Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Spelling Bee Finalist Eliminated on the Word “Girlfriend”


Christopher Heck, a finalist at last week’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, was eliminated when he was unable to spell the word “girlfriend.” Bee champion David Tidmarsh then clinched the title by successfully spelling “autochthonous,” a word meaning “indigenous.”

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