What Makes The Spelling Bee So Special?

By Dodai Stewart  |  May 26, 2009 | 8:30pm

“There couldn’t be a spelling bee in German, or Japanese, or French, or any other language. English is a voracious melting pot of a language.” — Jacques Bailly, 1980 Scripps National Spelling Bee winner and currently the official pronouncer. The Bee begins today; finals will be televised Thursday. [Time, SpellingBee.com]

 
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