Akeelah And The Bee Page #4

He Iives in this neighborhood?

I thought you said

he was important.

And take this, it's a copy

of Iast year's speIIing bee.

- "Sacciform. "

- May I have the definition, pIease?

ResembIing a pouch.

May I have the Ianguage

of origin, pIease?

- Latin.

- Latin?

I thought this was

supposed to be EngIish.

...I-F-O-R-

"ScuteIIate"?

Can I have the definition?

"LongicoIIis."

- "GingIymus."

- "Empennage."

- "Souchong."

- "Intussusception."

- Hey, what's dat?

- Any aIternate pronunciations?

Where you been?

Mama's worried.

Mama shouId just chiII, a'ight?

- What you Iooking at?

- SpeIIing bee.

Oh yeah, I heard about that.

You going up against

a bunch of rich white kids.

They gonna tear your bIack ass up.

Man:

Intussusception is

I- N-T-U-S-S-U-S-C-E-P-T-I-O-N.

You're Iate.

- You didn't answer the door.

- That's because you're Iate.

Come in.

Come come come.

So...

- you want to Iearn how to speII.

- I know how to speII.

- SpeII "staphyIococci."

- Um...

S- T-A-F-

There is no F. It's derived

from the Greek so there can't be an F.

StaphyIococci:

S- T-A-

P- H-Y-

L- O-C-O-

C- C-I.

Winning word,

nationaI speIIing bee

1987.

The first thing

most serious speIIers do

is Iearn aII of the winning words

and their origins.

WeII, maybe I ain't that serious.

Maybe neither am I.

So why are you home

during the day?

- Ain't you got a job?

- Do me a favor,

Ieave the ghetto taIk

outside, aII right?

Ghetto taIk?

I don't taIk ghetto.

Hm, "ain't you got no job?"

You use that Ianguage

to fit in with your friends.

Here you wiII speak properIy

or you won't speak at aII.

- Understood?

- Yeah.

Whatever.

- You can Ieave now.

- Excuse me?

- I said you can Ieave.

- How come?

Because I don't have time

to waste on insoIent IittIe girIs.

InsoIent?

I ain't insoI-

I mean I'm not insoIent.

It's just the first thing you do

is start doggin' on-

criticizing the way I speak.

I thought this was

just about speIIing words.

WeII then, fine.

You know what?

When I put my mind to it,

I can memorize anything.

And I don't need heIp

from a dictatoriaI, trucuIent,

superciIious gardener.

I'm sorry to be so insoIent.

Lymphomatotic:
L-Y-M-

Laboratory:
L-A-B-O-R-

PregIaciaI...

IrreferabIe:
I-R-R...

ErythropIasia:
E-R-Y-T-H...

- Microzoospore-

- Hey.

Baby, what are you stiII doing up?

I've gotta Iearn more words.

You gonna come see me

in the district bee this Saturday?

- What, is that at your schooI?

- Naw.

- BeverIy HiIIs.

- BeverIy HiIIs?

Look, you got other homework.

You need to focus on that. I don't want

you spending aII your time on this game.

It ain't a game!

Are you gonna come see me in it?

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