Not overt or anything, but the intent was clear.
Last night's Scripps National Spelling Bee: "Singerie."
ESPN's shout-out to WGM
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Don’t believe everything you think.
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Singerie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singerie
Singerie is the French word for "Monkey Trick". It is a genre depicting monkeys apeing human behavior, often fashionably attired, intended as a diverting sight, always with a gentle cast of mild satire. "Pre-Darwinian theories were made visible over several centuries in singerie paintings, anthropomorphic images of monkeys, suggesting a common hereditary link;"[1] and the "chimpanzee tea party" with dressed-up chimps was a popular feature even at progressive zoos into the 1950s.[2] Singeries were popular among French artists in the early 18th century, though the term is most usually reserved for a type of decorative painting associated with French Rococo, singeries are an old idea: C. Alfred detected a love of singerie that he found characteristic of the late Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.[3]
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Ah nothing better than a monkey knife fight.
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Ed Zachary wrote:Ah nothing better than a monkey knife fight.
Furious George! What have they done to you?
He ain't so pretty any more!
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Could also be a Kaz quoteEd Zachary wrote:Ah nothing better than a monkey knife fight.