Can you spell N-U-M-I-S-M-A-T-I-S-T?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by jaceravone, Jun 1, 2008.

  1. jaceravone

    jaceravone Member

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/30/spelling.bee.ap/index.html

    Thought this was neat.... and I'm not talking about the kid who won the spelling bee either, but if you read to the end of the article you will know what I'm talking about.

    I don't want to give it away, so you will have to read the article.
     
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  3. rzage

    rzage What Goes Around Comes Around .

    I'll take the prise they gave to the old time winner , in bullion it's almost worth $30,000 , imagine if they were all MS hot off the press .
    rzage
     
  4. Phoenix21

    Phoenix21 Well-Known Member

    Wow, I'm reading my dictionary, and going back to then! :D

    Phoenix :cool:
     
  5. Jonathon

    Jonathon New Member

    Wow so the first spelling bee awarded 25 double eagles. Interesting little fun fact. Imagine what all that would be worth now =P
     
  6. Peter T Davis

    Peter T Davis Hammer at the Ready Moderator

    Wonder if he kept any of them.
     
  7. jeankay

    jeankay Coin Hoarder

    Spell it?

    Actually, learning to spell N-U-M-I-S-M-A-T-I-S-T
    was easy. I am still having trouble pronouncing the word.:rolleyes:

    jeankay
     
  8. Hobo

    Hobo Squirrel Hater

    I might have been a stamp collector but 'numismatist' was much easier to spell and pronounce than 'philatelist'. :mouth:
     
  9. craig a

    craig a Coin Hoarder

    HAHA. Likewise.
     
  10. jeankay

    jeankay Coin Hoarder

    'philatelist'. :mouth:[/quote]

    So *how* do you pronounce that word?:confused:

    By the way, collecting rocks was much easier... Rockhound is much easier to spell and pronounce.

    Back to the dictionary....

    jeankay
     
  11. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    OK - now let's really start an argument :D

    According to the dictionary it is pronounced -
    noo-miz-muh-tist. I think the dictionaries are wrong. I think the emphasis and accent are in the wrong place. The word numismatics is -
    noo-miz-mat-iks.

    I think numismatist should be the same -
    noo-miz-mat-ist.
     
  12. Hobo

    Hobo Squirrel Hater

    I disagree.

    English is a strange language where every rule and every usage seems to have an exception or two (or more). Just because a particular syllable is emphasized in one word it does not necessarily mean that same syllable must be emphasized in a similar word.

    Take 'mathematics'. We pronounce that word ma-the-maa-tics but we pronounce the word 'mathematician' ma-the-ma-ti-shun. How odd would it be if we pronounced it ma-the-maa-ti-shun?
     
  13. spock1k

    spock1k King of Hearts

    no no Doug it should be

    new-miss-mat-eeks

    especially since every colelctor has to go through those 4 stages at some time or the other

    :D :D
     
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