Thursday, March 09, 2017

Five-year-old becomes youngest ever at National Spelling Bee...

A five-year-old Oklahoma girl has made history by becoming the youngest person ever to qualify for the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Edith Fuller correctly spelled "jnana" to beat more than 50 contestants in the Scripps Green Country Regional Spelling Bee in Tulsa.

She also cracked the words Panglossian, Baedeker, nisei and Croesus.

The young spelling master will head to Washington in May to compete with other children across the country. Full story...

Related posts:
  1. Tamil Nadu-born 9-year-od twins taking Australia's spelling bee by...
  2. US Spelling Bee: 2 Indian-Americans joint winners...
  3. 14-year-old Indian-American boy wins National Geographic Bee...
  4. 12-year-old Indian-origin boy wins National Geographic Bee contest...
  5. Clever kid and US state capitals... Wow!
  6. Indian-Americans’ spelling bee win draws racial remarks...
  7. Co-champions crowned in spelling bee for the first time in 52 years...
  8. Asian Americans, the Spelling Bee and the myth of the "model minority..."
  9. Why do Indian kids dominate the US Spelling Bee?

No comments:

Post a Comment