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You might've once used your fingers to help count the number of letters in a word while spelling989 Archives or tried to write the word out on your palm.

But now there seems to be a new generation of kids who type as they spell, and we can't help but be mesmerised.

Like this effort from Alabama's Erin Howard at the National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, who spelt out "apparentement" -- while typing on a keyboard that isn't there.

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Unfortunately for Howard, she was eliminated for the word klydonograph, a device that records a surge in electrical voltage. She placed 11th in the competition, according to WHNT.

Something tells us Howard won't be the last of the typer-spellers, as computers gradually, but surely become the main way we write -- not a piece of paper.

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