Ursprache

Katharine ( "Kerry") Close won the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the German word "Ursprache."

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S. O'BRIEN: How do you get to "Ursprache," because that's at the end?

CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2006 2006

As inspired by Ursprache, here's a wonderful idea for a performance/conceptual poetry project that, if I had time, I'd actually want to do:

Archive 2009-09-01 2009

As inspired by Ursprache, here's a wonderful idea for a performance/conceptual poetry project that, if I had time, I'd actually want to do:

GREAT IDEA THAT WILL REMAIN...MERE IDEA 2009

M. O'BRIEN: Boy, I like the way you said that, Ursprache.

CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2006 2006

Chomsky is the man who, with the publication of a single set of lecture notes in 1957, transformed the study of language from an old-fashioned habit of collecting and comparing different languages—sometimes looking for an Ursprache, a mythic mother tongue from which all languages are descended—to the very cutting edge of cognitive psychology.

Economic Principals David Warsh 1993

It seems only natural that once an original language, or Ursprache, was posited, the next step was to speculate on its source, or Urheimat.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 3 1984

KATHARINE CLOSE, SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNER: Ursprache.

CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2006 2006

As translators, we are picky about our spelling and writing skills, so I always enjoy watching the kids spell words like autochthonous, Ursprache and – last year’s winning word – guerdon.

Scripps National Spelling Bee again « Musings from an overworked translator 2009

As translators, we are picky about our spelling and writing skills, so I always enjoy watching the kids spell words like autochthonous, Ursprache and – last year’s winning word – guerdon.

2009 May « Musings from an overworked translator 2009