Yeah he still got 1,000 dollars, even if he spelled it right he would have still gotten last place AND WHY WAS CNN DOING A REPORT ON THIS FOUR YEARS AGO????
+Zorian Hudym (Brunsos) I don't think so..... "badly" is an adverb describing "misspelled". It is just describing the degree of misspelling. "If he misspelled it wrong, doesn't that mean he spelled it correctly?"....would be more what you're hinting at, but that's not what was said by Trebek.
Randy's right. Badly doesn't equate an adverb like "improperly" which indeed would constitute something like a double-negative case. But wasn't the misspelling just an extra T? I wanna see a goodly misspelling. I still handily side with jeopardy! here
lightning kachowski But he lost the cash in the process of a simple error in spelling. Had they not said the spelling wasn't accepted. He would have got the cash he earned, even though he lost the game. That's the point.
"But he lost cash" Bitch, since he got second place whether or not he got the answer right or wrong he would've still won 2,000 dollars for participation award. Dumbass, you don't know nothing about jeopardy. That's the point. And you don't even know what you're arguing against, as I clearly stated out the misused information you put in your argument.
Second place doesn't keep winnings, only first place. Second place gets paid 2,000 REGARDLESS of whether the answer was wrong or not in this case scenario. Dumbass, how are you gonna try to make a statement on something you don't know the rules for. You have no point because everything you just said was wrong.
MA Kim-k Correct. In fact the other kid got the question right and set the one day record for Kids Week at $66k. But I guess that story didn't spread as well.
@@jakeb2x266 I did, but the fact of the matter is that they made a big deal out of it for nearly two minutes before bringing it up. They had a clear bias, but they still had to cover their ass
+TheAlabasterdeplume ha ha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that is hilarious omg lolololol omg in fifth grade lol hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that's the worst I laughing so hard now lol ha aha ahahahahaahahahahaaaaaaaahh
"Well, because he misspelled it badly.... you put a 'P' in there". So are you saying that is is supposed to be spelled "Emancitation Proclamation"? Edit: Well, now the real saddest moment in Jeopardy is when Alex Trebek died.
+Captain Xno I never said that Alex or the judges are crazy for penalizing him. I only said that he said he misspelled it because he put a P in there. If he did not put a P in there, it would be spelled "Emancitation Proclamation", which is not the correct spelling. The correct spelling is "Emancipation Proclamation".
Hell if i know, i dont watch the show But never the less, he was bitter about not getting the points he clearly got (despite the wrong spelling) after all, ''A person's intelligence is not based on their spelling''
Everyone's feeling bad for the kid saying his dreams are crushed or that he was cheated out of his chance at winning but even if he got it right, he still would have lost by like 60,000
Welcome to REAL LIFE kiddo. Sometimes you win & sometimes you lose. Better to learn it now then later. I lost a case in court because I over looked a key procedural point that would have let me win the case if I had asked the judge to rule on it. Not only did I not win money. I had to PAY money. Live & learn.
Daniel, Rollo's on point--it's not the spelling error, it's the pronunciation. They have said it time and time again: They don't penalize for misspellings, *unless the pronunciations get changed.* Here, the pronunciation *was* changed, hence why they had to count it wrong.
That's what I was going to say. The other guy clearly has WAY more money. (Unless he bet it all and lost, which would have been a huge mistake.) But this might have been a tournment where they total three days worth of scores AND give the 2nd place finisher a lump sum of like $10,000 or something. So this probably did end up costing him a decent amount of cash.
You want me to watch till the end of the video or actually look into what I'm angry about? NO! Screw you and the system buddy. I will now commence to criticize society and what we've "turned into". I will also reminisce about "the times" where kids on TV shows were always given a trophy no matter what.
SomeCallMeFeast first of all, he wasn't "treated unfairly." Second of all, who gives a fuck if he was? He still would have lost. Aw, his poor little feelings were hurt. Not our fault his pussy ass can't handle the truth.
Well, the host could have simply said: *_"I'm sorry, but the spelling of this word is incorrect"_* Rather than: *_...because he misspelled it badly..._* ...kinda harsh... I understand the rules, but be more hospitable about them....
Princess Lucina The problem wasn't that he misspelled it. It was that his spelling of the word changed his pronunciation of the word. This isn't the same situation than if somebody just traded one vowel for another, so yes, he misspelled it badly, as Trebek said.
Princess Lucina Really? Do you seriously think his phrasing was too HARSH? All he did was tell the child how to correctly spell it. This is education and constructive criticism. Holy shit, America be damned.
Jeopardy has always been a stickler for pronunciation and spelling. They are harsh and hard. But they are consistent. Tough break kid. Best to learn now that in life sometimes almost right isn't good enough.
The judges said he misspelled it _badly_? I agree he should be penalized, but adding one extra letter isn't what I would call badly. And did Trebek say he put a P in there?
Saskeru the Ultimate It was bad, because his spelling made it sound different. If he wrote "emancypation" it should've been accepted but no emanciptation or wimbleton which change the phonetics of the word entirely.
Alex didn’t even know how to spell it, “You put a p in there.” No, Alex, the p is right, he only added a single extra t. Emancipation VS. Emanciptation You can’t even read the difference, you have to look closer.
@@jakeb2x266 Eh, you're right, but who cares? Alex wasn't the contestant. He gets told there was an error and has to try and point it out -- the guess remains disqualified. Rules are rules, the kid rightfully lost and should have owned up to it. It's not sad, it's a well-needed reality check.
@@SporeSpawn Rules are stupid rules. Why would he own up to it when he did get it right. They just counted it wrong because he "misspelled it badly." Proof of concept is there, and it makes no sense to judge based off spelling, especially with children. I think he has every right to complain, just as Jeopardy has every right to uphold their rules. I don't really care, I was only annoyed with "No, kid, that's the game, deal with life." As if this kid is an adult.
@@jakeb2x266 Well I don't find the rules stupid. Kid or adult, the game will start to lose integrity if they let this stuff slide. Should they also let it slide if the contestant doesn't answer in the form of a question, even if they got the answer correct? Because it has happened on this show and the contestant was justly penalized.
Floyd Palmer by the way you didn't capitalize the "h" in he, he is the beginning of the sentence, so why don't you shut up because you obviously are a moron.
Levi M That was a quote, so Floyd Palmer was not incorrect. You should have looked at the quotation marks. Think before you say, or in this situation, think before you type.
So adding an extra letter isn't reasonably close? If you can't add an extra letter and be "reasonably close", then the answer would have had to be correct which completely undermines your whole argument.
***** Rawbie the Sheeth The added letter changed the pronunciation of the word. According to Jeopardy rules, that is unacceptable. If he wrote "EmanSipation" instead of "EmanCipation" that would have been fine. The pronunciation is unchanged. However, he wrote "EmancipTation". Adding another phoneme, and changing the word's pronunciation They made the right decision.
***** The rules are clear, and according to the rules of the game, it was the correct decision. If you think that makes them dicks, fine, but it doesn't change the fact that the judges made the right call. BTW, how is Alex a dick here? He's not even involved in making these decisions.
If we're being pedantic, Trebek said he misspelled it badly. Technically, that means he spelled it well. Trebek also said his mistake was he put a P in there. So Trebek thinks it is supposed to be spelled Emancitation Proclamation, or Emanciptation Roclamation. Trebek made more mistakes in his explanation than the kid did in his answer.
Trebek has no say in the ruling. The ruling is made by off camera judges. Having said that, this was a pretty bogus ruling, as there have been several Final Jeopardy! questions that have been ruled correct with slight misspellings.
Stetson Graham if ANY of the other people had made the same mistake theye'd have been penlized as well, this is an entirely mute argument because jeopardy is completely unbiased in the contestants
An intelligent young boy, standing before a live audience, under pressure, under scrutiny, misspelling a word ever so slightly that the meaning of his answer was still profoundly obvious, and Jeopardy disqualifies him? Correct answer and all? Truly appalling.
I'm a professor of linguistics (yes really, that's why the story interests me), so here's my professional opinion on the matter. The one additional phoneme /t/ the boy added does not significantly modify the word or it's meaning. It insignificantly changes the word on a morphological level and phonological level, yes, but definitely does not change it on either a semantic or syntactic level. But, place all of the science of it aside for a moment. On a level of humanity, the producers knew very well what the young boy's answer was and if they were able to decipher his answer and realize that this was nothing more than typographical (and clearly they did realize this), then the producers need to take onus more than the boy. It's their show, they may do as they wish, but from a professional's standpoint, they nitpicked at something that, on a language-level, we linguists would consider totally de minimis.
my opinion about why they should bend the rules for him, is that he is a kid. They showed other people getting penalized, who where these people? Adults. They are more prepared to participate and be under pressure. A kid is not, all the pressure from his parents watching him and a big audience can be overwhelming. If you do a speech in front of a class you might miss pronounce something, just because you are nervous. This kid was as well, all I'm saying is that Jeopardy should make the rules more flexible not only for him but for young contestants. I apologize for any grammar mistake.
It is simple semantics and I agree with you that clearly we, as well as the judges, were able to understand him. However they show an example at 1:24 that they penalized an adult for pronouncing it Wimbleton instead of Wimbledon. Even though we all know he meant Wimbledon, it is set in the rules that answers must be pronounced/spelled correctly.
As they said at the end, he still would have lost even if they'd accepted it. He would have lost by more than $50.000 and still gotten the same $2000 consolation prize. It had zero effect on the outcome of the game, he still came in second and was FAR away from first. Since the runner-up prizes are a fixed amount it didn't cost him any money, much less the win.
***** I think it would have been a slippery slope if they HAD given it to him. By the rules of the game he got it wrong. Simply giving it to him, just because, would have opened a can of worms and left the rules open to many interpretations. In Jeopardy the spelling does not have to be 100% correct, but it must be phonetically correct. If he had written something like Emancipaytion Proclamation they probably would have accepted it.
***** Well I doubt there have been many instances where somebody misspelled it but did so in a way that was phonetically correct in a different accent, but if they did I'm sure it would be something the judges would rule on. Just as they would accept an oral answer that has a different pronunciation with a different accent. They probably wouldn't accept it if you just said it wrong in any accent. Like the guy who said "Wimbleton" instead of Wimbledon. It was only one letter off, but wrong and so they ruled it incorrect. And yes the kid was only a letter off, but he added an extra letter that changed the pronunciation of the would, so it wasn't phonetically correct. The rule is that it must be so. Not going by the rules, either this time or times in the past when they may have let something slide, would be what creates the slippery slope. The problem would be the previous incorrect rulings, not this correct one.
I know it's UA-cam, but there has to be at least some people who agree with me on this. Considering UA-cam is also a place to express opinions even though some people will respond differently than you or hate you for your different opinion.
great reply..smh... give the kid a hug, hes a kid. Trebek, the show, the judges did nothing wrong. Its CLEARLY made known pre show, that spelling IS part of the deal.
They weren't "whining" on his behalf. They were being good and decent parents which is lots more than I could ever say about MY parents. One was a deadbeat drunk (Dad) and the other was a lazy narcissist (Mom).
Edmund Snyder If you screw up once and get fired, that's probably not a company worth working for in the first place. Always a silver lining. Leaving a shitty job is a reward in itself. Sure you have no pay, but guess what? You were fired! That's good news, because now you can file for unemployment while you search for a job that isn't fucking retarded. And that's how you turn a negative into a positive. Also this kid did do it right. Emancipation proclamation was the right answer. He answered it right and he still got it wrong. That's a big pile of bullshit if you ask me. Fuck Jeopardy and fuck Alex Trebek. It's a stupid show, and he's a corporate douche.
+John Lewis The kid wouldn't of won had he spelled it correctly anyway. You don't receive a paycheck for ''participating'' at work. You do an occupation well, and you are paid for it. You can't ''file for unemployment'' for being fired. Often times, being fired means you won't receive a penny, as unemployment paychecks are given to an employee based on their length of employment with the company, and whether the company even approves of the individuals request for unemployment.
Fuhq Ewe The kid winning isn't the point. He still got the question right. And you're wrong. You can do a job poorly. As long as you show up to work, you get a paycheck. Also, it doesn't matter if the company approves of unemployment compensation, because more often than not, compensation is guaranteed in the signed contract. Companies challenge their former employees compensation a lot, because they're a bunch of greedy corporate pigs who deserve to die, but it was in the signed contract, so there's jack shit they can actually do about it except go fuck themselves.
Fuhq Ewe I had a job for four years, and then walked out. My next job I stayed at for a month before walking out. And now I have another job, which I like, because my new employer is not a greedy motherfucker. The problem I have with most employers is that they think they own their employees. They think that just because they gave you a job means you owe them something. That's not the case. They hired you to do a job. You don't owe them jack shit, but they sure as hell owe you money at the end of every shift. And it doesn't matter if you do your job poorly. When you sign a contract with a company, there is no agreement which states that you only get paid for doing a job well. In most jobs, you are paid for the hours that you put in, not the quality of work.
To be fair, Jeopardy has always been pretty consistent that spelling errors are allowed but not a missing or added syllable. I get that this was a kid, but they are correct that they were enforcing the established rules/
Tim F You are exactly correct. Misspelling is ok, but if a syllable is added or taken off, it’s incorrect. Also sometimes contestants can be stuck between two answers that is similarly spelled, just a letter or two difference, so they’ll misspell it to make look like it can be either word. I’m sure Jeopardy would penalize on that as well.
You can misspell a word as long as it doesn't change the pronunciation of it. This error changed the pronunciation, so it is then incorrect. That's the rule of final Jeopardy.
Disagree, in fact Jeopardy producers not only inconsistently and subjectively apply enforcement of spelling, in this case for a 13 year old kid, they should have ruled him with a right answer. Unless, the incorrectly spelled word forms another real word (which in this case it doesn't) I don't see how ruling against this kid is fair. I distinctly recall seeing final Jeopardy contestants spell words wrong and receive credit for a right answer.
I get the rules and all. But it's just fact that most kids are worse at spelling than adults, so they should expect the kids to make spelling errors :(((((
"Oh he's so young, he should be an exception" do you see the questions they ask? His fail is funny when you realize how hard the questions he answered were and how easy emancipation is to spell
Tallen Smith if you want to watch something funny watch playboys weakest link. Its the normal show but with playboy bunny and seriously dumbed down questions.
I have to agree with u. Let's say I put Bob Saget as the answer, I can't just say I spelled Emancipation Proclamation wrong. The kid was close and I feel bad for him, but this is why we need to stop using spell correct XD
Well, does it matter that the idiot announcer doesn't know how to spell it either? The moron said: "You put a 'P' in there. The misspelling was that he put a 'T' in the word, not the 'P'. And this is not a spelling bee, it's a show about knowledge.
+Test Channel I agree he did say p instead of t I feel that the announcer should have been confronted for that. And wtf he spelled it badly. NO HE DIDNT. He accidentally put a t. Who cares life is literally too short to give a damn about that.
I watched him as Jeopardy host when I was 12 or 13 in the early 90’s until his untimely passing. He allowed the game to be the star, not himself. Doc over here is apparently a PR rep for cnn
They did this because it's legally challenging to give money to a kid from something like this. It had nothing to do with the misspelled word, I guarantee it.
I remember specifically hearing that “they don’t penalize for spelling errors” for an ADULT contestant later on, so the fact that they marked him wrong was bullshit no matter what way you look at it.
The official rules are that they don't take off for spelling errors, as long as the spelling doesn't change the pronunciation. This case was a grey area which could have gone either way. Many believe that as an 8th grader - they should have ruled in his favor, because he obviously got the right answer.
@@blue3381 There is no pronunciation for misspelled/nonexistent words. The kid can say the extra letter is silent, then the pronunciation is exactly the same. That rule means nothing. People have gotten entire words wrong in questions in the proper nouns and gotten credit.
@@eldiesel4593 I 100% agree that the kid's response should have been accepted. Just stating what I know to be the rules of the show. If the kid spelled it something like, "emansipayshun" the judges would have accepted it because it would have sounded out phonetically correct. But when you sound out the kid's spelling, it becomes, "ee-man-sip-TAY-shun." I'm guessing that's their reasoning, even though it's clear that the kid knew the answer.
He even fucked up saying what the poor kid did wrong: "You put a 'P' in there, that's unfortunate" You dumbass, Alex, there's supposed to be a 'P', not the trailing 'T'. Poor kid.
I didn't see where Alex Trebek was "smug" about it. He simply conveyed what the producers told him to do in a straightforward way. It was a bad ruling but I didn't detect any smugness about it. I'm sure they felt bad too for the kid.
Omg, it's the rule. They didn't just make it up to shit on this kid. It applies to all contestants, all the time. You can definitely tell this kid and his supporters are part of the "participation trophy" generation. THAT's the saddest part of this Jeopardy moment. *smh*
CNN left a big detail out. The kid wasn't cheated. According to the official rules of _Jeopardy!_, a contestant's spelling of the correct answer CAN be incorrect, but it MUST NOT change the pronunciation of the word(s). "Emanciptation" is pronounced much differently than "Emancipation." If the stupid kid knew the rules, he would know that he, in fact, was not "cheated."
***** Yes, that is correct. I've seen plenty of incorrect spellings on final jeopardy that were accepted because they didn't change the pronunciation of the word.
moevana12 But you know, he is a fucking 12 year old kid, so he wouldn't know the rules inside and out. Especially when he narrowly lost the prize money
I like Jeopardy for doing this. They pride themselves on being a high-level academic game show. They are not compromising their standards for kids. The kids have to learn to be on top of their game and dot their i's and cross their t's just like anybody else. I do think that Trebek could have been a little kinder. The boy didn't misspell it "badly" he added one letter that shouldn't have been there. But I'm very much ok with them not giving him the points because it also makes them look like a less intelligent show for allowing misspelled answers to count as correct.
LordPinochetUTTP it's good that a show doesn't cater to kids and addresses spelling mistakes. The same thing also happens at geography bees. You gotta spell right to get it right.
+ Echo.Jaxx That's nonsense. I could see this being reasonable if the contestant was an adult, but this was just an elementary schooler. There was absolutely no reason to punish him so severely. And no, I am not a supporter of this so called "everyone gets a trophy for trying" system, but I've noticed that people who comment on it constantly tend to be completely antisocial.
LordPinochetUTTP LordPinochetUTTP I am aware that the host was being a dick about it; however, the spelling mistake changed the pronunciation of the word and according to the rules, that makes the answer incorrect. The host was rubbing it in but that doesn't mean that the kid got it correct. When I was a kid, i misspelled a word in the geography bee, and didn't get the answer correct. I was so pissed about it, but it was fair. What happened was fair, but I see what you're saying when the host was egging it on like a bitch.
The ending says it all. So the kid is sad he was "cheated" because it was a spelling error, yet an error would be using the wrong letter or something... "emansipation." He butchered the word. Let's write it here: "emanciptation." Even Google is mad at me spelling it wrong, underling it with a big red line. This is just another example of this younger generation not being taught how to lose. In this case, he would have lost anyway, even spelling the word correctly. What would his excuse be then?
handballvid I don't think that assumptions are being made. The kid said that he was cheated. That is showing that he does not know how to lose. He got the answer wrong. It also shows that his parents are not helping. Had that been me as a child. And I complained. My Dad would have explained why I had not answered the question correctly.
I've always known the rule to be: as long as it's phonetically correct, it counted. For example, one contestant wrote down Khazakstan instead of Kazakhstan but it still counted as that spelling still has the correct pronunciation. As sad as it is, Emanciptation Proclamation isn't an acceptable answer since the added T makes it a completely different in pronunciation. He knew the answer, but the slight spelling error can in fact make a difference.
I agree that Jeopardy has been consistent on the handling of spelling errors. Here's the way I think of it. If you change a vowel, or miss a double consonant, it can still be considered the same word, misspelled. If you add an extra consonant, it really can't be considered just a misspelling of the word. "Emanciptation" is simply not the same as "emancipation": it can't be considered the same word. This the way I've thought of the Jeopardy policy on spelling.
it also matters how harsh alex was being, he could’ve simply said “i’m sorry but you misspelled it” but he decides to arrogantly say that he misspelled it badly. it makes no sense to rule against his spelling, since he would’ve finished in 2nd place regardless
The way he spelled it changed the pronunciation of the word, therefore he was fairly ruled incorrect. Remember that the answer must be pronounced correctly, otherwise you'll be ruled incorrect.
Thank you!! I gave a more detailed explanation of the same truth earlier but I guess you just can't fix stupid. Most people just can't accept that anything can be their own fault.
+Supreme Sasuke That is not even close to the same getting a digit or +/- sign wrong changes the answer COMPLETELY slightly misspelling a word does not change the answer itself unless it is truly spelled terribly you still understand what the answer says.
+JayJay B If you earned something that you were promised and not given it for no real reason, you'd be upset too. But no, you'd rather blame those gosh darn kids for being all about themselves.
jayjay07 comparing elementary and middle schoolers is ineffective because some are far more accelerated than others, and really doesn't even out until your junior year of high school. And even then, there are very illiterate high schoolers.
They can't blame Alex Trebek for this. He's only the host, he doesn't decide on anything. And he wasn't smug either, he just said what was wrong and that's it.
Problem was...it changed the pronunciation of the word. It's not so much the misspelling. The rule is misspellings are acceptable--BUT...you *cannot change the pronunciation*.
The problem with this whole thing was Alex Trebek's poor explanation for it being wrong. The real reason the answer was wrong was because it changed the pronunciation of the word and had nothing to do with the spelling of it.
He *was* cheated. Truth is, he would have lost anyways. But I'll say this. If I were him, even though I'd have lost anyways, I'd have been pissed too. It's the *principle* of it.
Stetson Graham The "principle" of it is that his answer was incorrect. It is TECHNICALLY the wrong answer, so he deserved to lose. Kids don't get special treatment for crossing their arms and pouting.
Decore Noah It is TECHNICALLY the *right* answer. Because he spelled it wrong, but his ANSWER was the Emancipation Proclamation. The principle I'm talking about is that he was cheated out of a correct answer because some judges were being petty for no reason.
Stetson Graham The correct answer is "Emancipation Proclamation". Not "Emanciptation Proclamation" . Say if I go to the Jeopardy show and give an answer as "beer claws" instead of the correct answer "bear claws" , i would still be wrong.
they ruined the kids confidence without confidence he may have problems doing things that make him stand out in the future and that how most people get a job, they stand out
Jackson Catlett No, you don't get any money if you are not the overall winner. 2nd and 3rd place get a consolation prize from one of the sponsors...no cash.
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CNN brews all of this outrage in the first two minutes, then in the final ten seconds admits that he would’ve lost even if the answer was ruled correct. Figures.
Let me get this straight. So the saddest moment in Jeopardy history is penalizing a contestant for misspelling a word even though he would have lost if he wasn't penalized?
oh im too weak don't kill me please Your joking right? I was agreeing with you until you put up that dumb statement. I don't think he would go on your channel and see if you were black and say shut up. And if that you was sarcasm I am sorry for not noticing lol
Indeed. Half the time you can barely read what the contestants wrote for their final answer. I don't know why they don't move to touch keyboards instead.
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TheLuna2766 I'm not talking about a machine at this point. I was talking about a person with a speech impediment. Are you telling me that a person with a lisp doesn't deserve all the rights normal person has?
under normal circumstances I would totally agree with jeopardy. however, they're kids. I would expect a little leniency. especially since it would not effect the outcome of the game.
And that's how you get a weak generation. If you were playing jeopardy in your own house, you can set your own rules. If the other kids had misspelled it, they would have also been penalized.
it's still harsh holy cow it's not a spelling bee and it's an excuse to not payout money. Instead the show should encourage tiny mistakes. In real life we aren't as penalized from small errors as you'd think. We do lots of small errors everyday and a small error in this situation isn't dramatic. It's about having fair rules.
I gotta side with Jeopardy on this one... the way the kid spelled the word changed its' pronunciation altogether, so the judges then have a tough call... does the kid not know how to spell, or does he not quite know the answer to the question? They had to rule as they did, they had no choice really. Disappointing for the kid.... but kids today have to realize that you don't get a prize for everything you do, that adults aren't judged on their INTENTIONS but their ACTIONS. You don't get a 'pass' because you're the smartest kid in your class- in reality, you are a small fish in a big pond once you are out of your classroom or community, as the majority of adults are. Lastly-- the FAMILIES of these kids need to learn this same lesson and not encourage this perceived 'specialness' in their children. It isn't helping the kids in the long run. The kid's statement said he was 'cheated' out of the final question' and those aren't the original thoughts of an 8th grader... mom and dad felt cheated, is probably more of the actual truth.
+lindalu22291 Ironically, you wrote "pronouncement" instead of "pronunciation". Disappointing for you... but you have to learn that you aren't judged on your INTENTIONS to write the right word, but on your ACTIONS of writing a completely different word.
+Huntervplaysmc 1 Look next to the root comment's name where it says (edited). This means that the original commenter saw the next comment and was all like "oh, guess I better fix that."
He knew how to spell, it's just called a typo. The objective of Jeopardy isn't spelling nor should they put emphasis on spelling if they can recognize what he was trying to spell.
He wouldn't have won anyway. The kid on his right kicked everybody's ass on that show. I remember watching it. He went away with the same parting gifts as all the other losers on the show. You don't get to keep the money if you don't finish in first place. I think 2nd place gets $2K and 3rd place gets $1K.
It is pretty sad that this kid managed to squeeze 15 minutes of fame out of this just by blaming someone else for his failure. Jeopardy doesn't actually count misspellings against you -- they count mispronunciation against you. There was no way for "emanciptation" to be pronounced the same as the correct answer, so it was wrong. If he had written "emansipation", that would have been considered correct. Also, wtf, I knew that answer at his age. There's no excuse for not knowing that, especially when you voluntarily declare yourself a trivia master and sign-up for Jeopardy. He sounds like he has a huge chip on his shoulder that is completely undeserved. What a brat.
2013: The saddest moment in Jeopardy history.
2020: Hold my beer.
Deadass tho
That
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@@averyw1497
ok whatev
May he REST IN PEACE
Nope, today is the saddest day of jeopardy.
Amen
Yep
Agree
RIP, Alex.......
bless alex trebek
This literally didn't change anything. He was going to walk away with $2,000 if he was right or wrong.
He got misspelled.
If you don't win you get nothing
@@drewdarren5599 not true.
@@arielgonzalez5296 you're right. I just looked it up.
Drew Darren Since May 16, 2002, consolation prizes have been $2,000 for the second-place contestant(s) and $1,000 for the third-place contestant.
Saddest moment? I thought maybe the kid died between episodes. Misspellings are not sad moments even when it would have impacted the outcome.
Yeah he still got 1,000 dollars, even if he spelled it right he would have still gotten last place AND WHY WAS CNN DOING A REPORT ON THIS FOUR YEARS AGO????
dara salami He got 2,000
I honestly clicked this expecting death too.
Saddest moment..... Of the comments ? People watching this expecting the kid to pass away or have a medical crisis. W T F people !
Lol
If he misspelled it badly doesn't that mean he spelled it correctly?
+Zorian Hudym (Brunsos) I see what you did there
+Zorian Hudym (Brunsos) go dasher :P show em who is bwas
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... yes
+Zorian Hudym (Brunsos) I don't think so.....
"badly" is an adverb describing "misspelled". It is just describing the degree of misspelling.
"If he misspelled it wrong, doesn't that mean he spelled it correctly?"....would be more what you're hinting at, but that's not what was said by Trebek.
Randy's right. Badly doesn't equate an adverb like "improperly" which indeed would constitute something like a double-negative case.
But wasn't the misspelling just an extra T? I wanna see a goodly misspelling.
I still handily side with jeopardy! here
This only a story because he is a kid
***** Well that isnt much of a story and more of a funny fail. Story is when everybody actually gives a crap about it and feel empathy for the victim.
+DoctorGuruGuru Well, no shit?
Locustmaster15 exactly
+DoctorGuruGuru and WW3 wouldve start if this was a black muslim kid
Mike Wright I agree
He didn't lose just because of a spelling error, he lost because he had ~9,000 and someone else had ~36,000.
lightning kachowski But he lost the cash in the process of a simple error in spelling. Had they not said the spelling wasn't accepted. He would have got the cash he earned, even though he lost the game. That's the point.
No he wouldn't have, only the 1st place contestant keeps the full amount. 2nd place recieves $2,000 and 3rd place recieves $1,000.
That kid in the lead won $66,600. The other kid had no chance.
"But he lost cash"
Bitch, since he got second place whether or not he got the answer right or wrong he would've still won 2,000 dollars for participation award. Dumbass, you don't know nothing about jeopardy. That's the point. And you don't even know what you're arguing against, as I clearly stated out the misused information you put in your argument.
Second place doesn't keep winnings, only first place. Second place gets paid 2,000 REGARDLESS of whether the answer was wrong or not in this case scenario. Dumbass, how are you gonna try to make a statement on something you don't know the rules for. You have no point because everything you just said was wrong.
Wait, but the other kid had $36k? so even if he got it right he wouldn't have won unless the other kid decided to blow it.
MA Kim-k Correct. In fact the other kid got the question right and set the one day record for Kids Week at $66k. But I guess that story didn't spread as well.
CNN being CNN
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@@afmghost1759 Commenters being commenters and not watching the whole video... LOL
@@jakeb2x266 I did, but the fact of the matter is that they made a big deal out of it for nearly two minutes before bringing it up. They had a clear bias, but they still had to cover their ass
true story, I once failed a 5th grade science test because I misspelled my name.
how the fuck are you supposed to misspell your name
true story, i failed my math final exam because one tear drops on the paper.
+Spacemace I left a letter out
Really, why just why, my teacher lets us know if we didn't write our names at the start.
+TheAlabasterdeplume ha ha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that is hilarious omg lolololol omg in fifth grade lol hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that's the worst I laughing so hard now lol ha aha ahahahahaahahahahaaaaaaaahh
"Well, because he misspelled it badly.... you put a 'P' in there".
So are you saying that is is supposed to be spelled "Emancitation Proclamation"?
Edit: Well, now the real saddest moment in Jeopardy is when Alex Trebek died.
+Gary Lu The rules are that you can't change the pronunciation of the word.
+Captain Xno I never said that Alex or the judges are crazy for penalizing him. I only said that he said he misspelled it because he put a P in there. If he did not put a P in there, it would be spelled "Emancitation Proclamation", which is not the correct spelling. The correct spelling is "Emancipation Proclamation".
He did misspell it. Rules are rules.
+Captain Xno When did I say that he is allowed to misspell it or that he did not misspell it?
You said the judges are crazy. The judges go by the rules.
"You put a "P" in there" so it's "emancitation"?
no its emanciptation roclamation
No it's Emancipation Proclamation
+Kartix My comment wasn't serious btw lmao
firewall705 I'm not sure if your being serious or sarcastic
Ltpwnface OHH XD!
The saddest moment in Jeopardy history happened last night when James Holzhauer lost, sorry kid.
James Holzhauer For President yes
James Holzhauer was ruining the game. Why would anyone want to watch if you automatically knew who was going to win?
Glad "Jeopardy James" is gone.
Fergal Devitt clearly you didn’t know who was going to win every night because he lost
@@joshcuneo2782; Praise God! Him thinking he's the smartest thing walking the earth. Thank God and Greyhound he's gone.
Only person sad about "Jeopardy James " losing, is him. No one else.
HE WOULDN'T HAVE WON EVEN IF HE SPELLED IT CORRECTLY
he felt like he got cheated out because he mispelled it, not because he didnt win
Kurowaka-Senpai
What did he get cheated out of exactly??
cheated out of getting more cash
But doesn't only the winner keep the cash?
Hell if i know, i dont watch the show
But never the less, he was bitter about not getting the points he clearly got (despite the wrong spelling) after all, ''A person's intelligence is not based on their spelling''
the t is silent
fucking lol
When is the "p" silent? When you're in a pool!
cease
Best joke on the Internet right now. Lol man.
Yeah, that's a good point. And one time I accidentally farted on my penis and tried to blow myself and I got really sick.
Everyone's feeling bad for the kid saying his dreams are crushed or that he was cheated out of his chance at winning but even if he got it right, he still would have lost by like 60,000
Yes! It was $54,000 actually, but you are one of the few to realize this.
You really think nobody else realized this? Wow...2nd place prize is usually a lavish trip for the family, third place is usually 200$ prize.
Lucan umm... No. 2nd place is $2,000 and 3rd place is $1,000... He wasn't going anywhere but home, holding an L...
Welcome to REAL LIFE kiddo. Sometimes you win & sometimes you lose. Better to learn it now then later.
I lost a case in court because I over looked a key procedural point that would have let me win the case if I had asked the judge to rule on it. Not only did I not win money. I had to PAY money.
Live & learn.
Daniel, Rollo's on point--it's not the spelling error, it's the pronunciation.
They have said it time and time again: They don't penalize for misspellings, *unless the pronunciations get changed.* Here, the pronunciation *was* changed, hence why they had to count it wrong.
whos here after alex trebek passed away RIP 😣💔🕊
Everyone doesn't get a trophy kiddo- not this time.
Looks like nobody. Wait a month before your next survey.
Does nobody realize that he still would have lost even if he had gotten credit for this answer? It didn't make a difference.
That's what I was going to say. The other guy clearly has WAY more money. (Unless he bet it all and lost, which would have been a huge mistake.) But this might have been a tournment where they total three days worth of scores AND give the 2nd place finisher a lump sum of like $10,000 or something. So this probably did end up costing him a decent amount of cash.
You want me to watch till the end of the video or actually look into what I'm angry about? NO! Screw you and the system buddy. I will now commence to criticize society and what we've "turned into". I will also reminisce about "the times" where kids on TV shows were always given a trophy no matter what.
I reminisce about the times when kids weren't such big babies when they messed up, especially 10 years or older.
how was he treated unfair?
SomeCallMeFeast first of all, he wasn't "treated unfairly." Second of all, who gives a fuck if he was? He still would have lost. Aw, his poor little feelings were hurt. Not our fault his pussy ass can't handle the truth.
Well, the host could have simply said:
*_"I'm sorry, but the spelling of this word is incorrect"_*
Rather than:
*_...because he misspelled it badly..._*
...kinda harsh... I understand the rules, but be more hospitable about them....
Rofl. The way the host said it was in no way smug. Stop being pussies, the little shit is even bold enough to say that he was cheated.
Same. That was kinda smug. And the host doesn't even look sad. I mean come on! He is just a kid!
Princess Lucina The problem wasn't that he misspelled it. It was that his spelling of the word changed his pronunciation of the word. This isn't the same situation than if somebody just traded one vowel for another, so yes, he misspelled it badly, as Trebek said.
Princess Lucina don't be ridiculous. It is what it is, the host was correct. What's happening with American Education?
Princess Lucina Really? Do you seriously think his phrasing was too HARSH?
All he did was tell the child how to correctly spell it. This is education and constructive criticism.
Holy shit, America be damned.
Anyone who is familiar with Jeopardy knows that you must spell and pronounce the word correctly to get credit for it.
Exactly! This is not Match Game, where spelling didn't count. It does count in Jeopardy.
Jeopardy has always been a stickler for pronunciation and spelling.
They are harsh and hard. But they are consistent.
Tough break kid. Best to learn now that in life sometimes almost right isn't good enough.
I thought if you misspell something but it doesn't affect pronunciation you still get it right
Yeah. That's the name of the game.
Except for Hawaiian words, lol
When did Jeopardy become a spelling bee?
Since Jeopardy.
The judges said he misspelled it _badly_?
I agree he should be penalized, but adding one extra letter isn't what I would call badly.
And did Trebek say he put a P in there?
Yes, Trebek said he put a P in there. Trebek spelled it wrongly himself. He meant to say "He put a 't' in there".
Babyman Jr. why did you come back after one year?
Foba Bett why did u come back to it after one year? I did it because it was on my recommended list
Yes he BADLY misspelled it because he didn't even get it correct phonetically He wrote eman-cip-TA-tion
Saskeru the Ultimate It was bad, because his spelling made it sound different. If he wrote "emancypation" it should've been accepted but no emanciptation or wimbleton which change the phonetics of the word entirely.
" It's LeviOsa, not LevioSA!!!" "$10,000 off!"
+mason methot LOOOOOL i laughed way too hard at this.
***** :D
Lawllllllllllllkkjjhhggffddssaalllll
Lol
Stop Ron stoooop
"You put a "P" in there"
*Warms up hands*
BOI!
I don't get why he said that.
It is spelled wrong but, the P should be in it.
Emancipation Proclamation
right i was like... tf you saying he got out when you can't spell it yourself
i put MY p in there. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Revenge75 no
should've said puck you!
What annoyed me was how he used the term “cheated out”. No, kid, that’s the game, deal with life.
That doesn't make it any less petty. He knew the answer. He just made a mistake, probably due to being on national tv with prize money at stake.
Alex didn’t even know how to spell it, “You put a p in there.” No, Alex, the p is right, he only added a single extra t.
Emancipation VS. Emanciptation
You can’t even read the difference, you have to look closer.
@@jakeb2x266 Eh, you're right, but who cares? Alex wasn't the contestant. He gets told there was an error and has to try and point it out -- the guess remains disqualified. Rules are rules, the kid rightfully lost and should have owned up to it. It's not sad, it's a well-needed reality check.
@@SporeSpawn Rules are stupid rules. Why would he own up to it when he did get it right. They just counted it wrong because he "misspelled it badly." Proof of concept is there, and it makes no sense to judge based off spelling, especially with children. I think he has every right to complain, just as Jeopardy has every right to uphold their rules. I don't really care, I was only annoyed with "No, kid, that's the game, deal with life." As if this kid is an adult.
@@jakeb2x266 Well I don't find the rules stupid. Kid or adult, the game will start to lose integrity if they let this stuff slide. Should they also let it slide if the contestant doesn't answer in the form of a question, even if they got the answer correct? Because it has happened on this show and the contestant was justly penalized.
"he got the answer right he misspelled it big deal"
Writes the person who can't punctuate or capitalize.
Floyd Palmer Oh Lawd, I ain't having none of that.
.UK
saglek I swear i was the only one to catch it!
Floyd Palmer by the way you didn't capitalize the "h" in he, he is the beginning of the sentence, so why don't you shut up because you obviously are a moron.
Levi M That was a quote, so Floyd Palmer was not incorrect. You should have looked at the quotation marks. Think before you say, or in this situation, think before you type.
Those are the rules. You have to spell it right, or at least reasonably close. You can't just change the rules because he's a kid.
he was reasonably close, he accidentally added a letter.
So adding an extra letter isn't reasonably close? If you can't add an extra letter and be "reasonably close", then the answer would have had to be correct which completely undermines your whole argument.
***** Rawbie the Sheeth The added letter changed the pronunciation of the word. According to Jeopardy rules, that is unacceptable. If he wrote "EmanSipation" instead of "EmanCipation" that would have been fine. The pronunciation is unchanged. However, he wrote "EmancipTation". Adding another phoneme, and changing the word's pronunciation
They made the right decision.
jojag5 No, they did not make the right decision. Both the judges and Alex are fucking dicks.
***** The rules are clear, and according to the rules of the game, it was the correct decision. If you think that makes them dicks, fine, but it doesn't change the fact that the judges made the right call.
BTW, how is Alex a dick here? He's not even involved in making these decisions.
If we're being pedantic, Trebek said he misspelled it badly. Technically, that means he spelled it well. Trebek also said his mistake was he put a P in there. So Trebek thinks it is supposed to be spelled Emancitation Proclamation, or Emanciptation Roclamation. Trebek made more mistakes in his explanation than the kid did in his answer.
That is not even the point, don't justify this nonsense. He lost because of the rules of the show, not because of a random announcer error.
your move, trebek.
They were both incorrect. Trebek being incorrect does not make the child's answer correct. If we're being pedantic.
lmao, touche, good sir.
Trebek has no say in the ruling. The ruling is made by off camera judges. Having said that, this was a pretty bogus ruling, as there have been several Final Jeopardy! questions that have been ruled correct with slight misspellings.
That’s gotta sting.
Just like Ken Jennings beating James Holzhauer by $200.
Yeah that was some bullshit
Can nobody please talk about being rigged
thats just how the game works
A wrong answer is a wrong answer. The show is just being fair and unbiased.
Au contraire, his answer was correct. His spelling was less so, but never the less, his ANSWER was the Emancipation Proclamation.
Stetson Graham The answer is what is written on the screen. Yes, his thinking was correct. His answer, however, isn't.
Stetson Graham if ANY of the other people had made the same mistake theye'd have been penlized as well, this is an entirely mute argument because jeopardy is completely unbiased in the contestants
TheDragonflyzero There have been adults that literally write down a zig-zag line and the judges have to get him to say it out loud. There IS bias.
Theres a difference between legibility and misspelling
An intelligent young boy, standing before a live audience, under pressure, under scrutiny, misspelling a word ever so slightly that the meaning of his answer was still profoundly obvious, and Jeopardy disqualifies him? Correct answer and all? Truly appalling.
The spelling ruins the pronounciation of the word, why should they bend the rules for him?
I'm a professor of linguistics (yes really, that's why the story interests me), so here's my professional opinion on the matter. The one additional phoneme /t/ the boy added does not significantly modify the word or it's meaning. It insignificantly changes the word on a morphological level and phonological level, yes, but definitely does not change it on either a semantic or syntactic level. But, place all of the science of it aside for a moment. On a level of humanity, the producers knew very well what the young boy's answer was and if they were able to decipher his answer and realize that this was nothing more than typographical (and clearly they did realize this), then the producers need to take onus more than the boy. It's their show, they may do as they wish, but from a professional's standpoint, they nitpicked at something that, on a language-level, we linguists would consider totally de minimis.
my opinion about why they should bend the rules for him, is that he is a kid. They showed other people getting penalized, who where these people? Adults. They are more prepared to participate and be under pressure. A kid is not, all the pressure from his parents watching him and a big audience can be overwhelming. If you do a speech in front of a class you might miss pronounce something, just because you are nervous. This kid was as well, all I'm saying is that Jeopardy should make the rules more flexible not only for him but for young contestants. I apologize for any grammar mistake.
It is simple semantics and I agree with you that clearly we, as well as the judges, were able to understand him. However they show an example at 1:24 that they penalized an adult for pronouncing it Wimbleton instead of Wimbledon. Even though we all know he meant Wimbledon, it is set in the rules that answers must be pronounced/spelled correctly.
Well, it's a ridiculous rule that could stand changing, and this was a child, not an adult.
As they said at the end, he still would have lost even if they'd accepted it. He would have lost by more than $50.000 and still gotten the same $2000 consolation prize. It had zero effect on the outcome of the game, he still came in second and was FAR away from first. Since the runner-up prizes are a fixed amount it didn't cost him any money, much less the win.
How is there a chance for slipper slope? Isn't it set in stone pretty much who was going to win?
***** I think it would have been a slippery slope if they HAD given it to him. By the rules of the game he got it wrong. Simply giving it to him, just because, would have opened a can of worms and left the rules open to many interpretations. In Jeopardy the spelling does not have to be 100% correct, but it must be phonetically correct. If he had written something like Emancipaytion Proclamation they probably would have accepted it.
***** Well I doubt there have been many instances where somebody misspelled it but did so in a way that was phonetically correct in a different accent, but if they did I'm sure it would be something the judges would rule on. Just as they would accept an oral answer that has a different pronunciation with a different accent. They probably wouldn't accept it if you just said it wrong in any accent. Like the guy who said "Wimbleton" instead of Wimbledon. It was only one letter off, but wrong and so they ruled it incorrect.
And yes the kid was only a letter off, but he added an extra letter that changed the pronunciation of the would, so it wasn't phonetically correct. The rule is that it must be so. Not going by the rules, either this time or times in the past when they may have let something slide, would be what creates the slippery slope. The problem would be the previous incorrect rulings, not this correct one.
Still a dick move for Trebek to mock him for putting a P in the word emancipation, which clearly contains a P.
There is no accent that makes "Emancipation" sound like "Emanciptation."
Me: First comment, "Aw poor boy."
Boy: "Cheated"
Me: Deletes comment.
@Ruthless no...
Where do you see Ruthless?
Am I the only one here that just wants to give the poor kid a hug instead of bickering about if Jeopardy was right for doing that?
This is youtube so probably you are the only one, sadly.
I know it's UA-cam, but there has to be at least some people who agree with me on this. Considering UA-cam is also a place to express opinions even though some people will respond differently than you or hate you for your different opinion.
Jazzy Wood Probably true.. spend enough time browsing comment sections and you get a little jaded...
great reply..smh... give the kid a hug, hes a kid. Trebek, the show, the judges did nothing wrong. Its CLEARLY made known pre show, that spelling IS part of the deal.
I really doubt a hug from you would make him forget about losing $10,000
His parents could have used this as a “teachable moment” instead of whining on his behalf. Great life lesson.
Uh, no. This is bullshit. Sorry :/
@@a1joryj they made the statement for him dude, he wouldn't have won even if he spelled it correctly
@@a1joryj Have you ever even seen Jeopardy, tho? It's been a pretty known think you have to be 100% right.
They weren't "whining" on his behalf. They were being good and decent parents which is lots more than I could ever say about MY parents. One was a deadbeat drunk (Dad) and the other was a lazy narcissist (Mom).
Now look at America
It's the real world, kid, you don't get a participtation trophy here.
Edmund Snyder If you screw up once and get fired, that's probably not a company worth working for in the first place. Always a silver lining. Leaving a shitty job is a reward in itself. Sure you have no pay, but guess what? You were fired! That's good news, because now you can file for unemployment while you search for a job that isn't fucking retarded. And that's how you turn a negative into a positive.
Also this kid did do it right. Emancipation proclamation was the right answer. He answered it right and he still got it wrong. That's a big pile of bullshit if you ask me. Fuck Jeopardy and fuck Alex Trebek. It's a stupid show, and he's a corporate douche.
+John Lewis
The kid wouldn't of won had he spelled it correctly anyway.
You don't receive a paycheck for ''participating'' at work. You do an occupation well, and you are paid for it.
You can't ''file for unemployment'' for being fired. Often times, being fired means you won't receive a penny, as unemployment paychecks are given to an employee based on their length of employment with the company, and whether the company even approves of the individuals request for unemployment.
Fuhq Ewe The kid winning isn't the point. He still got the question right.
And you're wrong. You can do a job poorly. As long as you show up to work, you get a paycheck.
Also, it doesn't matter if the company approves of unemployment compensation, because more often than not, compensation is guaranteed in the signed contract. Companies challenge their former employees compensation a lot, because they're a bunch of greedy corporate pigs who deserve to die, but it was in the signed contract, so there's jack shit they can actually do about it except go fuck themselves.
*****
You've never had a job for more than a few weeks have you?
Fuhq Ewe I had a job for four years, and then walked out. My next job I stayed at for a month before walking out. And now I have another job, which I like, because my new employer is not a greedy motherfucker.
The problem I have with most employers is that they think they own their employees. They think that just because they gave you a job means you owe them something. That's not the case. They hired you to do a job. You don't owe them jack shit, but they sure as hell owe you money at the end of every shift.
And it doesn't matter if you do your job poorly. When you sign a contract with a company, there is no agreement which states that you only get paid for doing a job well. In most jobs, you are paid for the hours that you put in, not the quality of work.
The saddest moment is today (November 8th, 2020) The day we lost the iconic legend himself, Alex Trebek.
Just wait for more guest hosts if you want sad. Anderson Cooper? Who's next...Ellen D.?
So "eemannsippayshun prahcklamayshun" would have been accepted?
I think emancipation proclamation was the wrong answer anyway.
Most likely. You gave the phonetic spelling. And the rules say that it must be *phonetically* correct to be counted as right.
It probobobly would be
Oops...
I'm kicked off of UA-cam know because I spelled ONE WORD wrong!
Mistah Mew The correct answer was emancipation proclamation.
You misspelled the word "probably", but gave the phonetic spelling.
To be fair, Jeopardy has always been pretty consistent that spelling errors are allowed but not a missing or added syllable. I get that this was a kid, but they are correct that they were enforcing the established rules/
Tim F You are exactly correct. Misspelling is ok, but if a syllable is added or taken off, it’s incorrect. Also sometimes contestants can be stuck between two answers that is similarly spelled, just a letter or two difference, so they’ll misspell it to make look like it can be either word. I’m sure Jeopardy would penalize on that as well.
You can misspell a word as long as it doesn't change the pronunciation of it. This error changed the pronunciation, so it is then incorrect. That's the rule of final Jeopardy.
Disagree, in fact Jeopardy producers not only inconsistently and subjectively apply enforcement of spelling, in this case for a 13 year old kid, they should have ruled him with a right answer. Unless, the incorrectly spelled word forms another real word (which in this case it doesn't) I don't see how ruling against this kid is fair. I distinctly recall seeing final Jeopardy contestants spell words wrong and receive credit for a right answer.
Doesn't matter, Martin. It's the same rule for adults, kids, teens, college students, and teachers. The ruling was fair.
I get the rules and all. But it's just fact that most kids are worse at spelling than adults, so they should expect the kids to make spelling errors :(((((
Announcer said I correct letter was p, or could it be t?
/music plays
saddest moment is today.... 11/08/2020....Rest in peace Alex.
"Oh he's so young, he should be an exception" do you see the questions they ask? His fail is funny when you realize how hard the questions he answered were and how easy emancipation is to spell
Tallen Smith if you want to watch something funny watch playboys weakest link. Its the normal show but with playboy bunny and seriously dumbed down questions.
That sounds strangely amazing
That sounds like a misnomer
Ah well. Teach her how to spell complicated words
Facebook?
I lost on Jeopardy, baby.
Christian Duncan like a surgeon?
uglycasanova79 HEY! cuttin' for the very first time
We've got it all, on UHF!
EldestSauce Smells like Nirvana
Another one rides the bus
I'm with Jeopardy. It would be cheating to say he's correct.
Cheating is going against the rules of the game. The judges only accept a misspelling when it doesn't change the pronunciation of the answer.
You are SEW RONG !
I have to agree with u. Let's say I put Bob Saget as the answer, I can't just say I spelled Emancipation Proclamation wrong. The kid was close and I feel bad for him, but this is why we need to stop using spell correct XD
Well, does it matter that the idiot announcer doesn't know how to spell it either? The moron said: "You put a 'P' in there. The misspelling was that he put a 'T' in the word, not the 'P'.
And this is not a spelling bee, it's a show about knowledge.
+Test Channel I agree he did say p instead of t I feel that the announcer should have been confronted for that. And wtf he spelled it badly. NO HE DIDNT. He accidentally put a t. Who cares life is literally too short to give a damn about that.
Pretty sure we've had a more upsetting loss in Jeopardy... RIP Alex
pReTtY sUrE this video came out well before that.
I watched him as Jeopardy host when I was 12 or 13 in the early 90’s until his untimely passing. He allowed the game to be the star, not himself. Doc over here is apparently a PR rep for cnn
on the bright side, he'll never forget how to spell the word emancipation
ive seen other episodes where they misspell on the final question and they let it slide
They did this because it's legally challenging to give money to a kid from something like this. It had nothing to do with the misspelled word, I guarantee it.
Sgt C4 what? He still gets money he just didn't win
tristannolan85 I think they're just big asses.
grown-ups do it all the time too. So the boy REALLY got cheated off.
He could not have won anyway, he still got $2,000 for second place.
I'm sure there is some organization now giving him a free ride to a 4 year private college because he really is smart and brave to be on Jeopardy!
You don't get full-rides for being "brave" by going on Jeopardy LMAO
Beast Mode, I'm sure some organization has given him a full scholarship to some university.
Kid needs to learn. Can’t change the rules cause you don’t like them.
Dude he's a kid and he got it right, a typo shouldn't cost you that that's bullshit
I remember specifically hearing that “they don’t penalize for spelling errors” for an ADULT contestant later on, so the fact that they marked him wrong was bullshit no matter what way you look at it.
The official rules are that they don't take off for spelling errors, as long as the spelling doesn't change the pronunciation. This case was a grey area which could have gone either way. Many believe that as an 8th grader - they should have ruled in his favor, because he obviously got the right answer.
@@blue3381 There is no pronunciation for misspelled/nonexistent words. The kid can say the extra letter is silent, then the pronunciation is exactly the same. That rule means nothing. People have gotten entire words wrong in questions in the proper nouns and gotten credit.
@@eldiesel4593 I 100% agree that the kid's response should have been accepted. Just stating what I know to be the rules of the show. If the kid spelled it something like, "emansipayshun" the judges would have accepted it because it would have sounded out phonetically correct. But when you sound out the kid's spelling, it becomes, "ee-man-sip-TAY-shun." I'm guessing that's their reasoning, even though it's clear that the kid knew the answer.
"you spelled it badly. you put a P in there" Trebek can't spell!
technically correct.
Yes but "you put a P in there" was technically correct.
what Trebek meant was that "emancipTation" was wrong because he put a P in there. That would make it "emancitation". Get it?
and the kid did put a P in there. so what Trebek said was technically correct. get it?
If you go by Trebek's implication, he was incorrect. Trebek was clearly implying the word should not have had a "p". Trebek therefore, is wrong.
Why does it say Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz at 0:52
David Bollinger this comment made my day lmao
Incorperated
slick vick YEA BOI
He was mentioned in one of the questions, I think.
CURSE YOU PERRY THE PLATYPUS!!!!!!!!!!!
Alex didn't pronounce the misspelled word correctly! What a hypocrite.
He even fucked up saying what the poor kid did wrong: "You put a 'P' in there, that's unfortunate" You dumbass, Alex, there's supposed to be a 'P', not the trailing 'T'. Poor kid.
I didn't see where Alex Trebek was "smug" about it. He simply conveyed what the producers told him to do in a straightforward way. It was a bad ruling but I didn't detect any smugness about it. I'm sure they felt bad too for the kid.
wait a 12-year-old is in 8th grade? what the hell?
ThatOneKidYouDontKnow lol I was thinking that
ThatOneKidYouDontKnow I was 12 in 8th
Paramita guitarist seriously? im 13 and in 7th
ThatOneKidYouDontKnow when you hit highschool most people start at 14 idk that's just my experience
I'm turning 15 in 10th grade lol. Where do you live?
I am on Jeopardy's side on this.
"He misspelled it badly."
Looks like he made a grammatical mistake too.
bad·ly
ˈbadlē
adverb
1.
in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way.
"a badly managed company"
NocturnalNick rekt
Lol I said the same thing and this rando dude is like personally attacking me he got so offended 😂😂
yeah but the kid didn't make a grammatical mista- ah forget it
He was supposed to say "He spelled it badly," not "He misspelled it badly."
Omg, it's the rule. They didn't just make it up to shit on this kid. It applies to all contestants, all the time. You can definitely tell this kid and his supporters are part of the "participation trophy" generation. THAT's the saddest part of this Jeopardy moment.
*smh*
CNN left a big detail out. The kid wasn't cheated. According to the official rules of _Jeopardy!_, a contestant's spelling of the correct answer CAN be incorrect, but it MUST NOT change the pronunciation of the word(s). "Emanciptation" is pronounced much differently than "Emancipation." If the stupid kid knew the rules, he would know that he, in fact, was not "cheated."
moevana12 So in effect, if he spelled it "emansipation" he would have been okay.
***** Yes, that is correct. I've seen plenty of incorrect spellings on final jeopardy that were accepted because they didn't change the pronunciation of the word.
moevana12 But you know, he is a fucking 12 year old kid, so he wouldn't know the rules inside and out. Especially when he narrowly lost the prize money
@caesar
He would've lost by five digits. How you consider that to be close is beyond me.
I wonder if you would have done better than this 'Stupid Kid' at 12 years old?
I like Jeopardy for doing this. They pride themselves on being a high-level academic game show. They are not compromising their standards for kids. The kids have to learn to be on top of their game and dot their i's and cross their t's just like anybody else. I do think that Trebek could have been a little kinder. The boy didn't misspell it "badly" he added one letter that shouldn't have been there. But I'm very much ok with them not giving him the points because it also makes them look like a less intelligent show for allowing misspelled answers to count as correct.
billny33 wtf?
Sounds like you are a shallow shell of a human who has absolutely no life.
LordPinochetUTTP it's good that a show doesn't cater to kids and addresses spelling mistakes. The same thing also happens at geography bees. You gotta spell right to get it right.
+ Echo.Jaxx That's nonsense. I could see this being reasonable if the contestant was an adult, but this was just an elementary schooler. There was absolutely no reason to punish him so severely. And no, I am not a supporter of this so called "everyone gets a trophy for trying" system, but I've noticed that people who comment on it constantly tend to be completely antisocial.
LordPinochetUTTP LordPinochetUTTP I am aware that the host was being a dick about it; however, the spelling mistake changed the pronunciation of the word and according to the rules, that makes the answer incorrect. The host was rubbing it in but that doesn't mean that the kid got it correct. When I was a kid, i misspelled a word in the geography bee, and didn't get the answer correct. I was so pissed about it, but it was fair. What happened was fair, but I see what you're saying when the host was egging it on like a bitch.
The ending says it all. So the kid is sad he was "cheated" because it was a spelling error, yet an error would be using the wrong letter or something... "emansipation." He butchered the word. Let's write it here: "emanciptation." Even Google is mad at me spelling it wrong, underling it with a big red line.
This is just another example of this younger generation not being taught how to lose. In this case, he would have lost anyway, even spelling the word correctly. What would his excuse be then?
You make a lot of assumptions for a kid you don't even know.
Really? Look at this face when he lost and tell me he doesn't know how to lose.
So changing a 'c' to a 's' is a less egregious error than adding an extra 't'?
handballvid I don't think that assumptions are being made. The kid said that he was cheated. That is showing that he does not know how to lose. He got the answer wrong. It also shows that his parents are not helping. Had that been me as a child. And I complained. My Dad would have explained why I had not answered the question correctly.
dis show suxxxxxxxx
I've always known the rule to be: as long as it's phonetically correct, it counted. For example, one contestant wrote down Khazakstan instead of Kazakhstan but it still counted as that spelling still has the correct pronunciation. As sad as it is, Emanciptation Proclamation isn't an acceptable answer since the added T makes it a completely different in pronunciation. He knew the answer, but the slight spelling error can in fact make a difference.
My point exactly. They're loose on the spelling, but strict on pronunciation, that is the key phrase.
I agree that Jeopardy has been consistent on the handling of spelling errors.
Here's the way I think of it. If you change a vowel, or miss a double consonant, it can still be considered the same word, misspelled. If you add an extra consonant, it really can't be considered just a misspelling of the word. "Emanciptation" is simply not the same as "emancipation": it can't be considered the same word.
This the way I've thought of the Jeopardy policy on spelling.
Weeeeeeeeell, learn to spell.
frank ponds You spelled "well" wrong.
MP197742 didn't lose money over it. So, I'm not tripping.
It would be funny if UA-cam sent you a fee for every misspelled word in your comments, XD
+frank ponds u misspelled well
Emily Jayne C'mon, now. Don't steal jokes. MP already covered that lol.
"He wouldn't have won anyway"
The part EVERYONE LEFT OUT
It doesn't matter what would have happened, it matters that this ruling was idiotic.
it also matters how harsh alex was being, he could’ve simply said “i’m sorry but you misspelled it” but he decides to arrogantly say that he misspelled it badly.
it makes no sense to rule against his spelling, since he would’ve finished in 2nd place regardless
@@AlexRasengan1337It wouldn’t have made any difference
The way he spelled it changed the pronunciation of the word, therefore he was fairly ruled incorrect. Remember that the answer must be pronounced correctly, otherwise you'll be ruled incorrect.
Thank you!! I gave a more detailed explanation of the same truth earlier but I guess you just can't fix stupid. Most people just can't accept that anything can be their own fault.
Why can't people find anything better to do? It's the rules of the game and everything must be played fair and square.
Because the host of the show is a dumbass
+Supreme Sasuke That is not even close to the same getting a digit or +/- sign wrong changes the answer COMPLETELY slightly misspelling a word does not change the answer itself unless it is truly spelled terribly you still understand what the answer says.
YouSuck921 I said one of the DIGITS is BACKWARDS like if I wrote a five but accidentally made it backwards
Actually, the saddest moment in Jeopardy history happened yesterday, when Alex passed away.
*made 7 years ago*
No question about that
Why are kids so entitled these days???
They're not. He lost.
JayJay B It's not the kids man, it's the media, and the parents who blew it out of proportion.
Tylosaurio Get out of here with your gay agenda feminazi.
Tylosaurio I mma give you something your parents never gave you. A good ole fashion beatin you liberal dirt bag
+JayJay B If you earned something that you were promised and not given it for no real reason, you'd be upset too. But no, you'd rather blame those gosh darn kids for being all about themselves.
Kids are WAY too pampered these days. Rules are rules, all is fair. They knew it ahead of time. He's old enough to suck it up.
Final Jeopardy you're in a rush to write it down. Clearly he knew the answer it is a long word and he was making corrections. This isn't right.
Jim Duggan Dude, I am in the 6th grade. I can spell it on a whim.
jayjay07 comparing elementary and middle schoolers is ineffective because some are far more accelerated than others, and really doesn't even out until your junior year of high school. And even then, there are very illiterate high schoolers.
You can also use capitalization improperly and use numbers in a sentence instead of words.
If they gave his whiny ass a participation trophy, would you be happy? I hope you never have kids.
He knew the answer that's all that matters you schmuck.
They can't blame Alex Trebek for this. He's only the host, he doesn't decide on anything. And he wasn't smug either, he just said what was wrong and that's it.
I guess you can say his misspelling put him in jeopardy！
Problem was...it changed the pronunciation of the word. It's not so much the misspelling. The rule is misspellings are acceptable--BUT...you *cannot change the pronunciation*.
Michael Rosen's Bag Of Plums nice username. Mine sucks
I’m actually done with these kinds of jokes *GIANT BREATHS*
I’m going to hell for laughing
DynamicQueen good one
On jeopardy a guy spelled something wrong in final jeopardy and he didn't get penalized. Smh
Did it change the pronunciation?
SKG The Champion I'm pretty sure it did
I saw that episode. Trebek even responded to the moment "...we don't penalize for misspellings."
The problem with this whole thing was Alex Trebek's poor explanation for it being wrong. The real reason the answer was wrong was because it changed the pronunciation of the word and had nothing to do with the spelling of it.
PlutoIsMahBae :3 Stupid JK
"he was cheated"
Nope, no sense of entitlement there....
He *was* cheated. Truth is, he would have lost anyways. But I'll say this. If I were him, even though I'd have lost anyways, I'd have been pissed too. It's the *principle* of it.
Stetson Graham The "principle" of it is that his answer was incorrect. It is TECHNICALLY the wrong answer, so he deserved to lose. Kids don't get special treatment for crossing their arms and pouting.
Decore Noah It is TECHNICALLY the *right* answer. Because he spelled it wrong, but his ANSWER was the Emancipation Proclamation. The principle I'm talking about is that he was cheated out of a correct answer because some judges were being petty for no reason.
Stetson Graham
The correct answer is "Emancipation Proclamation". Not "Emanciptation Proclamation" . Say if I go to the Jeopardy show and give an answer as "beer claws" instead of the correct answer "bear claws" , i would still be wrong.
***** 11/5/14 alex accepted Caldicot and Caldecott.
If you’re 13 or 14 don’t cry if you loose something. You weren’t cheated out of it welcome to life
Remember kids, misspell a word, you could lose 10,000 dollars
In jeopardy you don’t get penalized for wrong spelling if the pronunciation doesn’t change
It really didn't matter...he would have not won anyway.
they ruined the kids confidence without confidence he may have problems doing things that make him stand out in the future and that how most people get a job, they stand out
He made the mistake though and he decided to go on the show. How is his confidence being/not being ruined the show's fault?
Ux Obi he loses the money he earned before the final question.
Ux Obi he lost all the money he earned before then.
Jackson Catlett No, you don't get any money if you are not the overall winner. 2nd and 3rd place get a consolation prize from one of the sponsors...no cash.
If only the judges had been a little more emancipatient with him.
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I wish I could have given this two thumbs up hahahaha!
Cringey puns have entered the chat.
CNN brews all of this outrage in the first two minutes, then in the final ten seconds admits that he would’ve lost even if the answer was ruled correct. Figures.
He's 12 for God sake. I'm proud of him for knowing what the Emancipation Proclamation is in the first place.
+Kevin Cody i'd bet you're proud he can tie his own shoes as well.
+maroonoasis you probably can't explain it and if you did it would almost be 100% googled
+SirKittyGuy I think you are severely underestimating the stupidity of people on the internet.
I learned what that was in 2nd grade, doesn't matter. He spelt it wrong. Doesn't get the points, its been in the damn rule book for ages. Get over it.
***** **spelled
He misspelled it badly; there's supposed to be a 'P' in there."
Seriously? The irony...
i didnt even notice the spelling error until alex trebek pointed it out
Let me get this straight. So the saddest moment in Jeopardy history is penalizing a contestant for misspelling a word even though he would have lost if he wasn't penalized?
He would've lost anyway.
2nd and 3rd place get paid differently if I’m not mistaken
@@kidd595 $2000 for second place, $1000 for third
This is pretty fucking stupid, he would have lost anyways. It doesn't affect his winnings at all as he is second place.
5-19-16 accepted Martin Luther King.. The correct answer was Martin Luther King Junior
They put children on the show, and then punish them for misspellings?
Laura Shields yes. what kind of retarted statement is that
They then tell him with lowsy grammar that he "because he misspelled it badly" SMH Shame on them.
Laura Shields boo hoo. it was a rule he needed ot spell it correctly, so he wasn't cheated.
cry me a river sweetheart, while u try to win your youtube comment fight XD
+Laura Shields try to win? already won with ur stupid comments
I absolutely applaud Jeopardy for their statement.
they just dont want to give money to a kid
***** XD SHUT THE FUCK UP
oh im too weak don't kill me please Your joking right? I was agreeing with you until you put up that dumb statement. I don't think he would go on your channel and see if you were black and say shut up. And if that you was sarcasm I am sorry for not noticing lol
Lol another kid won...wth? He misspelled it, in the past ppl were penalized for it, it's not fair that he wouldn't be penalized for it
Wouldn’t have mattered because the winner was already so far ahead.
2nd place always wins $2,000 anyway
Ya, because in this day and age THERE ARE NO LOSERS, right? Suck it up and move forward.
Lats of adolts cant spel ither
it was... it was a joke...
Extreme Wolf This is what happens when you put to many points on cynicism and forget to put some on intelligence and humor
Exploding Cactus
Who said I was trying to put intelligence and humor in there?
Yeh i Cann nout spel tooo
Biddy Buckley mi dadd es ann badd spelor, hee canat spel mi naam
It has always been like this for years and years
Actually he should have written it in cursive real fast, they would have given it to him.
Indeed. Half the time you can barely read what the contestants wrote for their final answer. I don't know why they don't move to touch keyboards instead.
I don't get the issue. There was no way he could have caught the leader anyway.
He and his family are entitled crybabies.
Leader could have wagered a lot idk
Well, if we're being pedantic, how can you misspell something "badly"?
bad·ly
ˈbadlē
adverb
1.
in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way.
"a badly managed company"
synonyms: poorly, incompetently, ineptly, inexpertly, inefficiently, imperfectly, deficiently, defectively, unsatisfactorily, inadequately, incorrectly, faultily, shoddily, amateurishly, carelessly, negligently; More
2.
to a great or serious degree; severely.
"the building was badly damaged by fire"
synonyms: desperately, sorely, intensely, seriously, very much, greatly, exceedingly
"she badly needs help"
For example, spelling the word "necessary" as necesary is misspelling it whereas spelling it as nesezzery is badly misspelling it.
***** No!
english pls
LesterDragon So you're saying he spelt it well then?
The boy should be awarded a full scholarship to McDonald’s Hamburger University to make up for his gut-wrenching loss.
"he's a kid" guys they're supposed to be treated like adult contestants
Just watched the IBM challenge with watson. The computer mispronounced dozens of words, but wasn't penalized.
if you went in there with a major speech impediment you had no control over would you want penalized?
TheDragonflyzero
Yes, I would want them to follow the rules.
paudeline you are pure stupidity
TheDragonflyzero
Why, because I believe in equal rights?
TheLuna2766
I'm not talking about a machine at this point. I was talking about a person with a speech impediment. Are you telling me that a person with a lisp doesn't deserve all the rights normal person has?
under normal circumstances I would totally agree with jeopardy. however, they're kids. I would expect a little leniency. especially since it would not effect the outcome of the game.
And that's how you get a weak generation. If you were playing jeopardy in your own house, you can set your own rules. If the other kids had misspelled it, they would have also been penalized.
it's still harsh holy cow it's not a spelling bee and it's an excuse to not payout money. Instead the show should encourage tiny mistakes. In real life we aren't as penalized from small errors as you'd think. We do lots of small errors everyday and a small error in this situation isn't dramatic. It's about having fair rules.
+Gabzo Avro exactly. teaching children that nothing short of perfection is acceptable.
+Gabzo Avro This is a competition about giving correct answers and winning money not giving wrong answers and winning money
Luke Weller His answer was mispelled not wrong. Misspelled.
No the saddest moment in jeopardy is that Alex Trebec died today. 😭 We miss you Alex.
Because you misspelled it badly, you put a c instead of a k, the comment judges are ruling against you.
I gotta side with Jeopardy on this one... the way the kid spelled the word changed its' pronunciation altogether, so the judges then have a tough call... does the kid not know how to spell, or does he not quite know the answer to the question? They had to rule as they did, they had no choice really. Disappointing for the kid.... but kids today have to realize that you don't get a prize for everything you do, that adults aren't judged on their INTENTIONS but their ACTIONS. You don't get a 'pass' because you're the smartest kid in your class- in reality, you are a small fish in a big pond once you are out of your classroom or community, as the majority of adults are. Lastly-- the FAMILIES of these kids need to learn this same lesson and not encourage this perceived 'specialness' in their children. It isn't helping the kids in the long run. The kid's statement said he was 'cheated' out of the final question' and those aren't the original thoughts of an 8th grader... mom and dad felt cheated, is probably more of the actual truth.
+lindalu22291 Ironically, you wrote "pronouncement" instead of "pronunciation". Disappointing for you... but you have to learn that you aren't judged on your INTENTIONS to write the right word, but on your ACTIONS of writing a completely different word.
+lindalu22291 Best response I've seen, was going to side with the kid but you actually brought up a good point and I agree with you.
+Lyuboslav Angelushev show me where it was said, sadly I cannot find it.
+Huntervplaysmc 1 Look next to the root comment's name where it says (edited). This means that the original commenter saw the next comment and was all like "oh, guess I better fix that."
He knew how to spell, it's just called a typo. The objective of Jeopardy isn't spelling nor should they put emphasis on spelling if they can recognize what he was trying to spell.
He wouldn't have won anyway. The kid on his right kicked everybody's ass on that show. I remember watching it. He went away with the same parting gifts as all the other losers on the show. You don't get to keep the money if you don't finish in first place. I think 2nd place gets $2K and 3rd place gets $1K.
Legend has it, he is 18 years old now and he is *still* thinking about his English mistakes from when he was a child.
It is pretty sad that this kid managed to squeeze 15 minutes of fame out of this just by blaming someone else for his failure. Jeopardy doesn't actually count misspellings against you -- they count mispronunciation against you. There was no way for "emanciptation" to be pronounced the same as the correct answer, so it was wrong. If he had written "emansipation", that would have been considered correct.
Also, wtf, I knew that answer at his age. There's no excuse for not knowing that, especially when you voluntarily declare yourself a trivia master and sign-up for Jeopardy. He sounds like he has a huge chip on his shoulder that is completely undeserved. What a brat.