Just so you know, I’m not some Johnny-come-lately jumping on the spelling bee wagon just because my main man Sai Gunturi has delivered glory to my employer. This is the fourth spelling-bee related entry in crabwalk.com history. The others: this link to a great story from the New York Times Magazine on America’s premier spelling bee family (unfortunately, only the abstract is available now) and this link to what remains the best spelling bee video ever.
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01 June | 9:06 | kelly
And you're friends with the greatest speller of all times, whose bid for victory was spoiled by the curse of bird droppings!
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