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Practically perfect in every way? except spelling

Julie Andrews failed to spell supercalifragilisticexpialidocious correctly in front of dozens of giggling children. Julie, who made the word famous in Mary Poppins, held her head in her hands after a child asked her to spell supercalifragilisticexpialidocious during a competition in New York. According to Ananova.com, an onlooker said: “She looked so ashamed after admitting she didn’t know how to spell it in front of the schoolchildren.” Julie admitted she was totally baffled by the 34-letter word.

(Interestingly, the automated spellchecker on Microsoft Word does not query supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. It does, however, query Poppins.)

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .