I can spell it on a whim.
jayjay07 comparing elementary and middle schoolers is ineffective because some are far more accelerated than others, and really doesn't even out until your junior year of high school. And even then, there are very illiterate high schoolers.
You can also use capitalization improperly and use numbers in a sentence instead of words.
If they gave his whiny ass a participation trophy, would you be happy? I hope you never have kids.
He knew the answer that's all that matters you schmuck.
If this brat thought he was “cheated,” he’s going disappointed to find the rest of his life will be quite unfair too.
"Cheated"? From a society that doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're", I'm not surprised to see that type of "blame the man" response.
Aw come on! I watched an episode of Jeopardy just the other day and somebody spelled their thing wrong and they still got the money
really xD
Barack Obama Yep that was pretty ridiculous
That's not the argument he clearly knew how to spell the word but accidentally misspelled it. We've all done it but there's no way to prove it so no he doesn't get to be the exception to the rule
Jackson/mcgee Brand Thanks. That wasn't my point. I agree with you. -_-
no one cares stop commenting
"he was cheated"
Nope, no sense of entitlement there....
He *was* cheated. Truth is, he would have lost anyways. But I'll say this. If I were him, even though I'd have lost anyways, I'd have been pissed too. It's the *principle* of it.
Stetson Graham The "principle" of it is that his answer was incorrect. It is TECHNICALLY the wrong answer, so he deserved to lose. Kids don't get special treatment for crossing their arms and pouting.
Decore Noah It is TECHNICALLY the *right* answer. Because he spelled it wrong, but his ANSWER was the Emancipation Proclamation. The principle I'm talking about is that he was cheated out of a correct answer because some judges were being petty for no reason.
Stetson Graham
The correct answer is "Emancipation Proclamation". Not "Emanciptation Proclamation" . Say if I go to the Jeopardy show and give an answer as "beer claws" instead of the correct answer "bear claws" , i would still be wrong.
***** 11/5/14 alex accepted Caldicot and Caldecott.
At its core, Jeopardy is about knowledge, so naturally spelling and pronunciation should factor into that.
Good job Jeopardy for holding all of us to a higher standard. Actions have consequences and that’s real life. 👍🏽
Just watched the IBM challenge with watson. The computer mispronounced dozens of words, but wasn't penalized.
if you went in there with a major speech impediment you had no control over would you want penalized?
TheDragonflyzero
Yes, I would want them to follow the rules.
paudeline you are pure stupidity
TheDragonflyzero
Why, because I believe in equal rights?
TheLuna2766
I'm not talking about a machine at this point. I was talking about a person with a speech impediment. Are you telling me that a person with a lisp doesn't deserve all the rights normal person has?
Why are kids so entitled these days???
They're not. He lost.
JayJay B It's not the kids man, it's the media, and the parents who blew it out of proportion.
Tylosaurio Get out of here with your gay agenda feminazi.
Tylosaurio I mma give you something your parents never gave you. A good ole fashion beatin you liberal dirt bag
+JayJay B If you earned something that you were promised and not given it for no real reason, you'd be upset too. But no, you'd rather blame those gosh darn kids for being all about themselves.
Saddest moment was recent when the contestant put we love you Alex on the paper
😭😭😭
If you’re 13 or 14 don’t cry if you loose something. You weren’t cheated out of it welcome to life
"He wouldn't have won anyway"
The part EVERYONE LEFT OUT
It doesn't matter what would have happened, it matters that this ruling was idiotic.
it also matters how harsh alex was being, he could’ve simply said “i’m sorry but you misspelled it” but he decides to arrogantly say that he misspelled it badly.
it makes no sense to rule against his spelling, since he would’ve finished in 2nd place regardless
@@AlexRasengan1337It wouldn’t have made any difference
Anyone who is familiar with Jeopardy knows that you must spell and pronounce the word correctly to get credit for it.
Exactly! This is not Match Game, where spelling didn't count. It does count in Jeopardy.
Jeopardy has always been a stickler for pronunciation and spelling.
They are harsh and hard. But they are consistent.
Tough break kid. Best to learn now that in life sometimes almost right isn't good enough.
I thought if you misspell something but it doesn't affect pronunciation you still get it right
Yeah. That's the name of the game.
Except for Hawaiian words, lol
I feel for the kid, but I admire Jeopardy for NOT lowering its standards.
I just heard the new host pronounce Bogota like “Bag-oh-taaah” and Phoenician like “Fo-ni-she-un”
Remember kids, misspell a word, you could lose 10,000 dollars
In jeopardy you don’t get penalized for wrong spelling if the pronunciation doesn’t change
His parents could have used this as a “teachable moment” instead of whining on his behalf. Great life lesson.
Uh, no. This is bullshit. Sorry :/
@@a1joryj they made the statement for him dude, he wouldn't have won even if he spelled it correctly
@@a1joryj Have you ever even seen Jeopardy, tho? It's been a pretty known think you have to be 100% right.
They weren't "whining" on his behalf. They were being good and decent parents which is lots more than I could ever say about MY parents. One was a deadbeat drunk (Dad) and the other was a lazy narcissist (Mom).
Now look at America
The argument that just because penalties occur in historical contexts, doesn't give the judges the right to impose additional penalties.
As a veteran English teacher, this is WHY I am upset that this necessary skill has been phased out in elementary schools. I taught middle school a long time and lost many hours sleep correcting major assignments and still deal with some of this with my high school and college students.
I've practically had to rewrite papers because of the excesses of spelling and grammatical errors. Just what are they learning about English in the lower grades?
Who even looks for grammar? Employers?
@@coopermuccio4409Professionals in the work force do.
It really didn't matter...he would have not won anyway.
they ruined the kids confidence without confidence he may have problems doing things that make him stand out in the future and that how most people get a job, they stand out
He made the mistake though and he decided to go on the show. How is his confidence being/not being ruined the show's fault?
Ux Obi he loses the money he earned before the final question.
Ux Obi he lost all the money he earned before then.
Jackson Catlett No, you don't get any money if you are not the overall winner. 2nd and 3rd place get a consolation prize from one of the sponsors...no cash.
I lost on Jeopardy, baby.
Christian Duncan like a surgeon?
uglycasanova79 HEY! cuttin' for the very first time
We've got it all, on UHF!
EldestSauce Smells like Nirvana
Another one rides the bus
RIP Alex
Cheated out a win? Hardly cheated when it is already part of the rules.
This isn't sad at all in any way. Learn how to spell before you think you're smart enough to compete on Jeopardy, or at least learn the rules.
I think in the heat of the moment when you're overcome with nerves, it's not difficult to make a small mistake like that, especially when you're his age.
Whether or not it should have cost him isn't something I hold a strong opinion on, but given that all too often, you have adults scrawl down a nearly illegible answer that disguises any possible spelling errors in a scribbled mess, I do question how consistently and concretely this rule is applied.
vorpal22 Exactly! That's what I was saying above! =) Of course yours is much more concise because I have no idea how to do anything short of verbal diarrhea. **rofl** Hey, at least I'm aware of it! =)
Anjalena PentathAlon accepted 6/4/14,, it changes pronunciation ,, bullies lose the argument
they just dont want to give money to a kid
***** XD SHUT THE FUCK UP
oh im too weak don't kill me please Your joking right? I was agreeing with you until you put up that dumb statement. I don't think he would go on your channel and see if you were black and say shut up. And if that you was sarcasm I am sorry for not noticing lol
Lol another kid won...wth? He misspelled it, in the past ppl were penalized for it, it's not fair that he wouldn't be penalized for it
Wouldn’t have mattered because the winner was already so far ahead.
2nd place always wins $2,000 anyway
“You put a P in there.”
No there supposed to be a P, he put a T in there.
"misspelled it badly"...he was off by one letter
Actually he should have written it in cursive real fast, they would have given it to him.
Indeed. Half the time you can barely read what the contestants wrote for their final answer. I don't know why they don't move to touch keyboards instead.