Spelling Bee - 2012.
Casting a spell on the audience and making them watch spell-bound.
While watching the finals my favorite was Nicholas, the boy with his lucky yellow T-shirt.
Alas, he was given a word with a Tamil origin - Vetiver. One of the very few which I could have
spelled right.
"What word", he asked and then said "Oh, Tamil". His spelling was incorrect. But you will
notice that he is a real cool guy.
The final three were Indian-American kids.
Snigdha Nandipati became the fifth consecutive Indian-American winner and tenth in the last
fourteen years.
And you know something? In the run-up to the bee, she studied 6 to 10 hours a day on weekdays
and 10-12 hours on weekends.
Single minded purpose? Oh yes commendable indeed.
Other than that? A-tro-cious!!
I would place the top hundred on par and the winner is lucky to get the prize.
How will you spell Sridhar? Sridhar, Sridar, Sreedar, Sreedhar.......or go to a nameologist?
Casting a spell on the audience and making them watch spell-bound.
While watching the finals my favorite was Nicholas, the boy with his lucky yellow T-shirt.
Alas, he was given a word with a Tamil origin - Vetiver. One of the very few which I could have
spelled right.
"What word", he asked and then said "Oh, Tamil". His spelling was incorrect. But you will
notice that he is a real cool guy.
The final three were Indian-American kids.
Snigdha Nandipati became the fifth consecutive Indian-American winner and tenth in the last
fourteen years.
And you know something? In the run-up to the bee, she studied 6 to 10 hours a day on weekdays
and 10-12 hours on weekends.
Single minded purpose? Oh yes commendable indeed.
Other than that? A-tro-cious!!
I would place the top hundred on par and the winner is lucky to get the prize.
How will you spell Sridhar? Sridhar, Sridar, Sreedar, Sreedhar.......or go to a nameologist?
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