If you ask me which sport is most exciting, Spelling Bee is the one I will choose. And the fact that ESPN (originally from ABC, but nevertheless) broadcasts it DOES make it a sport!
To say many of the words they use in Spelling Bee are unknown is a humble acceptance of my meager knowledge about English words. What good does it do? I don’t know. May be the guys who do well in Spelling Bee get good marks in GRE – assuming many of them feel the need of appearing for GRE.
Of late, one of the distinct features of Spelling Bee though is the large number of Persons (Children) of Indian Origin that participate in it. Last year, out of the last 10, four were of Indian origin. Out of the last five; three were of Indian origin and out of the last two; two were of Indian origin! This time as well, there were three participants of Indian origin in the last 10. However, the final slot was dominated by three girls – one Canadian and two Americans.
Last year, Samir Patel and Rajiv Tarigopula did well. This year also they did well. But Samir met his nemesis in “eremacausis” in Round 7 and Rajiv in “heiligenschien” in Round 11. Kavya Shivashankar was eliminated in Round 8 by “gematrial”. None of these words is recognized by MS-Word! And neither of the words is available on the free online edition of m-w.com…
Katharine Close a 13 year old from
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